How Jack in the Box Bounced Back From A Deadly Scandal

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@bincockwell2610
@bincockwell2610 7 ай бұрын
I literally lived off Jack in the Box in my early 20's. Border line homeless, $2 for a burger, 2 tacos, and a water was living like a king compared to eating raman noodles.
@nrrork
@nrrork 7 ай бұрын
I used to be like that with Burger King's dollar menu. I'm 28, it's 3am, feeling a bit rumbly in the tumbly. Burger King is just a few blocks away and I can get a whole sack of burgers for 4-5 bucks.
@Saucy840-
@Saucy840- 7 ай бұрын
Not anymore sadly
@darkseid2814
@darkseid2814 7 ай бұрын
Same. As a struggling poor college student, Jack in the Box tacos and ramen noodles made sure I didn't go hungry.
@josephpurdy8390
@josephpurdy8390 7 ай бұрын
2004 I could get a jumbo jack, 2 tacos, and a small soda for $4.44 without coupons. Once prices went up. All vists to any fast food establishment required a coupon.
@jmz2144
@jmz2144 7 ай бұрын
Jack's Munchie Meals used to be $6 or $7 after 9pm, it was great
@twitchykun
@twitchykun 7 ай бұрын
Former Jack in the Box Restaurant Tech Support employee in the corporate HQ, and man, they believe in the food. There was never a moment where a Jack sandwich wasn't more than a few feet away from me, and they encouraged eating in your cubicle.
@TehPwnographer
@TehPwnographer 7 ай бұрын
I’d be dead in a weeks time
@scottnotpilgrim
@scottnotpilgrim 7 ай бұрын
Sounds like a good thing on both ends. Having faith in the product and having said food close by
@BeyondDaX
@BeyondDaX 7 ай бұрын
@@scottnotpilgrim and in this economy, this would have been an rather nice perk
@twitchykun
@twitchykun 7 ай бұрын
@@scottnotpilgrim One time, my supervisor called me over to his office, and I thought I was in trouble. Dude lays a tray of "Hot Mess" Burgers on me and says "betcha you can't eat two".
@twitchykun
@twitchykun 7 ай бұрын
@@TehPwnographer Yeah, I had to rejoin my fighting gym after my contract with them ended, I gained quite a bit of weight
@pamelamays4186
@pamelamays4186 7 ай бұрын
When they blew up Jack , professional clowns rose up in arms. They organized into a protest group called JACK: Jesters Against Clown Killing.
@teamsteed1
@teamsteed1 7 ай бұрын
I did not know that.
@desiv1170
@desiv1170 6 ай бұрын
Not surprised. I thought the blowing up the clown thing was just a bad idea...
@NASCARFAN93100
@NASCARFAN93100 7 ай бұрын
Jack In the Box's Commercials are Legendary
@CapsizedCloud
@CapsizedCloud 7 ай бұрын
The ones from the 90’s are goated.
@rodneycooperjr3223
@rodneycooperjr3223 7 ай бұрын
Hyperbole much?
@NASCARFAN93100
@NASCARFAN93100 7 ай бұрын
@@rodneycooperjr3223 LOL
@chobies5383
@chobies5383 7 ай бұрын
"Do something about it" ( Fucking rips his sleeves off mundanely)
@marcamusprime9513
@marcamusprime9513 7 ай бұрын
Just like the food used to be
@richardadams4928
@richardadams4928 7 ай бұрын
7:47 I can tell you EXACTLY why their burgers were undercooked. Shortly before the E Coli issue, JIB had changed to a *new and improved" Jumbo Jack. It was the same weight, but smaller in diameter and therefore thicker. The old patty took 2 minutes to cook, the new one took FIVE. But there was no change to the expectations of "move time" getting people through the drive-through. So, inevitably, grill cooks would have rushed the cooking process to maintain speed of car moves. On the plus side, the less well-done burger was indeed juicier and tastier. And we did have a device called a "tender press" to speed up the process, but it also produced a drier patty, so we tried to avoid using them unless necessary. I LIVED through those days as a shift leader/assistant manager, and I quit the day we started the "new dinner" menu after they blew up Jack (although not due to the menu change, that was coincidence - I was caught up unwillingly into a drama sequence regarding our store manager having an extramarital affair with the District Manager). Ah, good times (/sarcasm)....
@Loveofmisery
@Loveofmisery 6 ай бұрын
dude working fast food is the equivalent of a fever dream that pays you pennies.
@richardadams4928
@richardadams4928 6 ай бұрын
@@Loveofmisery All too true....
@F30586
@F30586 6 ай бұрын
What city?
@richardadams4928
@richardadams4928 6 ай бұрын
@@F30586 Mostly Garland and Mesquite TX (Dallas suburbs), and Dallas itself.
@F30586
@F30586 6 ай бұрын
@@richardadams4928 it’s crazy how a lot of America have never had Jacks before.
