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[killsaly]

what is five guys?

Really?

http://www.fiveguys.com/

The Five Guys Story

Five Guys has been a Washington, DC area favorite since 1986 when Jerry and Janie Murrell offered sage advice to the four young Murrell brothers: "Start a business or go to college."The business route won and the Murrell family opened a carry-out burger joint in Arlington, Virginia.

Under the guidance of Jerry and Janie, the Murrell family served only hand-formed burgers cooked to perfection on a grill along with fresh-cut fries cooked in pure peanut oil. The little burger joint quickly developed a cult-like following. Press paid attention. Customers voted the burger"#1" in the metro area.

During the 1980's and 1990's the Murrell family perfected their simple system. Five Guys was The Place to get a fresh, juicy burger with all the toppings you could stuff between fresh-baked buns. A fifth brother was born and, as their family grew, so did their business. Four more restaurants with sit-down seating were added to accommodate the growing clientele.

Early in 2003 Jerry and Janie, together with the five"guys" began offering franchise opportunities. In just under 18 months, Five Guys Enterprises sold options for over 300 units. The overwhelming success of franchising a local restaurant made national news with articles in trade publications such as Nation's Restaurant News, Restaurant Business Magazine, and the Franchise Times.

Now, over 20 years after Five Guys first opened, there are over 1,000 locations nationwide and over 1500 units in development. Five Guys continues to receive media attention and has grown a cult-like following around the world.
History

1986: The first Five Guys location opens in Arlington, VA.

1986 - 2001: Five Guys opens five locations around the DC metro-area and perfected their business of making burgers... and starts to build a cult-like following.

2002: Five Guys decides DC metro-area residents shouldn't be the only ones to experience their burgers and start to franchise in Virginia and Maryland.

2003: Five Guys sells out of franchise territory within 18 months and starts to open the rest of the country for franchise rights.

2003 - Present: Five Guys expands to over 1,000 locations in 47 states and 6 Canadian provinces.
Facts

    There are over 250,000 possible ways to order a burger at Five Guys.
    We use only fresh ground beef.
    There are no freezers in Five Guys locations, just coolers. Nothing is ever frozen.
    We use only Peanut oil.
    Our menu is trans-fat free.

[atomicfront]

I don't eat burgers.  Probably why I have never noticed them.   

[i am gay and i like cats]

oh please . . . "i dont eat burgers, so i dont know what the most local well known burger place is.  nope, never heard of it, never driven by one, never seen a sign for one."  hey atomicfront . . . i dont eat pussy, but i know what and where the bunny ranch is and where the hookers are at in the district.  bitch please.

[atomicfront]

oh please . . . "i dont eat burgers, so i dont know what the most local well known burger place is.  nope, never heard of it, never driven by one, never seen a sign for one."  hey atomicfront . . . i dont eat pussy, but i know what and where the bunny ranch is and where the hookers are at in the district.  bitch please.

I don't know what the local tanning salons are either.  Sorry I don't pay attention to things that don't interest me.  I don't eat fast food, beef, or french fries so I am not going to pay much attention to them.  I do notice Chick Fila though I have never eaten there.  I guess that is because they have one in the mall and they always come around and refill peoples sodas for them. Plus one is next to wine world.  If they opened a place next to somewhere I frequented perhaps I would notice them.

[i am gay and i like cats]

yeah . . . i dont know why i responded to your comment,  maybe just to have something to talk to you about seeing how i havent talked to you in awhile.  i still find it hard to believe that you never had heard of them.  thats like saying, "what is a dennys?"

[atomicfront]

yeah . . . i dont know why i responded to your comment,  maybe just to have something to talk to you about seeing how i havent talked to you in awhile.  i still find it hard to believe that you never had heard of them.  thats like saying, "what is a dennys?"

Looking at their restaurant locator map i should have noticed them as they appear to be everywhere.  When I was in Madrid recently I stepped into a McDonalds as I had to urinate and the place was packed.  All these American tourists chowing down on their fast food crap.  I was like you travel all the way to spain and you eat at McDonalds?  WTF. 

 

[James Ford]

So did anyone else see The Sessions?

Besides wanting to put a bag on Helen Hunt's head and a sock in her mouth (Boston accent is the single most unsexy thing in the world, right?). I couldn't help but think..."Where are the condoms? You're having sex with a glorified prostitute  in the late 1980's in the Bay Area and you're not using a condom?."

Other than that, my wife thought "William H. Macy is cute, even with that gooney hairstyle.", and the film was decent.

[James Ford]

Do you make fun of Asian tourists eating at a cheap Asian restaurant in the USA?

yeah . . . i dont know why i responded to your comment,  maybe just to have something to talk to you about seeing how i havent talked to you in awhile.  i still find it hard to believe that you never had heard of them.  thats like saying, "what is a dennys?"

Looking at their restaurant locator map i should have noticed them as they appear to be everywhere.  When I was in Madrid recently I stepped into a McDonalds as I had to urinate and the place was packed.  All these American tourists chowing down on their fast food crap.  I was like you travel all the way to spain and you eat at McDonalds?  WTF. 

 

[kosmo vinyl]

In less than a day on Kickstarter 1.6 million have been raised towards a 2 million goal for a Veronica Mars movie.  Besides someone at Kickstarter and Amazon going Ca-Cling,  I hope Joss Weddon is paying attention. I think they could fund a whole Firefly mini-series with a campaign like that.

[i am gay and i like cats]

isnt it amazing . . . how the shittiest shit things can happen to our country, meaning plagues, depressions, economy on verges of collapses, sinkholes everywhere, and yet "the famous folk" we love to talk about just keep on keeping on.

[kosmo vinyl]

sorry walkie...

[Justin Tonation]

Hi Austin. Fuck SXSW. There? I said it.

Here, the music comes last. 5 minute set-up, no sound check, 15 minute set.  The ?music? element is all a front, it?s the first thing to be compromised. Corporate money everywhere but in the hands of the artists, at what is really just a glorified corporate networking party. Drunk corporate goons and other industry vampires and cocaine. Everyone is drunk, being cool. ?Official? bureaucracy and all their mindless rules.  Branding, branding, branding. It?s bullshit? sorry.

-Cole

[kosmo vinyl]

I was going to post some cynical shit about how any band out of the 2000 playing SXSW could truly breakout, without being on some pre-ordained list created before the festival by PR/Publicists  and showing up just seals the deal.

However, it would appear Diarrhea Planet will be a breakout band at this years festival.

While I'm a bit enthralled by my SXSW laden twitter stream at the moment, I can't help but notice that most of the bands I follow are playing some corporate sponsored showcase.  Which is unfortunate...

[i am gay and i like cats]

i like money controlled everything.  wait . . . isnt it already.

[RatBastard]

Just to point out that every side has its wackos here is proof of such on the left...

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/03/15/newtown-parents-residents-blast-moore-crime-scene-photo-proposal/

This actually is pretty typical of folks who lean the way this guy does.  They rarely (if ever) make a decision based on fact, logic, and reason opting rather for fear, emotion, and theory.  I am not sure which is scarier, this guy on the far left or Michael Savage on the far right.