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Wendy's Employee Chugging Frosty's Right From The Machine

Jeff Monaski — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:35:57 +0000

WIBX sister-station Lite98.7 found this ridiculous photo of a Wendy's employee nearly doing a keg-stand, but from the bottom of a Wendy'a Frosty Machine.

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'DomiCopter' Lets You Get Your Domino's Pizza By Delivery Drone

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:24:36 +0000

Domino's is taking pizza delivery to new heights. Literally.

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McDonald's Is Dropping Angus Burgers From Its Menu As Beef Prices Reach An All-Time High

Kristine Bellino — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:32:05 +0000

Fast food giant McDonald's is trimming the beef, in a big way. The Angus burgers is being eliminated, at least temporarily.

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New Study Reveals McDonald's Is Easily America's Most Popular Business

Drew Weisholtz — Sat, 04 May 2013 13:36:07 +0000

When it comes to eating at McDonald’s, Americans are lovin’ it.

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Taco Bell Doritos Locos Tacos Cause High School Lockdown

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 01 May 2013 15:11:12 +0000

If you spend a lot of time with high school students you should be pretty well acquainted with Taco Bell.

Which is why it's surprising that the delicious fast food was able to cause so much confusion at Del Campo High School in Sacramento, California.

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Find Out What 2,000 Calories Actually Looks Like

Emerald Catron — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:09:51 +0000

Here's a helpful video, if you were wondering how many carrots you could eat without going over 2,000 calories. If that sounds like something you definitely do not need to know, 2,000 calories is also quantified in Big Macs, pizza, Chipotle burritos and delicious, delicious avocados

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Man Calls 911 Nine Times to Request a Cheeseburger

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 07:07:04 +0000

There is just something about fast food that makes people abuse 911. In the past, folks have been arrested after calling emergency services to report problems with their orders at Burger King, McDonald's, Subway and Hardee's.

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It's Seniors Gone Wild In Taco Bell's 2013 Super Bowl Commercial

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:08:01 +0000

In Taco Bell's 2013 Super Bowl commercial we meet Bernie Goldblatt, an older gentlemen who is being wished good night by an aid at the Glencobrooke Retirement Home. Or so she thinks he is going to sleep. In fact, Bernie's night is just beginning.

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Watch the Taco Bell Ad That Was Banned for Upsetting Vegans

Sarah Shahzad — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:43:28 +0000

Taco Bell was forced to retract its anti-vegetable commercial for promoting its 12-pack of tacos. The ad opens with the narrator deriding vegetables, saying "Veggies on game day is like punting on fourth and one — it's a cop out."

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Subway Pledges to Make Every Footlong Sandwich Actually a Foot Long

Drew Weisholtz — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:18:19 +0000

If you thought Subway wasn’t going to budge an inch on its stance regarding the scandal over how long its footlong sandwiches really are, you’re wrong.

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Kidney Found in KFC Meal

Emerald Catron — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 04:04:02 +0000

How many times does this have to happen before we all stop going to KFC? Hopefully twice is the answer. Three weeks ago a teenager in the UK thought he had been served a giant chicken brain from the fast-food chain. It turned out to be a kidney. On the one hand, gross. On the other hand, at least we're pretty sure that what Redditor six6six4kids found in his order was also a kidney. MAKE IT STOP!

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Teen 'Sick and Disgusted' After Finding Brain Inside KFC

Donald Deane — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:20:37 +0000

While it sure is tasty, KFC is always a bit of a risk. A UK student learned that the hard way when he discovered what he thought was a brain inside a piece of chicken he was eating. Um, maybe we'll be avoiding the Colonel from now on.

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Subway 'Sandwich Artist' Fired Over Ketchup Dispute Gone Awry

Emerald Catron — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:57:31 +0000

Maybe Subway is stepping up their game a tad. They've made it abundantly clear that they now have avocados and sriracha sauce, and they will NOT be putting ketchup on anybody's sandwich. At all. They don't even have ketchup, and one employee was willing to fight to prove it. They don't call them sandwich artists for nothing.

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Hungry? Try California's Caviar-Dispensing Vending Machine

Kyle Dowling — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:17:57 +0000

Great news, readers! The over-priced, stomach-turning (but for some reason decadent) meal known as caviar is now available via vending machines.

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McDonald's Is Testing a New, Healthy Option: the Egg White Delight McMuffin

Mike Adams — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:53:45 +0000

In an attempt to add some healthier alternatives to their breakfast menu, McDonald’s announced earlier this week that it is currently testing a new, lower-calorie breakfast sandwich called the Egg White Delight McMuffin.

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Which Fast Food Restaurant Has the Worst Drive-Thru Service?

Donald Deane — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:54:07 +0000

Consumers expect their meals quickly when going through a fast food drive-thru. But according to an annual report by QSR Magazine, you won't get that sort of service at Burger King. In fact, it came in dead last in a ranking of seven fast food restaurants for drive-thru service.

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Poll Results: What Is Your Favorite Fast Food Restaurant?

Kristine Bellino — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:54:33 +0000

Marcy, NY (WIBX) - Nationally Wendy's and Subway earned the top spots in this year's Zagat Fast Food Survey. Did our listeners agree?

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McDonald's Plans to Open Its First Vegetarian Restaurants in India

Mike Adams — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:14:19 +0000

McDonald’s plans to trade in signature fare like the infamous Big Mac for menu items that are more McVegan friendly, as the chain prepares to unleash a couple of vegetarian restaurants in India sometime net year — the first such eateries of the chain’s kind in history.

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Fast Food Apple Slices Being Recalled Across the Country Amidst Listeria Scare

Mike Adams — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:04:19 +0000

While an apple a day may keep the doctor away, it looks as if fast food apple slices could have you racing for the emergency room.

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Many Food Workers Aren't Making Enough to Feed Themselves — Dollars and Sense

Shauna Wright — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:30:39 +0000

Nearly one in five Americans employed in the private sector has a food industry job, and according to a new study, the vast majority aren’t being paid a living wage.

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