Wednesday, May 20, 2009

KFC dollar menu

Ads have been known to trick people's desires, something i am greatly aware of. Yet, it still seems to draw me in, especially when it comes to food. KFC's 99 cents value meal was a major manipulator. It totally caught my attention and triggered my desire for popcorn chicken and potato wedges. The fact that it was 99cents made it seem even more appealing. A week later, from seeing that episode, my cousin and I saw the commercial play about 5 times again for one show. We were both on a tight budget and we're excruciatingly hungry, so we just could not pass the opportunity. We automatically drove to the nearest KFC and ordered everything on the 99 cents menu, or at least what we thought was all 99cents. Apparently commercials are more deceiving than i thought they would be. Our orders were turning out to cost more than a dollar, ranging from 99 cents-1.99. And I absolutely could not believe it. We were both tricked. The misleading commercial went beyond
We came in KFC fast food restaurant all happy-go-lucky and left with such disappointment. Once we saw the order being prepared we could not believe our eyes. We ordered a snack box and a snacker and were stunned by the outcome. It was extremely small, something that would pass as a kid’s meal. The snack box, which was not even 99cents, came in a little box that was about the size of a box you would put those six dollar burgers in Carl’s Jr. It consisted of a couple pieces of popcorn chicken and potato wedges, both of which were not very appetizing. The popcorn chicken was soggy not crispy, while the potato wedges were not very scrumptious at all either. It was salty and not very satisfying. On the bright side, their snacker was pretty delicious, aside from the fact that I can devour it in about 3 bites. But I guess you get what you pay for. However, if you look at other 99 cent menus in other fastfood restaurants I believe Carl’s Jr and McDonalds surpasses KFC’s menu, food quality wise. So would it really be worth buying the snacker when you can buy something else of the same value in a more delectable and bigger quality? On our ride home, we finished our food before we even reached our apartment.

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