In the case of Burger King, they rely heavily on precooking and reheating stuff in the microwave. Breakfast sandwiches in my opinion are no better than a Jimmy Dean frozen sandwich. And even when I order a burger without most condiments due to food allergies, the meat just doesn't have a fresh taste to it, like they reheated a precooked patty.storewanderer wrote: ↑April 17th, 2023, 11:19 pm Burger King seems to really be suffering. I recall last year the CEO of RBI came out and said they were going to stop doing value-based promotions on the Whopper. Citing it is their signature item and they need to stop discounting it. While I understand the logic, the problem is too many promotions for too long... combined with franchisees like the one in Reno who think a single Whopper is worth 6.59 (no cheese) or 7.39 (cheese). For quite a few years the Whopper was on constant 2 for $5, etc. type promotions.
I guess that didn't work out so well.
In general it seems like these flame broiled chains, Burger King, Carls, are not doing well. I find it strange. I don't think the problem is the food. I think the problem is too much bad execution.
I will say that if you get a freshly cooked burger they are pretty good right off the broiler though.