@kellychicky7500
@kellychicky7500 7 ай бұрын
As someone who has moved to the southeast I REALLY miss Jack in the Box. On vacation I took my husband to one. After eating there he wondered WHY in the world there are none here. It’s the only place where you can get a taco, egg rolls and curly fries at one place!
@912dgm
@912dgm 7 ай бұрын
As someone who has lived in the south east their entire life, I have never ate at a jack in the box
@adamnbryant
@adamnbryant 7 ай бұрын
We have them in Nashville 🤷
@XianHu
@XianHu 7 ай бұрын
As someone who's lived in the Mid-Atlantic mostly, I've always wondered the same thing. I've been hearing about them since the 70's, but never been to one.
@paulhughes9670
@paulhughes9670 4 ай бұрын
Interesting ! I will soon eat at a Jack in the box !
@TheCaptnHammer
@TheCaptnHammer 2 ай бұрын
I live in a small rural town with like 1700 people and one light. We got a jack in the box a few years ago and it’s amazing! Jack in the box and what a burger ate my go to fast food joints!
@rjuhl2007
@rjuhl2007 7 ай бұрын
Everybody says taco bell is stoner food, but jack teamed up with Snoop Dogg.
@spddiesel
@spddiesel 7 ай бұрын
Dude, they literally had an item called a Munchie Box that was $2 cheaper between 10 pm and 6 am 🤣 I freaking love Jack...
@DOC_951
@DOC_951 6 ай бұрын
Literally no one says Taco Bell is stoner food, what? It’s always been Jack. Always. No one has ever said differently.
@spddiesel
@spddiesel 6 ай бұрын
@@DOC_951 are you high right now? There's a shit ton of country east of the Rockies where Jack doesn't exist, and yes, the Bell is stoner food in these here parts. They have a Taco made out of Doritos, ffs. Ironically, there's a strip in the middle of this country where Taco Bell is THE stoner food, because White Castle only goes so far west.
@catsandalcohol99
@catsandalcohol99 6 ай бұрын
​@@DOC_951In the west coast, yes. Jack isn't in the South, East Coast, or Midwest.
@Ownedurmom
@Ownedurmom 4 ай бұрын
I work there, I have for AWHILE.. we also teamed up with ice cube and now Deadpool!! Mini chimis 🎉
@deebee8825
@deebee8825 7 ай бұрын
Lived in CA until age 11 and have been in TX for 25 years now, I'm just used to seeing Jack my whole life. It's hard to imagine that not everybody in the US knows about it or has it. Don't eat there much anymore but man those tacos are good, so is the Sourdough Jack.
@XanAbyss
@XanAbyss 7 ай бұрын
Sourdough jack is the best
@deebee8825
@deebee8825 7 ай бұрын
@@XanAbyss 🔥
@raquelflechero2250
@raquelflechero2250 6 ай бұрын
Sourdough Jack is good when it’s made right. I have ordered it in the past and they didn’t toast the bread and that made it disgusting! Stale ass bread. It’s crazy how much of a difference toasting the bread does to that sandwich in particular😅
@deebee8825
@deebee8825 6 ай бұрын
@@raquelflechero2250 Oh I didn't know that lol. It's been so long since I've had it but my last memory of it is a good one!
@WastedTalent-
@WastedTalent- 7 ай бұрын
We had a Jack in the Box in Centereach, Long Island when I was a kid. My father played in bands and would be out til 2 or 3 in the morning. There were always Jack in the Box bags and wrappers on the table the next morning. Til this day, he still misses their tacos.
@charlie.richardson
@charlie.richardson 7 ай бұрын
I live near the one in North Babylon Long Island. Worked there for overnight for three nights. A while almost 50 years ago and I remember it like yesterday.
@hecosean
@hecosean 6 ай бұрын
Worked at Jack In the Box in high school during the E.Coli incident. And hours got cut in like half. How did they really bounce back. (I mean aside from implementing safer meat cooking standards and burger presses to ensure fully cooked meat.) They had crazy sales to bring back customers. 3 tacos for .99 cents. Like 50 cent double cheeseburgers and 99 cent jumbo jacks. I never worked so hard in my life. People were coming in taking orders for 30,60,90,120 tacos back to back. I had blisters on my fingers from the hot oil making so many tacos. It was insane. Thank you customers who just said I want a box of frozen tacos to take home and cook later.
@BugsyFoga
@BugsyFoga 7 ай бұрын
The ad where Jack got back at the executives was freaking hilarious
@larrybremer4930
@larrybremer4930 6 ай бұрын
For Jack in the box, yes. But "Where's the beef?" is still probably the most remembered fast food marketing campaign ever (Wendys) or Carls Jr "If it doesn't get all over the place it doesn't belong in your face" still beat it handily. For just best commercial ever I think its hard to beat the VW Atlas "Luv Bug" commercial if for no other reason than the audacity for actually doing that campaign (even though most broadcasters would not air it).
