Here’s an interesting Friday photo - it’s Lindsay Lohan working as a fast food employee.

No, the Mean Girls star hasn’t given up (or been forced out of) Hollywood yet, she’s just on the set of Ugly Betty where she is set to appear in five episodes as Kimberly, Betty’s nemesis.

Perhaps the fast food role can help revive her career.  If it doesn’t work, maybe she could appear in our next Krystal commercial - it helped Samuel L. Jackson jump onto the scene back in the day.

*Photo courtesy of Mail Online

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We thought we’d bring you some industry news this morning.

Some of you may have heard about Taco Bell’s latest ad campaign where they were offering rapper 50 Cent $10,000 toward the charity of his choice if he’d change his name to either 79, 89 or 99 cents and then rap his order at a Taco Bell.

Apparently 50 Cent wasn’t amused as he is now suing the company for using his name without permission in their advertising.

The rapper’s lawyer is claiming 50 Cent (his real name is Curtis Jackson) knew nothing about the campaign until he saw a news report about it.  Now he is suing the company for, well, a lot of cents.

According to Reuters, the lawsuit alleges that “many customers believed that 50 Cent had agreed to endorse Taco Bell’s products. Indeed, postings on numerous Internet ‘blogs’ castigated 50 Cent for ’selling out’ by his apparent endorsement of Taco Bell.”

You can read more about the lawsuit here.

Note to self: when thinking of new ad campaigns for Krystal, don’t try to capitalize off a rapper, especially one who has been shot nine times and is still alive.

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Here’s something I bet you didn’t know:  Krystal has its own web store.

That’s right, you can purchase what we like to call “Square Wear” online.

There you’ll find everything from T-Shirts that say “Go with your gut“, “Chik Magnet” and “Me so corny” to Krystal bike team jerseys.

Not only is it the perfect random gift for that Krystal fan in your life, but also a great addition to any T-shirt collector’s wardrobe.

There are tons of colors and phrases to choose from, so check them out.

To browse and purchse, visit krystal.com and click on the black Krystal baseball cap on the top of the page.

The day has finally come.

After giving away more than $5,000 in free food gift cards to 600 or so of our closest San Antonio friends on Saturday, the doors to the brand new Krystal Drive-In opened first thing Monday morning.

So, we’d like to present our Top Ten Reasons for Eating at the San Antonio Krystal Drive-In:

10.) It’s the only Krystal Drive-In in the state of Texas.

9.) After Saturday, you and everyone in your family have a gift card for a free menu item.

8.) Krystal Chiks.

7.) New items on the menu like Mac ‘n Cheese Wedges, Krystal-sized toasted sandwiches, Smoothies and Hot ‘n Country Wings.

6.) You can surf the Web in your car (or the dining room) thanks to Krystal’s free Wi-Fi.

5.) We’ll be open after the late showing of The Dark Knight.

4.) Where else can you get a Banana Pudding MilkQuake?

3.) You can watch TV in your car thanks to the digital menu boards in each parking stall.

2.) You don’t have to speak fluent “drive-thru speaker box” because a Carhop, meaning a real, live person, takes your order.

And the number one reason you should eat at the San Antonio Krystal Drive-In…after the jump.

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ran a story online Friday about local competitive eaters Loren “Bubba” Yarbrough, Paul Barlow and Larry McNeil practicing for the upcoming qualifying rounds of the Krystal Square Off V.

The eating trio are all hoping to make it to this year’s final table in Chattanooga on September 28, so they participated in a 2-minute round at a local Krystal in Atlanta.

Each put up a good showing as Yarbrough and McNeil easily downed the 15 Krystals they started with while Barlow left only four on the table.

We have to say, Yarbrough and Barlow are definitely making the eating rounds this summer.  If you’ll remember, they recently competed in a bacon eating contest against a local radio show host.

We hope all the practicing will pay off.

See the entire AJC article here, which goes on to discuss how they entered the world of competitive eating and what their families think about their sport.

Also, be sure to check back with us tomorrow as we’ll share the full-length feature along with photos of the eating practice round at Krystal, which are scheduled to run in Tuesday’s paper.

And don’t forget to visit the Krystal Square Off website for any information regarding local qualifying rounds.

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Just a friendly reminder for all you San Antonians that Krystal will be giving away $5,000 in free gift cards tomorrow at its soon-to-open drive-in location on Pat Booker Rd.

The free gift cards will be good for various menu items and combo meals including Krystal favorites like Krystal Chiks®, Krystal Pups®, Krystal Sunrisers® and MilkQuakes®.

Gift cards for brand new menu items will also be distributed, giving San Antonians the chance to taste new items before anyone else in the state.  These will include Krystal-sized toasted sandwiches, hot and spicy chicken wings and mac ‘n cheese wedges.

Krystal Carhops will begin distributing the free gift cards at noon.

We’ve already heard rumors of folks camping out to ensure they get their hands on one of the 500 free gift cards, so we’d suggest getting in line early.

