For those of you too lazy to hit the drive-thru (1 Viewer)

[tommyGunZ]

Burger Kings tests delivery service in VA and MD.

Bloomberg News-- Burger King Holdings Inc., the operator of 7,500 fast-food restaurants in the U.S. and Canada, is trying out delivery service at some stores in Virginia and Maryland as a possible way to boost sales.

“We are currently testing the service to bring this convenience to the U.S.,” Kristen Hauser, a spokeswoman for Burger King, said in an e-mail. The Miami-based chain will expand its test to 16 locations from four by Jan. 23, she said, declining to say whether the service will be offered nationwide.

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Available from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., deliveries cost $2 and there is a minimum order of $8 to $10, depending on the market, according to Burger King’s website. The restaurant, whose rivals include McDonald’s Corp. and Wendy’s Co., is delivering meals such as 40-piece chicken tenders and two bottled drinks for $10.99 and four large sandwich combos for $23.99.

Customers can order online or via phone. Burger King doesn’t deliver fountain drinks, milkshakes, coffee and breakfast foods, Hauser said.

AMERICA #### YEAH!

 

[bueno]

Why is this a problem for you? Some of us actually live busy lives and don't have time to go to a drive-thru in the middle of the day.

Personally, I probably wouldn't order Burger King delivery, but lots of other restaurants deliver.

 

[Fensalk]

It does seem silly to think getting pizza delivered is normal but getting burgers and fries delivered is not.

 

[bueno]

I get burritos delivered to my Mexican office all the time.

MEXICO #### YEAH!

 

[Fensalk]

I think in 20 years, robots will be advanced enough to go out to burger king and get your food for you. Or perhaps burger king will have a robot that delivers your food to you. One idea I had in mind was that every home would have a small helipad on the roof or front yard or something. A domestic drone would land there with your products such as food or clothes from the department store. The drone could also deliver your mail to the post office, or stuff like that.

The drone might be a small smart helicopter.

In the future, this might alter cities themselves. You could work remotely. But with this you can even shop remotely and get your goods in a timely manner. You could live 50 miles out of town and still get a hot pizza delivered in 20 minutes. Why stay in the city at all?

 

[Leroy Hoard]

At least you will be closer to your bathroom.

 

[bueno]

I think in 20 years, robots will be advanced enough to go out to burger king and get your food for you. Or perhaps burger king will have a robot that delivers your food to you. One idea I had in mind was that every home would have a small helipad on the roof or front yard or something. A domestic drone would land there with your products such as food or clothes from the department store. The drone could also deliver your mail to the post office, or stuff like that. The drone might be a small smart helicopter.In the future, this might alter cities themselves. You could work remotely. But with this you can even shop remotely and get your goods in a timely manner. You could live 50 miles out of town and still get a hot pizza delivered in 20 minutes. Why stay in the city at all?

Why anyone would want to live in a city is always unfathomable to me.

 

[Joe Summer]

My office would be down for this if they delivered breakfast.

No breakfast? Go to hell.

 

[Black Box]

I think in 20 years, robots will be advanced enough to go out to burger king and get your food for you. Or perhaps burger king will have a robot that deliver your food to you. One idea I had in mind was that every home would have a small helipad on the roof or front yard or something. A domestic drone would land there with your products such as food or clothes from the department store. The drone could also deliver your mail to the post office, or stuff like that. The drone might be a small smart helicopter.In the future, this might alter cities themselves. You could work remotely. But with this you can even shop remotely and get your goods in a timely manner. You could live 50 miles out of town and still get a hot pizza delivered in 20 minutes. Why stay in the city at all?

I'm already working on a drone prototype which will intercept other people's drones mid-flight and take their stuff

 

[Reg Lllama of Brixton]

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Talk about lazy...

 

[Ignoramus]

With the advent of 3-D printers, it's just a matter of time before BK will be able to fax you a Whopper.

 

[Reg Lllama of Brixton]

This is insane!

A restaurant delivering food to people who are too lazy to go get it themselves. I never thought I'd live to see the day.

