Tim Horton's has an extremely impressively large share of the Canadian coffee and breakfast market, however their penetration into the USA has been restricted to certain areas and outside of those two countries they only have a handful of stores and those are all in the UAE. I had personally never heard of them before taking this quiz the first time, though after I took the quiz I noticed a Tim Horton's in Dubai.
I was somewhat surprised to find it on this quiz since it's based on what is popular in America. I know they have made a push to open more stores there but I didn't really expect it to make the top 50.
Commenting 6 years later, but Tim Hortons now has shops in the UK. Not one in Manchester or Liverpool, you know the big cities. But little old Warrington, a tiny town between the two. We we're all baffled when it opened and had no idea what it was.
^ I'm surprised that Tim Horton was accepted, while Dunkin' Donuts wasn't. Dunkin' Donuts is the American equivalent of Tim Horton and BTW: Its coffee is far superior to that of Starbucks.
While some like McDonald's and Subway are everywhere, many of these places are regional. For example, Whataburger is based in Texas, while In-N-Out Burger is based in California. For me, the nearest Moe's is two hours to the east, and the nearest Tim Horton's is about ten hours to the north.
haggy: why not? what's wrong with fresh vegetables and grilled chicken? (aside: talk about being sucked in by health food memes/marketing, as if anything you don't buy at a Whole Foods is automatically lethal)
This comment doesn't really make sense. It lists the 50 most popular fast food chains; it doesn't say how much business each one does. I could list the 50 best-selling underground anarchist punk albums too. It still doesn't mean they sell a ton of copies. The obesity epidemic is a complicated problem. Yes, fast food is largely garbage with little nutritional value, but people place too much blame on it.
Of course, I sense your comment was largely tongue-in-cheek, but it reminded me of many people who want to blame their obesity on McDonald's, rather than trying to fix it themselves.
In 2011 Congress passed a bill which prohibited the USDA from requiring more nutritional school lunches. The bill stopped the USDA from raising the amount of tomato paste required to classify pizza as a vegetable in school lunches from two tablespoons to 1/2 cup. As long as pizza contains at least two tablespoons of tomato paste it counts as a vegetable. Pickle relish also counts as a veggie. The bill also prohibited reducing the amount of potatoes in school lunches, and prohibited raising the required amount of green vegetables in school lunches. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup_as_a_vegetable We teach our kids at a young age that pizza is healthy food.
We have Burger Fuel here in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, which is from New Zealand I think. They try to sell themselves as healthy fast food, but, I'm not really convinced. Only thing from down under we have around these parts that I'm aware of is Outback- I think their Aussie Cheese Fries were ranked as the worst thing you could order from *any* restaurant (in terms of being healthy), with the Bloomin' Onion not far behind. You must be saving all the healthy stuff for yourselves.
I don't think you can order poutine at any major American restaurant. But the Aussie cheese fries has the same number of fat layers... potatoes soaked, saturated, and cooked in animal fat; smothered in a melted layer of cow milk fat and sprinkled with additional bits of pig fat, then dipped in ranch dressing (more fat)...
I only discovered Outback for the first time upon going to the US and absolutely nothing about it is remotely Australian, beyond the fact that we do, as a nation, have a passion for steak. Actually, googling the menu as I write this comment I am only just now discovering that there are stores in Australia.
There's a couple I remember from living in Australia like Red Rooster that I've never seen anywhere else. They also have Hungry Jack's but that's just burger king with a different name
I'm American but we don't have Chick-fil-A, Jack in the Box, Hardee's, Whataburger, Carl's Jr, Zaxby's, Church's Chicken, Bojangles, Steak n Shake, Checkers, White Castle, Del Taco, Jason's Deli, El Pollo Loco, Captain D's, or Wingstop anywhere near hear. I've never even heard of half of those.
Krystal is the White Castle of the southern US but it never makes it onto these quizzes. They have around 6500 employees and more locations than In and Out. Personally I think they're better than White Castle, but of course, that's not a high bar to pass.
I'm surprised Tim Horton's made the list; I though they were only in NE border towns so far, like Buffalo. But if there are more, that is an excellent trend! We need more Tim Horton's!!
