June 13, 2024 • 9 mins
Popeyes' Poultry Price Hike: Big Box Meal Goes from $6 to $6.99 Amid Inflation Woes!
McDavid's Endorsement Deal: Edmonton McDonald's to be Renamed if Oilers Win Stanley Cup!
Wall Street's Sweet Tooth: Krispy Kreme Stock Soars on McDonald's Partnership and New Flavors!
From Law & Order to Fast Food: Ice-T's Shocking Career Move as Raising Cane's Cashier!
Fast Food Calorie Bombs Exposed: The Gut-Busting Menu Items You Need to Avoid!
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McDavid's Endorsement Deal: Edmonton McDonald's to be Renamed if Oilers Win Stanley Cup!
Wall Street's Sweet Tooth: Krispy Kreme Stock Soars on McDonald's Partnership and New Flavors!
From Law & Order to Fast Food: Ice-T's Shocking Career Move as Raising Cane's Cashier!
Fast Food Calorie Bombs Exposed: The Gut-Busting Menu Items You Need to Avoid!
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(00:00):
This episode, along with hundreds ofothers from Klaroga Shark Media, is available
without commercials. Just look for thebanner on your Apple podcast app to subscribe
and try it free for a month. Calaroga Shark Media. Welcome back to
(00:21):
the Weekly Mac, your ultimate sourcefor the juiciest fast food noose. I'm
your host, Mac Davies, andWe've got a jam packed show for you
today, filled with exciting updates fromyour favorite fast food chains. The arguable
winner of the Battle for the BestChicken Sandwich has now entered the fast food
value Wars. Cajun inspired chicken chainPopeyes has brought back its Big Box promotion,
(00:43):
where customers can score a poultry richmeal for under ten dollars. The
Popeye's Big Box includes two pieces ofsignature chicken which are hand battered and breaded
then fried. The Big Box comeswith your choice of two sides and a
buttermilk biscuit for six ninety nine.Additionally, the chicken chain is offering a
shareable option the Bigger Box. Customerscan choose from either ten pieces of fried
(01:07):
chicken or ten chicken tenders and fourbiscuits for twenty dollars. Both the Big
and Bigger Box deals are now availablenationwide and can be ordered for both pickup
and delivery. This lower cost mealisn't new, although the price is.
In twenty twenty two, the BigBox with six dollars, showing that even
handbreaded deliciousness has become a victim ofinflation. Popeyees joins the latest chains to
(01:32):
announce a lower cost meal amid thevalue wars, where the country's most popular
fast food eateies compete for the coinsof cash conscious consumers. In May,
CNBC reported that McDonald's USA would beintroducing a five dollars value meal for one
month starting June twenty fifth. Themeal includes either a McChicken and mcdouble,
a four piece McNuggets fries, anda drink. The Edmonton Oilers have their
(01:57):
hope of a Stanley Cup resting onMcDavid's shoulders, but his teammates aren't the
only ones hoping he brings the ultimateprize home. McDonald's turn to Twitter to
make a deal with McDavid. Thefast food chains idea is to rename one
of the Edmonton McDonald's locations to aMcDavid's. If the Oilers lift Lord Stanley's
cup. There's no telling how longthis deal would last. Would the location
(02:20):
be renamed for a day, aweek, a month, would they create
new offerings to celebrate the milestone.The possibilities are certainly endless in this regard.
Fans of the oilers and McDonald's haveto be excited about the options.
It's certainly going to be an intriguingsituation to monitor going forward. McDavid and
the oilers have up to six gamesto fulfill their end of this challenge.
(02:40):
We will wait and see what transpiresover the next couple of weeks. Wall
Street has an appetite for Krispy Kreme, and it's pushing the donut maker's stock
up to its highest level in weeks. Shares of Krispy Creme ticked up to
eleven thirty five a share after thecompany's stock received an upgraded rating and a
price hike on account of its partnershipwith McDonald's, which it announced in March.
(03:04):
At that time, Krispy Kreme's stockjumped forty percent after the company said
it would offer three donut flavors atmost of McDonald's thirteen thy five hundred US
locations by the end of twenty twentysix. On Monday, Truest Securities upgraded
its Crispy Creme recommendation from buy tohold and raised the firm's price target from
(03:25):
thirteen dollars to fifteen dollars, notingthat it was time to indulge in an
underappreciated story, the firm said,referring to the deal with McDonald's. Truest
is also confident the surging popularity ofweight loss drugs such as ozempic will not
impact the pastry maker's plans to sellits donuts at McDonald's nationwide. Drugs like
(03:46):
ozepic are intended to be used forthe treatment of diabetes or weight loss.
