Article: An apple a day: Burger King fresh apple fries appeal to both kids and adults.(IDEA TO ROLLOUT)

Anybody frustrated trying to get something low-cal bundled with their adult combo meal at the local QSR may have hope: Burger King is selling so many orders of its BK Fresh Apple Fries to adults that it is thinking about offering the apples as a substitution for the fries that normally come with combo meals.

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Burger King has sold 5.7 million orders of BK Fresh Apple Fries since it launched July 30--half a la carte, the rest in kids meals. Cut and peeled to look like french fries, the apples are bagged in plastic with calcium and vitamin C to prevent browning, and packed in red french fry cartons with low-fat caramel squirt packs. At ...

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