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Scotsman
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Burger King UK unveils new 'Barbie rescue' bundle for summer
Burger King® UK is firing up a BBQ rescue mission with the flame-grilled feast Burger King UK has launched a brand new bundle to save Brits from disastrous BBQ blunders this summer, offering customers a choice of two BK favourites, the flame-grilled Whopper, the juicy Chicken Royale or a satisfying Bacon Double Cheeseburger, complemented by two kids' mains, golden Fries and fiery Chilli Cheese Bites. The bundle comes new research reveals over 30% of Brits admit that home-cooked BBQs rarely live up to the hype. The bundle is perfect for families and is the ultimate feast for when a BBQ goes wrong or the weather ruins the day. Customers can even DM a pic of their BBQ blunder to @burgerkinguk to use the UK's first 'Barbe-res-cue' hotline…. perfect for those who find themselves in a charred chicken or a limp lettuce situation. Those who submit a picture can be in luck to bag themselves a FREE Whopper® or iconic Chicken Royale via the Burger King® UK app*.
Bloomberg
6 days ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
Burgers Are the Restaurant World's Safe Haven
With apologies to John Milton, a hamburger is often the final infirmity of a noble restaurant. When times get tough, even the best chefs will succumb to the popular appeal and simple economics of a ground beef patty slid between well-buttered buns. Cheap chopped meat can conceal a lot of shortcomings and do wonders for the bottom line. Nowadays, the financial incentives are more compelling for high-end establishments than burger joints. Inflation has pushed up the cost of beef — as much as 20% over the last 12 months, according to UK's Office for National Statistics — so fancier spots can sell a pricey burger that's still a bargain for their clientele. Depending on how you weight your cost-benefit analysis, you might opt for, say, a Gordon Ramsay burger rather than fast food in a box on a plastic tray. Currently, the two-for-one Whopper deal at Burger King in the UK will set you back about £12 ($16.20). That's with a coupon. Without a promo discount, you may have to lay out almost £8 for just one. Some estimates have the Whopper increasing by a whopping 45% since 2020. In comparison, you can get a posh burger and brag about the famous culinary reputation attached to it for around £18. (Unless you want it with tender wagyu beef, which will cost you extra).
Buzz Feed
18-07-2025
- Business
- Buzz Feed
National Ice Cream Day Freebies And Discounts 2025
Is it really summer if you're not grabbing some ice cream after dinner at least three times a week? Answer: No. Lucky for all of my fellow sweet treat lovers, you can get tons of ice cream deals on Sunday, July 20, aka National Ice Cream Day. From BOGO offers to free toppings to places that will literally just hand you a free cone for walking in (no catch), here are all the places you'll want to check out on this very important holiday. 16 Handles — Download the app to claim your free fro-yo (up to $5). Frozen yogurt chain 16 Handles is giving away free ice cream through its rewards app. Just download the app to claim your free frozen treat (up to $5) at participating locations. Burger King — Royal Perks members get a free soft serve with the purchase of $1 or more. Looking for something to cool you down after that Whopper? Sign up for Burger King's Royal Perks and you'll get a free soft serve with your $1+ purchase. Baskin-Robbins — Get $5 off orders of $20 or more that are placed through third-party delivery. Baskin-Robbins is keeping the ice cream party going by celebrating ice cream week from July 20 through July 26. Spend $20 or more through a third-party delivery app and you'll get $5 off this nostalgic treat. Dippin' Dots — Get a free mini cup of Dippin' Dots during a two-hour window