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THE INSIDER
Sliders by
the billions
White Castle recently set an all-time sales record
of its Original Slider, Cheese Slider and Jalapeno
Cheese Slider with 29 billion sliders sold. This
milestone includes sliders sold in restaurants and
through food retailers nationwide.
To visualize 29 billion White Castle sliders, imagine:
* Stacking them vertically on top of one another would reach 7.5 billion feet
tall, or more than 260,000 Mt. Everests.
* Placing them end-to-end would stretch more than 1.4 million miles, or three
round trips from Earth to the moon and back. They would also circle the Earth
over 57 times.
* Laid flat, the 29 billion Sliders would cover a land area equivalent to
Washington, DC.
" The thought of 29 billion can be difficult to grasp, but when you break it
down, it all begins with one idea from a pioneer 102 years ago and one tasty
little burger, " said Jamie Richardson, vice president at White Castle. " Our
recipe for success is treating every burger sold like it is someone's first time
experiencing White Castle. Whether you're a first-time customer or a lifelong
Craver, hot and tasty 100% beef steam grilled on a bed of onions served on a
bun from our own bakeries is what you're craving, and satisfying that craving is
what White Castle has delivered, 29 billion times over. "
KFC Launches 'Chicken Night'
KFC, a unit of Yum! Brands, offered an alternative to pizza night with the
brand's $20 Fill Up Box and a limited-time deal featuring a 10-piece Kentucky
Fried Chicken Nuggets for just $5 at participating restaurants nationwide.
The convenient box comes ready to serve with 10-pieces of KFC's new
Kentucky Fried Chicken Nuggets, four pieces of chicken on the bone, Secret
Recipe Fries, four biscuits and a choice of four dipping sauces for $20. The
chicken nuggets are made with 100% white meat and hand-breaded with KFC's
Original Recipe.
To support the chicken night promotion, KFC is offering a " Kentucky Fried
Chicken Night " dinnertime soundtrack on major streaming platforms until
Oct. 12, and former professional football player, Deion " Prime Time " Sanders,
and his family demonstrating the " joy
of swapping family pizza night for a
Kentucky Fried Chicken night. "
Wendy's 'next
gen' eateries
The Wendy's Company opened
the company's first Global Next
Gen restaurants in Kansas and
Oklahoma with more than 200
Global Next Gen restaurants slated
to open through 2024.
Wendy's new restaurant design
features sleek and modern touches
with an optimized layout and nextgeneration
technology to deliver
more food to more people with an
emphasis on convenience, speed
and accuracy across drive-thru,
dine-in and digital order pick-up.
" The Global Next Gen futureforward
design unlocks 400 times
the capacity for digital orders,
accelerating the system's digital
growth, " said Abigail Pringle,
Wendy's president, International
and chief development officer.
" By bringing Global Next Gen
from cutting-edge blueprints to
successful openings in less than
one year, Wendy's global structure
is enabling system-wide expansion
optimized to the digital age. "
OVERherd
" We're moving our existing sales to more
efficient assets. And so, no material change
in volume in any way, shape or form. "
- Wes Morris, Tyson Foods' group president of Poultry, when asked how the announced closure of four more
poultry plants would impact production, during an Aug. 7 conference call with financial analysts.
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