http://www.wtfnews.org/ Stories tagged burger king en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 21:15:26 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/burger-king-offers-new-bacon-ice-cream-sundae/ Burger King is jumping on the bacon bandwagon, and is now offering the meaty treat in the most unlikely of places – an ice-cream sundae. The sundae – vanilla soft serve drizzled with fudge, caramel, bacon crumbles and a piece of ‘thick-cut bacon’ - started in Nashville, Tennessee earlier this year and today launched nationwide. However, the news isn’t all good; the dessert packs a caloric punch, with 510 calories, 18... ]]> Wed, 13 Jun 2012 08:45:28 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/burger-king-offers-new-bacon-ice-cream-sundae/ http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/burger-king-employee-arrested-for-repeatedly-stealing-money-from-disabled-woman/ It seems Chik-fil-A isn't the only fast-food chain with asshole workers in Irvine. Yesterday, Irvine PD arrested Burger King employee Luis Maximino Lucero Ballinas after a weeks-long investigation in which they discovered he had repeatedly stolen money from a disabled woman. The woman's parents became suspicious after noticing she would return home from Burger King without all of her money, and alerted police, who monitored Lucero for the past month with the cooperation of B... ]]> Sun, 08 Jan 2012 04:42:53 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/burger-king-employee-arrested-for-repeatedly-stealing-money-from-disabled-woman/ http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/us-man-sues-burger-king-over-needles/ A US soldier in Hawaii says he got something dangerous with his burger, fries and soda when he ordered a Burger King value meal. Army Staff Sgt. Clark Bartholomew claims he was injured by needles when he bit into a Triple Stacker on December 1 from a Burger King located on Schofield Barracks, a sprawling Army base in central Oahu. According to a lawsuit filed in US District Court in Honolulu this week, Bartholomew took the meal home and while eating the hamburger, h... ]]> Sat, 15 Oct 2011 01:51:50 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/us-man-sues-burger-king-over-needles/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/burger-king-boss-gives-poms-ugly-serve/ BURGER King's global boss was facing criticism yesterday after he said that British women were "unattractive" and that English food was "terrible". Bernardo Hees, 41, who became the fast food chain's chief executive in September, made the unguarded remarks while addressing a group of students at the University of Chicago. Mr Hees recalled that while studying for an MBA at England's University of Warwick, the hard work he put into his studies was easy b... ]]> Sun, 13 Mar 2011 18:28:52 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/burger-king-boss-gives-poms-ugly-serve/