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Chick-Fil-A’s Hyped Plant-Based Sandwich Flops: ‘Why Is Cauliflower $7?’
New York Post ^ | February 14, 2023 | Jane Herz

Posted on 02/16/2023 5:54:26 PM PST by nickcarraway

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To: nickcarraway

We always buy the cob salad.


41 posted on 02/16/2023 8:09:12 PM PST by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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To: nickcarraway

What is everything have to be a sandwich, or made it look like a burger patty?

FWIW I think tempura cauliflower is pretty darn good and they could probably sell that and skip all the other procedural junk that goes into making a stoopid-patty.

MacD is developing a meatless nugget.
Veggie burgers are full with a lot of chems which sort of takes away the meaning of it all. Onion powders, garlic powders all kinds of junk goes in those things.

After all that effort, R&D, and testing and everything, they don’t even taste all that great.

Black bean soup with buckwheat noodles Korean Style OMG...

Fast food restaurants are becoming a caricature.

If I’m on the road and I want something quick Taco Bell bean burrito no onions no cheese. I get two of those and it sits in my belly and my belly goes yesssssss...


42 posted on 02/16/2023 8:19:08 PM PST by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: TexasGunLover

“They’re the best chicken sandwiches and have been forever.”

I’ve had their chicken sandwiches twice both times the buns have fallen apart in my hands because they were stale, the hostess told me that’s the way they’re supposed to be... I was a cook I know what a f****** bun is supposed to be like and it doesn’t crumble in your hands while you’re trying to take a bite out of it.


43 posted on 02/16/2023 8:21:10 PM PST by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: nickcarraway

“About 15 years ago they went ultrawoke.”

yep ... dumped their fantastic cole slaw and replaced it with a slew of bizarre salads, things like Asian Fusion Salad ... all very expensive, small portions ... never went back again ...


44 posted on 02/16/2023 8:49:39 PM PST by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: nickcarraway

I didn’t know Chick-Fil-a was around anymore. I quit going there a few years ago when they flipped the finger to Christian organizations and told me I should shine BLM shoes.

Haven’t been back.


45 posted on 02/16/2023 8:50:13 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: catnipman

Kale tastes like dirt.


46 posted on 02/16/2023 8:54:33 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: nickcarraway

MacDonald;s put out a seaweed sandwich years ago called the Mac Lean... it failed. Companies that listen to their progressive critics are fools. Why? Because progressive don’t eat at MacDonald’s or Chick fil A... and fast food places would be better served if they listened to their customers rather than their critics.


47 posted on 02/16/2023 8:59:08 PM PST by GOPJ ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muw22wTePqQ Gumballs: Immigrants by the numbers.)
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To: nickcarraway
The new dish [...] is the restaurant’s first plant-forward meal.

WTH does that mean?!

Regards,

48 posted on 02/16/2023 11:05:51 PM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

No Popeyes around here but when I lived in Texas their shrimp Po- Boys were awesome.


49 posted on 02/16/2023 11:58:15 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Don W

Never listen to anyone who uses the phrase “pre-prepared”. It is as bad as “orientated”.


50 posted on 02/17/2023 12:10:41 AM PST by .44 Special (Taimid Buacharch)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Yep, cauliflower sandwiches. Right up there with broccoli-popcicles and peas on a stick. Yum. I could just devour some roast hogweed.


51 posted on 02/17/2023 12:20:28 AM PST by .44 Special (Taimid Buacharch)
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To: Clutch Martin
I’ve had their chicken sandwiches twice both times the buns have fallen apart in my hands because they were stale, the hostess told me that’s the way they’re supposed to be... I was a cook I know what a f****** bun is supposed to be like and it doesn’t crumble in your hands while you’re trying to take a bite out of it.

Have had them at least once a week on average since 1980 and have never experienced that.
52 posted on 02/17/2023 5:35:11 AM PST by TexasGunLover
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To: stevio
Don’t go a lot but last time I went the bun was stale.

It's been may observation that pretty much all fast food places have seen a decline in quality of their food. Staleness, dryness, blandness seems to be universal.

The decline happened gradually over time so we didn't notice it as much but if you were to take a time machine back to any of the fast food chains during the 1980s, you wouldn't even recognize the food from what they're selling today.

I'd attribute is mostly to cost cutting in labor. These places operate with a fraction of the crews that they used to leading to more ahead of time prepping and storing their products in warmers where they dry out instead of cooking them fresh.

53 posted on 02/17/2023 5:51:40 AM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: nickcarraway

They probably know the bird flu pandemic is being “cooked” up and are trying things.


54 posted on 02/17/2023 5:57:43 AM PST by dforest
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To: Rural_Michigan

I know, this went from a sandwich to politics in a split second. LOL


55 posted on 02/17/2023 5:58:57 AM PST by dforest
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To: Drew68
These places operate with a fraction of the crews that they used to leading to more ahead of time prepping and storing their products in warmers where they dry out instead of cooking them fresh.

This. When I worked at McDonald's about 50 years ago, the burger patties went straight from grill to bun. Now they cook a lot of them and then stick them in heated drawers until it's time to assemble the burgers. The difference is very noticeable.

And yes, there were easily twice the workers during busy times.

56 posted on 02/17/2023 6:13:36 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Don W
Popeye’s chicken itself is not that good either. I’d rather buy the pre-prepared breaded chicken from the store and fry is my self.

My local supermarket has fried chicken that's cheaper and better, and is also closer to me.

57 posted on 02/17/2023 6:19:21 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so stupid people won’t be offended)
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To: CFW
Chick-Fil-A customers are not really your “cauliflower patty” customer base. The company is trying to cater to those who would never step foot in the place anyway.

Or to parents who happen to have a "I'm VEGAN this week!" kid in the car.

58 posted on 02/17/2023 6:21:17 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so stupid people won’t be offended)
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To: .44 Special

Beyond Vomit! But we better get used to it. The people in this country will be looking for anything to stuff in their mouth in the very near future.


59 posted on 02/17/2023 6:38:54 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Remember what FJB Brandon said, "...more than half of the women in my administration are women.")
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To: .44 Special

Wgatevs, daddio. Nice stick.


60 posted on 02/17/2023 8:09:03 AM PST by Don W (When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burnSeriouslyhites riot, nations and continents burn)
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