Ingredient Challenges: Restaurant Trends: On the National Menu
In case the consumer is left wanting more, the “Six Dollar Burger” can be augmented with guacamole, chili, onion rings or bacon. Carl's Jr. is not alone among quick-service restaurants offering big burgers: Sonic (Oklahoma City, Okla.) is serving the “SuperSonic Cheeseburger”; Checkers/Rally's (Tampa, Fla.) has the “Big Buford”; and A&W Restaurants (part of Yum! Brands, Louisville, Ky.) serves the “Deluxe Bacon Double Cheeseburger.”
Casual restaurants also offer gigantic sandwiches. The Cheesecake Factory (Calabasas Hills, Calif.) menu offers the “Ranch House Burger” topped with pieces of steak, cheddar cheese and bacon, and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (Greenwood Village, Colo.) allows its customers to customize its already enormous burgers with endless toppings, including fried egg.