@Peezanut
@Peezanut 7 ай бұрын
About once a year I get nostalgic about the old Ciabatta burger and make my own at home
@stevea8717
@stevea8717 7 ай бұрын
It was the best yes. I liked how the bun didn't get soggy
@chiarosuburekeni9325
@chiarosuburekeni9325 6 ай бұрын
Totally forgot about those. They were pretty good
@JuanitoMex-xl2jt
@JuanitoMex-xl2jt 6 ай бұрын
Ciabatta Burgers were elite
@chiarosuburekeni9325
@chiarosuburekeni9325 6 ай бұрын
I just looked up these ciabatta burgers and apparently they were only around from 2009 to 2017, less than 10 years. I could’ve sworn that they were pretty much around the entire 2000s and made it up to Covid lol. Guess not
@JuanitoMex-xl2jt
@JuanitoMex-xl2jt 6 ай бұрын
@@chiarosuburekeni9325 bro the buns were the shit made that bihh taste amazing, they brought it back but didn't taste the same
@hereticpariah6_66
@hereticpariah6_66 7 ай бұрын
Locally, when the kangaroo meat scandal happened, we started calling them *"Joey·in·the·Box!"*
@smittykins
@smittykins 7 ай бұрын
I worked at Burger King during the e.coli scandal. Due to it, they began sending a Whopper patty through the broiler and tested the temperature before lunch. If the temperature was too low, the broiler was adjusted and another patty was put through.
@TameraJacobs
@TameraJacobs 7 ай бұрын
The one thing I miss not living in California is Jack in the Box at 3 am
@BeyondDaX
@BeyondDaX 7 ай бұрын
For sure, their tacos are surprisingly good
@llab3903
@llab3903 7 ай бұрын
@@BeyondDaXthey’re hardly tacos but they’ll do at 3 am
@XianHu
@XianHu 7 ай бұрын
If there were any near me, I would definitely take advantage of that.
@CoyoteSeven
@CoyoteSeven 7 ай бұрын
@@llab3903 You either love Jack's tacos or you hate them. There is no in between.
@alejandroramirez4470
@alejandroramirez4470 6 ай бұрын
24-hour locations aren't easily spotted since covid, so latest you'll get some jack is likely @ 2AM.
@tjg555
@tjg555 7 ай бұрын
"Have you ever eaten at a Jack in the Box" HELL YEAH BUDDY I lived on Jack for a year at a job I hated. The Ultimate Breakfast Sandwich saved my career.
@dp981
@dp981 7 ай бұрын
Their deep fried frozen tacos and a whole bunch of taco sauce are quite literally the best and worst things you can do to yourself at 2 in the morning.
@pamelamays4186
@pamelamays4186 7 ай бұрын
JITB was the first fast food place I ate at after my family moved from Pittsburgh to San Diego in 1963. My father arrived about a year before the rest of us. The night we arrived he took us to a JITB drive-thru. Four year old me wasn't ready for that talking clown. head.
@alejandroramirez4470
@alejandroramirez4470 6 ай бұрын
Definitely an SD staple. The padres have a giant Jack head at petco park.
@richardadams4928
@richardadams4928 7 ай бұрын
Rick Sittig (Siddig?) is the mad GENIUS behind the Jack is Back campaign, also doing Jack's voice in the spots. They jettisoned him a few years back (⁉️😡😲😲) which I do NOT understand at all. The Spicy Crispy Chicks were hot AF for reals, and their commercial was HILARIOUS ("You are SO fired!") 😂😂😂 And the Meaty Cheesy Boys were also frigging hysterical. They did a CD that JIB made available as a promo item, with an extended version of the Ultimate Cheeseburger song, along with a french fry song and a milkshake ditty. Talk about taking a concept and RUNNING with it....
@richardadams4928
@richardadams4928 6 ай бұрын
Rick also created the Energizer Bunny and worked on Isuzu s Joe Isuzu ad campaign.
@Lkydog8165
@Lkydog8165 7 ай бұрын
I'm glad the original narrator is back I enjoy listening to him in any of these videos
@giraffesinc.2193
@giraffesinc.2193 7 ай бұрын
Me too!
@hammylammy2832
@hammylammy2832 7 ай бұрын
And you made that comment thinking anyone gives a damn about your dumbass opinion. Think about why that might be 😂
@hezekiahramirez6965
@hezekiahramirez6965 7 ай бұрын
That guy does SO MANY KZbin videos
@IdentityVibes
@IdentityVibes 7 ай бұрын
this channel is the highlight of my KZbin consumption.
@ScavengerGourmet
@ScavengerGourmet 7 ай бұрын
Definitely loving these fast food restaurant histories. As long as you keep making them I'll keep watching. Next I'm hoping for Applebees, Subway and Quiznos. Maybe the history of the famous Costco food court?