at participating locations. While we're on the topic of nostalgic treats, Dippin' Dots is giving away FREE mini cups at their locations (no catch!). As a bonus, you'll also get a free souvenir take-home cup if you're among the first 100 people in line. DoorDash x Ben & Jerry's — DashPass members get $5 off two pints of Ben & Jerry's ice cream. DoorDash and Ben & Jerry's are teaming up to give everyone a discount on ice cream pints as part of their Summer of DashPass promotion. If you're a DashPass member, you can redeem $5 off two pints on grocery and convenience orders. Dairy Queen — Get a free Dilly Bar with any order of $1 or more placed through the DQ App or website. Are you a DQ Rewards member? Now's your time to shine and get a free Dilly Bar (vanilla soft serve dipped in your choice of chocolate, butterscotch, or cherry) with your $1+ purchase through the app. What a great Dilly. Lidl — Get a free Bon Gelati or Gelatelli frozen product when you spend $40 or more. Your weekly grocery run just got a whole lot more interesting. Lidl is giving away free Bon Gelati or Gelatelli frozen treats when you clip the coupon in the MyLidl app after spending $40 in-store. Friendly's — Join the Friendly's Fan Club Rewards program for a free cone or dish of ice cream. I mean, who doesn't want to be part of the Friendly's Fan Club?! But if you don't, you can still get a 90-cent scoop in a cone or dish, either in-store or to-go. Graeter's — Sweet Rewards Loyalty Program Members can get a single-dip sugar cone for $1.55. This Midwest classic is discounting its single-dip sugar cones for National Ice Cream Day for rewards members. But that's not all! To celebrate National Ice Cream Month, children who submit a completed coloring sheet through their annual Coloring Contest get a free scoop of ice cream. Can a gal in her late 20s pass for a 10-year-old? Asking for a friend. Jeni's — Customers have the option to add Sundae Fudge Sauce to any order for free. Maybe it's just me, but ice cream isn't ice cream without a hefty drizzle of hot fudge. With Jeni's National Ice Cream Day offer, you can enjoy their new Sundae Fudge Sauce at no extra cost. Dream come true. Marble Slab Creamery — Loyalty members receive a free small ice cream (valid for seven days). This small-batch ice cream chain is celebrating all month long with surprise offers for its loyalty members, so make sure you pop into the app on July 20 to claim your free small ice cream. Petco — Get a free ice cream pup cup in-store. Who says ice cream is just for humans?! Bring your fur child to your nearest Petco to share the National Ice Cream Day fun. Talenti — Target Circle members can get 50% off one Talenti pint after purchasing one at full price. Use your Target Circle rewards to redeem Talenti's buy one, get one half off offer. Because let's be honest, none of us are getting just one pint of ice cream anyway. Van Leeuwen — Enjoy $3 scoops of the iconic Honeycomb ice cream from 12 p.m.–2 p.m. EST. Some may say it's kismet that National Ice Cream Day just so happened to fall on the 10th anniversary of Van Leeuwen's signature Honeycomb flavor. To celebrate, the chain is offering up $3 scoops of this icon, with chances for customers to win other fun prizes in store. Wendy's — Get a free small Frosty with any purchase through the Wendy's app. Dip your fries in your Frosty all Sunday long with this deal from Wendy's. Just order any item through their app to claim a free Frosty of your choice. Let us know which ice cream you'll be scooping up this Sunday! (Bonus: Comment your favorite ice cream flavor.) If you prefer to make your own frozen treat, download the free Tasty app to browse and save some of our favorite ice cream recipes — no subscription required.
Business Insider
18-07-2025
- General
- Business Insider
I tried barbecue burgers from Burger King, Shake Shack, and Smashburger. The best one tasted restaurant-quality.
