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Arby's Lures Sports Fans With Free Food

Posted Nov 20th 2009 5:00PM by David Koeppel
Filed under: Business, Trends, Fast Food, Food News

Arby's curly fries. Photo: Mr. Wright, Flickr

When the Detroit Red Wings failed to score hat tricks (three goals by one player in a single game) for parts of two seasons, they weren't only failing to score points. They were disappointing fans who were promised a free box of curly fries from Arby's.

The fast-food chain has kept Detroit-area sports fans satiated with free grub by tying giveaways to sports feats. For Tigers baseball fans, it's a free roast beef sandwich for three or more home-game home runs, says Tina Hering, marketing manager for Arby's in Michigan.

The baseball team was able to achieve that goal 18 times this season. But it's been a waiting game for hockey fans who've dubbed the lack of hat tricks as "the Arby's Curse." The curse was finally lifted last week.

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Ten Burgers Will Give You Enough Grease to Re-create the Mona Lisa

Posted Mar 17th 2009 8:01AM by Monika Bartyzel
Filed under: Fast Food

We all say that we know how much grease and fat is in fast food, but do we really?

For example, would you ever think that 10 burgers from a fast-food restaurant could allow you to create a Mona Lisa out of grease? If you say yes, how about a recreation that looks to be 12-feet tall? In the above video, artist Phil Hansen grabs a bunch of burgers and creates an insanely impressive and huge grease-image of Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting. That's only 10 double-patty burgers.

But this isn't just something out of nowhere, it's a pitch to help get Arby's some more love. That link on the bottom, burgergreaseart.com, leads you straight to an ad for Arby's new "Roastburger." If they really want to sell them this way, there should be a side-by-side competition in grease. Who knows how far a bunch of fast food roast beast could get you?

Nevertheless, it's a pretty cool way to use fast food.

[via Serious Eats]

Where did that name come from?

Posted Apr 28th 2008 12:00PM by Stefani Pollack
Filed under: Business

Baskin-Robbins ice cream cone AOL Money & Finance has a feature on the origin of some famous brands named after people. Here are some of the ones that I found particularly interesting:

Arby's stands for R.B., the initials of the Raffel Brothers. Many people think it stands for roast beef.
Taco Bell was founded by Glen Bell. I thought they just liked the bell logo. Who knew?
Baskin-Robbins was a combination of two ice cream stores, one started by Irvine Robbins and the other by Burton Baskin. This one shouldn't have surprised me, but it did.
Wendy's was named after Dave Thomas' (the founder) daughter's nick name. He had 5 kids. You have to wonder what the other ones thought of his choice.

Check out the rest of the 39 brands for more interesting facts.

Arby's to own Wendy's

Posted Apr 24th 2008 3:30PM by Marisa McClellan
Filed under: Newspapers, Fast Food

When I was young and my family lived in Los Angeles, we had a tradition that we'd go to Wendy's for dinner any time the power went out. In our little Eagle Rock bungalow, the power went out nearly every time it rained, which meant we got over to Wendy's at least once every couple of months. My parents liked Wendy's because they had baked potatoes and a salad bar, and as far as fast food went, it seemed better than many of the other alternatives.

However, it looks like Wendy's, soon won't be Wendy's, at least not as we currently know it. Arby's, the chain known for big (and in my opinion, mediocre) roast beef sandwiches, is gobbling up Wendy's for a cool $2.34 billion dollars. I am sure that Dave Thomas, the founder of Wendy's, is rolling over in his grave. According to this AP article, the rest of his family certainly isn't happy about it.

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Ten Burgers Will Give You Enough Grease to Re-create the Mona Lisa

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