I'm Canadian and I didn't think Tim Horton's would be on the list. I eventually guessed it when I was running out of ideas, and I was pleasantly surprised. Personally I prefer it to Starbucks because It's mostly just plain old coffee done well. They have started doing some lattes and other junk as well, but they always make a great cup of regular black coffee
This is virtually impossible because so many of these are only available regionally rather than nationally. I hate White Castle, but I love Krystal. Alas, that one is apparently too small of a chain to merit this list.
But I've never heard of places like Wing Stop, Papa Murpheys, Tim Horton, etc.
I got 15 which I think is pretty good since I live in Canada and we don't have 90% of those fast food places and since I haven't eaten fast food in years
39/50, but about 12 of those came from reading comments. I haven't heard of half of these. So, if anyone else is using the comments for help, let me just say, the ones I missed that I've never heard of are Jamba Juice, Culver's, and Panda Express.
Okay, I've heard of a Panda Express, but I don't recall ever seeing one.
You are missing out if you haven't had Culvers burgers or frozen custard. We don't have in-n-out burgers in Michigan, but I can't imagine they're any better than Culvers.
Is fast food required to be unhealthy? I thought it just had to be fast... served at a counter from a cashier within a few minutes, or via a drive-through window.
I eat at fast food restaurants fairly often when traveling and some of them aren't that bad if you opt for the healthier options such as salad and grilled chicken, don't supersize, stay away from sauces and heavy dressings, and drink water instead of soda. To paraphrase Michael Pollan, "If you eat clean 90% of the time, 10% unhealthy food won't hurt you, but if you eat badly 90% of the time, 10% healthy won't help you."
I think Panera is more known for salads than sandwiches. Also, Tim Horton's for donuts. (I didn't get the later too, because I used the apostrophe.) Otherwise a nice quiz.
In Belgium only 5 of these on the local market (McDonald's, Starbucks, Subway, Pizza Hut and Domino's). Three (Subway, Domino's and Pizza Hut) have more staff than customers. Wouldn't eat there as I find what they serve to be quite horrid. Yet managed to get 28/50, beating 80.3%. All the major ones have a lot of product placement in American movies and tv. Conclusion: stop complaining.
I am Italian. We only have McDonald's and Burger King here, although recently a KFC has been opened in Turin. I'm not surprised it went so badly ahahah!
I've patronized Sbarros in the United States, the Philippines, and Saudi Arabia. Some locations are better than others; quality varies a lot. The one at King Fahd International Airport in Dammam makes pretty decent pesto. Also, in spite of seeing them in several geographically disparate locations, I've never seen that many of them.
Even the US doesn’t have too many Sbarro's. They are mostly in malls and airports around the world, but there are lots of those so that probably helps. Some are in train stations as well, and there are very few free standing locations. Also try my quiz Fast-Food by Country.
Never heard of Whataburger, Zaxby's, Bojangles', El Pollo Loco, Del Taco, Boston Market, or Moe's; and I could've kicked myself for not getting some of the obvious ones.
Here in the Dominican Republic we got 13 of them: McDonalds, Subway, Burger King, Wendy's, Taco Bell, Dunkin' Donuts, Pizza Hut, KFC, Domino's, Carl's Jr., Little Caesars, Papa John's, and Krispy Kreme.
There have been rumors of a Starbucks opening soon, but nothing has been confirmed.
18/50. And I've lived in the U.S. my entire life. I guess it's a good thing I only knew that many. Would hate to see what size pants I'd be wearing if I knew all 50. BTW - White Castle....mini burgers/sliders we call, alternately, Gut Bombs or Rat Burgers. Each one probably shortens your life by about 20 minutes apiece!
Same for the oxymoronically named and perennially overrated In-n-Out, even with their paradoxically bare bones list of menu choices. And don't tell me it's because it's "fresh"... they throw chunks of potato into boiling grease just like everyone else.
This quiz really shows the routes of obesity in the U.S, In Ireland we have, Mcdonalds, Burger King (which isn't very common), KFC, Subway, Starbucks (not common either), Papa johns, dominos, thats bout it
In 2016 the US was 12th on the list of most obese nations, lower than such countries as Kuwait, St Lucia, Jordan, Egypt, Qatar, Belize, and most of the island nations of Oceania. (In 2019 the US has dropped to 16th.) On the 2016 list Canada is number 26, Australia is 27, and Mexico is 29. The UK comes in first for Europe at 36th. Many nations of the Middle East appear in the top 25 which surprised me.
