Worked at Arby's for 2 years, it's the only fast food restaurant I respect. There's actually enough space to move and work without bumping into other employees. Management was respectful, and I got raises on a regular basis, albeit, small ones. It was a good place to work for while in high school.
I agree, I grew up with Arby's being basically just roast beef sandwiches and we all loved it, we ate there regularly. What's all this lately about restaurants catering to a younger crowd anyway? Just like the TV programming rural purge back in the 60's, that turned out great didn't it? Maybe the younger generations just need to learn to be content with the way things are instead of demanding a change to everything.
I worked at Arby's in the early 1971, the roast beef came in a seal container that had a seal plastic bag containing the roast beef in a brine solution. All the roast beef was cooked straight out of the container and wasn't open till then.
Arby's is the only fast food restaurant that I can eat and not feel sick as soon as I'm done eating it. It's definitely not the highest quality but for what it is , it's pretty damn good and delicious. I used to hate Arby's we a kid but my gf just got me into it after about a decade of not trying it. It instantly became my go to place replacing McDonald's.
This is ironic... the first time I ever had food poisoning, I had eaten Arby's that day. I was in 5th grade n it was one of my WORST food poisoning experiences ever...idk if Arby's did it...but it's hard to forget. I do want to try it again..just real hard to get past that mental block
Oh yeah.. I also work at Arby's and it's a very nice atmosphere to work in. I mean it's hard work like anywhere else but the management appreciates hard work and actually shows it with free meals and high-fives, not a typical thing with most fast-food joints. I enjoy going the extra mile for Arby's because whenever I need more than just a boss to hear me out, I've got my people to help me out, better than anything an employee could imagine. Love Arby's ❤
I'm older than you guys, but I remember when Arby's was 75 cents regular price. Of course, the large hamburgers at other places were 50 cents, so you were paying a premium for Arby's. (McDonald's still hadn't come to town yet)
I worked at Arby’s back in the late 70s while in High School . Even back then besides roast beef we served a fish sandwich, a corn beef sandwich , ham and cheese, and Arby’q . We made our own cheese cake too . Good times , Washington, Pa. Murtland Avenue
Beef and cheddar is the best! I'll try their other sandwiches every now and then, but the beef and cheddar is my go-to. And their mozzarella sticks are pretty good too!
Their "Roast Beef" is boneless, defatted real beef, heavily salted and seasoned, that is compressed into a sausage-like casing, then cooked at low temp to retain juices. It is sliced so thin so that it is impossible to bite into a long strand of muscle fiber. It is a far cry from the original Arby's sandwich, which was made from a roast of beef that was not cooked in a bag and was naturally browned in the oven. It had a great flavor, great texture and was not oversalted. They would have a roast displayed in a rotisserie on the counter. You saw what you were getting! It was great!
Every time I think of Arby's, I remember the scene from The Simpsons when the kids from the school bus are stranded on a desert island and they're starting to starve and one of the kids shouts out, "I'm so hungry I could eat at Arby's!" 😆😅😂🤣
When homer eats that blob on the hallloween special and it’s trying to get out of his belly. He says something like. “ if I can hold Arby’s down I can hold you in
I opened a new store in Ft Lauderdale Florida back when Arby’s had only been in business for three years. Back then the meat was REAL hunks of beef, not the formed globs they use these days that are made under pressure. We actually cooked the beef in big ovens, each piece of meat wrapped in foil with an oven thermometer in each piece. What a wonderful aroma in the store I’d rather eat fried SPAM than whatever that nastiness is they’re slicing up now
I worked for Arby's and we were told that the roast beef being slow cooked in the cooker was supposed to be at a certain temperature for period of time, yet the manager (who controlled it) never did have the temperature at the correct setting according to the chart. This and many other issues were the reason I quit 2 weeks into it. I wonder if issues such as this are a common occurrence.
Just like your vocabulary...nice. Their roast beef has to be the worst I have ever tasted. It's plastic consistency and bland taste are truly disgusting but of course to you it's amazing. Bon appetit. Lol
I work at Arby's and the roast beef is alot better quality than any other fast food restaurant y'all probably were dumb and got like a half pound roast beef and the guy at the slicer made it way to thick the meat is supposed to be thin as possible so it tastes better .
