New Fast Food Burger Topped With Hot Dog and Chips: Has Science Gone Too Far?
As American tastes change, fast food chains are suffering. More than half of all diners nowadays prefer a burger at a specialty restaurant or a burger restaurant than any other burger. Burger King has struggled with a harsh decline since 2008, and recently lost its number two spot at the top to Wendy's. McDonald's, which still sits on the fast food throne, isn't doing so well either, reporting a more severe sales decline than expected in the first three months of 2015.
Now, Carl's Jr. and Hardee's have devised a new burger to draw summer crazed consumers away from the gourmet and foodie spots: The Most American Thickburger.
For just $5.79, hungry patrons can get a burger made with a one-third pound patty of Black Angus beef, a grilled hot dog split in two, American cheese, lettuce, red oni...