Burger King Franchise Cutting Back on Number of Chicken Nuggets Included in Meals

The fast-food chain Burger King has decided to cut down on its chicken nuggets meal, instead of 10, customers will now get 8.

According to a recent earnings call, Carrols Restaurant Group announced the decision to reduce the number of chicken nuggets from 10 to eight. The company has also decided to pull the Whopper from the discount menu and dropped the burger from its Two for $6 and Two for $5 promotions.

“As you may have recently read, the Burger King brand has about a dozen menu and promotional initiatives, some of which have already been implemented and some that will be implemented over the course of this year,” Carrol’s chief executive Daniel Accordino states during a call. “Recent actions in this regard from our franchisor[s] include lifting price caps on value menu items and reducing the number of nuggets [in] meals from 10 pieces to eight.”

According also suggested that the changes are a result of price increases that have occurred throughout the supply chain and its own increased labor costs. “Domestic food, paper producers and distributors supplying most of our commodities are dealing with labor constraints, along with higher fuel costs, and are passing the increases on to us,” he said. “As a result, commodity inflation overall was approximately 16 [percent] this past quarter compared to the prior year period.”

Carrols is the largest Burger King franchisor in the country and operates 1,028 Burger King restaurants across 23 states. At least right, the franchiser’s restaurants are the only ones that are making the two nuggets reduction. However, the whole “The Whopper’s No Longer on the Value Menu” is for all Burger Kings.