Talk:Checkers and Rally's

Locations

I removed it. There's no good reason to list a dozen locations of no particular note with a notice tha the list is "not yet complete" as if it would be a good idea to list all 900+ locations.

Thank you! Hillsboro 23:59, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

I agree, that would be a huge burden to read (even though one is coming to my area in the summer!) WAVY 10 01:48, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

I removed the last part of the original post. WAVY 10 15:20, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

I wouldn't mind seeing a sentence listing the states they're present in, or a statement of what region or regions of the country they're mostly in. 4.243.34.64 (talk) 07:26, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Cleanup

Tagged article for cleanup as it is obviously not up to Wikipedia standards. Restructuring is probably the most needed edit. Also references are lacking. Anachronos 18:27, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Advertising

Didn't Checkers at one time feature animated advertising involving a young woman street racing? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.196.194.253 (talk) 04:01, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

• Yes, i been employed their since '99, it was the commerical of "high performance human fuel". i forgot the name of the lady, but that woman was a executive worker for checkers and is a real women in real life. -enchanteddrmzceo —Preceding unsigned comment added by Enchanteddrmzceo (talk • contribs) 18:59, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

why does someone keep removing information about ML Rogers, the advertising firm. THe information is correct, so there is no reason to remove it. please stop doing so. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.115.61.30 (talk) 15:31, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

WP:FOOD Tagging

This article talk page was automatically added with {{WikiProject Food and drink}} banner as it falls under Category:Restaurants or one of its subcategories. If you find this addition an error, Kindly undo the changes and update the inappropriate categories if needed. You can find the related request for tagging here -- TinucherianBot (talk) 08:43, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

A couple notes

First of all, "french fries" is not supposed to be capitalized. And yes, some Rally's/Checkers do have only one drive-thru. The one in Clio, Michigan is attached to a gas station and has only one window. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 18:51, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Calling checkers "one of the largest chains of double drive-thru restaurants in the United States" is like calling McDonald's "one of the largest chains of double arch restaurants" or amazon.com "one of the largest rainforest-river-named websites". Nestify (talk) 21:10, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

hey

I have noticed that Checkers is in the south and Rally's is in the north. Is that true? Parker1297 (talk) 16:31, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

• I know I am a little late in this response, but anyway, yes they were generally divided from north to south but not so much anymore. For instance, in Northwest Indiana both Checkers and Rally's have set-up shop. --MJHankel (talk) 18:51, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Shared slogans years before merger?

The article states that Checkers and Rally's originated as different companies, started in two different years, served different parts of the U.S., and merged in 1999. The slogan information implies that for ten years before that merger, they shared the same two slogans, each chain inserting their company names. I assume this is inaccurate, and that the two companies didn't market under the same slogans until around the time of the merger? FeygeleGoy/פֿײגעלע גױ‎ (talk) 04:12, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Merge of Rap Cat

This article about a Checker's advert got a minor amount of press coverage in 2007,[1] but it has no real notability in itself, even with the 'controversy' about cats wearing fast food bags. I propose it be merged into the advertising section here. Fences&Windows 15:15, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Removing Controversies section

The following was removed from the article:

Checkers has long been subject to criticism due to their lack of nutritional data or information about the ingredients in their food. When asked for this information, they stated their menu is in the process of undergoing change, and thus no information was available. While a select few items had basic nutrition info, the majority of the menu was without any nutritional information whatsoever. This has caused concern among vegetarians that beef and chicken products are used in the french fries. Dietitians have also raised concerns about the type of oil used and the sharing of fryers among different menu items. The fast food chain has stood out as the only mainstream fast food chain that is secretive about its menu ingredients and nutrition.[1] [2] Checkers and Rally's nutritional information has been made unavailable through the company website.[3]

Reasons:

• The first two citations are to non-RS citing WP as a source (the second is a blog claiming there is a "conspiracy" - for which his only evidence is a previous version of the Checkers Wikipedia article).
• The third reference is to a nutritional information page for the cocmpany that looks very similar to the ones for all other fast-food restaurants - Burger King, etc. So this contradicts the main claim of the paragraph that I removed - i.e. there IS a nutrition page with nutritional info, including fat types (trans fats etc.), carbs, etc., etc.
• The remainder of the paragraph makes uncited and unsubstantiated claims - "this caused concern among vegetarians", "has long been the subject of criticism", "dietitians have also raised concerns", "stood as the only fast food chain that is secretive", etc.
• I moved the cited nutritional info to another section about their menu which is where it belongs.Thank you, Jgui (talk) 02:33, 24 April 2010 (UTC)