The Fifth Third Burger

Posted on March 30, 2009

Have you heard about the “Fifth Third Burger” being offered at concession stands at the West Michigan Whitecaps minor league baseball ballpark?  It’s been all over the news.  Here it is:

“The four-pound, $20 burger features five beef patties, five slices of cheese, nearly a cup of chili and liberal doses of salsa and corn chips, all on an eight-inch sesame-seed bun.”

– From SI.com here.

And guess what?  If you eat it, you get a free T-shirt!  Included on the shirt are these nutrition facts:

Well, there ya have it.  I guess this is clever marketing because tons of people are talking about.  Sadly, it will probably be a very popular item at the ballpark. 

You may want to avoid this thing, or at least share it with 100 friends. 

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Comments

  • http://whyareyousofat.wordpress.com/ McBloggenstein

    I saw that somewhere recently. That’s funny that you found the nutrition facts. “Serving Size: Huge” haha…

    That chili on the bottom looks horrid. If I didn’t know it was chili, I would think it looks like chicken fried steak with beef patties on top.

    I wonder sometimes when I see things like this, if I would have ever thought this looked appealing, before I changed the way I think about food. It’s hard to know. I’m just glad I don’t now!

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  • Blake Hagen

    @McBloggenstein I would agree… this doesn’t look appealing to me at all!

  • http://www.lizrosenbaumfitness.com Liz Rosenbaum

    Oh my gosh. That is nasty! Sounds like a heart-attack waiting to happen!

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  • Carolyn Holderness

    That is unbelievable. To me, it sounds disgusting.

  • http://www.myfamilydoctor.com James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H.

    It looks like they just put as much junk on it as they could to make it as unhealthy as possible. I wouldn’t even want a taste.

  • Blake Hagen

    @Liz So true. Hope they have defibrilators at the ballpark.

    @Carolyn Come on, that chili looks sooo good! JK.

    @Dr. Hubbard That’s what they had to be going for –make it the junkiest, nastiest food and market it that way. Sure enough, I think people will buy it just to say that they ate it. Sad.