Burger King’s Proposal to McDonalds

Lifelong rivals, namely, Burger King and McDonalds may soon be joining forces. Burger King has proposed a one-day truce with McDonalds to create the “McWhopper”. This gigantic burger will be a combination of both fast foods mega sized burgers. The proposition is to join the Big Mac and the Whopper together; these are the most popular burgers at the fast food giants. 

 

Neither of the two restaurants have released any information with regard to nutritional value of the proposed mega-burger. Burger King wishes to sell this burger in honour of World Peace Day this September. However, it’s possible to come up with a ballpark estimate using information from the fast-food chains’ websites to find out the possible nutritional value of one of these mega burgers.

According to the proposal developed by Burger King, the “McWhopper” would be broken down into a 50 50 split between the two fast food giants.

 

The “McWhopper” would be 6 parts Big Mac and 6 parts Whopper. If they decide to go ahead with the mega burger, the burgers’ top half would include the Big Mac’s top bun, beef patty, cheese, lettuce, special sauce and middle bun, while the bottom half would consist of the Whopper’s tomato, onion, ketchup, pickles, beef patty and bottom bun.

 

The Big Mac has 540 calories, and the Whopper has 650 calories.

The two proposed burgers combined will return a massive helping of 726 calories for or about one-third of a person’s total advised calorie intake for a day.

It remains unclear if the McWhopper will come to fruition. McDonald’s CEO Steve Easterbrook responded to Burger King’s proposal by saying he would be “in touch” with the fast-food rival. “We love the intention but think our two brands could do something bigger to make a difference,” Easterbrook said on Facebook.