T-Rex Burger Extinct

T-Rex Burger - Now Extinct.

I see that the United States is no longer the most obese country on the planet. That distinction now belongs to Mexico!

This story does not come to us from south of the border, instead, we thank a restaurant in Canada for giving us the T-Rex Burger. This entree was inspired by an ad which was featured in Sports Illustrated, nine years ago. The Wendy's in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada was receiving requests for the 9 patty burger. They added it to their menu until the home office found out about it. The T-Rex burger sold for $21.99 and contained 3,000 calories, 200 grams of fat and 6,000 grams of sodium. That's enough salt to last four days for the average adult!

Canada obviously does not enjoy the protection that we enjoy in the USA which is provided for us by Mayor Bloomberg and Mrs. Obama!

Wendy's

After 42 years, Wendy's is tweaking their hamburger. In some respects, this is a bold move...except for the fact that business isn't so "hot" at Wendy's. As a matter of fact, business at the 6,600 restaurant chain has fallen off from a 14% share of the hamburger fast food business in 2002 to a  current level of 12.8%. Burger King fell from 17% to 13.3 % during the same period. McDonalds went from 41.6% to 49.5%.

Wendy's thinks that the answer is more cheese and a thicker beef patty with a buttered bun, red onions and crinkle cut pickles. They call it "Dave's Hot 'N Juicy" hamburger. I should point out that Wendy's founder, Dave Thomas passed on in 2002 and had sold his business years earlier. He continued to promote the chain after he was "retired."

My suggestion, use the best ingredients (better is better than more!), charge competitive prices, offer a healthy menu, hire literate people and, most important to me, keep the restrooms clean!