For many people, barbecue sauce is a summer staple. The flavor profile is everywhere, from cookouts to the drive-thru line. But when it comes to which fast-food chain delivers the best bang for your buck with its barbecue burger, that's a little more up in the air. I tried barbecue burgers from Burger King, Shake Shack, and Smashburger to determine which chain offered the best taste and value. Here's how three fast-food barbecue burgers ranked, from worst to best. The burger came topped with pieces of crispy onions. The burger came topped with cheddar cheese, applewood smoked bacon, crispy fried onions, and barbecue a pile of crispy onion bits, I could clearly see the barbecue sauce, although overall, the burger looked and felt a little dry when I picked it up. The burger patty was also dry and well-done. I'm not a fan of any burger cooked past medium, so this well-done patty simply wasn't doing it for me, but how a burger is cooked is a matter of personal cheese on the burger I tried also wasn't melted enough to provide enough moisture to counteract the dryness of the the bacon on this burger blew me away. It was smoky and perfectly cooked. The barbecue burger from Burger King landed squarely in the middle of my ranking. I ordered the BBQ bacon Whopper Jr. and added cheese. It cost $11.09, excluding tax and fees, which I thought was a little pricey for a junior-sized burger. I would order this burger again, but it didn't blow me away. The bacon was crispy, though not as flavorful as the bacon from the other two burgers I tried. However, I thought this was a great classic cheeseburger. The onions, lettuce, and tomato were fresh, and the beef was juicy while still retaining a smoky, chargrilled it tasted similarly to a classic Whopper, and I didn't get a strong barbecue flavor from it. It was a classic cheeseburger, but I was looking for more barbecue flavor. My favorite burger came from Shake Shack. Shake Shack, which has US locations in 30 states and Washington, DC, offers two different kinds of barbecue burgers: the Smoky Classic BBQ burger and the Carolina BBQ burger with fried pickles.I ordered the classic version, which is topped with fried onions and bacon. It cost $13.29, excluding tax and fees, making it the most expensive burger of the bunch. The cheese was perfectly melted, and the onions were crispy and mouthwatering. The cheese was evenly coated on every inch of the thin, crispy patty, and the bun held everything together while still retaining its softness. This Shake Shack burger blew me away. It tasted restaurant-quality. Though thin and crispy, the burger was still perfectly cooked at a medium temperature, and the onions, though crispy, weren't hard, crunchy, and dry like the onions on the Smashburger cheeseburger I than bits of cut-up onions that didn't have much flavor, these onions were more similar to onion rings, and instantly transported me back to summer carnivals and roadside pickles added a tart, crunchy flavor, and this was the only burger where I really tasted the barbecue sauce. It was smoky yet light and had a slight vinegar taste that balanced out the richer flavors of the cheese, beef, and it was the most expensive burger, I thought it was well worth the slightly higher price.
Miami Herald
18-07-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
A flood-prone South Miami-Dade suburb braces for a whopper of a development
In the 1980s, when Miami-based Burger King looked to build a modern corporate headquarters that reflected the Whopper empire's global reach and success, it chose an out-of-the-way — and flood-prone — slice of land on Biscayne Bay off Old Cutler Road, deep in what was then known as South Dade. On 80 acres, the company built a sprawling, multi-story campus of monumental entryways, soaring atria and expansive terraces overlooking an artificial lagoon and offering, far in the distance across an expanse of water, a view of the downtown Miami skyline. Sandwiched between wild mangroves and a dense forest on the watery edge of what was once the Everglades' vast flood plain, the complex rose like a fast-food Oz from the remnants of the area's degraded but still vitally important natural environment. Whether audacious or foolhardy, it would soon prove a fateful decision — one that carries new and consequential repercussions today. The Village of Palmetto Bay, which didn't exist when Burger King occupied the complex, now faces an extensive redevelopment plan residents and officials don't want, on a site where some environmentalists say nothing of the scale of the old BK HQ should have been built in the first place. Just four years after Burger King moved in, in 1992, Hurricane Andrew hit it square-on with sustained winds as high as 165 mph and a record storm surge of nearly 17 feet. The storm blew out the main buildings' bayfront windows and the corporate offices within, strewing the property with office furnishings, ducts, shards of metal and other building parts. After tens of millions in repairs, Burger King moved back a year later, but in 2002 sold the site and repaired to a more central and secure location, Blue Lagoon next to Miami International Airport. For much of the two decades since, the owners of the complex, rebranded as the Palmetto Bay Village Center after the municipality founded in 2002, have leased out its offices — one longtime tenant is the Everglades Foundation — and hosted weddings and events while pursuing a wide-ranging redevelopment plan. Until recently, those plans had been thwarted by opposition from residents and village officials. Not any more. After a decade of political conflict, back-and-forth votes and a series of losses in court, the village