Latest nationwide burgers survey: Five Guys on top, DQ last.

[Peter Lawrence]

The latest nationwide survey on burger chains released in September ranks
Five Guys as the nation's favorite. Dairy Queen is ranked last.

The top three are: Five Guys, In-N-Out, and then Fuddruckers.

The bottom three are: McDonald's, Jack in the Box, and then Dairy Queen.

A link to the Los Angeles Times article on the rankings: http://goo.gl/fjypO

A link to a graph showing the rankings of the 16 burger chains listed in the
survey: http://goo.gl/lvPMR


- Peter

[Peter Lawrence]

On 10/10/12 1:17 PM, Sqwertz wrote:

> Both of the links crash my firefox. But I really doubt the survey was
> conducted in an unbiased way. Fuddruckers, especially, is the most
> tasteless hamburger in Hamburgerland. We know these are just people
> fooled by marketing and not based on taste and value.

Interesting. The links work fine with my version of Firefox (15.0.1). But
here's the full L.A. Times URL:

http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-five-guys-burger-mcdonalds-20120918,0,2348963.story

One thing I noticed about the survey is that Carl's Jr is rated notably
higher than Hardee's. Go figure.

The survey was conducted by Market Force Information
(http://www.marketforce.com/).


- Peter

[gregz]

We got plenty of bars, especially the south side of Pittsburgh, that make
great hamburgers, most put chains to shame.

Greg

[TFM®]

On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:30:53 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:

> On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:42:47 -0700, Peter Lawrence wrote:
>
>> On 10/10/12 1:17 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:31:10 -0700, Peter Lawrence wrote:
>>>
>>>> The latest nationwide survey on burger chains released in September ranks
>>>> Five Guys as the nation's favorite. Dairy Queen is ranked last.
>>>>
>>>> The top three are: Five Guys, In-N-Out, and then Fuddruckers.
>>>>
>>>> The bottom three are: McDonald's, Jack in the Box, and then Dairy Queen.
>>>>
>>>> A link to the Los Angeles Times article on the rankings: http://goo.gl/fjypO
>>>>
>>>> A link to a graph showing the rankings of the 16 burger chains listed in the
>>>> survey: http://goo.gl/lvPMR
>>>
>>> Both of the links crash my firefox. But I really doubt the survey was
>>> conducted in an unbiased way. Fuddruckers, especially, is the most
>>> tasteless hamburger in Hamburgerland. We know these are just people
>>> fooled by marketing and not based on taste and value.
>>
>> Interesting. The links work fine with my version of Firefox (15.0.1). But
>> here's the full L.A. Times URL:
>>
>> http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-five-guys-burger-mcdonalds-20120918,0,2348963.story
>

> Still crashes. I've never had just Firefox just up and shut down like
> that. It's not big deal. I don't need to read it.
>
> Disabled all my extensions and plugins and it still crashes. 13.0.1
> Win7.
>
> -sw

You need to defrag!

TFM®

[Earl]

I've only had Jack In The Box a few times but it should rate higher than
Wendy's (and those below it). Never had Sonic so I can't comment on that.

[Earl]

Sqwertz wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:42:47 -0700, Peter Lawrence wrote:
>

>> On 10/10/12 1:17 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:31:10 -0700, Peter Lawrence wrote:
>>>
>>>> The latest nationwide survey on burger chains released in September ranks
>>>> Five Guys as the nation's favorite. Dairy Queen is ranked last.
>>>>
>>>> The top three are: Five Guys, In-N-Out, and then Fuddruckers.
>>>>
>>>> The bottom three are: McDonald's, Jack in the Box, and then Dairy Queen.
>>>>
>>>> A link to the Los Angeles Times article on the rankings: http://goo.gl/fjypO
>>>>
>>>> A link to a graph showing the rankings of the 16 burger chains listed in the
>>>> survey: http://goo.gl/lvPMR
>>> Both of the links crash my firefox. But I really doubt the survey was
>>> conducted in an unbiased way. Fuddruckers, especially, is the most
>>> tasteless hamburger in Hamburgerland. We know these are just people
>>> fooled by marketing and not based on taste and value.
>> Interesting. The links work fine with my version of Firefox (15.0.1). But
>> here's the full L.A. Times URL:
>>
>> http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-five-guys-burger-mcdonalds-20120918,0,2348963.story

> Still crashes. I've never had just Firefox just up and shut down like
> that. It's not big deal. I don't need to read it.
>
> Disabled all my extensions and plugins and it still crashes. 13.0.1
> Win7.
>
> -sw

Try it in Chrome.

[Peter Lawrence]

On 10/12/12 5:36 PM, Earl wrote:
> Peter Lawrence wrote:
>>
>> The latest nationwide survey on burger chains released in September ranks
>> Five Guys as the nation's favorite. Dairy Queen is ranked last.
>>
>> The top three are: Five Guys, In-N-Out, and then Fuddruckers.
>>
>> The bottom three are: McDonald's, Jack in the Box, and then Dairy Queen.
>>
>> A link to the Los Angeles Times article on the rankings: http://goo.gl/fjypO
>>
>> A link to a graph showing the rankings of the 16 burger chains listed in
>> the survey: http://goo.gl/lvPMR
>

> I've only had Jack In The Box a few times but it should rate higher than
> Wendy's (and those below it). Never had Sonic so I can't comment on that.

What I find interesting looking at the chart is that Carl's Jr. has a 2 1/2
times *higher* approval rating than Hardee's even though they're the same
chain (just with a different name in different regions of the country).


- Peter

[Jerry Sauk]

"Peter Lawrence" <humm...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:k54etf$qaf$1...@dont-email.me...

I personally don't think Five Guys should be the #1, but I've only been
there once.

I think the CLEAR choice for the number one spot is, Mcdonald's.

[Earl]

Do they have the same menu items? I have had Hardee's years ago and it
was good but not great.

[Earl]

No.

[TFM®]

Not great? It's fast food, good is good enough. Of all the fast food close
to me, if I could only eat fast food, Hardees would be it.

Sonic would be choice number 2.

Taco Bell #3.

I won't eat anything from McDonalds or Burger King simply because I find
them nearly inedible. Wendy's? Haven't been in one in many years.
Arby's? They can go the way of the buffalo and I'll not notice. I think
they had good sandwiches about 30 years ago.
Best value around here is a big, fat sandwich from the grocery store for
$3.99. Half a baguette full of salami, cheese and some other deli meat.
Take it home, pop it in the toaster oven for 20 minutes on low heat to warm
the meat, melt the cheese and give the bread extra crust and you have a
meal.

Or you could press it on the stove with 2 hot skillets for a faux cuban.
Any way you do it, it's a good deal.
They sell the bread alone for $3. $1 more gets you all the sandwich
fillings included. You still have to stop at a fast food joint and steal
all their mustard, but that's just part of grocery shopping.

TFM®

[Jerry Sauk]

"Earl" <earl...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:2sWdnTI5KdYBkefN...@giganews.com...

I don't normally eat at hardee's, even though the food tastes really good.
but honestly it's just not worth the wait... Every burger sold there is
angus, which means extra drive-through time. This is unnacceptable, so I
don't go there anymore.

At least mcdonald's has the OPTION of angus burger's, but with the majarity
of people, including me, ordering the traditional, FASTER burgers.
Personally I think that Angus should be banned in the drive thru and served
only inside the store's.

[Klaus Schadenfreude]

For all intents and purposes, you're alone in your opinion.

http://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/best-burgers-at-fast-food-chains-thrillist-nation
http://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2014/10/07/which-fast-food-chain-has-the-best-burger-and-fries-infographic/