1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:03,960 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 2 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 2: Lou Penrose with you on a Sunday night. Thank you 3 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:10,040 Speaker 2: for tuning in. Good to have you along with us. 4 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:14,080 Speaker 2: We do hope you're enjoying the new Sunday lineup on KFI, 5 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:17,919 Speaker 2: starting with Heather Brooker at noon. Andy Reesemeyer was in 6 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 2: here this afternoon and I'll take you up to seven o'clock, 7 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 2: followed by True Crime Tonight Live. That's gonna be for 8 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 2: two hours. Uh so, good stuff, good stuff, and we 9 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 2: appreciate you tuning in. 10 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 3: What do you guys even doing with the lineup on 11 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:36,880 Speaker 3: KFI recently? I don't even know these people except maybe 12 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 3: Heather Brooker, and I like giving you people a new chance, 13 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 3: but that was too many changes all a one. 14 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:43,919 Speaker 2: Appreciate the call. 15 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:45,959 Speaker 4: You are great, all right. 16 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:48,920 Speaker 2: So it's called the Great Big Burger Wars of twenty 17 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:51,479 Speaker 2: twenty six. This is continuing. You know the story. You 18 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 2: know that McDonald's came out with the New Sandwich, and 19 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 2: it was a lot of build up to it. First 20 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 2: time in a long time that McDonald's added a sandwich, 21 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:02,639 Speaker 2: a permanent sandwich, and new burger to its lineup. They 22 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 2: had the rib and they're mixing all kinds of different 23 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 2: dipping sauces for the McNuggets. But for McDonald's this was 24 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:12,119 Speaker 2: really a big deal to add a new burger and 25 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 2: to promote it, the CEO made a video of himself, 26 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:20,679 Speaker 2: and everyone wants content, right, gotta have content for social media, 27 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 2: that's where everybody wants to go. So he basically went 28 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 2: on social media eating the new big arch. But he's 29 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 2: a CEO, so he's a real bean counter looking guy, 30 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 2: probably a really good CEO, probably really good at running companies. 31 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 2: But he doesn't look like you and me eating a burger, 32 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 2: and he takes like this very awkward bite, and everybody 33 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 2: was making fun of him. There was a new battle 34 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 2: brewing in the fast food world, and we all began 35 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 2: with the McDonald's c all. 36 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 5: Right, the moment of truth. 37 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 6: One small bite for man, that's a big bite for 38 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 6: a big arch, one giant controversy for the Internet. In 39 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 6: the past few weeks, social media has been having a 40 00:01:57,800 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 6: whole big bax worth of fun with this video of 41 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 6: McDonald's CEO Chris Kemchinsky, as he tries to demonstrate his 42 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 6: love of the fast food chain's new big archburger. As 43 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 6: you can see, he does not exactly take the biggest bite. 44 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 2: No, it's a really sissy bite. I mean it's like 45 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 2: such a sissy bite, like nobody would ever bite like that. 46 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:21,079 Speaker 2: He has a hard time holding it too, and he's 47 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:23,920 Speaker 2: talking about how the onions are falling out. So it 48 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 2: was one of those things every once in a while, 49 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 2: social media can present opportunities. Right, this was an epic fail, 50 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:33,679 Speaker 2: but it was such a big fail that you could 51 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 2: turn it around. Right, if everybody is talking about it, 52 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 2: then everyone's talking about it, so he could have poked 53 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:44,079 Speaker 2: fun at himself. He didn't. He basically picked a fight. 54 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:47,360 Speaker 2: So the head of Burger King he took the social 55 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 2: media to take an even bigger bite. Here's the Burger 56 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:56,359 Speaker 2: King CEO eating a whopper. You really can't hear it 57 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 2: because he's just biting, but. 58 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 5: Not bad right, only one thing missing, a napkin. 59 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:09,239 Speaker 2: So definitely making fun Like he takes a real bite, 60 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 2: so there's like a half moon missing in the burger 61 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:15,079 Speaker 2: the way it's supposed to be. And then everybody had 62 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 2: to do it. Here's the CEO of Wendy. 63 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:20,800 Speaker 7: He's fresh, never frozen beef, our apple wood smoked bacon, 64 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 7: our brand new bun, our square burger cooked on a 65 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:27,080 Speaker 7: flat grill. Amazing, absolutely wonderful. 66 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:32,119 Speaker 2: Not a burger. Oh that's right, you have to talk 67 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 2: with your mouthful. Hey, the CEO of Tommy's right here 68 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 2: in Los Angeles, she got in on it. 69 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 8: I'm gonna I'm the CEO of Tommy's Original Hammers, and 70 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 8: I heard about the CEO of burger challenge, so I 71 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 8: thought i'd step. 72 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 9: Up for Tommy's to show you what a Chile and 73 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 9: cheeseburger is all about. 74 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 5: These are the best original Tommy. 75 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 6: Come try it out. 76 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 2: All right, So everyone's now, I think we're done, right. 77 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 2: I don't think we need to have any more CEOs 78 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 2: do this, like, unless you're gonna be really clever in 79 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 2: your joke. But the CEO of McDonald's is not letting 80 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 2: it lie down. He's firing back. He's effectively saying that, look, 81 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 2: I trust me when I tell you I eat at McDonald's. 82 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 2: I eat there three or four times a week, which 83 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 2: is unlikely. And to look at him, he looks pretty fit. 84 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 2: And if you eat at McDonald's three or four times 85 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 2: a week, you you'd have to work out a whole lot. Uh. 86 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:30,600 Speaker 2: So the CEO of Burger King fired back on social media. 87 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 2: He said, relax, Chris, nobody asked you to unhinge your jaw. 88 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 2: We're just asking you to actually eat the burger. So 89 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 2: they're continuing this fight. He brought his kids in on 90 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:42,480 Speaker 2: it too, and said that the kids loved the burgers, 91 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 2: and there is this theory out there that maybe we're 92 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 2: all being had because the burger is not good. We're 93 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 2: all talking about it, which is good for McDonald's, but 94 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 2: the burger is not good. It smells funny, it looks odd. 95 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:01,280 Speaker 2: Nobody knows what the chie made of because it's not 96 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 2: cheddar cheese, but it's white Jesse if you had the 97 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 2: big artchead. We tried it. I know that they brought 98 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 2: it in on the sports station. 