 

[Joe Summer]

I think in 20 years, robots will be advanced enough to go out to burger king and get your food for you. Or perhaps burger king will have a robot that delivers your food to you. One idea I had in mind was that every home would have a small helipad on the roof or front yard or something. A domestic drone would land there with your products such as food or clothes from the department store. The drone could also deliver your mail to the post office, or stuff like that. The drone might be a small smart helicopter.In the future, this might alter cities themselves. You could work remotely. But with this you can even shop remotely and get your goods in a timely manner. You could live 50 miles out of town and still get a hot pizza delivered in 20 minutes. Why stay in the city at all?

Forget drones. In the future, everything will be mechanized on an endless series of conveyor belts. You want something from Burger King? Just email your order and a robot at the restaurant puts the burger on a conveyor belt headed to your house. The belts move so fast that you get your order quicker than if you had driven to the restaurant yourself. It's like those moving sidewalks from The Jetsons but on a global scale.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

With the advent of 3-D printers, it's just a matter of time before BK will be able to fax you a Whopper.

"Fax It Your Way®"

 

[Fensalk]

I think in 20 years, robots will be advanced enough to go out to burger king and get your food for you. Or perhaps burger king will have a robot that deliver your food to you. One idea I had in mind was that every home would have a small helipad on the roof or front yard or something. A domestic drone would land there with your products such as food or clothes from the department store. The drone could also deliver your mail to the post office, or stuff like that. The drone might be a small smart helicopter.In the future, this might alter cities themselves. You could work remotely. But with this you can even shop remotely and get your goods in a timely manner. You could live 50 miles out of town and still get a hot pizza delivered in 20 minutes. Why stay in the city at all?

I'm already working on a drone prototype which will intercept other people's drones mid-flight and take their stuff

Good luck with that. The cop drone is waiting behind a tree to tag your drone and bust you.

 

[roadkill1292]

I think in 20 years, robots will be advanced enough to go out to burger king and get your food for you. Or perhaps burger king will have a robot that delivers your food to you. One idea I had in mind was that every home would have a small helipad on the roof or front yard or something. A domestic drone would land there with your products such as food or clothes from the department store. The drone could also deliver your mail to the post office, or stuff like that. The drone might be a small smart helicopter.In the future, this might alter cities themselves. You could work remotely. But with this you can even shop remotely and get your goods in a timely manner. You could live 50 miles out of town and still get a hot pizza delivered in 20 minutes. Why stay in the city at all?

Forget drones. In the future, everything will be mechanized on an endless series of conveyor belts. You want something from Burger King? Just email your order and a robot at the restaurant puts the burger on a conveyor belt headed to your house. The belts move so fast that you get your order quicker than if you had driven to the restaurant yourself. It's like those moving sidewalks from The Jetsons but on a global scale.

No, I think Beej is mostly right about this. Roadways and vehicles will be automated. BK will have its fleet of delivery bots which will bring the food at least to your driveway and send out a signal to your phone that it has arrived. Your grandchildren are going to be amused at your stories about driving to work or to pick up fast food.

 

[bueno]

I can see it now: delivery boxes launched from rail guns arriving at the front door. couldn't smash up the food any more than the typical pizza delivery guy.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Chik Fil-A needs to jump on this.

 

[Fensalk]

One side effect of drone delivery might be there is just one McDonalds in a 50-square mile radius. It delivers food to you. Or those that aren't at home, the government may establish public helipads throughout the city where a variety of companies may ship food / clothes / etc to you. So instead of going to McDonalds, you go to the "public eatery" that has a helipad and McDonalds ships the food there. You might sit next to someone eating Burger King, or Subway, or whatever.

McDonald's can service a whole city but cut costs by only having one brick-and-mortar building in the area, and far less employees.

 

[McBokonon]

One side effect of drone delivery might be there is just one McDonalds in a 50-square mile radius. It delivers food to you. Or those that aren't at home, the government may establish public helipads throughout the city where a variety of companies may ship food / clothes / etc to you. So instead of going to McDonalds, you go to the "public eatery" that has a helipad and McDonalds ships the food there. You might sit next to someone eating Burger King, or Subway, or whatever.

I can see the future, and it is awesome. I will call this vision.."Food Court."

 

[Fensalk]

One side effect of drone delivery might be there is just one McDonalds in a 50-square mile radius. It delivers food to you. Or those that aren't at home, the government may establish public helipads throughout the city where a variety of companies may ship food / clothes / etc to you. So instead of going to McDonalds, you go to the "public eatery" that has a helipad and McDonalds ships the food there. You might sit next to someone eating Burger King, or Subway, or whatever.