I always found it a treat to get to go to Arby's, as we did not have a lot of money. I loved their horse radish sauce even as a child, no other fast food offered it!! Through the years I could have gone all the time, but they only have one or two locations in my town, and were located quite a distance. We still only have two in our town of Boise, Idaho. Weird, huh?
When did was a kid, I saw commercials for Arbys and they cooked real roasts, not some luncheon loaf like today. Mechanically separated beef product. Not roast beef.
The new sliders was a great gain for me. A beef and cheddar sometimes left me wanting more. I grab a slider or two with every sandwich now. I also love the orange/cream shake.
for real i can pretty much wipe out 6 beef and cheddars and still feel hungry because they are tiny but taste amazing! these days I pretty much got 4 beef and cheddars normally and a large curly fry for lunch then I head next door to wendys and grab a baconator and large baconator fries and im good until im off work but sometimes you just cant beat the double QPC that burger is pretty damn good and i love mcdonalds.
I have NO IDEA where all of these statistics come from, BUT I can say I was a "Crew Leader" at Arby's on Memorial Drive in Clarkston, Georgia. The Roast Beef came in a box with 2 Frozen, plastic wrapped loaves. We defrosted them in the plastic bag and they were like jelly when placed on a roasting pan for the oven. I was there just as RTM introduced Oscar Mayer Ham and Swiss, (and Turkey) if memory serves me well. At one time, Hardees Roast Beef also used the same RTM beef product, straight away from Texas. I would make a variety sandwich with the new options. The Cheese for a Beef n Cheddar is hand pumped from a large, food service, cheddar cheese flavored container. 1.75 ounces was the norm for a Regular Roast Beef, but I would put more on when preparing dine in orders for DeKalb Central female students! Take a slice of Roast Beef from Arbys, and take a slice from a local deli and tell me there is no difference? LOL. Flavor is king, meat paste it is, add garlic, onion and other proprietary flavors. I miss the potato cakes.
I remember that vividly as a child the first time I had deli fresh roast beef, and wondering why there was such a vast difference from Arby's roast beef. It's not natural.
I have read through the comments, and just to be clear folks, Arby's Roy Rogers and Hardees all use the same "type" of processed meat for their roast beef. They surely have different recipes for their signature seasonings, but they are all a processed type "lunchmeat"
All processed meat is not the real deal, it's full of preservatives and is known to cause cancer. So if you "don't give a fuck", eat all you wish. Like I said, this is just one long commercial for Arby's.
50 years ago, I worked a summer at Roy Rogers( a division of Arbys) . They use beef diaphragms, which are ultra lean. They just rub it with Lowry's seasoning salt. Purdy simple.
I actually remember the "America's Roast Beef, Yes Sir" commercials even though it's been about 30 years since they last ran. I still think that when I see one of their stores. It was a damn good slogan but it might backfire on them with Boomers and Gen Xers today, because we think of them for roast beef.
I'm from the UK and am currently in the US - I had Arby's for the first time about a year ago and loved it. Had my 2nd Arby's only yesterday. Just a plain roast beef sandwich, nothing in it other than roast beef and it's the best. Just the right amount of food, not too much, not feeling bloated or over eating or too many calories and I also love the fact that the food you taste is just the bun and the beef, there's no mustard/ketchup to hide those flavours and no cheese. My regular there is a Classic sandwich with fresh lemonade :) love it and will always go back! I rather have Arby's than any other fast food chain.
I worked at Arby's during the late 90's. I can't speak for what has been sold since then, but at the time, the meat was 100% a processed loaf of gelatinous particle meat. It was NOT a solid piece of beef that was cooked. It was sort of like a beef version of "pink slime" "chicken", but it wasn't pre-cooked. You'd cut it out of a hermetically sealed package, slap it on a cooking sheet, reform it back into the loaf shape (since it was most likely deformed in the process), and cook it for a few hours. Out would come a solid, "roast beef"-like, piece of meat.
Wow! I can eat at Arby's any day. So delicious! Very impressed to read current and former employees praise Arby's, it just reinforces my choice of favorite fast food restaurant.
I am addicted to arbys roast beef and cheddars and have been for about 3 months in a row now and idk why the only thing i ever order is 4 roast been and cheddars and a large fry and large soda but nothing beats it sometimes I go next door to mcdonalds and order a double quarter pounder with cheese value meal though because arbys isnt that filling but tastes good. I am not a small guy and about 450 pounds though so I have a big apetite though.
