Burger King to Start Selling Beer at Whopper Bars

Burger King plans to open a Whopper Bar in Miami’s South Beach in mid February. A Whopper Bar is much like your typical Burger King, but made to look fancier on the inside, and they let you put a variety of toppings and condiments on your burgers. This particular Whopper Bar will be the firs to sell beer though. The article doesn’t say what beers will be available, but from the picture I assume your choices will be Bud and Bud Light. Both will be in the aluminum bottles to keep the beer extra cool, while still allowing you to look classy with the bottle instead of a can. At $4.25 a bottle, or about $2.00 more with a combo, I’d recommend skipping the beer at Burger King and grabbing yourself a six pack at the grocery store. People aren’t going to Burger King to get a great meal, they’re going to get a cheap meal.

You can read all the details in the USA Today article.

Quizno’s Subs

Quizno’s is interesting because, depending on the location, the experience can vary greatly. In my experiences, it seems that most Quizno’s are franchise owned, and the individual owners have widely different ideas about how to run a business, and how to treat their customers. Some give great service, give a hearty helping of toppings, and honor all coupons. Some locations don’t honor Internet coupons, some don’t honor particular flier coupons, and some are very stingy on toppings. The quality and freshness of the food can vary greatly by location as well.

Quizno’s offers a variety of subs, sandwiches, soups, and wraps. I’ve never had a sub that was particularly bad, but a really good Quizno’s sub is hard to find. If I had to choose between Quizno’s or Subway, I’d go with Quizno’s, unless I know a particular location is bad. It really is a gamble going to Quizno’s though, because, unless you’ve been to that location before, you don’t know if you will have a good or bad experience. Quizno’s, as a company, really needs to wrangle in their franchises, have all locations honor coupons, and provide more uniform service and food quality.

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