I can see the future, and it is awesome. I will call this vision.."Food Court."

Its more than a food court. Others will go to their local public helipad to pick up clothes from a department store, or tools from Home Depot, or silverware from Wal-Mart.

 

[McBokonon]

One side effect of drone delivery might be there is just one McDonalds in a 50-square mile radius. It delivers food to you. Or those that aren't at home, the government may establish public helipads throughout the city where a variety of companies may ship food / clothes / etc to you. So instead of going to McDonalds, you go to the "public eatery" that has a helipad and McDonalds ships the food there. You might sit next to someone eating Burger King, or Subway, or whatever.

I can see the future, and it is awesome. I will call this vision.."Food Court."

Its more than a food court. Others will go to their local public helipad to pick up clothes from a department store, or tools from Home Depot, or silverware from Wal-Mart.

OK...I will rename this vision..."Mall."

 

[Rayderr]

Back when I lived in VA, there were a few companies (Waiter on the Way comes to mind) that you could order food from, they'd then order it from the restaurant, pick it up and deliver it to you. Pretty sure at least a couple of them did fast food restaurants as well.

 

[Gr00vus]

One side effect of drone delivery might be there is just one McDonalds in a 50-square mile radius. It delivers food to you. Or those that aren't at home, the government may establish public helipads throughout the city where a variety of companies may ship food / clothes / etc to you. So instead of going to McDonalds, you go to the "public eatery" that has a helipad and McDonalds ships the food there. You might sit next to someone eating Burger King, or Subway, or whatever.

I can see the future, and it is awesome. I will call this vision.."Food Court."

Its more than a food court. Others will go to their local public helipad to pick up clothes from a department store, or tools from Home Depot, or silverware from Wal-Mart.

OK...I will rename this vision..."Mall."

 

[bueno]

Don't think this thread is going where ole GunZ-o thought it would....

 

[johnnycakes]

I think they got the idea from the fast food joints in China, which deliver.

 

[roadkill1292]

One side effect of drone delivery might be there is just one McDonalds in a 50-square mile radius. It delivers food to you. Or those that aren't at home, the government may establish public helipads throughout the city where a variety of companies may ship food / clothes / etc to you. So instead of going to McDonalds, you go to the "public eatery" that has a helipad and McDonalds ships the food there. You might sit next to someone eating Burger King, or Subway, or whatever.

I can see the future, and it is awesome. I will call this vision.."Food Court."

Its more than a food court. Others will go to their local public helipad to pick up clothes from a department store, or tools from Home Depot, or silverware from Wal-Mart.

OK...I will rename this vision..."Mall."

Of course it's like a mall. These aren't radical new concepts, just more efficient ways of doing the things we like to do.

 

[roadkill1292]

Don't think this thread is going where ole GunZ-o thought it would....

I didn't read Gunz' op as a negative one.We've only really begun to automate the country as we can and will and it's pretty interesting to speculate how it will look in a couple of decades.

 

[Gr00vus]

Don't think this thread is going where ole GunZ-o thought it would....

Sure it is. Currently burger king food tastes terrible right off the pick up window. Imagine how much worse their fries will taste when they're delivery time old.

 

[Parrothead]

BK is way too lowbrow for me.. call me when Wendy's delivers..

 

[Rayderr]

Don't think this thread is going where ole GunZ-o thought it would....

Sure it is. Currently burger king food tastes terrible right off the pick up window. Imagine how much worse their fries will taste when they're delivery time old.

I actually like the new fries. Reminds me of Roy Rogers' fries.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Don't think this thread is going where ole GunZ-o thought it would....

Sure it is. Currently burger king food tastes terrible right off the pick up window. Imagine how much worse their fries will taste when they're delivery time old.

I actually like the new fries. Reminds me of Roy Rogers' fries.

Couldn't be any worse than their old fries.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Imagine of a group of midnight tokers who decide Taco Bell would hit the spot.

 

[tommyGunZ]

Why is this a problem for you? Some of us actually live busy lives and don't have time to go to a drive-thru in the middle of the day. Personally, I probably wouldn't order Burger King delivery, but lots of other restaurants deliver.

I present Exhibit A. Posters whose lives are "so busy" that they can't even make it to the BK drive thru, yet have > 44k posts on a fantasy nerd message board.Get off your #### before we have to waste taxpayer $ to use the jaws of life to excavate you from your bed, Jabba.

