Testers wanted for Burger King

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We've been asked by Burger King to find ten mums with children between the ages of 4 and 11 to spend the day at its test kitchen (near Hayes and Harlington, London) to try its new kids? menu and to find out more about developments in this area. Volunteers will need to attend between 11am and 2pm.

You?ll also be able to take part in an informal discussion with David Kisilevsky, vice-president of marketing for Burger King EMEA, and Mark Dowding, Burger King chef and director of new product development and innovation, about the kids? meal and ask any questions you may have.

They want a mix of folks who would pop into Burger King and those who normally wouldn't. All they're asking for is feedback from you on the day. On this occasion, Burger King only want mums to attend, sorry but no children.

Everyone who attends will obviously get travel expenses, but will also receive £50 of Amazon vouchers.

If you'd like to volunteer, please fill in the mini survey.

Thanks,

MNHQ

Food is shit anyway. Hate burger joints

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oh look. something else to attend. in london...as ever

Why are you surprised that this kind of thing is in the capital city?

Sorry folks, yes this is Monday 22 September. 11am-2pm

oh what a shame
I'm shaving my armpits that day

Because it's not really representative of the whole country is it? Usually research would be conducted in more than one location but nearly all the ones posted on MN are in London/SE.

You've got to be in it to win it. Can't complain about the food if you're being offered the opportunity to critique and don't take them up on the offer. Sounds perfectly reasonable to me.

see they need to be doing their research north of Watford!

junk food doesn't make you fat. eating nothing but junk food makes you fat.

think the hysteria about bk on here is a bit crap tbh.

smoothies are crap too in terms of pure sugar hit.

also bk MUCH better than mcd. although haven't had either for years neither has ds ever had one. unlike some of the more vehement protesters on here's children that I could mention.

To those of you who feel so strongly about it, surely this is an unmissable chance to get to speak to the powers that be ??

There's that much ranting on MN about BK/McD's.

Put your money where your mouth is.

< I dare you >

Blimey, people do get themselves into a state of compete hysteria about a bit of beef, bread and some potatoes, don't they?
I have three very slender children who all have the odd 'Old Mcdonald's' as little dd calls it.
They have either fishfingers or a small burger or chicken nuggets, some chips, milk or orange juice or water, and a fruit bag each. I absolutely fail to see what is so bad about that. If I said I gave them fish gougons and frites or a croque monsieur and frites plus apple juice/lemonade and an ice cream at Cafe Rouge that would presumably be acceptably middle class? Or a bowl of pasta with cheese sauce? Yet none of those things are as nutritious as fishfingers/burger and fries plus milk/orange juice and a fruit bag at Mcdonalds. I never go to Burger King, but if it was convenient, I had hungry kids and it served a similar and similarly inexpensive menu, I'd go.

Blimey, people do get themselves into a state of compete hysteria about a bit of beef, bread and some potatoes, don't they?
I have three very slender children who all have the odd 'Old Mcdonald's' as little dd calls it.
They have either fishfingers or a small burger or chicken nuggets, some chips, milk or orange juice or water, and a fruit bag each. I absolutely fail to see what is so bad about that. If I said I gave them fish gougons and frites or a croque monsieur and frites plus apple juice/lemonade and an ice cream at Cafe Rouge that would presumably be acceptably middle class? Or a bowl of pasta with cheese sauce? Yet none of those things are as nutritious as fishfingers/burger and fries plus milk/orange juice and a fruit bag at Mcdonalds. I never go to Burger King, but if it was convenient, I had hungry kids and it served a similar and similarly inexpensive menu, I'd go.

Ahh but look

eating junk food makes your kids thick

Allegedly

I;m not hysterical about it but I am interested in why mn think Mcdonalds sholdn't be allowed to do an online chat (and I was with the 'let them' crew on that one to start with) but BK should get their name at thge top of active conversations for a week.

This study really seems to show that being middle class (or having middle class tastes) is good for kids it's not really about food at all. The diet is just a clue to the rest of their lives - ie books, interest in education, parents being educated etc which is always correlated with achievement. Take out the 'confounding factors' and even the study's authors admit the association is 'weak'.
These finding also applied only to children whose diet was mainly high in fat etc and low in fruit and veg -not ones who go to Macdonalds for one meal once a week after swimming, say. I don't think fishfingers and fruit, milk and orange juice are junk food.

"The researchers found that higher ??junk food?? dietary pattern scores at three, four and seven were associated with lower average KS2 results. In contrast, a positive association was shown for the ??health conscious?? dietary pattern and KS2 results. The ??traditional?? dietary pattern showed no association with KS2 results. When potential confounding factors were taken into account, a weak association remained between ?junk food? at age three and lower attainment.

I think an online chat is different to asking for some participants in a taste test.

It's well known that there are links between poverty and ill health. Because it IS harder to eat healthily if you live somewhere where there are no shops selling fresh food, if you haven't been taught about nutrition at school, if you don't have enough money to buy decent stuff.

I think McD is far nicer than BK

I'm amazed anyone thinks BK is better. Have you tried BK's chicken nuggett children's meal things (they aren't called nuggetts, can't think what)? They taste vile. Like minced chicken feet. And they look weird inside, like grey and jelly like. Spew.

and McD chips much nicer

AND when I had annoying allergy children, McD was great because I could see what was in everything.

BK really do need to revamp those kids meals.

can I have £50 now?

I don't even think chips are junk food - as part of a normal diet.

have looked up the name...they are called Chicken Bites.

just seenm this.id like to ask burger king etc why they dont do a veggie childrens option as a choice.