Burger King unveils major change to fan-favorite menu item after striking gold with revamped Whopper

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    "title": "Burger King unveils major change to fan-favorite menu item after striking gold with revamped Whopper - New York Post",
    "excerpt": "See more of our coverage in your search results. Burger King wants its nuggets to reign supreme. After striking gold with its revamped Whopper, Burger King is turning its attention to chicken nuggets – a menu item that customers have lambasted as being too dry and flavorless. Starting next Tuesday, new-and-improved chicken nuggets will be landing on Burger King menus, along with a revamped sauce lineup including honey mustard, buffalo, sweet & sour and a limited-time “special savory sauce.” The new nuggets will set you back around $1.99 for a quartet to $7.49 for a 20-piece. “We take guest feedback seriously, and when we received thousands of texts, calls, and comments telling us our nuggets needed a total overhaul, we listened,” Amy Alarcon, head chef at Burger King US and Canada, said in a statement. An in-depth analysis ensued, the exec recounted. “Our culinary team evaluated every element of the experience, from the chicken and breading to the sauces that bring it all together,” Alarcon boasted. She went on to say the fast food chain got “real guests – including some of our toughest critics, kids” to scarf the new nuggets until Burger King got the recipe just right. It’s part of a multiyear turnaround strategy that has already started to pay off for Burger King, after it revamped its Whopper with a “premium” bun, “better-tasting mayo” and a box container instead of a paper...",
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