 

[SacramentoBob]

I get burritos delivered to my Mexican office all the time.MEXICO #### YEAH!

 

[SacramentoBob]

Not really sure what the big deal is. Restaurants delivering food isn't some new thing.

 

[comfortably numb]

More importantly, lets discuss how much you will tip on a $22/meal

 

[Rayderr]

Why is this a problem for you? Some of us actually live busy lives and don't have time to go to a drive-thru in the middle of the day. Personally, I probably wouldn't order Burger King delivery, but lots of other restaurants deliver.

I present Exhibit A. Posters whose lives are "so busy" that they can't even make it to the BK drive thru, yet have > 44k posts on a fantasy nerd message board.Get off your #### before we have to waste taxpayer $ to use the jaws of life to excavate you from your bed, Jabba.

It's hard to type posts on a smartphone while driving to a fast food restaurant.

 

[roadkill1292]

Why is this a problem for you? Some of us actually live busy lives and don't have time to go to a drive-thru in the middle of the day.

Personally, I probably wouldn't order Burger King delivery, but lots of other restaurants deliver.

I present Exhibit A. Posters whose lives are "so busy" that they can't even make it to the BK drive thru, yet have > 44k posts on a fantasy nerd message board.Get off your #### before we have to waste taxpayer $ to use the jaws of life to excavate you from your bed, Jabba.

Ok, now maybe this is a little negative. Gunz, I'm having trouble discerning the larger point you're trying to make with this thread.

 

[Black Box]

I think in 20 years, robots will be advanced enough to go out to burger king and get your food for you. Or perhaps burger king will have a robot that deliver your food to you. One idea I had in mind was that every home would have a small helipad on the roof or front yard or something. A domestic drone would land there with your products such as food or clothes from the department store. The drone could also deliver your mail to the post office, or stuff like that. The drone might be a small smart helicopter.In the future, this might alter cities themselves. You could work remotely. But with this you can even shop remotely and get your goods in a timely manner. You could live 50 miles out of town and still get a hot pizza delivered in 20 minutes. Why stay in the city at all?

I'm already working on a drone prototype which will intercept other people's drones mid-flight and take their stuff

Good luck with that. The cop drone is waiting behind a tree to tag your drone and bust you.

That's why my Pirate-Drone has stealth technology.

 

[TobiasFunke]

It does seem silly to think getting pizza delivered is normal but getting burgers and fries delivered is not.

Take it from a guy who has been without a car most of his adult life: burgers and fries suck if you get them delivered. So does anything fried or crispy or cooked to a certain temp.The reason: nobody likes their food room temperature, right? So that means you have to keep them enclosed in something like foil or a carton of some kind. Problem is, if you put the food into that packaging hot, it's gonna steam, and if the container is meant to seal in heat it will also seal in steam. End result- soggy burgers and fries and chicken tenders and pretty much anything else. Pizza and Chinese work because a little moisture doesn't ruin them, but everything else either is room temperature before they even package it or it tastes like it got dipped in a glass of water.

 

[Black Box]

Why is this a problem for you? Some of us actually live busy lives and don't have time to go to a drive-thru in the middle of the day.

Personally, I probably wouldn't order Burger King delivery, but lots of other restaurants deliver.

I present Exhibit A. Posters whose lives are "so busy" that they can't even make it to the BK drive thru, yet have > 44k posts on a fantasy nerd message board.Get off your #### before we have to waste taxpayer $ to use the jaws of life to excavate you from your bed, Jabba.

Sick burn from the guy with nearly 33K posts on the same fantasy nerd message board. Well done!

 

[Sarnoff]

Not really sure what the big deal is. Restaurants delivering food isn't some new thing.

McDonald's has delivered in Manhattan for more than a decade. Dial one 212 number, place an order, and they'll contact the nearest franchise to the location for you and have them deliver it.

 

[comfortably numb]

Not really sure what the big deal is. Restaurants delivering food isn't some new thing.

McDonald's has delivered in Manhattan for more than a decade. Dial one 212 number, place an order, and they'll contact the nearest franchise to the location for you and have them deliver it.

NYC don't count.There are 2 Mcdonald's in each building.