99 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:09,119 Speaker 5: No, I haven't tried it yet. 100 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 2: Have you seen one? No? 101 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 5: I did see the videos going around, but I haven't 102 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 5: had an opportunity to get one in person yet. 103 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 2: Are you gonna get one? 104 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,160 Speaker 5: Honestly, I'm a big fan of McDonald's, but that burger 105 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:20,039 Speaker 5: just doesn't look good. 106 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:22,839 Speaker 2: Thank you. See. That's whatever you see. Go ahead and 107 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 2: say on this show, go ahead and say what everyone's thinking. 108 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:28,719 Speaker 2: That's the uh that's the that's the log line for 109 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:31,720 Speaker 2: Lou Penrose on KFI. We talk about what everyone's thinking. 110 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:36,719 Speaker 2: It looks terrible, it looks it looks odd. I should 111 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:39,280 Speaker 2: have known when I saw the poppy seeds and the 112 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 2: sesame seeds. If you watch the movie, everything about McDonald's 113 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 2: is supposed to be American. It's supposed to be Americana. 114 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:49,560 Speaker 2: That was Ray Croc's whole thing. The name McDonald's. It 115 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 2: sounds like America. It's very wholesome, it's very family friendly, 116 00:05:54,040 --> 00:06:01,280 Speaker 2: it's very American, and they stayed with that kind of undercurrent, 117 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 2: a feeling, a vibe, right because it's in in every 118 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 2: American town. It's the place you take the kids after 119 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:12,239 Speaker 2: the ball game and they go with poppy seeds. Poppy 120 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 2: seeds are Eastern European. They're Polish, which is why they're 121 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 2: on Polish hot dogs, on the buns, on Polish hot dogs, 122 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:25,360 Speaker 2: and on bagels. So there's nothing American about a poppy seed. 123 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:31,159 Speaker 2: So right there, it's an un American sandwich that they 124 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 2: mix poppy seeds and sesame seeds. That's just odd. At first, 125 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:38,600 Speaker 2: I thought that was interesting, and now I'm beginning to realize, no, no, No, 126 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 2: they designed the sandwich on purpose to be bad. The sauce. 127 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 2: They could have just used the Big Max sauce. That's 128 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:46,479 Speaker 2: a winner. Why do you need a new sauce. And 129 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 2: if it's gonna be a new sauce, then make it 130 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:51,720 Speaker 2: some barbecue sauce or some ranch. Why is it like 131 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 2: so close to the Big Max sauce, same color, just 132 00:06:55,160 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 2: doesn't taste as good. And why the new cheese, it's 133 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 2: visually unappealing. And the onions take the cake. The onions 134 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:07,679 Speaker 2: take the cake. There are slivers of onions on top, 135 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 2: similar to the quarter pounder with cheese, and then they 136 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 2: put roasts or crispy onions underneath, and they're not really 137 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 2: crispy onions. Like every once in a while they'll do 138 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 2: whether it's Carl's Junior or Burger Kane, they'll do some 139 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 2: kind of Southwestern thing and they'll use the onion rings. 140 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 2: They'll throw two onion rings on it, put some barbecue 141 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 2: sauce on it, and call it call some kind of 142 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 2: southwestern Texas special. And I don't prefer that, but it 143 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 2: is what it is. They just put the onion rings 144 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 2: on the hamburg. This is not that the onions the 145 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 2: crispy onions on the big arch. They're like the onions 146 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 2: that you sprinkle on top of the green beans at Thanksgiving. 147 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 2: They're horrible. So it's a great, big mess. And now 148 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 2: they're having chefs do the review. They're going to five 149 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 2: star chefs. This is trending on social media. This is 150 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:01,240 Speaker 2: a lot of fun. His chef, Mike, He's a chef 151 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 2: at some big restaurant in New York City. 152 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 9: My honest opinion on his burger, it's awful. That actually 153 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 9: sucks songs itself. It tastes like mustard and kesha. And 154 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 9: the cheese is I don't even know what it is. 155 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 9: It's like some government cheese that has no flavor. It's 156 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 9: possibly white American or a white cheddar. But this is 157 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 9: this sandwich is not a good sandwich. They put it 158 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:32,959 Speaker 9: on a sesame poppy bun. Ten bucks for this thing. 159 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 2: At twelve Bucks in Los Angeles, pal. 160 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 10: At ceo McDonald's, he looked like the mayor of Minneapolis fry, 161 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 10: looking like he was eating Somali food. 162 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 2: Dead looked awkward to me. 163 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 11: Hey lo in discussing that new McDonald's burger sounds like 164 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 11: you found a Dei of burgers. 165 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 4: Take it easy. 166 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,199 Speaker 2: I appreciate the call. I think that we're being set up. 167 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:58,960 Speaker 2: I think they know it's terrible. I think they want 168 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 2: us to wish it away. No, whatever you do, don't 169 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 2: get me the big Arch. Get me two big macs 170 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 2: if you have to, but don't get me the big Arch. 171 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 2: It's the only reasonable conclusion if you think it through, 172 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 2: only reasonable conclusion, and it would be the ultimate right. 173 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 2: It would be the ultimate gotcha that Hey, just kidding. 174 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:32,559 Speaker 2: We would never put poppy seeds in sesame seeds together 175 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 2: on a botton. And you know we're McDonald's. We have 176 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 2: yellow cheese here, so it was a lot of fun 177 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 2: playing with you all. Come on in and get yourself 178 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:43,240 Speaker 2: a double quarter pound of with cheese like normal people. 