Not your fault then. I'm Canadian and have heard of about 30 of these, and that's a mixture of travel to the States as well as watching YouTubers who talk about these places from time to time. Would be surprised if you didn't live in the country and knew a lot of them.
I typed Tim Horton's but really didn't expect it to be there. As a Canadian, didn't expect it to be popular enough to make the list in the US. Also surprised to see Panera so high up on the list
Those of us from outside the States and Canada are gonna struggle with this quiz. Of the 50 answers i have never even heard of at least 35 of them. They must have no presence in Britain. A few i got or recognised from watching TV/films but the rest are new to me.
Top 50!! Not a top 5. Not a top 10. Not even a top thirty 30. But a top 50. Talk about an unhealthy obsession with junk food. I only got 10. The ones that are here in Australia which I never eat at any way. White Castle I only got because of Harold and Kumar. Unfortunately, Los Pollos Hermanos was not here.
I believe that "Krispy Creme" doughnuts were originally located in the Southern United States (though I've recently discovered one on 23rd Street in Manhattan). I prefer "Krispy Creme" over "Dunkin Donuts", as they are fresher and less doughy than Dunkin's. Again, I have to thank a movie for my discovery; "Krispy Creme" doughnuts were featured in "Primary Colors", a movie starring John Travolta as a Clintonesque presidential candidate. And, BTW: What happened to IHOP [the International House of Pancakes], and Carvel's (Ice Cream)?
I'm from Canada and I got 25. I'm not sure how to feel about scoring above average in a quiz about fast food in a country that I don't even live in. But we do have a lot of these places in Canada too, and I live pretty close to the border so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Lol found the same problem too as a Brit (12/50 too). Had to look down the comments for answers. I'd rather know fewer fast food outlets than be rather large haha
I don't see Steak 'n Shake as a fast food restaurant. Waiters serve you there, and it is certainly NOT fast! While it is cheap, price alone does not identify a restaurant as fast food.
There are Wendy's in Canada and they do sell burgers here. I can't speak for other countries, but is there a chance the Wendy's in Australia are a different company with the same name?
um... are you sure that's the same Wendy's? I've had Wendy's hamburgers in the Philippines, Georgia (the country), and... I think Japan? Aside from the location in the Philippines serving miniature portions of everything with much lower quality than you'd find in the USA... they were approximately the same restaurant. No donuts.
In no way or form is Steak and Shake a fast food restaurant. It's a diner since your entire order is handled by waitstaff and you are seated by a hostess in most cases. I know they are classified as fast food by the source, but that doesn't make it right. If they are fast food then Denny's and IHOP should be as well.
Minor update required: Dunkin' Donuts officially rebranded themselves as simply Dunkin' this past January 2019. The idea is to focus on coffee and other beverages.
^ Quite understandable, for while I love their coffee (especially the French Vanilla), their donuts do not taste fresh at all. For donuts I go to Krispy Creme.
I'm still surprised that Quiznos doesn't make the cut. I think Noodles & Company is new with the last update; not sure I'd think of them as fast food. One of my girlfriends in Bahrain used to work for them. Never heard of Marco's Pizza, either. Or McAlister's Deli.
It depends on where you live. McAlister's is mostly in the south. Of course, #1 is plainly #1: there's a McDonald's on both the Bahraini and Saudi sides of the causeway island border post.
Bahraini side is superior because they don't close for prayer times and the interior isn't segregated by gender. Two of the dumbest and most omnipresent things about life in Saudi Arabia. Though the Saudi side has a drive-through and a couple of additional menu items.
8 of these restaurants are within about 400 feet of my apartment. McDonald's, Jersey Mike's, Moe's, and Subway are so close I can see them from my balcony. Somewhat unusual considering I don't live in a downtown city center type area. Yet, I still somehow managed to lose about 5 pounds over the last year, LOL.
Well, I'm proud to say that I've not only heard of every one of these but I've also seen at least one of each with my own eyes. Not because I eat at these places but because I travel. Not having heard of fast food chains doesn't make you healthy, just uninformed. Get out of your own backyard once in a while and you'll learn a few things.
While I agree, having heard of these doesnt make you unhealthy, aswell as not having heard of them doesnt make you healthy.