The partnership will accelerate revenue growth oflegacy business in the next few quarters,
well before the McDonald's rollout is complete, analysts said in the note. Truest
added that the GLP one overhang isfully reflected in the current valuation and that
nonetheless, yes, we want toeat healthy, but we like our sweets.
(04:12):
In May, Krispy Kreme told investorsduring the company's first quarter earnings call
that it had posted its best salesquarter in the company's history thanks to its
specialty donuts, including its Solar Eclipseand Valentine's Day pastries. It seems that
the donut maker is aiming to keepits specialty momentum going. On Monday,
Krispy Kreme said that it planned topermanently add four new flavors to its donut
(04:32):
dot's menu. The new flavors,Powdered, Sprinkled Cinnamon, and Cookie Crumb,
will join the company's original glazed flavor. They will be available online or
in store in a ten count ortwenty four count cup. It added,
Iced Tea seems to have a newjob. On Monday, the sixty six
year old actor was seen working behindthe counter of a restaurant. This comes
(04:55):
after the New Jersey native appeared inthe season twenty five finale of Law and
Order as It's for You, wherehe played Detective Fin Tutuola for twenty four
years. Ice had on a redT shirt that said canes as he stood
in front of a cash register wherehe welcomed shocked customers, but the move
was only a promotion for the FriedChicken chain raising canes. When it comes
(05:15):
to iced tea, few are moresynonymous with the refreshing beverage than musician MC
and actor Iced Ta. A pressrelease shared recently, Iced Tea also added
raising Canes, fried cook, andcashier to his list of accomplishments and is
at the front counter, making thisNational Iced Ta Day twice as nice.
The release also said it's the nationalholiday celebrating me and Kine's iced Tea,
(05:39):
and it's great to be working withCanes again on one of my favorite holidays,
said Iced Tea. There are twoversions of iced tea. One is
sweet and one is unsweet. Bothare great at Kynes, but you only
want the sweet version of iced tea. During his shift at Raising Cain's an
Astor Place, Iced Tea surprised unsuspectingfans and customers by popping up with a
(06:00):
perfectly filled cup when they ordered icedtea. This comes after he said he
learned by accident his fate on Land O. Ice Tea's character receives a
gunshot wound during a dangerous confrontation withan armed boy. Now the rapper has
revealed how he learned his character wouldbe getting shot once again. Speaking with
people, the actor revealed his castmates alerted him to the scene before he
(06:21):
was able to finish reading the script. I was reading the pages. I
didn't know, so I'm hearing thescript and everybody's like, you're getting shot.
I'm like, what that could bebad? He recounted his character.
Finn fortunately survived. I lived throughit, he added more in a moment.
(06:50):
There are plenty of reasons to lovefast food. It's quick, convenient,
comforting, and let's face it,delicious. But there are downsides,
of course, with costs increasing,no longer falling into the cheap eats category,
as well as not necessarily being goodfor you or nutritious. Though caloric
intake at each fast food chain variesby item and portion size, courts utilize
(07:15):
the nutrition database platform Nutritionis to listthe eight chains with the highest calorie menu
items, including the specific item andhow many calories it contains. Here are
the eight chains and items with thehighest caloric intake from lowest to highest.
In eighth place is American fast casualrestaurant Zaxbis, which is known for its
(07:35):
chicken wings, chicken fingers, sandwiches, zalads, and zappetizers. The highest
calorie menu item is the Buffalo BonelessWings and Things, which comes in at
one four hundred and sixty calories forone serving. According to nutritionis. Wendy's
highest calorie menu item is their pretzelBacon pub Triple. According to Fat Secrets
(07:57):
food Database and Calorie counter, theitem is one thousand, five hundred thirty
calories for one serving. In sixthplace is Shake Shack, with the highest
calorie item being the Double Down Friescrinkle cut fries topped with shacked cheese,
sauce, spicy cherry peppers, andall natural smoked Niman ranch bacon. One
serving of the Double Down Fries isone nine hundred ten calories. According to
(08:20):
nutritionix Checker's Triple Bacon Zilla is onetwo hundred ten calories per serving. The
Triple Bacon Zilla is three beef hamburgerpatties with four slices of bacon, two
slices of American cheese, melted cheddarcheese, ketchup, and mayonnaise, served
on a toasted bakery style. BunCulvers is known for their concrete mixers,
and the highest calorie mixer is theBerry Happy Birthday Concrete mixer. A large
(08:45):
Berry Happy Birthday concrete mixer is onethousand, five hundred seventy calories. The
chain with the third highest calorie menuitems is Dairy Queen. A large peanut
butter puppy chow blizzard comes in atone thousand, three hundred and sixty calories.