179 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 2: What do you think, I don't know. It would be 180 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:52,440 Speaker 2: pretty clever, absolutely clever. I will say this though. The 181 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 2: idea of going back to a box is a good idea. 182 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:58,680 Speaker 2: They have a box for that. McDonald's always has that box. 183 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 2: Burger King is now going back to the box with 184 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 2: the Whopper. That was the big deal with Burger King. 185 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 2: They announced a new whopper and all they did was 186 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 2: make the bun softer and put it in a box, 187 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:12,439 Speaker 2: which is good because you want the heat to stay in. 188 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:15,679 Speaker 2: And also I worked at Burger King, so I can 189 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 2: tell you there is a theory to doing this, like 190 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:21,200 Speaker 2: there is a way to do it if you get 191 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:22,960 Speaker 2: a bag. I don't know if they still do this 192 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 2: at Burger King, and I don't know if they do 193 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 2: it anywhere else, but if you go to Burger King, 194 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 2: flip the bag over when you get home, they it 195 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 2: will tell you the precise amount of things that belong 196 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:35,080 Speaker 2: in that bag. The bag is designed on purpose to 197 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 2: fit the whopper and a side of fries, and the 198 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 2: bag is the exact dimensions so that the side of 199 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 2: fries snugly fits in the bag against the whopper so 200 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 2: it doesn't fall over, and that's what you're supposed to do. 201 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:52,440 Speaker 2: And on the bottom of the bag, it'll tell you 202 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:55,560 Speaker 2: this is for one or two whoppers and a maximum 203 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:57,840 Speaker 2: of two fries. And the smaller bag is just a 204 00:10:57,880 --> 00:10:59,920 Speaker 2: smaller dimension, so it fits a hamburger or a chie 205 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 2: and you can fit a small fry on the side 206 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:04,199 Speaker 2: and the fry stays up. You put a napkin over it. 207 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 2: You kind of wrap a white napkin over the top, 208 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:12,040 Speaker 2: and you wedge it in there and it's perfect, and 209 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:14,839 Speaker 2: then you roll the bag closed. You're supposed to roll 210 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:19,080 Speaker 2: the bag closed let all the heat escape, which is 211 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:21,440 Speaker 2: the problem I'm having with Del Taco. These days, Del 212 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 2: Taco are going back to the fluted burrito where all 213 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 2: the heat escapes. You walk into the house with the 214 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:30,679 Speaker 2: you know, dinner from Del Taco looks like you're carrying 215 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 2: a bouquet of roses because they get all the all 216 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 2: the all the wrappers are all open and everything's cold 217 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 2: and dry. So next I gotta work on Del Taco. 218 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 2: Blue Penrose on KFI AM six forty live everywhere on 219 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:44,200 Speaker 2: the iHeartRadio app. 220 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 221 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 2: Blue Penrose with you on a Sunday night till seven o'clock. 222 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:56,080 Speaker 2: Good to have you along with us. So it's been 223 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:59,679 Speaker 2: almost a week now since the new McDonald's burger came 224 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 2: out and he's getting told, the CEO is getting torched 225 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 2: on social media. He's fighting back. Now they're arguing about 226 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:11,720 Speaker 2: who has a healthier sandwich. But the sandwich itself is 227 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:14,200 Speaker 2: a mess and everybody knows it. 228 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:17,560 Speaker 6: Kylou, I have a difference of opinion, and I'm old, 229 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:18,760 Speaker 6: so give me that. 230 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:22,080 Speaker 12: If you close up the bag, the French fries will 231 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:22,840 Speaker 12: get soggy. 232 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 10: Love your show not so. 233 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 2: Let me tell you something. I worked at Burger Kit. 234 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 2: Soggy from what There's no water involved. The steam you 235 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:34,200 Speaker 2: see coming off of the fries is from the oil. 236 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 2: I served no soggy fries at my Burger King. I 237 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:43,720 Speaker 2: ran a tight ship. No, sir, No, they're not gonna 238 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 2: get They're going to be exactly the way they're supposed 239 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 2: to be. I'm not saying you like blot it. I'm 240 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:51,199 Speaker 2: saying you take a napkin and you wrap it over 241 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 2: the top and then it perfectly goes in the bag. 242 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:57,440 Speaker 2: If you order a whopper, you get you get the 243 00:12:57,480 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 2: large bag and the fries go on the side of 244 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 2: the opper box and everybody stays still and the fries 245 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:05,719 Speaker 2: don't spill over it. That's good for you. If you 246 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:07,840 Speaker 2: get a burger or a Whopper Junior, which is the 247 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:12,480 Speaker 2: same thing, the same size. Wise, there really are only 248 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:14,559 Speaker 2: two sizes in all these stores. I don't want to 249 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:17,520 Speaker 2: give away too many industry secrets, but there's just a 250 00:13:17,559 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 2: big and a small. Whether it's McDonald's or Burger King 251 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:24,160 Speaker 2: or all these others. There's just two sizes, is the 252 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:26,840 Speaker 2: big circle and the little circle. They turn the big 253 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 2: circle into a whopper. They turn the little circle into 254 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 2: either hamburger or cheeseburger, whopper junior or whatever you got 255 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 2: going on. So the dimensions are pretty consistent, and you 256 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 2: can fit one or two or even three hamburgers, and 257 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:44,000 Speaker 2: you can fit the small fry or the medium sized 258 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 2: fry on the side, and the fries stay upright. And 259 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 2: then yes, you close the bag. You close the bag 260 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:53,680 Speaker 2: so that the heat doesn't escape, and it's nice and 261 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:54,680 Speaker 2: warm when you get home. 262 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 13: God would McDonald's try to fix something that's not broken? 263 00:13:57,960 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 2: And then why would they come out with it? 264 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:02,800 Speaker 4: So new burger, it feels like AI came up with it. 265 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 2: It does feel like AI came up with it. And 266 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:07,240 Speaker 2: now I'm suspecting that there isn't even a CEO at 267 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 2: McDonald's that that's AI too. And rouse, my man, man, 268 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:12,319 Speaker 2: you are good. 269 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:15,120 Speaker 13: I disagree with you and a whole lot of things, 270 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 13: but you bring a lot of common sense blue quality. 271 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:21,680 Speaker 4: First, you know what people stick to in and out, 272 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:24,360 Speaker 4: stick to habit Burger. If you've got to go down 273 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:26,840 Speaker 4: the line, do a good Windy's. But you know what, 274 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:30,400 Speaker 4: everything else out there is so pre made, so processed, 275 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 4: it's you're not going to be well, just telling you anyways, 276 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 4: what do you guys think? 277 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 2: Well, I think that's not true. Mcdouble is two three 278 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 2: hundred and ninety calories and twenty three grands of protein. 279 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 2: When they were doing that to mcdoubles for three dollars, 280 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 2: that was a good deal. I remember that it was three. 