But to get out of your backyard to learn about fast food chains? Nah. Away from your screens and into your backyard, yes. There is a ton of information just in your backyard. I think most people can only name a hand full of flowers and insects that are there (if they havent all tiled it over, like what seems to be all the rage the last few years..) let alone know stuff about it. The life of an ant, you can spend hours just watching the ant and learning from it.
Like 0,00000001% know where/what ladybug/bird come from. ( I've asked many people, shown their immature state) No one seem to know, the whole other life they lived before. While weirdly, butterflies and caterpillars are common knowledge.
7 here, but that is only in the handfull biggest cities (and likely to be in the big trainstations). Medium sized ones might have a mcdonalds and dominos.
Though I have noticed an increase over the last few years, I remember seeing starbucks for the first time I think it was amsterdam station (during the build of north south line, when stores were outside the station). I just looked it up interestingly first store was 8 years ago (conceptstore), but since 2002 the distribution centre for all of Europe has been in amsterdam. Took a while to join in I guess.
but the point I was going to was, since a month or 2 you can buy dunkin donuts donuts in our supermarket.
I've never had a Chick-Fil-A, but have heard of it from listening to Ben Folds Five. Is it good? It doesn't look it, but if I had to choose, I'd have a deluxe spicy sandwich with pepper jack and Sriracha sauce.
The selection here in Australia is rather small. We have a few homegrown offerings, but nothing like this. The local fast food scene is dominated by a few American chains: McDonalds, Burger King (rebranded locally as Hungry Jacks), KFC, Dominos and Subway. Apart from that a few others are present but not widespread - Starbucks closed most its Australian stores years ago, because Australians as a nation of coffee snobs looked down their noses at it and they didn't do well. Pizza Hut used to be big, but has shrunk to just a few isolated stores now. A few others have just arrived recently - Taco Bell opened last year for the first time and Carls Jr about the same time, though neither have many locations.
Here in Ohio, there is an extreme amount of Tim Horton's here (not like one in every town, but still quite present), and also anyone that hasn't heard of White Castle is weird. One of my favorite fast-food restaurants.
The McAlister's near me closed recently. Such good Mac n' Cheese... Jason's Deli and Marco's Pizza were also ones I got, both I have near me. Marco's Pizza is right down the block.
Of these, the only ones I've not eaten at are Panera, Jimmy John's, Culver's, Qdoba, and Del Taco. A majority of the ones I have eaten at, I've only eaten there once.
Of course, I sense your comment was largely tongue-in-cheek, but it reminded me of many people who want to blame their obesity on McDonald's, rather than trying to fix it themselves.
But I've never heard of places like Wing Stop, Papa Murpheys, Tim Horton, etc.
Okay, I've heard of a Panda Express, but I don't recall ever seeing one.
But I think In-n-out beats chick-fil-a
https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/261691/fast-food-by-country
but thanks for the quiz.
There have been rumors of a Starbucks opening soon, but nothing has been confirmed.
I cheated and looked at the comments
Totally legit
knew tim hortons from how I met your mother
knew white castle from Harold & Kumar
knew steak & shake cause there is one in Ibiza
knew in-n-out from gta V
knew chipotle from that weird vine..
im happy I managed to recall those to get 15/50
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(I'm so horrible at this :/)
Plus, in all countries BUT the USA, Wendy's does NOT sell burgers. It's a doughnut place here in Australia.
I'm not sure I feel sorry about it...
They are terrible but they are in every busy tourist/shopping location in America.
But to get out of your backyard to learn about fast food chains? Nah. Away from your screens and into your backyard, yes. There is a ton of information just in your backyard. I think most people can only name a hand full of flowers and insects that are there (if they havent all tiled it over, like what seems to be all the rage the last few years..) let alone know stuff about it. The life of an ant, you can spend hours just watching the ant and learning from it.
Like 0,00000001% know where/what ladybug/bird come from. ( I've asked many people, shown their immature state) No one seem to know, the whole other life they lived before. While weirdly, butterflies and caterpillars are common knowledge.
Though I have noticed an increase over the last few years, I remember seeing starbucks for the first time I think it was amsterdam station (during the build of north south line, when stores were outside the station). I just looked it up interestingly first store was 8 years ago (conceptstore), but since 2002 the distribution centre for all of Europe has been in amsterdam. Took a while to join in I guess.
but the point I was going to was, since a month or 2 you can buy dunkin donuts donuts in our supermarket.