In second place is Burger King,with the Bacon King Burger being the
highest calorie item on the menu atone two hundred calories. The Bacon King
(09:07):
Burger has two beef burgers topped withthick cut smoked bacon, melted American cheese,
ketchup, and mayonnaise on a sesameseed bun. The chain with the
highest calorie menu items is Sonic DriveIn. On Sonic's menu, the individual
item with the highest calorie intake isthe Oreo and Reese's Peanut Butter Shake with
(09:28):
seven hundred and twenty calories for thelarge And there you have it for today's
episode. Hope you enjoyed this fastfood ride. The Weekly Mac is a
calorogus Shark Media Production Executive producers MarkFrancis and John McDermott. Portions of this
podcast may have been created with theassistance of Ai
This episode, along with hundreds ofothers from Klaroga Shark Media, is available
without commercials. Just look for thebanner on your Apple podcast app to subscribe
and try it free for a month. Calaroga Shark Media. Welcome back to
(00:21):
the Weekly Mac, your ultimate sourcefor the juiciest fast food noose. I'm
your host, Mac Davies, andWe've got a jam packed show for you
today, filled with exciting updates fromyour favorite fast food chains. The arguable
winner of the Battle for the BestChicken Sandwich has now entered the fast food
value Wars. Cajun inspired chicken chainPopeyes has brought back its Big Box promotion,
(00:43):
where customers can score a poultry richmeal for under ten dollars. The
Popeye's Big Box includes two pieces ofsignature chicken which are hand battered and breaded
then fried. The Big Box comeswith your choice of two sides and a
buttermilk biscuit for six ninety nine.Additionally, the chicken chain is offering a
shareable option the Bigger Box. Customerscan choose from either ten pieces of fried
(01:07):
chicken or ten chicken tenders and fourbiscuits for twenty dollars. Both the Big
and Bigger Box deals are now availablenationwide and can be ordered for both pickup
and delivery. This lower cost mealisn't new, although the price is.
In twenty twenty two, the BigBox with six dollars, showing that even
handbreaded deliciousness has become a victim ofinflation. Popeyees joins the latest chains to
(01:32):
announce a lower cost meal amid thevalue wars, where the country's most popular
fast food eateies compete for the coinsof cash conscious consumers. In May,
CNBC reported that McDonald's USA would beintroducing a five dollars value meal for one
month starting June twenty fifth. Themeal includes either a McChicken and mcdouble,
a four piece McNuggets fries, anda drink. The Edmonton Oilers have their
(01:57):
hope of a Stanley Cup resting onMcDavid's shoulders, but his teammates aren't the
only ones hoping he brings the ultimateprize home. McDonald's turn to Twitter to
make a deal with McDavid. Thefast food chains idea is to rename one
of the Edmonton McDonald's locations to aMcDavid's. If the Oilers lift Lord Stanley's
cup. There's no telling how longthis deal would last. Would the location
(02:20):
be renamed for a day, aweek, a month, would they create
new offerings to celebrate the milestone.The possibilities are certainly endless in this regard.
Fans of the oilers and McDonald's haveto be excited about the options.
It's certainly going to be an intriguingsituation to monitor going forward. McDavid and
the oilers have up to six gamesto fulfill their end of this challenge.
(02:40):
We will wait and see what transpiresover the next couple of weeks. Wall
Street has an appetite for Krispy Kreme, and it's pushing the donut maker's stock
up to its highest level in weeks. Shares of Krispy Creme ticked up to
eleven thirty five a share after thecompany's stock received an upgraded rating and a
price hike on account of its partnershipwith McDonald's, which it announced in March.
(03:04):
At that time, Krispy Kreme's stockjumped forty percent after the company said
it would offer three donut flavors atmost of McDonald's thirteen thy five hundred US
locations by the end of twenty twentysix. On Monday, Truest Securities upgraded
its Crispy Creme recommendation from buy tohold and raised the firm's price target from
(03:25):
thirteen dollars to fifteen dollars, notingthat it was time to indulge in an
underappreciated story, the firm said,referring to the deal with McDonald's. Truest
is also confident the surging popularity ofweight loss drugs such as ozempic will not
impact the pastry maker's plans to sellits donuts at McDonald's nationwide. Drugs like
(03:46):
ozepic are intended to be used forthe treatment of diabetes or weight loss.
The partnership will accelerate revenue growth oflegacy business in the next few quarters,
well before the McDonald's rollout is complete, analysts said in the note. Truest
added that the GLP one overhang isfully reflected in the current valuation and that
nonetheless, yes, we want toeat healthy, but we like our sweets.