281 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 2: Then it became three fifty. Then it was two mcdoubles 282 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 2: for four. Now it's probably two mcdoubles for five, and 283 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 2: it went up pretty quickly. Not the double cheeseburger, the 284 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:03,880 Speaker 2: mcde bubble is the double cheeseburger at McDonald's, but only 285 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 2: one slice of cheese. Somehow that one slice of cheese 286 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 2: extra will get you and it enables McDonald's to have 287 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:13,560 Speaker 2: a value menu item that one slice of cheese so 288 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:16,880 Speaker 2: expensive for McDonald's. I don't know why whoever is sourcing 289 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:19,920 Speaker 2: their cheese. They're overpaying for cheese. The two things at 290 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 2: and this goes for almost all these stores, bacon and cheese. 291 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 2: You ask for extra bacon, they'll charge your like a 292 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 2: dollar fifty for two slices of bacon, like you add 293 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 2: bacon or you add cheese, and the burger doubles in price. 294 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 2: I don't know how they're justifying adding a slice of 295 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 2: cheese onto things. But the mcdouble was only one slice 296 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 2: of che and that's all you need. McDonald's cheese is good, 297 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:45,360 Speaker 2: and it was in between the two patties, so it 298 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:48,680 Speaker 2: was kind of like a double cheeseburger. And yeah, you 299 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 2: get out of there for three hundred and ninety calories 300 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:53,560 Speaker 2: and twenty three grams of protein. That's pretty good. I 301 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:55,440 Speaker 2: think that's pretty healthy, and you get to eat the bun. 302 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 2: You don't have to do this keto style nonsense like weirdos. 303 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 2: See these people getting keto style big bax and it's 304 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 2: in a great, big salad bowl. Like what are you doing? 305 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 2: Eat the sandwich and call it a day. So there 306 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:14,320 Speaker 2: are healthy ways to eat at all these places, but 307 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:17,040 Speaker 2: at the end of the day, you're not eating at 308 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 2: McDonald's and then the next day going for blood work 309 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:24,560 Speaker 2: and having them check your hemoglobin A one C right, 310 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:26,760 Speaker 2: I mean, this is not something you do before getting 311 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 2: labs done. 312 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:30,080 Speaker 13: He rude Del Taco started folding their burritos wrong. We 313 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:32,520 Speaker 13: wouldn't leave one side open, so you didn't know which 314 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 13: end to bite into. You just got a mouthful of tortilla, 315 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 13: and if you were driving would other invariably you blow 316 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 13: out on you. So a bunch of us wrote letters, 317 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 13: and they've changed back to folding the burritos the correct 318 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 13: way with one end open. 319 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 2: Power to the people, Hey, power to the people. I 320 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 2: don't know why you are having such a problem. I 321 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:51,400 Speaker 2: teach my sons this all the time. You have to 322 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:54,640 Speaker 2: manage yourself with burritos like this is not that hard. 323 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 2: Any burrito. If you take a bite out of it aggressively, 324 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 2: it's gonna blow out the other side. So I saw 325 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 2: that Del Taco made a change. Everybody was trying to 326 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:10,120 Speaker 2: have news on the same day that McDonald's was gonna 327 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:13,439 Speaker 2: unveil this new burger. It's one of the problems with 328 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:17,439 Speaker 2: having a date, right and a launch date, is that 329 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:20,200 Speaker 2: everybody that same Look what happened. Burger King came out 330 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:21,960 Speaker 2: with their new whoppera and it wasn't new, it was 331 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,919 Speaker 2: just it was a box, which it was back in 332 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 2: the day anyway, and Del Taco put out a big 333 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 2: press release that they were gonna pull both sides of 334 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:33,560 Speaker 2: the burrito. Oh no, they were gonna stop doing that, 335 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:36,040 Speaker 2: and I I don't agree with that. I don't like 336 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:39,760 Speaker 2: open ended burritos. And if they're gonna do it, if 337 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:44,120 Speaker 2: they insist on doing like what, first off, why, what's 338 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:46,400 Speaker 2: wrong with you? You can't manage the way you bite 339 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:50,560 Speaker 2: into a burrito. Obviously, the inside of a good burrito, 340 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 2: it's it's soft and it moves around if it's warm, 341 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:55,800 Speaker 2: like the cheese and the meat and the beans are 342 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:58,439 Speaker 2: all gooey in there, and that's that's wonderful. But you 343 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 2: can't just be taking bites willy nilly. You gotta know 344 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:04,120 Speaker 2: what you're doing. And nobody's eating in my car anyway, 345 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:10,119 Speaker 2: So I prefer my burrito wrapped up really nicely. But 346 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:12,879 Speaker 2: if Del Taco is gonna do this, then they've got 347 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:15,280 Speaker 2: to wrap up the paper. They've got to figure out away. 348 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:16,440 Speaker 2: I don't know if they're gonna put in a box, 349 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:18,000 Speaker 2: I don't know what they're gonna do. Put it in 350 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:21,720 Speaker 2: a Pringles canister, figure something out. But this open air 351 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:25,240 Speaker 2: burrito in the bag with all the heat escaping out 352 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:29,320 Speaker 2: of the top, I don't go for that. Lou Penrose 353 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 2: on KFI AM six forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 354 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 355 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 2: Lou Penrose with you till seven. Good to have you 356 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 2: along with us, all part of the new Sunday lineup 357 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:47,320 Speaker 2: on KFI. Heather Brooker started things off at noon following 358 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:51,159 Speaker 2: the House Whisper with Dean Sharp and he Respire was 359 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 2: in here earlier today. He'll be back on Sundays now 360 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:58,440 Speaker 2: in a regular way, and your old buddy Luigi, we'll 361 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:01,160 Speaker 2: take it at seven o'clock. Following the show at seven o'clock, 362 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:04,640 Speaker 2: it is Crime, True Crime tonight, which is live, and 363 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:09,639 Speaker 2: everybody likes that live stuff. So I appreciate you're listening 364 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:14,200 Speaker 2: three segments about the McDonald's burger. Glad to see you're 365 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:18,320 Speaker 2: using your time productively. I know Jesse who produced this segment. Anyway, 366 00:19:19,119 --> 00:19:23,399 Speaker 2: complete waste of time. Nobody's talking about this. I don't know, 367 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:24,960 Speaker 2: and I love They're gonna be pretty happy with me 368 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 2: because I think their burger is terrible. 