# Misplaced commercials

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misplaced-commercials/828627>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 29, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misplaced-commercials/828627 "2019-01-29T17:43:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misplaced-commercials/828627/21 "2019-01-30T13:54:42Z")

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School starts here in early August. Seeing ads for back-to-school sales almost a month later is weird. Esp. since some of them include items like heavy winter coats, scarves, mittens, etc. You see people Christmas shopping in shorts here.

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**Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misplaced-commercials/828627/22 "2019-01-30T15:14:38Z")

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> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> For years we were subjected to Sonic commercials without the reality. There’s now a Sonic up Route 1 from us. I’ve tried it, and I’m unimpressed.
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> I’m still waiting to be unimpressed by In ‘n’ Out Burger and Carl’s, Jr.

Around here, the main reason we like them are the fountain drinks. They have a lot more variety that most places. Also, their ice is rather good, and so consistent in different locales that I have to think they ship it in or something.

Foodwise, it’s mostly only notable for the things that other fast food doesn’t have, like the Cheddar Bites (fried little cheese balls) or, in our area, tater tots.

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**Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misplaced-commercials/828627/23 "2019-01-30T15:16:36Z")

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> [@Balthisar](#):
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> I actually want to challenge this premise, because national pizza chains are _nearly_ everywhere, and in order to stay relevant during lunch hours where people don’t want to consume whole pizzas, will sell slices. Little Caesars does, Jet’s does, Hungry Howie’s does, and probably others do as well.

Every place I know that does lunch has a buffet.

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**Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misplaced-commercials/828627/24 "2019-01-30T15:24:36Z")

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> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> Same company, maybe, but I’ve never seen a “Carl’s Jr.” by that name anywhere near where I live.

The two chains were originally completely separate and unrelated regional chains. Carl’s Jr. was originally in southern California, and had expanded to the rest of the West Coast, plus the Southwest (though I think that, to this day, they’re still concentrated in California); Hardee’s was in the Southeast, Midwest, and East Coast.

Carl’s Jr bought Hardee’s in '97, and though the two chains appear to now have the same menu, the company has always kept the branding and regionality separate. So, if you live an area with Hardee’s, you probably won’t have Carl’s Jr, and vice-versa.

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