No offence intended but it´s old news to the world that a lot of Americans consume horrible trash food and drinks every day until they become morbidly obese and worse. It´s in fact one of the most commonly known stereotypes about the USA. So there is really nothing on the picture a euro mind could not comprehend, more like the contrary.
Behold, the Euroslave, uncomprehending of what real freedom looks like.
I bet they would object to all the unnecessary preservatives that enhance the flavor, too.
/S
I had to add the /s because there are clearly people that don't understand humorous statements around here. Six of them at the moment.
Obesity rates in Europe are catching up. Especially in Britain. California is leaner than most of Europe. It’s definitely not all skinny in Europe and all fatties in USA. It’s regional.
So what's England's excuse, then?
Excuse for what, their "food"? That stuff is a war crime and can not be excused.
Idk, maybe that most of the western food supply is owned by a select few conglomerates that have an interest in getting you to buy a ton of product and make it as addictive as possible? That's my guess.
They eat beans on toast for breakfast. They have no say in this matter.
Everyone is focusing on the pizza, but how on earth is that a medium drink?
It's s medium FOUNTAIN. That I can see
Right? It's almost the size of a car!
It needs ro be at least... three times smaller!
And what sort of monster drinks pop in the morning?
Earliest I can bring myself to drink pop is like, 11:30 maybe
It's more of an afternoon type drink, no?
I like to buy child size.
Why is this petrol station so big? I could park 2 tanks between the petrol pumps.
Why would you eat pizza for breakfast?
Why would you drink so much cola (this looks like 1l-1.5l to me)?
How is this so cheap? They charge 4€ at my local petrol station for 0.5l of pepsi alone.
What kind of pizza is this?
Is midwest some kind of common marketing?
Okay, i’ll bite and try to answer these. Without knowing any details of which chain and where exactly this station is located (in a city/town or right off a motorway/interstate?)
A lot of “truck stop” type stations are this big to accommodate large vehicles and potential larger trailers they might be towing. Like a 3/4ton pickup with a huge 5th wheel trailer. Or even Class A/C motorhomes and RVs. These pumps likely have diesel and petrol so even large box trucks will pull in the fuel up. There are usually different areas for full tractor-trailer (lorries) but those pumps are for those trucks only. Further, the gap is three vehicles wide so a vehicle can be on a pump on either side and someone arriving or leaving can fit between them- especially if there is a case of 3 pumps in a row.
Pizza for breakfast? Judging by the picture and the title, this looks like actual Breakfast Pizza. Eggs, sausage, etc are the toppings. Had this a lot growing up just at home. And pizza style is common “grab and go” type food from gas stations since it’s easy to eat, even while driving.
Now, a cola with/for breakfast…naah. I’m with you there. That’s a bit off. But otherwise, the size is normal for a truck stop. Fountain drinks are a lot cheaper than canned or bottled of the same drink. For example 24oz bottle for $2-3 or a 48-64oz fountain for the same price or less. People are traveling when they come through here, or stopping by to grab stuff on their way to work for the whole day. So the idea is the drink is to have on hand for hours if not most of the day. The styrofoam cups are junk but a lot of people transfer to a more practical container, or some stations chains would sell their own fancy insulated cups and allow discounted refills in their cup.
How is this so cheap? Gas station food, man! Doesn’t mean it’s any good! I just covered the soda portion for pricing and a slice of pizza (breakfast or normal pepperoni) is usually only like $2. So the pricing advertised here makes sense.
Midwest is a kind of marketing thing with many layers or points. The midwest region of the States is the massive, wide-open middle section where there’s usually cattle ranching, farming and a lot of nothing. So this can be spun in a lot of ways- farmers/ranchers allegedly eat big (unhealthy) food and drinks, the midwest is big, things are cheap because nothing and no one is out there, etc. Also this gas station is likely located in the midwest and targeted towards people that are traveling through, so it’s got that “tourist” hook to it.
I think that about covers it?
There are a few bits wrong here. First off, the Midwest is not simply a massive wide open cattle ranching area with little else around. That’s really the Great Plains area, which is partially in the Midwest but also partially in the West and Southwest. The Midwest is not mostly made up of ranchers or farmers. There are definitely some in various parts, but other parts have none at all.
Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota are all part of the Midwest, and your summary doesn’t really describe them well at all. I think you may be doing what I see a lot of coastal Americans do which is to confuse the Midwest with the West or the Southwest because the names are much less intuitive than they seem. These terms rose to prominence in the 19th century before “manifest destiny” colonized the entire continent, so they’re all incredibly East coast-centric. The Midwest is in the mideast, the South is in the southeast, the Southwest is in the south, and the West is the whole western half of the country.