369 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:29,200 Speaker 8: Oh my god, I'm so tired of listening to all 370 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 8: of these lazy ass Americans not freaking just cooking for themselves. 371 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:38,200 Speaker 8: You can make yourself such a better burger than any 372 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 8: of those places in about ten minutes. It's so stupid. 373 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 8: How much money is wasted and how much processed crap 374 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:50,760 Speaker 8: you're putting in your body. Three hundred and ninety calories 375 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:54,480 Speaker 8: and twenty five branch protein or whatever. It's not quality, Lou. 376 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:57,719 Speaker 2: It's not quality. Well, it's not high quality. It's not 377 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:02,359 Speaker 2: low quality. McDonald's beef is decent quality. It's the same 378 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:06,639 Speaker 2: quality beef that you're buying at the grocery store. I 379 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 2: don't know. I think in a pinch, three hundred and 380 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:10,880 Speaker 2: ninety calories, twenty three grands of protein. That's pretty good. 381 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 2: And as I said, you get to eat the bun 382 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:18,879 Speaker 2: like a normal person. I don't know I beg to differ. 383 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:24,280 Speaker 14: Hey Donald's, Oh hey, Lou, I grew up in Highland 384 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 14: Park and I worked at McDonald's in the very early seventies. 385 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:31,879 Speaker 14: Lied to them, told him I was sixteen when I 386 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 14: was only fifteen, and I was there when the quarter 387 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 14: powder came out and it. 388 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 2: Was very enjoyable. 389 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:44,080 Speaker 14: Moved up to a relief maintenance man and had a 390 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 14: grand time there for a few years. Yeah, you've taken 391 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:48,439 Speaker 14: me back, Thank you. 392 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:48,719 Speaker 6: Hey. 393 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:52,399 Speaker 2: I appreciate the call. Everybody as a McDonald's story. It 394 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:55,400 Speaker 2: seems that everybody has worked at one of these stores. 395 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:59,440 Speaker 2: I worked at Burger King. This guy worked at McDonald's, Jesse. 396 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:02,080 Speaker 2: If you worked in fast food at all, no, I 397 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:05,320 Speaker 2: have not only grocery stores. Okay, grocery store, but you 398 00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:06,200 Speaker 2: know somebody that did. 399 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:08,639 Speaker 11: No. 400 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:09,520 Speaker 5: Actually, I don't. 401 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:12,800 Speaker 2: Oh, come on, nobody in high school worked at a 402 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:14,440 Speaker 2: Wendy's or anything like that. 403 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:17,080 Speaker 5: No. To be honest, I went to high school during 404 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:19,920 Speaker 5: the like eight recession, and no one was finding jobs. 405 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 2: Oh that's right. Yeah, then people like regular people working 406 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:27,000 Speaker 2: at fast food at that point, like adults. When I 407 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:29,480 Speaker 2: started working at Burger King, it was just high school 408 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 2: kids after school and on the weekends and during the day. 409 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:36,879 Speaker 2: Like I remember, it was such a strange world to 410 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:40,200 Speaker 2: go into the Burger King that I worked at during 411 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:44,960 Speaker 2: school because the people that worked there were like grown ups. 412 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 2: Some of them were retired just and like they weren't 413 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,440 Speaker 2: like struggling retired. They were just they would work really 414 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 2: short schedules, just a midday lunch rush. But they were 415 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:58,760 Speaker 2: older people and they were a trip man. They were 416 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 2: they had their own them going and they all helped 417 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:06,159 Speaker 2: each other out. We had the guy al who was 418 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:10,320 Speaker 2: a veteran, and he would go and put up the flag. 419 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:12,119 Speaker 2: We had a flagpole in the front of the burger 420 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:15,159 Speaker 2: king and he would put it up in the morning 421 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:18,359 Speaker 2: when he got into work, and I think he was 422 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 2: also in charge of taking it down when he got 423 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 2: off his shift, like around two or three o'clock in 424 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:25,760 Speaker 2: the afternoon. And one day I saw him and he 425 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:29,639 Speaker 2: was saluting the flag, and I remember talking to my 426 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:31,879 Speaker 2: boss like this Frank was my boss's name, Like. 427 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:32,440 Speaker 4: What is he doing? 428 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, he salutes the flag every day. He goes out there, 429 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:42,160 Speaker 2: raises the flag and salutes it. Wow, I love this guy. 430 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 2: I gotta know more about this guy. So there were 431 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:50,399 Speaker 2: all kinds of characters that worked there then, Like it 432 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:53,160 Speaker 2: wasn't twenty four hours, but it was late. It closed 433 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:57,720 Speaker 2: really late, and there was one of the evening I remember. 434 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:01,919 Speaker 2: And I remember this day because it was when I 435 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:05,560 Speaker 2: first learned about the idea of time and a half. 436 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 2: It was a weekend and back in the day. I 437 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:10,919 Speaker 2: don't know if this is the rule anymore, but if 438 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:13,920 Speaker 2: you're between fourteen and sixteen, you're only allowed that it's 439 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 2: a special work permit. You're only allowed to work, like 440 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:19,160 Speaker 2: no more than three hours during the school day and 441 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:21,680 Speaker 2: no more than eight hours on the weekend or something 442 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:23,639 Speaker 2: like that. I remember being restricted. I didn't like it, 443 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 2: but it was the rule and it was a special 444 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:28,960 Speaker 2: Something was wrong. They needed me to stay late on 445 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:36,520 Speaker 2: a Sunday and I was like sure, And I remember 446 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 2: this saying, well, you'll earn time and a half and 447 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 2: I don't like at the time, I never heard the term. 448 00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:42,879 Speaker 2: People talk about it, but I don't even know what 449 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:46,200 Speaker 2: that means. And when it was explained to me what 450 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:49,199 Speaker 2: time and time and a half is, because they just 451 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 2: they toss those phrases around like it's its own language, 452 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 2: you know. And I'm like fifteen, sixteen years old, Like, 453 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 2: you mean to tell me that for every hour I work, 454 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:01,880 Speaker 2: I'll get that much plus half that money on top 455 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:04,960 Speaker 2: of it. For every single hour over eight hours, I'll 456 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:07,000 Speaker 2: stay all night, Like no, what he needs you for 457 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 2: like another six hours, but yeah, you'll get time and 458 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:12,200 