@muppetsretrofan8873
@muppetsretrofan8873 7 ай бұрын
THANK YOU SO MUCH WEIRD HISTORY! I am super excited you covered Jack In The Box! Although I do wish you had mentioned the 1970s Jack In The Box animated characters [including 70s era Jack himself] were voiced by Paul Winchell, the OG voice of Tigger and inventor of the artificial heart. A lot of fast food and food mascots are voiced by famous voice actors and I think that would be an amazing video idea [as long as Paul Winchell gets credited for the 70s era Jack In The Box characters, as well as Burger Chef]. I'm also still hoping that when you do a Domino's Pizza video, Donny Domino and Dottie Domino get mentioned, as they are pretty interesting [they co-existed with The Noid for a bit, including a Kool Aid comic], and there was a lawsuit [Ollie Vs Domino's Pizza Inc] over Donny Domino.
@ramseyharris4607
@ramseyharris4607 7 ай бұрын
I am one of the many people who contracted HUS after eating there in 1992 (years old at the time). I lost my kidneys to the disease. I had to go on dialysis until I received a new one from my dad when I was 6. I got diabetes and a ton more medical problems that I have to deal with for the rest of my life. My transplanted kidney lasted for 12 years until it rejected two days before my 18th birthday, and I had to go back on dialysis for another 12 years. Finally, in 2019, I received a pancreas and a new kidney. They are both currently doing great. I have not eaten there since 1992, and Jack in the Box refused to pay for my extremely high hospital bills and denied having anything to do with my illness. I haven't sued Jack in the Box. Yet...
@DR-sv8ke
@DR-sv8ke 6 ай бұрын
No one cares. Just thought you should hear the truth.
@TheTechnicalMiracle
@TheTechnicalMiracle 5 ай бұрын
@@DR-sv8ke Rude
@DR-sv8ke
@DR-sv8ke 5 ай бұрын
@TheTechnicalMiracle aww. Poor baby.
@coffeeandcupcakes7310
@coffeeandcupcakes7310 4 ай бұрын
@@DR-sv8ke I care. =)
@themaggattack
@themaggattack 4 ай бұрын
That's horrible. I'm glad to hear that you are currently well. I would sue Jack in the Box if I were you!!!
@mytbread108
@mytbread108 7 ай бұрын
The first Jack in the Box in my town opened shortly before the e coli outbreak. It has been my favorite fast food joint since high school. Back then the drive thru was open 24 hours which was convenient for those late night "study" sessions. The one thing I miss the most are the antenna toppers. At least I still have the Christmas ornament.
@exosluckyone
@exosluckyone 7 ай бұрын
i think they still have those toppers sometimes. last halloween i got a few when i had their halloween shake
@RaynmanPlays
@RaynmanPlays 7 ай бұрын
I have the Halloween antenna topper. Too bad my car's antenna isn't suitable for it.
@Jllyrol311
@Jllyrol311 7 ай бұрын
I moved to Tx as a kid, and we became Jack In The Box super fans when we started driving a decade later. This was a handful of years after the E.coli outbreak. The food was expensive, and the service was slow. And we didn’t care. Fast forward to now: I am about 3 hours away from the nearest Jack In The Box. I will find random excuses to drive to Nashville, and I always stop in.
@ll4680
@ll4680 7 ай бұрын
Jackinthebox tacos dipped in their ranch and taco sauce are my guilty drunk pleasure 🌮
@badguyrob
@badguyrob 7 ай бұрын
Same but with the mini tacos.
@franciscoguzman2742
@franciscoguzman2742 7 ай бұрын
Bro I do the same with my tacos but I put a jalapeño popper inside it makes it way better try it g!🔥🔥🔥
@El_coyote710
@El_coyote710 7 ай бұрын
​@@franciscoguzman2742 bro stfu 🔥🔥🔥🔥 I'm going to try
@ll4680
@ll4680 7 ай бұрын
@@franciscoguzman2742 BRO. their jalapeno poppers are the best gonna try that next time 😤
@alejandroramirez4470
@alejandroramirez4470 6 ай бұрын
glad they expanded their sauce line-up with the avocado one and good good sauce (regular and spicy). Try actual guacamole on the tacos though.
@desiv1170
@desiv1170 6 ай бұрын
I remember that e-coli outbreak for Jack in the Box. They had JUST built a new Jack in the Box in Medford Oregon then, and it was close to a computer store I used to go to, so I'd see it mostly empty. I was sure it was going to go out of business. But they survived somehow and I believe they are still open in that same location...
@missmoo5621
@missmoo5621 7 ай бұрын
I don't know if this is too niche but the thing I always think of with Jack in the Box are the car antenna balls. I just remember always liking them and wanting to collect them, but then we moved from the West Coast.