And while cola for breakfast might seem a bit off even to most Americans, it’s not at all uncommon in the Midwest, but what’s weird is that it’s Pepsi in this ad because almost all prefer coke in the Midwest. When I moved out of the Midwest, it took me a while to break the disgusting coke for breakfast habit, but it definitely rings true to me to be characteristic of a Midwest breakfast.
Also, this looks like a regular sized gas station anywhere in the central US. It’s definitely not an area for truckers to fill up their big rigs because there is clearly unleaded at those pumps.
And to back it all up, here is the location map for Casey’s (that made this ad) where it’s clear that they are mostly in the Midwest states I mentioned as well as the Great Plains Midwest states of the Dakotas, Nebraska, and Kansas.
Yeah, makes sense.
However, where I live everything at gas stations is really expensive (like 3 times the super market price), because they don't make a lot of profit with gasoline. Most of their profits likely come from car services and selling stuff 24/7. I don't know how it's in the states, but most shops here open at 7-8am and close at 7-8pm and are closed on sundays, so if you need something late at night or on sun-/holidays you drive to the gas station.
Tbh, the only things I ever buy there when every shop is closed are alcohol and tabacco (and some times paper and filters for weed)
Midwest is much more corn and bean farming, not cattle ranching. That's more west rather than Midwest. There's some dairy farms, but those are more north usually.
Why is this petrol station so big? I could park 2 tanks between the petrol pumps.
People drive large vehicles here, and are often bad at it. It's necessary.
Why would you eat pizza for breakfast?
It doesn't require utensils, can be eaten while driving to work; It somewhere between 2 and 4 different food groups. Lots of advantages.
Why would you drink so much cola (this looks like 1l-1.5l to me)?
That's kinda weird, gotta admit. I much prefer coffee in the morning. It is probably the 32oz, which is a little under a liter.
How is this so cheap? They charge 4€ at my local petrol station for 0.5l of pepsi alone.
Things are cheaper in the US in general. In the Midwest especially so.
What kind of pizza is this?
There's 3 variants of the Casey's Breakfast Pizza. See
for more info.
Is midwest some kind of common marketing?
In the US, anything can be marketing. Midwest is common enough that it doesn't really stand out.
Why is this petrol station so big? I could park 2 tanks between the petrol pumps.
Caseys has gas stations in extremely small towns so something they have to space the pumps for is farmers coming to fill up their tractors. It is also common practice 'round here to put 3 car widths of space between pumps to allow vehicles to drive between those that are filling. Obviously in larger cities where land is a premium they'll have fewer pumps closer together
In America, sometimes you have to park two tanks.
Pizza slices are easy to shove into your face while you drive for an hour to your job.
Driving is boring and sipping on a huge soft drink gets some people through it.
It is cheap because over the years the government had bailed out farmers/producers making corn, cheese, wheat, etc very cheap.
It is a breakfast pizza, I'm guessing a crap load of 'cheese' with some specks of something that could have once been called Ham. Maybe some egg product mixed in.
Generally, things are cheaper in the Midwest, but I wouldn't be surprised if this ad came from the deep south.
I’m guessing a crap load of ‘cheese’ with some specks of something that could have once been called Ham. Maybe some egg product mixed in.
You're guessing wrong.
It's usually loaded with bacon, sausage, veggies or some combination of those. And not "egg product," just scrambled eggs. It's breakfast on a flatbread. I'm not sure why that's so hard to comprehend for so many people.
Ill answer all of your questions by order.
Its so big for trucks trailers, and even RVs and Semis(Lories?) this is probably a gas station by a freeway. A lot of local stations are smaller, atleast where I am.
Because its cheap as shit.
You'll usually get one and drink it over the day, especially if my freeway gas station hypothesis is correct, there are a long stretches of american highway with fuck all.
Their probably banking on you grabbing one or two more items to help even out the loss and turn it into a profit. Also government subsidies may be a factor.
I cant Identify what type of pizza that is, maybe cheese if not IDFK.
This station is probably is in the midwest and their taking the piss a bit. Ive personally come across "middle of nowhere lunch" advertisements while driving through eastern Nevada so I assume this is a similar situation.
It's what the people want. Mega slices of pizza and giant medium sized sodas for breakfast for 4 bucks.
Why would you eat pizza for breakfast
???
Please tell me this isn't an Americans-only thing. I don't understand how it could be. Do you mean to tell me when you have leftover pizza in your fridge you don't sneak a piece in the morning? What do you do? Save it for later? I don't believe you. You've never, out of curiosity, just taken a bite straight out of the fridge? At which point you'd have discovered that it is positively sublime?
