Bacon Freak Blog

A very wise man, a long, long time ago once said “The Hand That ROCKS the BACON … Rules The World!”

Now, as the economic downturn really begins to sink in and take a “Big Bite” out of the recently flourishing, “fine dining” restaurant profits, the upper echelon of franchise dining are finely looking around and trying to get their bearings once again. They are suddenly realizing that as the economy take its toll; “sizzlingly successful” ideas continue to roll.

It seems that every single fast food franchise that wise returns back to the “Bacon Rule” and introduces it’s latest 1 to 5 new Bacon Burgers to their menu, suddenly increases their market share substantially and moves closer to the head of the heard.

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Ok, while in some corners of the world, perhaps Wendy’s exciting, new release of their “Bacon and Blue Burger” might not incite as much enthusiastically electric and eclectic interest and conversation as ….oh I don’t know … say … the Oscars, The NBA Playoffs, or what’s apparently new on supposedly never scripted or prearranged “Reality TV.”

But around here, the BUZZ about Wendy’s newly featured food fair is quickly becoming all the rage, and personally I’m one of the happy cowboys riding that bull all the way back to “Satisfaction Street!”

We’re talking North American Beef, generously covered with “real” blue cheese crumbles, a hearty layer of freshly cooked Apple-wood Smoked Bacon, topped off with some deliciously delightful sautéed onions and a pretty decent creamy steakhouse sauce.

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OK … normally I would never consider giving such valuable ink, prominent space or personal and professional props to any one, single establishment, within the same month, let alone the same week, but there’s a good reason for me to do so this week.

After showing the entire country that they truly are a family oriented restaurant run by sincerely caring human beings, by offering free short-stacks of pancakes to raise money for The Children’s Miracle Network .

The good folks over at The International House Of Pancakes, now more commonly and simply referred to as IHOP are using their business wisdom and understanding of culture and human psychology by cashing in on the massive popularity of Bacon-Mania!

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