 

[tommyGunZ]

Why is this a problem for you? Some of us actually live busy lives and don't have time to go to a drive-thru in the middle of the day.

Personally, I probably wouldn't order Burger King delivery, but lots of other restaurants deliver.

I present Exhibit A. Posters whose lives are "so busy" that they can't even make it to the BK drive thru, yet have > 44k posts on a fantasy nerd message board.Get off your #### before we have to waste taxpayer $ to use the jaws of life to excavate you from your bed, Jabba.

Ok, now maybe this is a little negative. Gunz, I'm having trouble discerning the larger point you're trying to make with this thread.

Americans are lazy pieces of ####. I have no problem with BK or any other fast food chain providing delivery services. I'm just disappointed that there is actually a market for it. As Tobias points out, this stuff doesn't even taste good 5 minutes after it's removed from the heat lamps, so people utilizing this service are getting bad food that is bad for them in a bad way (at least walking or getting off your couch to drive to BK requires some physical effort).

 

[tommyGunZ]

Why is this a problem for you? Some of us actually live busy lives and don't have time to go to a drive-thru in the middle of the day.

Personally, I probably wouldn't order Burger King delivery, but lots of other restaurants deliver.

I present Exhibit A. Posters whose lives are "so busy" that they can't even make it to the BK drive thru, yet have > 44k posts on a fantasy nerd message board.Get off your #### before we have to waste taxpayer $ to use the jaws of life to excavate you from your bed, Jabba.

Sick burn from the guy with nearly 33K posts on the same fantasy nerd message board. Well done!

I never claimed to be too busy to hit the drive thru, Agent Cooper.

 

[HellToupee]

Don't think this thread is going where ole GunZ-o thought it would....

Sure it is. Currently burger king food tastes terrible right off the pick up window. Imagine how much worse their fries will taste when they're delivery time old.

I actually like the new fries. Reminds me of Roy Rogers' fries.

I can't believe they served those gross coated fries for so long. The new ones are a big step forward

 

[TobiasFunke]

Why is this a problem for you? Some of us actually live busy lives and don't have time to go to a drive-thru in the middle of the day.

Personally, I probably wouldn't order Burger King delivery, but lots of other restaurants deliver.

I present Exhibit A. Posters whose lives are "so busy" that they can't even make it to the BK drive thru, yet have > 44k posts on a fantasy nerd message board.Get off your #### before we have to waste taxpayer $ to use the jaws of life to excavate you from your bed, Jabba.

Ok, now maybe this is a little negative. Gunz, I'm having trouble discerning the larger point you're trying to make with this thread.

Americans are lazy pieces of ####. I have no problem with BK or any other fast food chain providing delivery services. I'm just disappointed that there is actually a market for it. As Tobias points out, this stuff doesn't even taste good 5 minutes after it's removed from the heat lamps, so people utilizing this service are getting bad food that is bad for them in a bad way (at least walking or getting off your couch to drive to BK requires some physical effort).

Mostly agree, but there's two potential clients you're forgetting about: pregnant women and weed smokers. From personal experience (one me, one my spouse, you can decide which is which) I know that both are prone to frequent fast food cravings and neither are in a hurry to run down the street or drive a couple miles or whatever.

 

[HellToupee]

Why is this a problem for you? Some of us actually live busy lives and don't have time to go to a drive-thru in the middle of the day.

Personally, I probably wouldn't order Burger King delivery, but lots of other restaurants deliver.

I present Exhibit A. Posters whose lives are "so busy" that they can't even make it to the BK drive thru, yet have > 44k posts on a fantasy nerd message board.Get off your #### before we have to waste taxpayer $ to use the jaws of life to excavate you from your bed, Jabba.

Ok, now maybe this is a little negative. Gunz, I'm having trouble discerning the larger point you're trying to make with this thread.

Americans are lazy pieces of ####. I have no problem with BK or any other fast food chain providing delivery services. I'm just disappointed that there is actually a market for it. As Tobias points out, this stuff doesn't even taste good 5 minutes after it's removed from the heat lamps, so people utilizing this service are getting bad food that is bad for them in a bad way (at least walking or getting off your couch to drive to BK requires some physical effort).

I wonder how thorough their research was on delivering hot food. Short of having a mobile deep fryer I can't see fries being delivered tasting " fresh"

 

[Ministry of Pain]

I think TGunz pretty much nails it