Speaker 2: a half. And like my mind exploded as a little kid, 459 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:15,800 Speaker 2: you know, in his teens, Wow, why wouldn't everybody do that? 460 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:21,119 Speaker 2: So I worked the night shift and the guy that 461 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:24,439 Speaker 2: was what they call closers at these restaurants. These are 462 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:27,199 Speaker 2: people because it slows down after eight o'clock and if 463 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:28,760 Speaker 2: you're not up in twenty four hours, you don't have 464 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 2: the stoners and the drunks coming in at two in 465 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:32,920 Speaker 2: the morning. So it just basically it's I think it 466 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:36,520 Speaker 2: was open till midnight or something. It slows down. There's 467 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:37,960 Speaker 2: not a whole lot. You have to stay open, and 468 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 2: you have to have somebody back there. But most of 469 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:43,520 Speaker 2: his job was cleaning, so you would take apart the 470 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:46,480 Speaker 2: grill and take apart the French fry machine. It all 471 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:48,440 Speaker 2: had to be steam cleaned. In the back room, we 472 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:51,399 Speaker 2: had something called a hot hose, which is a hot water, 473 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 2: high pressure hose, and you would just spray it all 474 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 2: down and put chemicals on it and clean it. And 475 00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:58,640 Speaker 2: you know, it's kind of easy going work. And every 476 00:24:58,640 --> 00:24:59,919 Speaker 2: once in a while you to stop because of some 477 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:01,760 Speaker 2: eat to drive through and they want a chicken sandwich. 478 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:05,280 Speaker 2: And the guy that worked his name was Darrell. It 479 00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 2: was spelled Daryl, but it was pronounced Durell. I didn't 480 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:11,440 Speaker 2: know that because I only saw his name on the schedule, 481 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:17,160 Speaker 2: and Darrell was a character. Darrell had worked ninety straight days, 482 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:21,440 Speaker 2: seven days a week night, like three months straight because 483 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:23,560 Speaker 2: they were having a hard time finding another closer, and 484 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 2: he was cool with it, and he got overtime too. 485 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:30,520 Speaker 2: But Darrell was a character man. We were friends for 486 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 2: years after that, So you're right. People that worked in 487 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:38,440 Speaker 2: the fast food business all have stories like they all 488 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:43,400 Speaker 2: have just unbelievable tales, and it was a great way 489 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:45,680 Speaker 2: to get into the workforce. I learned a lot. I'll 490 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:49,120 Speaker 2: tell you what. You learn more about business and how 491 00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 2: to deal with people working a busy twelve to eight 492 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 2: shift on a sunny Saturday at a drive through, then 493 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:01,240 Speaker 2: you'll learn in business school you'll learn more about how 494 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:07,000 Speaker 2: to handle people on a beautiful I got daylight today 495 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:09,919 Speaker 2: where people like I don't want to stay inside, I 496 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:13,200 Speaker 2: want to go out. And you're working the twelve to 497 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:16,520 Speaker 2: eight shift is rough in fast food because you got 498 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:20,160 Speaker 2: the lunch rush and the dinner rush. There's a few 499 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,280 Speaker 2: shifts that cover both of those, so it's exhausting. You 500 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:24,560 Speaker 2: get a little bit of a lull around three, but 501 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 2: you know what happens when there's a lull at the restaurant. 502 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:30,959 Speaker 2: If it's time to lean, it's time to clean, So 503 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:34,160 Speaker 2: you just have to start going to clean, so there 504 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:35,960 Speaker 2: is no lull so twelve day. It's a rough shift, 505 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:38,639 Speaker 2: but it goes by fast, and you're out at eight 506 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:40,080 Speaker 2: o'clock and you don't have to get up early in 507 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:42,560 Speaker 2: the morning. But you work a busy drive through because 508 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:45,280 Speaker 2: that drive to is wrapped around for eight straight hours 509 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:48,240 Speaker 2: and you're busy. You will learn more about how to 510 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:52,199 Speaker 2: deal with people than any psychiatry. Any psychologists will tell 511 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:56,440 Speaker 2: you absolutely the case. All right, so we got more 512 00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:57,879 Speaker 2: to do. I know that we spend a little bit 513 00:26:57,880 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 2: of time on this, but I love the fast foot industry. 514 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:02,080 Speaker 2: I just love when they make changes, and I love 515 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:07,040 Speaker 2: the new coke theory that's out there all right. Coming up, jobs, jobs, jobs. 516 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:10,960 Speaker 2: Everybody is talking about the economy not being as affordable 517 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:14,520 Speaker 2: as it should be. Millennials are getting very upset that 518 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 2: they are working forty hour weeks and they have student 519 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:21,520 Speaker 2: loan payments, and they have educations and they still can't 520 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:26,399 Speaker 2: seem to make ends meet, and they're struggling and they're dissatisfied, 521 00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:29,800 Speaker 2: and some of them are even looking toward socialism. They're 522 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:33,960 Speaker 2: being lulled by democrats socialists because they're just they're they're 523 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:37,320 Speaker 2: souring on capitalism because they just do not do they 524 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:40,960 Speaker 2: don't see the future working out for them, and a 525 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:44,000 Speaker 2: lot of that has to do with two things jobs, 526 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:49,159 Speaker 2: availability of jobs, and wages. And a new job support 527 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:54,080 Speaker 2: came out for February that showed that the jobs market 528 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:58,680 Speaker 2: is terrible across all sectors. Usually there's some good things 529 00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:00,560 Speaker 2: that are happening in some sectors and bad things that 530 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:03,400 Speaker 2: are happening in other sectors, but it balances out across 531 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:07,960 Speaker 2: the board in all categories, in healthcare, in hospitality, in construction, 532 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:12,119 Speaker 2: in manufacturing, in retail, across the board. All the jobs 533 00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:15,320 Speaker 2: are down, and they revised the January numbers and those 534 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:18,520 Speaker 2: jobs weren't as good as they were first reported. So 535 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:22,359 Speaker 2: this is not good. Like the job market is contracting, 536 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:26,040 Speaker 2: wages are flat, and people are unhappy. And the only 537 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:31,520 Speaker 2: way to achieve the American dream is to work and earn. Right, 538 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:33,520 Speaker 2: you make good choices and you can get there. But 539 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:36,200 Speaker 2: if there's no opportunity to work and earn, you can't 540 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:38,280 Speaker 2: even get out of the starting block. So I'll tell 541 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 2: you what the latest numbers are and we'll go through 542 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:44,440 Speaker 2: it together. That's all coming up. Lou Penrose on KFI 543 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:47,280 Speaker 2: AM six forty Live Everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 544 00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:51,760 Speaker 1: You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 545 00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:55,160 Speaker 2: Lou Penrose with you on a Sunday night. Good to 546 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:58,680 Speaker 2: have you along with us. Will be together until seven o'clock, 547 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:03,760 Speaker 2: part of the new KFI Sunday lineup, So drop us 548 00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:07,560 Speaker 2: a talkback if you want to critique, criticize, or applaud 549 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:11,040 Speaker 2: the changes. But how the burger kicked it off at 550 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:16,400 Speaker 2: noon and Andy Reesmeier was here and he will be here 551 00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:18,760 Speaker 2: and I'll be with you until seven o'clock and then 552 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:22,160 Speaker 2: it continues live. True Crime Tonight is live, so stay 553 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:25,160 Speaker 2: tuned for that. That happening straight up at seven o'clock. 