Hardee’s serves up 1,420-calorie burger

[Donger]

As many fast-food chains introduce healthier fare amid fears of being sued, Hardee’s is bucking the trend, serving up a megaburger with 1,420 calories and 107 grams of fat.

St. Louis-based Hardee’s Food Systems Inc. Monday rolled out its Monster Thickburger — two one-third-pound slabs of Angus beef, four strips of bacon, three slices of cheese and mayonnaise on a buttered sesame seed bun. The sandwich alone sells for $5.49 or $7.09 with a medium fries (520 calories) and soda (about 400 calories).

McDonald’s Corp., Wendy’s International Inc. and other fast-food giants have broadened their offerings of salad and other lower-calorie fare amid concerns the industry could be held legally liable for America’s obesity epidemic. Hardee's offers no such concessions, although the chain is not completely oblivious to dietary trends, offering at least three "low-carb" items including a low-carb Thickburger.

In an interview on CNBC, Hardee's chief executive Andrew Puzder was unapologetic, saying the company's latest sandwich is "not a burger for tree-huggers."

"This is a burger for young hungry guys who want a really big, delicious, juicy, decadent burger," he said. "I hope our competitors keep promoting those healthy products, and we will keep promoting our big, juicy delicious burgers."

Health-safety activist Michael Jacobson denounced the new Hardee's concoction.

"They would argue they are just giving people what they want. I would say this is beyond the pale," said Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest. "Probably no nutritionist ever imagined that a product like this would be marketed."

Jacobson pointed out that one Monster Thickburger contains twice the recommended daily allowance of saturated fat, and nearly a full day's worth of sodium. Even before the new Monster Thickburger, the chain offered five sandwiches with 1,000 calories or more, and eight overall that have more calories than what was once the big-burger standard — McDonald’s 600-calorie Big Mac.

"If Hardee's persists in marketing this junk, it should at least list calories right up on the menu board," Jacobson said.

While fast-food diets have been blamed for an epidemic of obesity and heart disease, last year a federal judge in New York dismissed two class-action suits blaming McDonald’s for making people fat.

“Maybe this is a smart strategy because there are still folks out there who care about the taste and size of their sandwich, and less about their weight,” said Jerry McVety, president of the restaurant consulting firm McVety & Associates in Farmington Hills, Mich.

[ROYC75]

Good Grief .....

I gotta keep III away from them, he loves the 6$ burgers, imagine his take on these.

[Sure-Oz]

I wish we had a hardees nearby.

[Raiderhater]

Originally Posted by KCTitus

Thankfully, you're right...well that and a putty knife to scrape my tounge.

Heh heh.

[R&GHomer]

Originally Posted by ENDelt260

The grease doesn't bother me as much as the shit they fry in it.

It doesn't help that they fry everything in the same grease. Even the fries taste like fish.

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As for the new mega burger No way in hell I could eat the whole thing,
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Pussy.

Perhaps, but I would get an "A+" for effort.

[BIG_DADDY]

I'm at least curious as to what they taste like. Someone should post after they have tried it. The not for tree huggers part cracked me up. ENDO would make the perfect guinea pig for this one, that guy will put anything in his body. What do say ENDO?

[Straight, No Chaser]

Originally Posted by ENDelt260

Well, like I said earlier in the thread...

Out in these parts, we have Carl's Jr... they have a double Six Dollar Burger... which, while lacking the bacon of the burger in question here, has more meat (two 1/2 pound patties instead of two 1/3 pound patties). I've have a few double six dollar burgers. They're pretty tasty. Bout as good as you can get for a fast food burger. But, Carl's Jr cooks the hell out of it. You'd have to go to a real restaurant to get a burger that doesn't have that problem.

Go to the Chuckbox. Be sure and take a stick with you though, some people need to use the stick to put their intestines back up the arse.

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[Lzen]

Originally Posted by Donger

In an interview on CNBC, Hardee's chief executive Andrew Puzder was unapologetic, saying the company's latest sandwich is "not a burger for tree-huggers."

Excellent.

Originally Posted by Donger

....the recommended daily intake of cholesterol is 300 milligrams.

Is that even possible?

[Lzen]

Originally Posted by ENDelt260

That guy screwed up. The single Six Dollar Burger is only 135mg. If we assume that the majority of the cholesterol is in the patty, then the 260 number would make sense... but, it would be mg, not grams.

Ok, it was mg and not g. That makes sense.