The trick for Arbys is to order two giant roast beef sandwiches, grab the roast beef off one and stack it on the remaining sandwich, re-install the top of the bun, ditch the spare buns then grab one of the big plastic bottles of Arbys sauce (if they still have them), punch through the center of the top and inject sauce until it oozes out all around the outside edge of the bun. This is correct preparation to truly enjoy the Arbys experience. You must have potato cakes too with a big pool of Arbys sauce to dip them in. Don't forget the coke !
@@JacobKinsley Ya know, I did this so many times in my 20s and now I'm almost 65 and love tellin them stories. Every year the Arbys sandwiches get bigger and taller and up to but not including 1 gallon or more sauce was used per per incident. That was back when cokes were made with real sugar and not HFCS ... that is why I'm probably still alive.
Lately it’s been a serious “WHERE IS THE BEEF”"…. I need to take their advertisement beef sandwich pictures in to the restaurant..make it like it shows!!
When i was young my dad took me to Arbys here in Akron Ohio my first visit. When you walked in the order counter had a large deli slicer on it and you got to watch your sammy being made. That piece of meat on that slicer was a ROAST FRIENDS. When they got rid of the slicer i knew something went to hell. Not beef anymore.
I have had Arby's Roast Beef since the 70's and I'd like to know why Arby's Roast Beef looks and tastes so much different then Boars Head brand at the local Deli counter ???
Wouldn't it be nice to find a deli roast beef with just as much flavor? I'm from Buffalo NY and beef on weck is a staple here, but I still go for Arby's because it is packed with flavor
I worked at Arby’s when I was younger and their roast beef is cooked daily. But it comes in a bag and after opening the consistency is a thick purée beef with solid chunks mixed in there and mixed with salt and spices. After it cooks it is a solid mass that can be sliced. It still tastes delicious to me though and I eat there quite a bit. That is why it is so tender and consistent type of texture kind of like bologna of beef. The so called fact checkers from snoops debunk certain claims but it is not completely true. IT IS 100% beef not fake or artificial but the slabs that are cooked are not 100% solid when raw. I know. I held it in my hands before it was cooked. It seriously felt like it could have slipped through my fingers if held long enough. If it had a solid meat core with a very think puree beef outer covering I can not say for 100% certainty. It seemed like a consistent texture all the way through though. But if it did have a solid core you would be able to tell the texture difference when eating it with the outer edges compared to the middle. It was in 1994-1995 and the consistency is the same now when I eat there compared to when I worked there so I highly doubt they changed how they do it. Bologna is 100% meat too but it isn't solid before hand only after cooked. It is super tender. But like I said I specifically remember there being chunks of solid meat pieces being mixed into the meat puree.The official letter from Jim Lowder to Snoops does not anywhere say it is a completely solid cut of beef. You can tell the truth from a certain point of view omitting certain facts or framing your words a certain way so it is perceived the by the reader in a certain light. Hamburgers are 100% beef but they are ground beforehand and solidify together once cooked. So pureed beef would be the same.
It's not roast beef. It's pressed and formed bits of beef, and they are not roasted but rather steamed. The only major chain that actually sold roast beef is defunct (Roy Roigers' Roast Beef).
My friend worked there. He told me “roast beef” was this congealed bag they put in oven and it comes out solid. I believe it cuz it doesn’t taste like any roast beef Ive have. Its gelatinous and has no texture like any roast beef I’ve got from a deli. Got they got other meats cuz their roast beef was gross.
2:03 no longer sliced to order. It get pre-sliced about all times because of a meat tub system. Meat is sliced, put in these tubs, and stored in a heated rack. They’re time sitting pre-sliced is good for 3 hours.
I brought one today...and I haven't ate one in about 6 years. It was so dreadful....nothing but process meat at it best!!!! I took the sandwich apart and looked closely at it. It's nothing like the meat they used 20 years ago or more. Anyway I will stick to their fish sandwich which is great during Lent Holiday.
Arby's first appeared on the scene in the 1960s - and in those days it was (before slicing) real sides of beef (and delicious). Arby's quickly became my favorite fast food place. Alas, after a year or two they switched to beef loaf - which wasn't nearly as good. I quit going - and still avoid them to this day!
This an add, not a news piece. The question about the meat was actually avoided by them rewriting the question. The real claim isn't that it's artificial meat, but that it's a processed meat fused together with enzymes ,,, cooked, and then sliced as if it was a normal cut of meat.