(04:12):
In May, Krispy Kreme told investorsduring the company's first quarter earnings call
that it had posted its best salesquarter in the company's history thanks to its
specialty donuts, including its Solar Eclipseand Valentine's Day pastries. It seems that
the donut maker is aiming to keepits specialty momentum going. On Monday,
Krispy Kreme said that it planned topermanently add four new flavors to its donut
(04:32):
dot's menu. The new flavors,Powdered, Sprinkled Cinnamon, and Cookie Crumb,
will join the company's original glazed flavor. They will be available online or
in store in a ten count ortwenty four count cup. It added,
Iced Tea seems to have a newjob. On Monday, the sixty six
year old actor was seen working behindthe counter of a restaurant. This comes
(04:55):
after the New Jersey native appeared inthe season twenty five finale of Law and
Order as It's for You, wherehe played Detective Fin Tutuola for twenty four
years. Ice had on a redT shirt that said canes as he stood
in front of a cash register wherehe welcomed shocked customers, but the move
was only a promotion for the FriedChicken chain raising canes. When it comes
(05:15):
to iced tea, few are moresynonymous with the refreshing beverage than musician MC
and actor Iced Ta. A pressrelease shared recently, Iced Tea also added
raising Canes, fried cook, andcashier to his list of accomplishments and is
at the front counter, making thisNational Iced Ta Day twice as nice.
The release also said it's the nationalholiday celebrating me and Kine's iced Tea,
(05:39):
and it's great to be working withCanes again on one of my favorite holidays,
said Iced Tea. There are twoversions of iced tea. One is
sweet and one is unsweet. Bothare great at Kynes, but you only
want the sweet version of iced tea. During his shift at Raising Cain's an
Astor Place, Iced Tea surprised unsuspectingfans and customers by popping up with a
(06:00):
perfectly filled cup when they ordered icedtea. This comes after he said he
learned by accident his fate on Land O. Ice Tea's character receives a
gunshot wound during a dangerous confrontation withan armed boy. Now the rapper has
revealed how he learned his character wouldbe getting shot once again. Speaking with
people, the actor revealed his castmates alerted him to the scene before he
(06:21):
was able to finish reading the script. I was reading the pages. I
didn't know, so I'm hearing thescript and everybody's like, you're getting shot.
I'm like, what that could bebad? He recounted his character.
Finn fortunately survived. I lived throughit, he added more in a moment.
(06:50):
There are plenty of reasons to lovefast food. It's quick, convenient,
comforting, and let's face it,delicious. But there are downsides,
of course, with costs increasing,no longer falling into the cheap eats category,
as well as not necessarily being goodfor you or nutritious. Though caloric
intake at each fast food chain variesby item and portion size, courts utilize
(07:15):
the nutrition database platform Nutritionis to listthe eight chains with the highest calorie menu
items, including the specific item andhow many calories it contains. Here are
the eight chains and items with thehighest caloric intake from lowest to highest.
In eighth place is American fast casualrestaurant Zaxbis, which is known for its
(07:35):
chicken wings, chicken fingers, sandwiches, zalads, and zappetizers. The highest
calorie menu item is the Buffalo BonelessWings and Things, which comes in at
one four hundred and sixty calories forone serving. According to nutritionis. Wendy's
highest calorie menu item is their pretzelBacon pub Triple. According to Fat Secrets
(07:57):
food Database and Calorie counter, theitem is one thousand, five hundred thirty
calories for one serving. In sixthplace is Shake Shack, with the highest
calorie item being the Double Down Friescrinkle cut fries topped with shacked cheese,
sauce, spicy cherry peppers, andall natural smoked Niman ranch bacon. One
serving of the Double Down Fries isone nine hundred ten calories. According to
(08:20):
nutritionix Checker's Triple Bacon Zilla is onetwo hundred ten calories per serving. The
Triple Bacon Zilla is three beef hamburgerpatties with four slices of bacon, two
slices of American cheese, melted cheddarcheese, ketchup, and mayonnaise, served
on a toasted bakery style. BunCulvers is known for their concrete mixers,
and the highest calorie mixer is theBerry Happy Birthday Concrete mixer. A large
(08:45):
Berry Happy Birthday concrete mixer is onethousand, five hundred seventy calories. The
chain with the third highest calorie menuitems is Dairy Queen. A large peanut
butter puppy chow blizzard comes in atone thousand, three hundred and sixty calories.
In second place is Burger King,with the Bacon King Burger being the
highest calorie item on the menu atone two hundred calories. The Bacon King
(09:07):
Burger has two beef burgers topped withthick cut smoked bacon, melted American cheese,
ketchup, and mayonnaise on a sesameseed bun. The chain with the
highest calorie menu items is Sonic DriveIn. On Sonic's menu, the individual
item with the highest calorie intake isthe Oreo and Reese's Peanut Butter Shake with
(09:28):
seven hundred and twenty calories for thelarge And there you have it for today's
episode. Hope you enjoyed this fastfood ride. The Weekly Mac is a
calorogus Shark Media Production Executive producers MarkFrancis and John McDermott. Portions of this
podcast may have been created with theassistance of Ai
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