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It makes sense in light of Covid. With No March madness, limited college football and potential interruptions to the NFL season BW3s etc are going to be buying way less wings. Wing suppliers are probably pretty desperate for orders and just looking to unload. If it was like item 20 on Taco Bell’s new product list before it probably moved up quite a bit after. And you can just stop selling them when prices go back up.

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08-07-2020 , 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Bighurt52235

I've ordered a burrito from KFC.

Hmmm, I could get behind a burrito filled with popcorn chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, and biscuits

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08-07-2020 , 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by FallawayJumper

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since I retired I've had more time to carefully choose what food I eat

more and more, I'm impressed with Mexican food

not Taco Bell but a couple grades up from that

there are places near me where I can get fajitas, and if they're well prepared they are really excellent - so many different things on one plate cooked together

a main difference between fajitas and tacos and burritos is that the meal is prepared for you - it's not pre-cooked and put into pots and then dug out when somebody orders it

so, it's not quite as fast - but it's still pretty quick - I'm willing to wait an extra 10 minutes

From the tablecloth... TGI Fridays?

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08-07-2020 , 02:27 PM

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Hmmm, I could get behind a burrito filled with popcorn chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, and biscuits

One would think! However, these combo restaurants unfortunately refuse to cross-combine any items in the kitchen.

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08-07-2020 , 02:33 PM

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Culver’s is my new fast food addiction (with a root beer to drink of course). My only nit to pick is the cheese never gets fully melted, but it’s like a half point reduction.

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08-07-2020 , 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by master3004

Hmmm, I could get behind a burrito filled with popcorn chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, and biscuits

It was called the Twister!

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08-07-2020 , 02:55 PM

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The Twister was indeed bomb. That is, of course, if I wasn't ordering 20 chicken littles.

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08-07-2020 , 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Bighurt52235

It was called the Twister!

Too much green stuff. KFC and fresh veggies are not synonymous

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08-07-2020 , 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by grando1.0

Still don't understand the TB wing hate

I would love to be able to get fast, semi-cheap wings at a drive-thru. The closest I can come is the Buffalo chicken sliders at Arby's.

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Originally Posted by 27offsuit

It's right up there with buying a taco at BK.

Which I kinda like. As well as the tacos and the egg rolls at Jack in the Box.

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08-07-2020 , 03:30 PM

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Hmmm, I could get behind a burrito filled with popcorn chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, and biscuits

Some Carl's locations have the Green Burrito menu. Some good stuff on it but my local Carl's stopped selling it awhile back.

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08-07-2020 , 03:34 PM

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I am shocked with all these combo ff places. Wish I had more experience with them if they did menu crossovers. Kfc burrito sounds amazing.

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08-07-2020 , 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by pig4bill

I would love to be able to get fast, semi-cheap wings at a drive-thru. The closest I can come is the Buffalo chicken sliders at Arby's

So, not close at all.

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08-07-2020 , 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ecriture d'adulte

This makes sense. For the sake of argument, let's call it the McReeyub Factor, because supply and demand is basically what dictates when the McReeyub reappears.

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08-07-2020 , 04:20 PM

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maybe they learned from their recent grilled cheese burrito failure. wings are good almost always, if i can acquire a pile at 1am it will be a good time.

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08-07-2020 , 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by samuri8

Culver’s is my new fast food addiction (with a root beer to drink of course). My only nit to pick is the cheese never gets fully melted, but it’s like a half point reduction.

Culver's has been like 80% of my fast food the last three months and it's always good. Super, super consistent which I value more than almost anything with a fast food place.

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08-07-2020 , 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ecriture d'adulte

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This makes sense. For the sake of argument, let's call it the McReeyub Factor, because supply and demand is basically what dictates when the McReeyub reappears.

doesn't quite make sense. potatoes are always dirt cheap and probably the second highest profit margin item after soda (would you like fries and a drink with that?). why would they scrub 'taters from the menu to chase a short term deal like wings?

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08-07-2020 , 08:01 PM

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That is just the CEO failing imo. There isn't really a valid reason to remove the potatoes.

The wings are defiantly a McReeyub Factor.

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08-07-2020 , 08:31 PM

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The stated reason is that they want to cut down on drive-thru waiting times.

The real reason is that their workers are overworked and understaffed. So, instead of paying the workers what they're worth, corporate is removing items from the menu to simplify the kitchen workload.

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08-07-2020 , 08:58 PM

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sure seems like dropping an order of wings into the fryer (or punching 2:30 on the microwave timer) will alleviate those problems.

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08-07-2020 , 09:04 PM

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Makes sense. Corporate profit over customers and employees.

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08-07-2020 , 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by 27offsuit

Makes sense. Corporate profit over customers and employees.

nonsense! that's not the 'murican way!!!

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08-07-2020 , 09:32 PM

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Something went wrong around 1972 and has never been fixed. This graph tells the story of USA#9:

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08-07-2020 , 09:36 PM

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That graph basically reflects how technology and automation have made workers more productive since the 1980s - not that workers are working any harder.

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08-07-2020 , 09:38 PM

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This commentary on FF owners in a thread basically dedicated to spending the least amount of money for the most food

How much do y’all think the owner makes when you come in and order 26 things with the app and pay .39 cents for the entire order? (But yes please still pay the crew $15 hourly min)

Do y’all see the problem here?