Value

Value

Burger King has a variety amount of options to choose from that’s on its menu. From the original Whopper to the great tasting Tender Grill Chicken sandwich. All these delicious choices with a cheap price, which makes it even better. With only 5 bucks you could get 5 different foods from the value menu. For example you could get your self, 5 values Whopper jr’s, which is more then enough to fill one person up. Or you could always mix it up together and get several things to eat. Instead of spending around 7 bucks to get a meal you could get your self a meal from the value menu. Whopper, soft drink, value fries and an apple pie, all for just under five dollars.

Value

McDonalds is always good from the food to the desserts. In the summer everybody loves stopping by and get a nice cold Hot Fudge sundae for only a dollar. Or on late nights when you don’t feel like making anything to eat at home McDoanlds is open late night to get your self a couple of McDoubles or McChickens, both under a dollar! You could also get some value fries with that for only another dollar! And to finally top it off you could get a small, medium, or large drink for under ANOTHER dollar.

Nutrition finalist- KFC

KFC Nutrition

Taylor Lockett

Out of a bracket of eight fast food restaurants the top two for lowest calories were KFC and Leeann Chin.

            At Kentucky Fried Chicken you can get chicken pot pie for only 790 calories. Depending on what you see as a lot of calories this is very low. We made a bracket out of eight fast food restaurants and KFC was a finalist for lowest calories out of Chipotle, Arby’s, Taco Bell, Burger King, McDonalds, Subway and Leeann Chin.

            What we did to determine the two finalists in our March madness bracket for food was we looked at the nutrition facts for each restaurant and found the highest calorie meal including a drink and a side.

            We are aware that calories are not the only thing that people are looking at when they are looking for a nutritious place to eat but we are also aware that some people are very concerned with how many calories the consume a day.

            KFC would be a good place for HHS high school kids to eat because it is reasonably priced and the calories are on the lower side for a fast food restaurant. KFC is a large chain restaurant that was originally founded in 1930 but in 1950 the franchise was founded. There are Kentucky fried chicken restaurants from Minnesota down to Louisville. The closest KFC restaurant for HHS students would be located right off 394 and Wayzata Boulevard east.

Nutrition finalist- Leeann Chin

Leeann Chin nutrition

Taylor Lockett

Out of a bracket of eight fast food restaurants the top two for lowest calories were KFC and Leeann Chin.

            At Leeann Chin you can get an imperial order of white rice orange chicken and three cream cheese puffs for only 917 calories. Leanne Chin is a large chain Asian cuisine restaurant. Leeann Chin was founded in 1980 and serves mostly in the Minneapolis Saint Paul area. There are approximately 40 restaurants around the area.

            Leeann Chin would be an ideal place for a high school student to eat because the prices are reasonable, the calories are not too high, and there are many locations around the city.

            The prices at Leann Chin are reasonable and will not break the average high school students bank. “I like going to Leeann Chin because I love the food and I love how it doesn’t hurt my wallet as much as going out to a very nice sit down restaurant.” Said senior HHS student Morgan Nybo

            After comparing the amount of calories in eight fast food restaurants we found that Leeann Chin was in the final two to face off with KFC. There are other factors that we did not take into account but if you were counting your calories Leann Chin would be the place to go. “Knowing that it is in the top for lowest calories gives me even more reasons to go there for lunch,” said Nybo

            There are many Leeann Chins located around the twin cities, now knowing that it is one of the least expensive higher class fast food restaurants and does not have a lot of calories feel free to take a guilt free visit.

Chipotle

It's no secret that Chipotle makes delicious food, its also not a secret that all there meats are 100% real, not ground up leftovers and elements added to enhance the flavor. This is one quality of the food that made senior, Mia Rafowitz, choose The burrito experts at Chipotle over KFC. " I just feel better when i eat food from there, all the other places make me feel bloated and fat," she said. Another reason for Chipotles win in the food March Madness is that what you get is completely up to you and you get to see what the employee's are doing while they make it. There's no questions asked when you start to eat it, where at some of the other fast food restaurants you might find something foreign in your order. At the local Chipotle, i went and spoke to one of the workers, Selena, about how she felt that their food was voted tastiest in our school. " That's nothing to shocking to me, i know our food taste better than all that other junk," she answered.

Students favorite- burrito bowl from Chipotle

KFC

One of the class' finalists for the best tasting fast food was KFC. With items like popcorn chicken, Chicken pot pie, and their delicious biscuits on the side, its hard to deny why they made it to the finals. In the first round KFC took down Burger King with a score of 10 votes to 6. In the second round they also  beat Taco Bell 10 to 6. However in the finals facing Chipotle, they fell 13 to 3 in a blow out victory for Chipotle. The win came to a shock to the 3 voters who chose KFC to win it all. One of whom is senior, Jordan Stewart, " man are you serious?" he exclaimed, when told the news about the loss. " I would rather eat grass then Chipotle!" Its hard to compare both of these fast food giants considering the varying menus, but KFC's fried chicken just couldn't compete with Chipotles Burritos.

March Madness