council in June bowed to the seemingly inevitable: By a slim 3-2 majority, the body approved an agreement with Goddard Investments Group of Atlanta, the property owners, that would transform the old Burger King site into a dense village of apartments, townhomes, retail, restaurants, offices and, possibly, a hotel. Palmetto Bay Mayor Karyn Cunningham, who had opposed redevelopment but voted for the agreement, said court decisions favoring Goddard left the town facing potential damages of up to $15 million and little choice other than to approve the deal, even though the village government and many residents oppose building more on Old Cuter, a narrow scenic and historic road that's susceptible to flooding and already saturated with traffic much of the day. Some land preserved The village wrung two key concessions from the owners, she noted. Goddard will donate a 22-acre nature preserve on the grounds along Old Cutler to the town, along with a smaller piece of wetlands and mangroves at the southern end of the property that could not be built on in any case. Goddard also agreed not to invoke the Live Local Act, a controversial state law that overrides local zoning controls and could in theory have allowed the developer to build as many as 2,300 units of housing on the site, Cunningham said. In addition, Goddard agreed to drop the number of residential units in the project from 485 to 455, a reduction Cunningham said will help blunt its impact. 'What we've done is make the best of a really bad situation,' Cunningham said in an interview. 'Traffic and environment concerns are the reason we've fought to keep this development from moving forward. But we lost.' A Goddard representative did not respond to a request for an interview before publication deadline. Under the agreement, which provides a conceptual framework for the redevelopment, Goddard would retain Burger King's original buildings, designed in a florid post-Modern style typical of the 1980s by prominent national architectural firm Hellmuth Obata & Kassabaum, today know as HOK. Those buildings, which feature pinkish checkerboard patterns mixed with raw concrete, steel and sleek glass, would be refurbished for office and other commercial uses, including the possible 120-room hotel and a food market. On what what are now parking lots to the east, north and south of the complex, new buildings would house 413 condos or apartments, 42 rowhouses and a massive 100,000 square-foot fitness center, a master plan that accompanies the agreement shows. The lagoon would also be preserved and the site once again rebranded, this time as Laguna Vista. The plan has a significant resiliency elements. All new construction, for instance, will be elevated well off the ground, like the original buildings. Those original buildings, which range from three stories to six, housed Burger King's corporate offices, its test kitchens and Burger King University, its training center. They stood fast when Andrew hit, in large part because, in anticipation of just such a blow, the first two stories consist of open parking with occupied floors above over stilts and columns. That allowed much of the surge from Andrew to flow through with minimal structural damage. Even so, the high-water mark hit the third floor levels, and the risk of a repeat is significant. Scientists say a warming climate will bring stronger hurricanes driving even higher storm surge. The property sits in a designated coastal high-hazard area, and regulators say the south Biscayne Bay coast has a one-in-four chance of flooding from a storm surge within 30 years. To help ride out surge, the conceptual plan drawn up for the developers by Miami planning and architecture firm DPZ CoDesign, known for its pedestrian-friendly New Urbanist approach, puts the first usable floor of the new buildings up in the air as well. A new commercial main street, lined with retail and running between the existing buildings, would be up the equivalent of two stories, or one foot above the base flood elevation for the site, DPZ founding partner Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk said. FEMA's required flood elevation for the site is 17 feet. New apartment buildings would be up to 10 stories tall, though Plater-Zyberk said they won't be visible from Old Cutler or the bay. The townhomes, which would sit on higher ground closer to Old Cutler, will have only entryways on the first floor, with all habitable space above. The key, Plater-Zyberk said, is integrating the existing commercial buildings — and preserving their architectural style to provide a unique look and feel — with the new homes so that people who live in Laguna Vista can also work and shop there, reducing the number of car trips it would otherwise generate. 'We can't just take those buildings down,' Plater-Zyberk said, adding that her firm's plan tries to address village leaders' and residents' environmental and traffic concerns. 