… Than Again, Maybe They Have A Point

BBQ Chicken, a South Korean-based chicken franchise (with a few locations in the US*) has developed, what they are hoping is the next great revolution in fast food containers.

The recently introduced Col-Pop is a drink cup and top combo designed not only to hold your beverage of choice, but also to hold your serving of Popcorn chicken. 1 cup for your on-the-go take out action. Making drinking and snacking easier.

Eliminated is the cumbersome extra food container, allowing you to enjoy your 32 ounce soft-drink and still keep a hand free to chow down on your popcorn chicken. The folks over at Serious Eats did a review of the cup and also measured it up to its claims.

The determined that while it does separate the two items some condensation forms on the top of the lid while you eat. Also, the lid cuts the 32 ounce drink down to about 18 ounces. Some may view it as scary that their are highly paid researchers and marketers at fast food corporations pouring good money into developing products like this. I just call it progress.

*read New York, Jersey and North Carolina (for interested New Yorkers there is one on St. Mark’s Place)