# So my husband stopped at Jack in the Box for breakfast yesterday... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 6, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-husband-stopped-at-jack-in-the-box-for-breakfast-yesterday/338754 "2006-01-06T17:06:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-husband-stopped-at-jack-in-the-box-for-breakfast-yesterday/338754/61 "2006-01-09T01:23:23Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Pan-fried, I presume. Of course. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-husband-stopped-at-jack-in-the-box-for-breakfast-yesterday/338754/62 "2006-01-09T03:27:47Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > At the risk of prying, is the surgery to which you refer a gastric bypass? > > My mother had one several years ago, herself. > > It’s freaky to look at her stomach now, because they sewed up her navel, also. you’re not prying. I’m very open about it. I had the lapband installed. I had done the research and decided the band was safer. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-husband-stopped-at-jack-in-the-box-for-breakfast-yesterday/338754/63 "2006-01-09T09:25:01Z")
Actual Jack in the Box employee checking in: 1. It’s not called “Jack sauce” anymore. It’s just called “Secret sauce” and it doesn’t come on any of the sandwiches anymore - it only comes in packets and is available by request. FTR, it’s made of a blend of ketchup, mayo, mustard, Tabasco, A1, Lee & Perrins, and molasses, plus some chopped pickle. 2. Our internal food-safety program is based on the Hazard Analysis - Critical Control Point protocol, and Dateline recently named JitB the safest of the top ten fast food chains in America. The shift leader in charge at any time is required to observe and document on a special checklist that the proper procedures are being followed, and we maintain an in-house group of health inspectors that perform a surprise inspection on every restaurant at least once each quarter. If things aren’t being done properly, heads roll. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-husband-stopped-at-jack-in-the-box-for-breakfast-yesterday/338754/64 "2006-01-09T12:21:17Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Actual Jack in the Box employee checking in: > … If things aren’t being done properly, heads roll. Exactly how far does Jack’s roll on a good day? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-husband-stopped-at-jack-in-the-box-for-breakfast-yesterday/338754/65 "2006-01-09T17:48:22Z")
> [@Tapioca Dextrin](#): > > Exactly how far does Jack’s roll on a good day? 😛 Pretty far. It’s got a great shape for rolling, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-husband-stopped-at-jack-in-the-box-for-breakfast-yesterday/338754/66 "2006-01-09T20:12:01Z")
> [@](#): > > Actually, after the E. Coli deal that went down ~1997, Jack in the Box became (as I understand it) the forerunner in the industry in food safety. They hired doctors to draft strict requirements for the ranchers, processing plants etc. and then refused to buy meat from businesses that didn’t comply to the reqs. Then they checked the places out and actually made sure they were putting out safe meat. (Heh.) They also regulated their own restaurants. > > Good for you? No. Safe? Yes. Hence their motto: Killing you only gradually since 1951 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2006, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-husband-stopped-at-jack-in-the-box-for-breakfast-yesterday/338754/67 "2006-01-09T20:26:35Z")
IIRC - JiB was the first with a drive thru, McD’s soon followed. Where I went to college, in the late 70’s, we had only a JitB and a Carroll’s. The closet McD’s or BK was 30 miles away in Kingston. We used to love that JB was open at 2am - after cramming all night for mid terms, a taco-run was just the thing. Then, of course, we’d walk a block or two down and start on the beers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-husband-stopped-at-jack-in-the-box-for-breakfast-yesterday/338754.md?page=3)