554 00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:29,360 Speaker 10: Hey, Lepenros is even San Diego. I went to McDonald's 555 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:31,720 Speaker 10: just now. I took your advice. Did not get the 556 00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:34,640 Speaker 10: Big Arch burger. I think you're right, looks funky, But 557 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:37,520 Speaker 10: I did get a quarter pounder with cheese and bacon, 558 00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:39,760 Speaker 10: and that is that's an incredible burger. 559 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:42,160 Speaker 2: But yeah, I took your advice Big Arch. No, yeah, 560 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:44,120 Speaker 2: don't go with the big Arch. You don't need to. 561 00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:47,760 Speaker 2: All the big Arches is a double quarter pounder with cheese. 562 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:50,800 Speaker 2: Like nobody ever orders the double quarter pounds with cheese. 563 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:54,480 Speaker 2: You don't need to. I worked at Burger King for years, 564 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:57,400 Speaker 2: and I think I can count on one hand the 565 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:02,440 Speaker 2: amount of times I wrung up a whopper. It just 566 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:07,040 Speaker 2: isn't a thing like when I did sell it. It 567 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:10,120 Speaker 2: was to like college kids that were doing a dare 568 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:12,840 Speaker 2: or something like that, Like nobody eats a double whopper 569 00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:15,400 Speaker 2: and nobody eats a double quarter pounder with cheese. You 570 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 2: better off with two single quarter pounders with cheese and 571 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:23,600 Speaker 2: then take the other one home. So it's just too much, 572 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:28,760 Speaker 2: uh so good for you? Yeah, I think the quarter 573 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:33,360 Speaker 2: pounder with cheese what's being called now the QPC, is 574 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:35,959 Speaker 2: the gold standard of a quick burger. It's just perfect. 575 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,240 Speaker 2: It's everything you need. It's not fancy. I don't like 576 00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:41,640 Speaker 2: salads on my burger. It comes with onions, but they're 577 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:44,600 Speaker 2: not grilled onions. They are white onions, which is the 578 00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:48,560 Speaker 2: only onions that belong on burgers. Yellow onions are for 579 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:53,200 Speaker 2: star frying, and red onions belong in a salad. So 580 00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:56,840 Speaker 2: you only have white onions on a burger, and McDonald's does. 581 00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:00,280 Speaker 2: And it's got cheese, and it's got pickles, and it's 582 00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:03,600 Speaker 2: got ketchup and mustard and there you go. No special sauce, 583 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:08,719 Speaker 2: no secret sauce, no fruit fru nothing weird, and no 584 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:10,320 Speaker 2: poppy seeds on the bun. 585 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:13,760 Speaker 13: Luigi, did you eat paint chips as a kid. 586 00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:15,120 Speaker 2: No, but I did eat dog biscuits. 587 00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:19,640 Speaker 11: You're spot on regarding McDonald's Jack in the Food The 588 00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:23,640 Speaker 11: changes period change is good, but there's too much stuff 589 00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:27,160 Speaker 11: on the menu at Jack in the Box. Also, when 590 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:30,280 Speaker 11: I go to McDonald's and I just got done feeding 591 00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:33,880 Speaker 11: the horses and it's just a little after ten thirty, 592 00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:37,200 Speaker 11: and I get told breakfast is over. 593 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:41,120 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, that breakfast is overline. That hurt McDonald's more 594 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:44,520 Speaker 2: than you know. Do you tell the horses that you're 595 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:50,480 Speaker 2: gonna go grab breakfast at McDonald Sometimes I tell my 596 00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:54,880 Speaker 2: dog what I'm gonna be doing. Yes, No, you're you're 597 00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:57,760 Speaker 2: You're right. They studied that, believe it or not, they 598 00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:00,800 Speaker 2: studied that Jack in the Box somehow got hold of 599 00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:04,880 Speaker 2: the study. The McDonald's corporation studied of all the things 600 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:10,080 Speaker 2: that can go on in your experience, basically all the 601 00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:14,040 Speaker 2: negative things, getting your order wrong when you get home, 602 00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:18,720 Speaker 2: having the fries not be right, having the sandwich not 603 00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:22,800 Speaker 2: be modified the way you asked, Of all the things 604 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:25,640 Speaker 2: that could happen to you that can displease you in 605 00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:29,719 Speaker 2: the experience. The number one thing when they tested it 606 00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:34,000 Speaker 2: was getting to a McDonald's at ten thirty seven and 607 00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:37,800 Speaker 2: being told breakfast is over, you need to choose from 608 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:42,600 Speaker 2: the lunch menu. That would really impact people in a 609 00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:45,680 Speaker 2: negative way. They would have a very negative reaction to that. 610 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:49,400 Speaker 2: And that's the reason Jack in the Box did breakfast 611 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:54,320 Speaker 2: all day because they heard that people. And it's true, right, 612 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:57,000 Speaker 2: you've had that happen to you. You're on your way 613 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,800 Speaker 2: to McDonald's. You're all set, your mouth is already for 614 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:02,360 Speaker 2: what you know you're gonna have. You have ordered in 615 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:05,440 Speaker 2: your head, and then you get there and they tell 616 00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:09,600 Speaker 2: you breakfast is over, and like your heart drops. It's 617 00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:13,840 Speaker 2: such a terrible feeling, which is why they experimented with 618 00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:17,200 Speaker 2: breakfast all day. But it takes too long. It's kind 619 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:19,840 Speaker 2: of hard to do, it really is. But it's a 620 00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:24,080 Speaker 2: whole separate menu, it's all totally different food and different 621 00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:26,840 Speaker 2: places in the back. It's just hard to do. It's 622 00:33:26,840 --> 00:33:29,160 Speaker 2: just one of those realities that everybody's got a face 623 00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:32,480 Speaker 2: that breakfast does come to an end, except that Jack 624 00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:33,920 Speaker 2: in the Box, where they're able to do it all 625 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:38,120 Speaker 2: day somehow, and nobody's ever off put speaking of burgers. 