Enormous Omelets & Monster Hamburgers
• Health Issues
From an economic analysis of Burger King and Hardee's latest successes:
I give you Exhibit A: the Enormous Omelet Sandwich from Burger King. At 730 calories, dripping with cholesterol laden eggs, bacon, and sausages, it makes dieticians and nutritionists run screaming into the night.
1,417 calorie Monster Thickburger:
"Our Thickburger campaign is about a year old and doing great," said CKE CEO Andy Puzder in a quick chat over his cell phone. "Sales have been up about 7 percent and were at an 11- year high in terms of average unit volume."