@Rockhound6165
@Rockhound6165 7 ай бұрын
When we lived in Tucson, my wife and I worked at American Airlines. We worked a shift that got over at 1am. On our way home we'd stop at the Jack-In-The-Box near our apartment complex. We loved the Sourdough Bacon Jack.
@ChueyiCha
@ChueyiCha 7 ай бұрын
I miss jack in the box. I'm from the west coast but moved to the mid west a few years ago. There aren't any here :(
@ourgreatsociety4965
@ourgreatsociety4965 7 ай бұрын
There are a few here in Indianapolis.
@ruffnerr
@ruffnerr 7 ай бұрын
Also Cincinnati and St. louis
@alegnaboulenthal
@alegnaboulenthal 7 ай бұрын
They were in KC in the 70s and early 80s. We had one close enough to home that we could walk there.
@princesabonita79
@princesabonita79 7 ай бұрын
im in KC area and there's some here.
@tapestry6455
@tapestry6455 6 ай бұрын
They are in Texas come on by and enjoy the tacos 🙂
@widowkeeper4739
@widowkeeper4739 7 ай бұрын
The 1993 e. coli outbreak was a horror I won't forget. The little girl with the glasses is Brianne Kiner, and I was friends with her older sister. I remember all of us just waiting to hear she had passed and feeling so helpless and sad for the Kiners. They were some of the sweetest people ever and I was fond of all of them. Somehow Brianne came back and survived, but not without massive and permanent trauma to her and her family. I still won't eat at Jack in the Box.
@notright7
@notright7 7 ай бұрын
I grew up during that time in WI, and I remember hearing about it to. I now live in WA state right down the road is one where I live, and I will never eat at one. The one thing I will never mess with is under cooked burgers.
@krisfrederick5001
@krisfrederick5001 7 ай бұрын
Jack in the Box was one of the last places Kurt Cobain was seen alive. R.I.P.
@simontchang
@simontchang 7 ай бұрын
I lived in Washington State for 2 years right when the E. coli scandal happened and I remember it being all over the news. Then we moved to the east coast and I never had the chance to see Jack in the Box rehabilitate its image. To this day whenever someone mentions Jack in the Box the first thing I think of is the E coli outbreak and that's forever tainted the brand for me.
@BrakRulesAll
@BrakRulesAll 6 ай бұрын
Amazing story. What wasn't mentioned was the guy who came up with the Jack character and ad campaigns - and was even the voice of Jack in the TV commercials until a few years ago - was the same advertising genius who came up with the Energizer Bunny ad campaign that is now what, 40 years running? Pure genius..
@evlkenevl2721
@evlkenevl2721 7 ай бұрын
Customer: Wow, this is a good burger! Jack: Slaughtered that horse on tuesday, think she's startin' to turn.
@btetschner
@btetschner 7 ай бұрын
2:34 When I lived in Arizona for six months, Jack in the box was the restaurant I went to the most. Whenever I go back to visit there, I try to make it to In-N-Out Burger and Jack in the Box.
@btetschner
@btetschner 7 ай бұрын
A+ video LOVE IT! Such a great and cool restaurant! Hope that they will soon come to Nebraska!
@takerdust
@takerdust 6 ай бұрын
I remember as a little kid hearing about the tainted meat deaths. It took 12 years to even go near their food again even though I was on other side of the country that had a different meat source.
@misspinkpunkykat
@misspinkpunkykat 5 ай бұрын
My dad would never let us eat here because he was a long haul truck driver and the ONE time he ate here, he got food poisoning so bad he almost had to go to the hospital. I've heard of other people getting sick and actually having to go after eating here. I had friends who also refused to let their families eat at Jack in The Box after hearing the stories.
@markadams7046
@markadams7046 7 ай бұрын
I now live in Nebraska and unfortunately there are no Jack-In-Boxes here. I loved their large menu variety that you don't get in the other major fast food places. I wish they had them in Nebraska. Oh well, at least Nebraska has Runzas.
@extrameatsammich
@extrameatsammich 7 ай бұрын
I got food poisoning in 1991 from a Jack in the Box in Houston. Ham and turkey melt, I will never forget the color and textures of the resulting street art. Good times.I
@mistypowell1212
@mistypowell1212 3 ай бұрын
Watching while I'm at work 😂
@jamestriska14
@jamestriska14 7 ай бұрын
In San Diego we get free jumbo jacks if the padres hit a home run the night before.
@swahilimaster
@swahilimaster 7 ай бұрын
Back in 2008 around the time I got my first job out of high school a Jack in the Box opened locally and I ate there nearly every day for a month straight, jumbo jacks were only 1.09 at the time and it was the best deal on a burger around here.