626 00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:43,080 Speaker 2: So the Beyond meat experiment is over. Beyond is one 627 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:45,840 Speaker 2: of the two big companies. The other is the Impossible 628 00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:49,920 Speaker 2: Whopper or the Impossible Burger that Burger King used on 629 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:53,960 Speaker 2: their whopper. I think Gonzalez a big fan of the impossible, 630 00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:58,280 Speaker 2: but everybody else did Beyond. McDonald's never did anything. Carls 631 00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:01,720 Speaker 2: Junior does the Beyond, and it was gonna be the 632 00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:03,760 Speaker 2: big hit, right. You were able to go into the 633 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:07,000 Speaker 2: store and if you had a vegetarian with you, and 634 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:09,799 Speaker 2: there's more vegetarians in southern California than anywhere else, so 635 00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:12,760 Speaker 2: it made sense you could still get yourself a Carl's 636 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:16,560 Speaker 2: Junior or whatever and not have to eat meat. But 637 00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:19,759 Speaker 2: it tanked, and now Beyond is retooling. 638 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:22,879 Speaker 12: The company that makes beacon meat alternatives is now known 639 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:26,400 Speaker 12: as Beyond the Plant Protein Company, or just Beyond. This 640 00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:30,120 Speaker 12: rebrand comes as US sales or plant based alternatives to 641 00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:33,799 Speaker 12: meat have been dropping. Beyond reporting its net revenue fell 642 00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:37,359 Speaker 12: by fourteen percent the first nine months of last year. 643 00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:39,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's not good, and stock price is really down. 644 00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:43,799 Speaker 2: The Beyond thing is not happening because vegetarians don't like 645 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:48,879 Speaker 2: to eat things that look like cow, and no one's 646 00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:51,000 Speaker 2: picked up on that, Like, if you're a vegetarian that 647 00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:56,280 Speaker 2: you don't want a chicken wing that contains no chicken 648 00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,800 Speaker 2: and you want something yummy, but you don't want it 649 00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:03,040 Speaker 2: to looked like a drumstick. And they've been trying to 650 00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:08,000 Speaker 2: shape non meat to look like meat for a long 651 00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:10,480 Speaker 2: time and there really isn't a huge audience for it. 652 00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:13,799 Speaker 2: I remember though, when that first when that first hit, 653 00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:18,880 Speaker 2: Beyond was one of the largest IPOs ever. IPO's initial 654 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:22,040 Speaker 2: public offering, and I remember when it hit, and I 655 00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:24,400 Speaker 2: was because I'm always interested in what goes on in 656 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:26,719 Speaker 2: the fast food business, and I thought, how is this 657 00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:28,880 Speaker 2: going to work? And there was all kinds of analysis 658 00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:31,839 Speaker 2: out there, and I was watching CNBC and I think 659 00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:35,160 Speaker 2: the IPO was at like twenty eight dollars for preferred 660 00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:37,080 Speaker 2: and it opened at like forty eight dollars and it 661 00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:39,360 Speaker 2: closed in the eighties. It was one of the largest 662 00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:44,280 Speaker 2: initial public offerings ever. People made a fortune. I thought, Wow, 663 00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:48,360 Speaker 2: I hope a lot of people are going to go 664 00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:51,120 Speaker 2: buy this burger that has no meat in it. And 665 00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:54,040 Speaker 2: the theory was then that people were getting away from 666 00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:57,560 Speaker 2: red meat, whether your cardiologist was mad at you, or 667 00:35:57,600 --> 00:35:59,920 Speaker 2: you're trying to lose weight, or for whatever reason you 668 00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:01,880 Speaker 2: had to get fat out of your diet, or you 669 00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:05,440 Speaker 2: believe cow is bad. This is back probably twenty and sixteen, 670 00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:08,759 Speaker 2: twenty seventeen, and then the other thing happened, Like in 671 00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:11,880 Speaker 2: the last ten years, the opposite has happened. You go 672 00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:14,279 Speaker 2: on social media now and everybody is telling you to 673 00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:19,000 Speaker 2: eat a ribbi with butter, like Joe Rogan is out 674 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:22,800 Speaker 2: there telling people to eat two ribbys a day. People 675 00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:26,040 Speaker 2: are eating steak and nothing else like steak and blueberries, 676 00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:28,719 Speaker 2: and they look great, and they're getting thin, and their 677 00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:32,360 Speaker 2: cholesterol numbers are good, and it's working for them so 678 00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:35,239 Speaker 2: much so the reason that everything in the grocery store 679 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:37,239 Speaker 2: is actually coming down in price right now, price is 680 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:40,280 Speaker 2: in the grocery store have either stabilized or they're coming down, 681 00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:45,439 Speaker 2: with the exception of beef. Beef is still way up there. 682 00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:47,240 Speaker 2: You go out. I just did it with my sons. 683 00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:49,560 Speaker 2: We went out to go buy some New York's and 684 00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:52,920 Speaker 2: bone in New York is still eleven ninety nine a 685 00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:56,919 Speaker 2: pound without the bone. And you're in the sixteens I'm 686 00:36:56,920 --> 00:36:59,040 Speaker 2: not paying sixteen dollars a pound for a New York steak. 687 00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:01,799 Speaker 2: What he crazy? But now you have to deal with 688 00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:04,360 Speaker 2: the bone. Yeah, it's still north of eleven dollars a 689 00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:06,920 Speaker 2: pound no matter where you go you want to get 690 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,719 Speaker 2: ribbis or start getting fancy with filet mignon, forget it. 691 00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:12,880 Speaker 2: You're in the twenties. And the reason that is is 692 00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:17,120 Speaker 2: because everybody is watching these people on social media eating 693 00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:21,440 Speaker 2: steak for breakfast, luncheon, dinner or actually they're doing get 694 00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:23,719 Speaker 2: two meals a day, but they're literally eating steak and 695 00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:29,319 Speaker 2: nothing else, and they look fantastic, all ripped and thin 696 00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:35,560 Speaker 2: and look great. And that the demand has exceeded the 697 00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:39,640 Speaker 2: supply and the cows can't keep up. So US cattle 698 00:37:39,719 --> 00:37:42,600 Speaker 2: herd is at the lowest level in seventy five years. 699 00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:45,920 Speaker 2: And the trick with cows is like trees, it takes time. 700 00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:48,319 Speaker 2: So there's nothing you can do about that. I mean, 701 00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:51,680 Speaker 2: you can't make a cow get bigger faster. It's still 702 00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:54,880 Speaker 2: got to grow up. So we're at the lowest level 703 00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:57,560 Speaker 2: in seventy five years. So those steak prices are going 704 00:37:57,640 --> 00:38:02,200 Speaker 2: to remain dear for a goodly amount of time. Lou 705 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:05,400 Speaker 2: Penrose on kf I AM six forty live everywhere on 706 00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:08,000 Speaker 2: the iHeartRadio app, KFI A 707 00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:09,800 Speaker 1: M six forty on demand