'We need to make them compatible set pieces within a harmonious whole. There is now the possibility that certain kinds of everyday activities can take place close to home.' Plans could still change One big caveat is that the plan is a concept very much subject to change. The legal settlement the village council approved outlines a zoning framework for the redevelopment and details its size and scale, but the council did not formally review the plan itself. Goddard now has architects working on specific designs, which must be reviewed internally by the village's building and zoning departments, though there won't be public hearings. Miami-Dade County's environmental regulators may also need to weigh in, Cunningham said. The agreement comes at a time when Palmetto Bay, once an unincorporated suburb of mostly modest homes built in the 1960s and 1970s, has been trying to stave off the intensive new development springing up on its borders, including in Cutler Bay to the south, and preserve its low-density scale and feel while girding for inevitable flooding from storms and sea-level rise. At the same time, Palmetto Bay has become increasingly desirable for families, a trend that has driven up demand and seen the value of even simple concrete houses reach $1 million, Cunningham noted. Because most of the village of about 24,000 people sits within designated flood zones, the majority of its homes and buildings are especially vulnerable to both surge and sea-level rise. A new village resilience action plan, just approved unanimously by the council, seeks to guide new development through incentives and other policies away from risk areas, including all properties along the coast of Biscayne Bay. That hasn't stopped a luxury home developer from building what he describes as a $50 million ''flood-proof bunker'' on the bay just north of the old Burger King site. In the case of the village center site, a controversial decision by a previous Palmetto Bay council and administration gave the property owner the right to redevelop and expand the campus, setting the stage for years of litigation and political conflict and the new settlement agreement. In 2016, the council, led by then-Mayor Eugene Flinn, approved an upzoning that allowed 485 residential housing and retail to be developed on the site, essentially expanding on an older plan for senior housing on the property that never came to fruition. The vote outraged many residents, generated ethics complaints and helped elect Cunningham, then a council member who had voted against the upzoning, as mayor in 2018, defeating Flinn. In 2022, Cunningham led a council majority that voted down Goddard's application to build the 485-unit project. Later that year, she again defeated Flinn, who called for the village to buy the old Burger King property to block development, to win a second term. But Goddard filed two court challenges, including a $15 million claim under the state's Bert J. Harris Act, which gives property owners the right to claim damages when local government unreasonably infringe on their development rights. Trial and appeals courts ruled consistently in favor of the developers, who argued successfully that the council's 2016 approval gave them vested rights, and ordered the village to settle. Though the owners would have had to prove the Harris Act claim amount in court, the potential $15 million penalty 'was really the sword hanging over our heads' that forced the settlement, Palmetto Bay village manager Nick Marano said in an interview. The settlement, which provides for a 30-year agreement and a project to be built in unspecified phases, led Goddard to present a fresh plan that Cunningham called a marked improvement over the 2022 version, which she said had 'nothing attractive about it.' The mayor says she hopes they adhere to the new blueprint, though the council was powerless to vote on it. 'A better fit for Palmetto Bay' 'What they have presented is a better fit for Palmetto Bay,' she said. The 22 acres of wooded land along Old Cutler will be deeded to the village once the first new building in the project is done. The woodland, which has a paved path through it, would be restored to its original state as a pine rockland with public access, she said. The preserve could also provide a path for golf carts — a popular alternative to cars in Palmetto Bay — in and out of the development so that residents don't have to always rely on cars The donation also includes a small slice of the Goddard property that now provides parking for the county branch library that sits at its north border, on land leased from Palmetto Bay inside a municipal park. The 13 acres on the south border, mostly wetlands and mangroves, will be left as is. Cunningham said it's a small but valuable piece that provides a buffer against flooding. It also adjoins a much larger coastal preserve south of the property's southern entrance on Southwest 184th Street that is undergoing restoration in a joint project by Palmetto Bay and Cutler Bay. Her hope, Cunningham said, is that the new project will live up to its stated promise as a place where residents can also work, shop and enjoy dining and recreation, minimizing the need for them to drive. Though many if not most Palmetto Bay residents drive north to work through the logjams of the Florida Turnpike and U.S. 1, more people have opted to work from home since the COVID-19 pandemic, the mayor said. 'I think this little area will attract people who will stick around the Palmetto Village Center area,' she said of the DPZ vision for Laguna Vista. 'People will be able to walk on down and get what they need.' Still, she acknowledged, the reality is there is only so much the village government can do to protect what she called quality of life for residents who sought out Palmetto Bay for its green yards and low density. 'This is important to me. Like many people, my biggest investment is in my home. It has been my goal to protect people's biggest investment,' she said. 'However, the world is changing. 'Who knew there would be so much multi-family being built in South Miami-Dade?' Miami Herald climate reporter Denise Hruby contributed to this story. Her work is is funded by Florida International University, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the David and Christina Martin Family Foundation in partnership with Journalism Funding Partners. The Miami Herald retains editorial control of all content.
