Zagat’s Fast Food Survey specifies the best fast food chains

Zagat’s latest Fast Food Survey illustrates the latest situation among fast-food and full-service chains. This survey is based on 6107 respondents, they evaluated 103 chains all over US. The criteria is that the typical respondent eats at a chain restaurant 11 times per month on average. Food, facilities and service given by each chain has been rated on a 30-point scale.

According to Tim Zagat, CEO of Zagat Survey, fast-food chains offer a lot of value to diners. Taking the current economic situation into consideration, this has become more important. Looking at the rankings, there are some interesting results:

• #1 Most popular fast food, Panera Bread
• #1 Most popular mega chain, Subway
• #2 Most popular quick refreshment, Dunkin’ Donuts (Starbucks was #1)
• #1 Best value of fast foods, McDonald’s
• #1 Best burger of full-service chains, Red Robin
• #2 Top facilities among large chains, Zaxby’s

Quiznos has shown the most significant depletion. This sub chain appeared in past top lists, but it does not take place among this year’s top chains. Quiznos’ rival Subway has been ranked in several categories — #2 in top food, #3 in facilities and #1 top service. You can find the full rankings of Zagat’s Fast Food Survey in here.

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Fast Food Nutrition Facts Guide: McDonald’s

We know many people searching for fast food nutrition facts via Google. At this point, we think that it would be useful for us to prepare a guide for them. So, there comes FFF Fast Food Nutrition Facts Guide. This guide will be founded step by step. Everytime we will give nutrition facts of a new fast food restaurant.

So, the first one is McDonald’s. For people wondering how much calorie they get when they eat BigMac, or Double Cheeseburger, or a salad. You can find the nutrition facts of all meals after the break.
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Fast food may slow the brain development in children, study suggests

You can eat fast food whenever you want, if you are free of thinking your health or diet. But when your child or children are in question, think many times.

We know that fast food diets may lead obese children. In addition to that, according to a study contucted by Kerri Tobin, of Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, children who ate higher-than-average amounts of junk food scored significantly have lower than their classmates in a range of academic tests. These findings applied even when pupils’ backgrounds and poverty levels were taken into account. So, for smartness of your children, stop putting hamburgers, or other kind of junk foods in their lunch box. Be sure that they would have chance to have fast food in their future, but not now. Indeed, we are against fast foods for children.

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Want a fast food calorie counter on your iPhone?

Are you trying to reconcile your diet with your love for fast food? At this point, the nutrition facts of fast foods have an important role. Do you know how much calorie does a BigMac have? Or a Whooper? Or a slice of pizza from Pizza Hut? Or a glass of Caffe Mocha from Starbucks?

You had had to google nutrition facts of these foods, and look up many different web pages. But, thanks to iPhone, only one application is enough to check the nutrition facts of all meals of many fast food restaurants. “Fast Food Calorie Counter”, designed by Mobigloo LLC, has a calorie counter. And, this calorie counter tells you everything about what you eat in any fast food restaurant. McDonald’s, Burger King, KFC, Pizza Hut, DunkinDonuts, Sbarro and many different restaurants take place in this application. You can download it to your iPhone or iPod touch from App Store by paying 2.99$.
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Popeyes Chicken&Biscuits: $4You

Popeyes is making you full by only 4$. A new menu called “$4You” has nine different choices, including Loading Chicken Wrap, Biscuit, Three Louisana Nuggets, and Apple Pie. You pick three out of nine, and make your own menu. And it costs just 4$.

Shaw from Lunch Blog has tried “$4You” with his friends. Everyone has gotten a different choice, and they give their opinions about each of nine foods:

• Loaded Chicken Wrap: This is your best bet — a tortilla stuffed with a chicken tender, cheese, and red beans and rice. Oddly enough, it’s got more or less the same ingredients as the Chicken Bowl, yet is much more appealing.
• Delta Mini: Also decent. A chicken tender on a small bun slathered with Delta Sauce, which is some kind of spicy mayo. Robert split his with me, and I wish I’d got my own.
• Chicken Biscuit: Exactly what its name says — a chicken tender on a biscuit. Good in theory. Disappointing in execution. Somehow managed to be dry and greasy at the same time. Neither of us finished ours. Says online you’re supposed to get a choice of Louisiana hot sauce or honey, although no such offer was made this evening.
• Biscuit: Because you could get a biscuit with a piece of chicken in it instead, you should pick this only if you are new to the planet and have no concept of value.
• Leg or Thigh, Mild or Spicy: Like the KFC Big Box Meal, it’s not enough bone-in chicken to make a true impression.
• Three Louisiana Nuggets: Really, Popeyes? Three whole nuggets? You spoil us. Nets out to 44¢ a pop.
• Regular Side: Should you want some red beans and rice, mashed potatoes and gravy, Cajun fries or Cajun rice, this is a decent option. For the suckers out there, Popeyes also offers cole slaw. Always thought it was weird that Popeyes doesn’t serve spinach, but it turns out the chain is actually named for Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle of The French Connection, rather than the sailor man.
• Regular Drink: I’m sick of sodas being offered as a value menu item. A waste of one of your three picks — especially when you’ve got a few Miller High Life quarts waiting for you.
• Cinnamon Apple Pie: Hmmm.

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