@nrrork
@nrrork 7 ай бұрын
So I assume THIS is where the whole "talk into the clown's head at the drive-thru" trope came from. Because growing up that was always a staple in TV and movies, any time characters ordered or talked about fast food. Meanwhile, in my part of the country, Michigan, drive-thrus were nothing like that and never were. The intercom was just a plain old speaker mounted next to the menu at every chain that had a drive-thru. I guess it's another case of writers with California brain. They think the whole country is just one big extension of the greater Los Angeles area.
@RaynmanPlays
@RaynmanPlays 7 ай бұрын
McDonald's tried to turn Ronald McDonald into a more mature mascot and failed. Somehow, Jack in the Box managed to do just that with their clown. And it's so natural that we don't even think about it. For those of you that have never tried Jack in the Box, you really are missing out. Their shakes are top-notch, their burgers are great, they serve breakfast all day (unfortunately with the hash brown patties instead of tater rounds, which I prefer), and you can _still_ get 2 good sized tacos with plenty of meat for $.99 if you use their app. Not each. $.99 for _two_ tacos that are at least as large as Taco Bell's and have more meat in them. It's nuts. And they're pretty good. Rather unique, too. You'd be hard-pressed to find another taco that's quite like a Jack in the Box taco. And the Munchie Meal (yes, it's called that) is a really good deal. Sad that they took the more unique offerings away (such as the grilled cheese burger, a burger whose top bun is a grilled cheese sandwich), but it's still good. And their limited time offerings! I swear, Jack can't miss! They come out with one every couple weeks and it's always a banger. The latest one is sauced and loaded nuggets, with sauce and melted cheese on them, and they're absolutely fantastic. They also came out with the Pineapple Express shake, and it's really good. Not too sweet, either. And in case you're wondering, it's almost certainly named after the type of pot, not the meteorological phenomenon or the movie. Jack in the Box really has no fear about advertising towards potheads.
@soarrefly
@soarrefly 7 ай бұрын
As much as people complain about minimalism, i am glad that the mascot took on the snow cone look and veered further away from clown-looking.
@durandalfeee1227
@durandalfeee1227 6 ай бұрын
My go to order is a jr. bacon cheeseburger, chicken sandwich, 2 tacos, hot sauce and buttermilk sauce (ranch). Pro tip: mix the two sauces together 😋 🤤
@justinthewarrior9165
@justinthewarrior9165 7 ай бұрын
Oh man. This please hold a special place in my heart. This was the first ever fast food place I've ever eaten. I've had fish-and-chips there so many times there. And I loved it. That place hold the special place in my heart as a kid and around being a teenager. I also enjoyed it. And throughout being an adult, I haven't seen it in a long time. I've moved to Indiana years ago and I haven't seen that place in a long time. I just hope I can see that place again as a childhood friend
@goredongoredon
@goredongoredon 7 ай бұрын
Jack in the Box burgers lucked out because they weren't the only E Coli scare happening back in the 90s: tainted sprouts and juice/smoothies had an even bigger foot print (at least where I live). Their prices were pretty good too.
@kingrailup
@kingrailup 7 ай бұрын
Nothing about how Jack In The Box is one of the first chains to introduce their entire breakfast menu all day?
@bcab7955
@bcab7955 7 ай бұрын
"Girl, you know there's one thing that I love, but its not you I'm thinking of, I need the Ultimate Cheeseburger!" - Meaty Cheese Boys, 1999.
@zepmarq
@zepmarq 7 ай бұрын
I love this channel....and I love Jack! ❤
@azraorl
@azraorl 26 күн бұрын
The "Do something about it" was still the best commercial for me.
@iron1349
@iron1349 7 ай бұрын
6:01 ouch that pronunciation hurt.
@carlosrojas9174
@carlosrojas9174 7 ай бұрын
To be fair, I don't know the proper pronunciation either
@argoth231
@argoth231 7 ай бұрын
Recently opened up here in utah. Good food
@josephhefley9701
@josephhefley9701 7 ай бұрын
I worked at Taco Bell as a teenager. The ground beef was hard tack in a bag. IT WAS NOT GROUND BEEF. It was oats and Carmel color, written on the bag that we put in a warm thing of water to heat up. It's not a rumor, it's true. The used to serve animal feed disguised as beef. The animal feed just happened to be oats.
@badguyrob
@badguyrob 7 ай бұрын
Great to see the food video GOATs back at it again. This time with my personal favorite fast food.
@eddiehritz8785
@eddiehritz8785 6 ай бұрын
It’s awesome hear something cool that happened in your hometown I live in San Diego born and raised! I lived in El Cajon right next to family fun center or boomers it went by different names over the years until it closed down recently, but there’s a jack in the box down the street that’s still there. I go there all the time !
@JWbabyshark
@JWbabyshark 6 ай бұрын
I miss the jack-n-box radio antenna ball
@Donna-wq1qy
@Donna-wq1qy 5 ай бұрын
Those were so popular back in the day! I had forgotten about them! Thanks for the memories!
