The ⅓-pounder? A&W already tried that, and it flopped, because people don't understand fractions.
*Americans.
The rest of the world doesn't bother with fractions of "pounds" in the first place.
Fractions work with metric too you know.
Metric weights for things like meat is basically always expressed in grams here in the EU. Using fractions is pretty pointless.
But you don't need them since the units already neatly divide. You don't use a quarter kilo, you'd just say 250 gram.
Ignoring that where I live the weight of the burger isn't part of the name in the first place. They are just called "royal".
We have that too. The "Big" Mac.
You mean the Royale with Cheese, right?
Different burger.
No shit? You are just being argumentative now.
Naming a different burger was hardly an argument, I just explained it to you in case you accidently mixed them up.
I was so sure you guys were gonna go off on a Pulp Fiction tangent.
I love the metric system and think we should all use it, but 12 (inches in a foot) and 16 (ounces in a pound) both have more factors than 10.
I still think metric is the best system, but I wish our ancestors had used base 12 counting so we could all use a base 12 metric system and everyone's life would be better.
I'll have the 0.333333333333333... Kg burger.
The 150 grammer
Due to branding, they're still called 1/4 pounder elsewhere.
Chippys list burgers in half pounder or quarter pounder.
More likely a half-pounder. They already sell a double quarter pounder. And all Americans know that halfbacks are larger than quarterbacks, from watching Real Football every week.
The 33 and 1/3 e10-3 pounder.
both BK and McD used to sell a 1/3-lb burger for a while in the early-mid 00s. Wendy's, too, IIRC. to my recollection, it did ok in sales, but was maligned for being "unhealthy", and both chains stopped selling it shortly thereafter.
Meanwhile, modern Wendy's is all, "Here's three patties on a greasy bun slathered in ketchup/mustard/mayo, and if you manage to take a bite it's all gonna come sliding out the other side like bloody pus. Comes with bacon as an option, too. Don't forget your quart of sugar water."
In a combo meal for only $14
the bacon is for traction!
No kidding, sometimes I have to take a napkin and wipe most of it off. Really excessive.
I was thinking the same thing! Sure, a 1/3 burger is bad for you but a baconator is totally fine.
It seems pretty successful for Hardee's/Carl's Jr
I've heard this a million times. And it honestly sounds like the kind of thing an executive would blame to excuse bad sales.
The ⅓-pounder? A&W already tried that, and it flopped, because people don't understand fractions.
*Americans.
The rest of the world doesn't bother with fractions of "pounds" in the first place.
Fractions work with metric too you know.
Metric weights for things like meat is basically always expressed in grams here in the EU. Using fractions is pretty pointless.
But you don't need them since the units already neatly divide. You don't use a quarter kilo, you'd just say 250 gram.
Ignoring that where I live the weight of the burger isn't part of the name in the first place. They are just called "royal".
We have that too. The "Big" Mac.
You mean the Royale with Cheese, right?
Different burger.
No shit? You are just being argumentative now.
Naming a different burger was hardly an argument, I just explained it to you in case you accidently mixed them up.
I was so sure you guys were gonna go off on a Pulp Fiction tangent.
I love the metric system and think we should all use it, but 12 (inches in a foot) and 16 (ounces in a pound) both have more factors than 10.
I still think metric is the best system, but I wish our ancestors had used base 12 counting so we could all use a base 12 metric system and everyone's life would be better.
I'll have the 0.333333333333333... Kg burger.
The 150 grammer
Due to branding, they're still called 1/4 pounder elsewhere.
Chippys list burgers in half pounder or quarter pounder.
More likely a half-pounder. They already sell a double quarter pounder. And all Americans know that halfbacks are larger than quarterbacks, from watching Real Football every week.
The 33 and 1/3 e10-3 pounder.
both BK and McD used to sell a 1/3-lb burger for a while in the early-mid 00s. Wendy's, too, IIRC. to my recollection, it did ok in sales, but was maligned for being "unhealthy", and both chains stopped selling it shortly thereafter.
Meanwhile, modern Wendy's is all, "Here's three patties on a greasy bun slathered in ketchup/mustard/mayo, and if you manage to take a bite it's all gonna come sliding out the other side like bloody pus. Comes with bacon as an option, too. Don't forget your quart of sugar water."
In a combo meal for only $14
the bacon is for traction!
No kidding, sometimes I have to take a napkin and wipe most of it off. Really excessive.
I was thinking the same thing! Sure, a 1/3 burger is bad for you but a baconator is totally fine.
It seems pretty successful for Hardee's/Carl's Jr
I've heard this a million times. And it honestly sounds like the kind of thing an executive would blame to excuse bad sales.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/06/17/third-pound-burger-fractions/