Talk:Quarter Pounder
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[edit] General
This article should not be merged into the List of McDonald's menu items article - Wimpy, for example, also sells Quarter Pounders, so it isn't just a McD's thing.
Merge it into the hamburger article, if at all... 220.157.82.96 05:04, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
- As there has been no discussion, I will remove the merge tag. This article still needs a lot of work. ProhibitOnions (T) 14:27, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] No No No
the Quarter Pounder™ is exclusive to maccy d's and i work there it is a trad mark, many places(or everywhere) has burger with quarter pound of meat but cannot (but do) call it the Quarter PounderOwwmykneecap 21:19, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
- Which is why I fixed the article several days ago to reflect this. You can ignore the other user's comments above. ProhibitOnions (T) 22:56, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Pounder Burger
It is little known you can buy what is known as a 'Pounder'. This is a Quarter Pounder, with three extra meat pattys. Of course you can order more or less patties to suit your appetite. Each extra patty costs around Australian $3 for each one. The Pounder is not a menu item, but a modification of a menu item. Onenemesis 11:47 , 23 August 2006 (EST)
[edit] Royale
Is the "Royale" term also used in Québec? - knoodelhed 06:12, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "Burger"?!
This is hardly a burger! The term "Quarter-pound pile of lard and fat" would be more suited to the article. There should be a large section about how bad these are for health. Ilikefood 22:56, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
- If you can find any reputable sources demonstrating that lard and fat are, indeed, the sole ingredients in a Quarter Pounder, by all means add them to the article. ProhibitOnions (T) 16:04, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Picture
That picture makes the burger look a lot more disgusting than it really is.--Smart Mark Greene 05:34, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
- Newsflash, McD's is disgusting. No sense hiding that from the readers. Tomstdenis 04:59, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Trademark?
Although they are most commonly associated with McDonald's, many other hamburger outlets sell or have sold quarter-pound hamburgers. As "Quarter Pounder" is a trademark, they have generally used similar names, such as the British Wimpy chain's "Quarterpounder." [1]
This sounds a little bit dubious. (Example: if I wanted to bring out a new soft drink, could I call it "Cocacola"?) I can only assume there is some sort of gentlemen's agreement between the two firms, as while McDonald's was the first to use the name "Quarter Pounder", Wimpy has been established in the UK for far longer and until the 1980s was hugely more popular.
To what extent is it possible to trademark names based on pre-existing weight measurements, anyway? AdorableRuffian 09:55, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
- As no-one has provided any sources for the above, I've removed any references to "QuarterP(p)ounder" being a trademark, etc. I suspect this is rather a sensitive issue, along the lines of "Budweiser" (Czech) vs. "Budweiser" (US) and so forth. AdorableRuffian 03:18, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
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- And why wouldn't it be a trademark? Ever notice the registered-trademark symbol next to the words "Quarter Pounder"? Look here, for example: [2]. That's why no-one else sells a "Quarter Pounder" and McDonald's doesn't sell a "quarter-pounder." I'm sure the fact that "Quarter Pounder" borders on being a generic term is how Wimpy could get away with "Quarterpounder," although that's just a guess; but a trademark it is. ProhibitOnions (T) 14:39, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
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- Well, it's not quite as simple as that, as I've only just realised thanks to your link! Compare the UK and US McDonald's websites - the words "Quarter Pounder" have the trademark symbol on the American site, but not the British one (unlike "Big Mac", which is trademarked on both). Although I'm not a trademark lawyer - no, really! :-) - I would hazard a guess that were Wimpy to market their "Quarterpounder" product in the United States, they would run into severe difficulties... AdorableRuffian 00:35, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Quarter Pounder, Hamburger Royale, McRoyale
To what extent is the Royale product similar to a (U.S.) Quarter Pounder in the markets in which it is sold? I noticed that in Saudi Arabia ([3]) for example, McDonald's sells both a Quarter Pounder and something called a "McRoyale", the latter looking like some sort of equivalent to BK's Whopper.
Also:
"In metric Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Sweden the sandwich retains the Quarter Pounder name; Quarteirão com Queijo is used in metric Brazil."
It should be noted here that Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, although now "officially" metric, maintain familiarity with English Imperial measurements due to their British heritage - as does the United States of course. (I don't know about Brazil or Sweden!) 217.155.20.163 00:15, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