@JWbabyshark
@JWbabyshark 5 ай бұрын
@Donna-wq1qy NP. It will be an easy money maker if Jack in the Box brings it back for a limited time.
@Donna-wq1qy
@Donna-wq1qy 5 ай бұрын
I agree​@@JWbabyshark
@pamelamays4186
@pamelamays4186 7 ай бұрын
JITB, me and my friends' go to place when we got the munchies.
@zaroatmeal3494
@zaroatmeal3494 7 ай бұрын
Jack In The Box might come to my hometown of Lakeland, Florida soon!
@LyleFrancisDelp
@LyleFrancisDelp 7 ай бұрын
I'm remembering my childhood in the 60s.....JitB was a real treat. We loved the talking clown. Then they decided to blow it up. Commercials scared a lot of kids in the last 70s. Kids feared it would blow up while they were in the drive up.
@toddanderson9574
@toddanderson9574 7 ай бұрын
I actually interviewed the parents of one of the kids who passed away while I worked at the local college newspaper, the father was going to school there. Such a sad story.
@Brentastrophe
@Brentastrophe 7 ай бұрын
Jack in the Box is still secretly pretty affordable here even in Socal where it's notoriously expensive to get any sort of fast food whatsoever. Jack and Del Taco are like the last of their kind
@CoyoteSeven
@CoyoteSeven 7 ай бұрын
Jack owns Del Taco now! So this somehow makes sense.
@alejandroramirez4470
@alejandroramirez4470 6 ай бұрын
better stay this way since not everyone is making the fast food minimum wage.
@MatthewTheWanderer
@MatthewTheWanderer 7 ай бұрын
I have often wondered how they survived such problems.
@AlexSpalex1
@AlexSpalex1 7 ай бұрын
Could you do a Weird History Food on Michelin Stars?
@TehPwnographer
@TehPwnographer 7 ай бұрын
I like this idea!
@JasmineRachelle22
@JasmineRachelle22 7 ай бұрын
Ooooo!
@KennyL_1911
@KennyL_1911 6 ай бұрын
I remember back in the 1970's our dad would take us to Jack in the Box. His favorite was the Shrimp in a Box, and a vanilla shake. As kids we loved the Chicken in the Box. The Jumbo Jack was pretty big back then, not so big these days.
@VikingArelius
@VikingArelius 7 ай бұрын
I remember in grade 6 (2010-2011) we were watching something in health class and the e. Coli outbreak in '93 came up, showing footage of a JITB that I had eaten at and it's now my local JITB. I was in New Jersey in grade 6 and I ended up moving back to Washington after that school year, and I frequented JITB many times during high school after I got my license. Still a great place I like going to, even if their prices are a bit high.
@arnellamahoney317
@arnellamahoney317 7 ай бұрын
I remember growing up my parents would take me and sister to the only Jack in the Box located in the Bronx on rare occasions. That location has long since closed down.
@WarriorMan256
@WarriorMan256 7 ай бұрын
Jack in the box near me got a reputation for calling in people for suspected DUI. I don't know that this is a bad thing but... having a reputation around town for that is probably not great for business. Then they started hosting Narcotics Anonymous meetings in the restaurant. Again, not a bad thing but when everyone from the meetings started hanging out inside and just outside the restaurant.... I don't have a Jack in the Box near me anymore
@LLYMYNT
@LLYMYNT 7 ай бұрын
Always loved their tacos and their Phillies cheesesteaks. 😊
@DSLightning21
@DSLightning21 7 ай бұрын
JitB still has the best fast-food breakfast menu, especially their burritos and platters (and iced coffee during the warmer seasons). Love picking it up at 5AM on Sundays. 👍
@MrJuvefrank
@MrJuvefrank 6 ай бұрын
1:41 They're greedy if they charge 15 cents for a hamburger.
@swolyjr
@swolyjr 27 күн бұрын
Late 90s early 2000s... jumbo jack and 2 tacos!; miss those prices!
@LilithLockhart
@LilithLockhart 7 ай бұрын
Jack in the Box has really changed in the last few years. They took most of my favorite things off the menu :(
@XanAbyss
@XanAbyss 7 ай бұрын
I still miss the fish n chips and the pannidos
@hecosean
@hecosean 6 ай бұрын
Bring back Mayo Onion Sauce.