Cold pizza for breakfast is one of my favorite parts about eating pizza for dinner. If this is somehow not a thing outside America, it needs to be. For once this isn't something fatter or grosser, it's just eating it at a different time of day and at a different temperature and it's life changing.
I personaly don't do it, but it's probably not that unusual
Everything wrong with this:
- "Breakfast Pizza"
- Pepsi for breakfast
- "Medium" 64 oz drink
- $4 for not a lot of value
Nothing like spiking your blood glucose first thing in the morning.
What did breakfast pizza do to you! It's delicious!
It's also a monstrosity which should only be enjoyed as leftovers from dinner pizza.
The pizza-thing is fine, but gaving pepsi for breakfast is pretty vile.
To answer most of your questions, it's Casey's breakfast pizza (bacon/sausage, egg, and cheese), it's delicious. No, soda (some of us call it pop) for breakfast is weird even for us. The lot is huge cuz a ton of people here have large trucks, RV's, etc. And yes that medium soda is huge
I'm fat because my oversized truck is so big.
I don't follow but ight
Yeah, would've made a lot more sense for that to be a coffee, not a pop.
But, at least you can compensate the amount of sugar you drink by filling the cup with a ton of ice!
Yeah, I don't drink a lot of soda, but I love the big 32 oz cups, especially if the ice is very small or chipped. You fill it all the way with ice, then put in some lemonade or fruit punch, if it collapses any ice refill with more ice then continental filling. You now have a drink that will last you the whole day, with like 7 oz of sugar water in it.
The United States of Diabetes.
I know after ze club you would prefer something küül like a coffee und cigarette
Maybe invite your cigarette outside for espresso und watch the street life
Where nutrition
Pizza is a vegetable
The only pizza for breakfast I would accept is a cold leftover one after a night of heavy drinking.
I'm disgusted but also intrigued by breakfast pizza...
It's the worst parts of both breakfast and pizza
Whoa whoa whoa. That's a strong statement to make as a generalization.
Yeah, it's the 3 left over slices of pepperoni from night
warmed up pizza leftovers has been a breakfast staple for ages
Cold pizza is superior for breakfast if the quality is there already.
I'm weird, I know
Pizza, why not. I’ll skip the bucket of coke though.
More of a Pepsi person? I can respect that.
Breakfast pizza is hella good. Or at least, the kind I make myself is.
I use Pilsbury crescent rolls dough for the crust, country gravy for the sauce, cheese, scrambled eggs, breakfast sausage and bacon. 🤤
Sounds like quiche, but the vegetables are replaced with gravy. I might have to try that once the snow starts falling!
I saved this recipe. I love the idea of croissant crust and so many breakfast pizzas forget the gravy!
For best results, do not bake the eggs with the rest of the pie, just cook them separately and put them on after, so you don't end up with overcooked, rubbery eggs.
$4 for a slice of pizza and a Pepsi? lol gtfoh
The hardest part to wrap your European head around would be four servings of sugary soda for breakfast, but how many people do you know that drink cups and cups of builders tea that is more sugar and milk than tea?
Neither side is right, humans can just be gross dopamine chasers in different ways. Compare the 'pizza' to a sausage roll, or whatever buttery monstrosity the French enjoy.
The hardest part to wrap your European head around would be four servings of sugary soda for breakfast
Don't worry, it's 90% ice
Butter is better than whatever industrial oil is used in that "pizza"
Best response I ever read about this situation was:
Americans eat as if they have access to public health.
Americans eat fountains!?
No, they're serving a fountain of cola. Fountain is a standard unit of measure here.
You are correct! The price is less than a third of what I'd expect to pay for that!
This must be the east coast's vision of a Midwest breakfast. Typically it's 2 hot dogs with coney sauce and a 2L of Faygo for $4. Pizza and Pepsi is strictly for brunch.
Naw, that's Casey's breakfast pizza, bone fide Midwest breakfast
And super popular. I live down the road from a Casey's. If you want a breakfast pizza and don't want to hope you're lucky and they just got a new one out of the oven, show up early.
Pure Michigan.
I must have been Brexited clean out of Europe then, cos I can't tell what's supposed to be incomprehensible.
I was shocked at my first business breakfest with a American customer a number of years ago. At 7am while I drank coffee, he was guzzling down Coke. It was the first of the 4 he had each day. He usually cut himself off after lunch he said.
You don't think pizza is sold by the slice in Europe?