See you tomorrow!

*photo courtesy of The Northeast Herald

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Are you a fan of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Mocs?  If so, listen up.

The University has teamed up with Krystal to offer a Krystal Family Pack.  Basically, if you purchase four general admission tickets to all six home games, you’ll receive a $75 Krystal gift card.  That’s a $315 value for just $150.

Not sure you can make it to all the games?  Not a problem.  You can also purchase a half-season Krystal Family Pack.  This includes four general admission seats to any three Mocs home games and a $30 Krystal gift card.

We can’t think of better tailgating food than some Krystal Hamburgers and Krystal Pups - and even better if it’s free!

For more information and to purchase your tickets, visit gomocs.com.

Our friend and Krystal hamburger competitive eater Hall “Hoover” Hunt posted the results for the most recent Major Leauge Eating Poll today on his blog.  These rankings take into account the Nathan’s Hot Dog eating contest, making the results pretty interesting.

Krystal Square Off champion Joey Chestnut remains in first place, however, three-time Krystal hamburger eating king Takeru Kobayashi has now moved up two places to take second (he was previously ranked fourth).  The move-up by Kobayashi bumps Patrick “Deep Dish” Bertoletti down to third place.  Tim “Eater X” Janus moves up one spot to take fourth, and Sonja “The Black Widow” Thomas, someone we haven’t heard a lot about lately, jumps two spots to round out the top five.

You can see the entire Top 25 list on Hunt’s blog.

Looking at today’s rankings is making us that much more excited about this year’s Krystal Square Off V.

Anyone want to go ahead and throw out their predictions for this year’s top place finishers?

Remember to stay tuned for information on how to qualify for this year’s final table on September 28 in Chattanooga, TN.  You can also check out www.krystalsquareoff.com for the latest Krystal Square Off news.

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For those of you lucky enough to call San Antonio home, not only do you have the first Krystal Drive-In location in the state of Texas opening in your backyard this month, but in celebration of its opening and the entire new line-up of menu items that will now be available, Krystal is going to give you its entire menu for free.

You read that correctly.

San Antonio Krystal Lovers are getting a new Krystal Drive-In, AND in advance of its opening, The Krystal Company is giving away $5,000 worth of Krystal gift cards for free menu items.

On top of this, the free gift cards will be good for not only the Krystal menu items you’ve come to love like Krystal Chiks®, Krystal Pups®, Krystal Sunrisers® and MilkQuakes®, but the gift cards will also be good for brand new menu items as well - giving San Antonians the chance to taste the new items before anyone else in the state.

These new items will include: Hot ‘N Country Wings®, chicken wings covered in a crispy, spicy breading; Krystal Smoothies®, a line up of all-natural, all-fruit smoothie beverages; Mac ‘N Cheese Wedges®, small wedges of fried mac ‘n cheese bites; RockSlides®, a line of ice cream-based beverages that include mix-ins such as M&Ms, Butterfinger and Snickers; and Krystal Toasted Sandwiches®, a variety of Krystal-sized sandwiches served on toasted bread including Philly Cheesesteak, Turkey Club, Grilled Cheese, BLT and Grilled Bacon and Cheese.

In addition to the gift cards for free menu items, some lucky Krystal Lovers will also receive Krystal cards in $10, $25 or $50 denominations, allowing you to spend the Krystal cash on any of your favorite items at any Krystal location.

So how do you get your hands on a Krystal gift card?  Simply stop by the new restaurant location (7953 Pat Booker Rd) this Saturday, July 19.  There you will be greeted by Krystal Carhops who will be handing out random Krystal gift cards beginning at noon.

The gift cards will be handed out on a first come, first serve basis - so we’d suggest getting there early.

See you Saturday.

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We saw a link to this story over at Eatfeats and had to investigate.

Earlier this month, Zakk Tyler of The Zakk Tyler Morning Show on Dave FM in Atlanta competed against Loren “Bubba” Yarbrough and “Super Paul Bone Breaker Big Mouth Barlow” (two Krystal hamburger competitive eaters) in a bacon eating contest.

Apparently, Tyler is a huge fan of bacon and wanted to compete head-to-head against the pros to see who could guzzle down the most gristle.

You can watch a video of the contest over at CBS 46 and Fox Good Day Atlanta, as both were in-studio to cover the contest. You can also check out Tyler’s blog here.

The results are what you’d expect with Yarbrough taking first, Super Paul coming in second and Tyler finishing last.

However, despite his poor showing, we’re wondering if Tyler has been bitten with the competitive eating bug. If so, he has some time to practice before qualifying for the Krystal Square Off V begins.

In fact Tyler, if you are interested, we can probably arrange to have some bacon put on those Krystal burgers for you. Just let us know.

*photo courtesy of Dave FM

On a side note: Congrats to Jason Jennette who correctly guessed the Krystal dot logo was used from 1978 to 1981 or ‘82(ish). Jason, we’ll have our intern dig through our closet for some swag to send you.

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