Hungry Jack’s quad stack burger
We ran a story on the front page today about the success of Hungry Jack’s quad stack burger. This was a limited-time promotion where people could buy super-size burgers made to order.
The standard quad stack comprised four beef patties, four slices of cheese and bacon in a standard hamburger bun with no salad.
It contained something like 1080 calories and 71g of fat.
Hungry Jack’s copped a lot of negative flak from health food nazis, but the quad stack was a marketing success.
After today’s story appeared, a reader sent us an MMS message showing a picture of a nine-stack burger. We published the photo and an associated YouTube video online.
The photo and video sound like the work of kids who work at Hungry Jack’s. Good on them for having a bit of fun.
I can’t say I would fancy eating one of those meals myself.
I liked the Adelaide Advertiser story in which journalist Paul Ashenden took the taste test. He said it really “hit the spot”.
I could see the oil oozing out as I ate but hey – did I really expect anything else? Nope, it was everything a fast food burger has always been – minus lettuce, tomato, onion and pickles, of course – and I was enjoying it. But then, after I had finished, an aftertaste of fat kicked in – and this was a horrible thing.
I reckon your stomach would hate you afterwards.
I'm a 41-year-old father of four working as a newspaper editor at Mount Gambier in South Australia.
September 26th, 2008 at 4:31 am
Nothing beats a good, greasy cheeseburger.
I don’t have that many these days, but I still have fond memories of them.
September 26th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
I know what you mean Delmer. Those greasy burgers look incredibly tasty, but I do think my stomach (and my brain) would hate me afterwards.
September 28th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
I was the person who sent this in. I took the photo with manager’s permission, and thought that with all the attention about the quad in the paper, and with the Youtube’s success, a video would be a great way to show it off.
Note that I no longer work there. We were all told when the Quad first hit the media, that we were not allowed to talk to the media about it. Ha ha …