re: KFC Georgia Gold. . .

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I mean if it turned iout that Zaxby's was only half real chicken, I'd probably still eat there too. WTF is happening to us?!

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Depends on who you consider to be "us"

I have not eaten at the following places in the approximate years

KFC / 10 to 15 years (used to eat there at least monthly)

McDonalds / 2008 or 2009 but was never a big fan after they shrunk the Filet o Fish and stopped the quarter back promotion. Old McDonald's with the white mustache guy were pretty damn good tho.

Hardee's / Maybe the 1990's for burgers and maybe a few times a year for breakfast

Starbuck's / Maybe 2 or 3 times in my life and still think the coffee is crap that they cover up by adding fake flavoring

Arby's / used to love them but crappy portion size and pricing has driven me away

Wendy's / Still my go to fast food place but I do miss the salad bar

Checkers - Rally's / Loved them when they started, now would not eat there if it was free

DQ / When downhill in the 1980's when Warren Buffet bought them. Christ, try and get a decent malt or ice cream novelty in that place today

Krystals - White Castle / Still in my wheelhouse but eat there a whole lot less than I did in my youth

Taco Bell was actually good up till the late 70's and early 80's now I hit some local mom and pop taco place with real Mexican coke and lamb tacos on the menu. Before YUM got them the tacos actually had filling more in line with the commercials and they cost 29 cents a taco.

Burger King was good but tanked in quality in the 90s'. Do not think I have eaten there in 15 - 20 years but in the old days they still had flame broiled burgers and onion rings

Sonic was good when they were just in small towns and they built one at each end so you could cruise them. Food is bad now but I will occasionally hit the drive thru for a 2 for 1 shake.

Tim Hortons is still my favorite fast food chain but not many of them in the USA. Coffee may be the best in fast food and their service make Chick Fil A look bad by comparison. As for Chick Fil A they are okay except I am not a big fan of chicken. If Chick Fil A was a catfish place I might eat there daily but only been a handful of times in my life.

Subway was good early on but they give a franchise to anybody with a pulse now and quality can vary so widely I stopped eating there.




The big issue is stop rewarding fast foot that has shrunk food quantity, eliminated actual food quality, and sent prices well above inflation in order to justify bigger bonuses. If a place advertises non stop it is probably a food call not to eat their and reward that food cycle. The other thing is to educate kids taste pallets early on to crave more than just sugar and salt because they are cheap ingredients.