Frikkin Chikkin
Fowl language alert in as Philly gets cheesed over tasteless fastfood billboards.
Might be a trademark issue in San Francisco, though:
Topics: food, shameless opportunism, shameless self-promotion
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 8:09 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2008
6 Responses to “Frikkin Chikkin”
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February 28th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
I saw the same slogan on a sign in North Carolina last weekend, somewhere between Durham and Raleigh. I did wonder: isn’t Sheetz a cut-rate gas station chain? Some gas stations with attached ‘travel plazas’ do sell fried chicken, but does anyone make a special trip for gas station chicken? I would have thought their only buyers would be people in a hurry who want to pick up some food while gassing up, in which case advertising is superfluous.
February 29th, 2008 at 2:50 am
Dr, as a person falling for this stunt, I have to say that when on a long trip (which is often), knowing which gas station has some hot food means a lot. It’s why Unocal (76) was so big in the past, and Petro is now. It’s not just for truck drivers.
February 29th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Sheetz rocks. And their sandwices are pretty damned good. I’m going to have to run down to the nearest one and order a frikkin chikkin.
February 29th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
By the way, Sheetz is a family-owned (out of Altoona) central Pennsylvanian chain. They have them almost as far west as the border, but not as far east as Philly. Think big, spic-and-span Village Pantry or Bigfoot, with spotless marble-tiled restrooms, and donuts and sandwiches made on the premises.
Altoona is thirty miles from here.
February 29th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Poetic frikkin license
March 4th, 2008 at 11:56 am
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