@MarianneKat
@MarianneKat 7 ай бұрын
Jack in the box scandal is why my 5th grade son dressed up as scariest thing possible" E.Coli H 157
@colddeadhands5167
@colddeadhands5167 6 ай бұрын
Man....that deep fried roo burrito Mr. Box sold on the late 70's-early 80's was fantastic
@Grindtone603
@Grindtone603 7 ай бұрын
When it comes to fast food chains Jack in the Box is one of my favs. Even though I haven't been able to get it in a long time since I've lived on the East Coast for most of my life
@dewilew2137
@dewilew2137 6 ай бұрын
I don’t think Ive ever been to Jack in the box. Edit: ahhh all the east coast stores closed long before I was born. 😔
@DoItLikeDat450Splat
@DoItLikeDat450Splat 2 ай бұрын
Jack is one of the few clowns I've never thought of as scary. I mean he looks like he was drawn by a child
@jewel65
@jewel65 6 ай бұрын
They were 1 of the better places to work for back in the day. Good food, good management. I used to make a tiny ultimate burger when I worked. 😁
@edvaira6891
@edvaira6891 7 ай бұрын
Love their tacos, but, strangely, THEY ALSO HAVE EXCELLENT EGG ROLLS!
@XanAbyss
@XanAbyss 7 ай бұрын
The egg rolls with the spicy good-good sauce 😋 👌 😍 🤤
@CoyoteSeven
@CoyoteSeven 7 ай бұрын
Where else can you get tacos and egg rolls with fries in the same order?
@DR-sv8ke
@DR-sv8ke 6 ай бұрын
The ultimate breakfast sandwich, jalapeño poppers and egg rolls. My perfect combination.
@BrunoRomani-z3r
@BrunoRomani-z3r 3 күн бұрын
Yes we have, everything is perfect and the shakes are super delicious.
@suppylarue220
@suppylarue220 6 ай бұрын
the jumbo jack for lunch while on the road in the 80s & 90s was my favorite with fries and a shake, around $2. it couldn't be beat.🍔
@edkeaton
@edkeaton 7 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing this interesting video! I actually enjoy the food from Jack in the Box. The Double Bonus Jack is my favorite go to burger from there. 😋❤️🍔🍟🥤
@petercozzaglio6070
@petercozzaglio6070 7 ай бұрын
I used to love Jack in the box when I was in high school in the early 80’s. But after the E. coli outbreak, I have only gone back once. But only because I was really hungry and it was the closest.
@CxMHaze
@CxMHaze 6 ай бұрын
This guy has the best narrator voice on KZbin
@altoidsours
@altoidsours 7 ай бұрын
When I was a kid, we learned about what happened in Jack in the Box in school. I had never heard of them before since we don't have them here and I thought they went out of business. Imagine my surprise years later when I saw one.
@dave882
@dave882 7 ай бұрын
I feel bad for people who never went west and had jack in the box. It’s by far the best and most creative major fast food chain. Only fast food I’ll eat.
@KB-313
@KB-313 7 ай бұрын
nothing like those greasy tacos
@dakineprotoss
@dakineprotoss 7 ай бұрын
to all people from the east reading this comment: its literal garbage food, you're missing nothing
@RavensSoTired
@RavensSoTired 7 ай бұрын
You shouldn't their food is yucky.
@llab3903
@llab3903 7 ай бұрын
@@dakineprotossit’s both
@satansfatdoge
@satansfatdoge 6 ай бұрын
The teriyaki bowl is so good. You wouldn’t think it would be but it’s definitely worth it
@johnny-becker
@johnny-becker 6 ай бұрын
One of my top 3 missed restaurants since I moved to the east coast but now I know why Jack blew up a sign back in the early 2000s
@andrabrandon7375
@andrabrandon7375 7 ай бұрын
I live in Texas....of course I've eaten at Jack in the Box. My favorite sandwich is the Sourdough!!!!!! LOVE ME SOME JACK!!!!!!
@Fitjazpooh
@Fitjazpooh 7 ай бұрын
Ngl, their food is not very good imo 😭 but I will say, the churros and milkshakes are something they do well. Plus they sell breakfast all day, which I appreciate. It's hard to screw up breakfast, so I'd say they're not failing in that department in my eyes. Edit: I forgot about their egg eggrolls! Those are pretty good as well.
@zaroatmeal3494
@zaroatmeal3494 7 ай бұрын
Also Orlando is getting I believe 10 Jack in the Box locations
@Laz3rCat95
@Laz3rCat95 6 ай бұрын
Their food is a mixed bag, but I have to say I've always thought they have some of the most entertaining commercials and the best mascot character in the fast food business.
@NewMessage
@NewMessage 7 ай бұрын
Ohhh... oh, it's a child's toy reference, not a serving suggestion. Oh, good.
@jamesdale6967
@jamesdale6967 6 ай бұрын
Love jack in the box . 😔 I’m in the north east. So many good food options.. As a nuclear flavor, calorie bomb that sourdough burger. but it’s worth it.. my favorite double cheeseburger with onion.. or the works ..
@CheveeDodd
@CheveeDodd 7 ай бұрын
Jack In the Box was my go-to when I was stationed in Hawai'i. I'm from the East Coast and I didn't grow up with it and missed it when I came back home. Just this past week I was in Colorado and ordered my favorite Chicken Pita and Tacos after over 20 years of not having JitB. It wasn't good. The pita was a huge disappointment.
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