I worked at an Arby’s a few years ago in high school and hated every moment of it because fast food. My place was busy all the time because of its location, so. But the roast beef really is roasted for that solid four hours and sliced for every order. Arguably best spot on the line to work too
Having worked for Arby's, I know all their suppliers are top line. Biggest fault, Getting the buns toasted and product out the door HOT!! Overall tho, still better than a burger joint.
It is so easy for compeating fast food chains to trash talk Arby's, but once you've tried it for real, you immediately see the lies. If you have five compeating fast food chains on one city block, you need to stifle the competition.
I worked at Arby’s when I was younger and their roast beef is cooked daily. But it comes in a bag and after opening the consistency is a thick purée beef with solid chunks mixed in there and mixed with salt and spices. After it cooks it is a solid mass that can be sliced. It still tastes delicious to me though and I eat there quite a bit. That is why it is so tender and consistent type of texture kind of like bologna of beef. The so called fact checkers from snoops debunk certain claims but it is not completely true. IT IS 100% beef not fake or artificial but the slabs that are cooked are not 100% solid when raw. I know. I held it in my hands before it was cooked. It seriously felt like it could have slipped through my fingers if held long enough. If it had a solid meat core with a very think puree beef outer covering I can not say for 100% certainty. It seemed like a consistent texture all the way through though. But if it did have a solid core you would be able to tell the texture difference when eating it with the outer edges compared to the middle. It was in 1994-1995 and the consistency is the same now when I eat there compared to when I worked there so I highly doubt they changed how they do it. Bologna is 100% meat too but it isn't solid before hand only after cooked. It is super tender. But like I said I specifically remember there being chunks of solid meat pieces being mixed into the meat puree.The official letter from Jim Lowder to Snoops does not anywhere say it is a completely solid cut of beef. You can tell the truth from a certain point of view omitting certain facts or framing your words a certain way so it is perceived the by the reader in a certain light. Hamburgers are 100% beef but they are ground beforehand and solidify together once cooked. So pureed beef would be the same.
Some years back they introduced their version of cordon-bleu and it was and is good, but I rarely eat anything but their roast beef, because it's not only good, but a simple sandwich and there's not much to wonder about what you're getting. It's seasoned meat and bread. You can add cheeses and things like Arby's sauce, but you don't have to to still have a good filling sandwich. I also occasionally like the French dip, which I know ups the sodium for sure. I really wish they has fries better than the curly ones. I just don't like them and op for potato cakes, even though they are quite greasy.
Yeah, I remember! Arby’s had a giant beef roast rotisserie vertically displayed. The fat was dripping too. The roast beef sandwich was thin but tasted delicious! Now, I do not even go to Arby’s since 1985? or around that time frame!
I remember going to Arby's in the early 70's and seeing a giant slab of roast beef hanging from a chain in a glass illuminated display case behind the counter. They would slice the beef from there and it was real roast beef and taste good. I think they sold for around .79 back then. Later on the quality declined and so did their sales which hurt the chain and with so many ownership changes so many stored closed down until they reemerged again and again. Now I think they got it right.
I worked at Arby's in the mid 90s and invented the Big Montana. They never gave me credit, I came up with it when I would close with one of the assistant managers who used to be my friend. We hated that there was so much Roast Beef left over from the sham. So, before we threw it away, we made ourselves some killer sandwiches. Mine was Lettuce, Tomato and Mayo on a regular bun piled high with meat. Admittedly mine was probably a two-pounder. lol Loved that roast beef. Still do.
I am retired and have never worked in any fast restaurant and have never worked with Arby's in any capacity. It is my favorite fast food restaurant. At most Arby's you can actually see them slicing the meat. The people at the Arby's I go to are some the nicest and best at customer service. I love the horsey sauce, I love horseradish and like their Arby's sauce. I love their gyros and am addicted to their Beef dip sandwiches. I am looking forward to trying their fish sandwiches. They sold Cuban sandwiches in my area for a bit; but, I failed to try one and I love Cuban sandwiches. So, why all the nice words from me, simple, my mother told me it was "mystery meat", so I didn't eat it. 40 years later I tried it and loved it. I hate onions and was a culinary coward because people slipped them into everything I ate when I was young and set "you can't taste them", I would ask, "then why use them?" In my 30s, I started trying new foods, in my 50s I was responsible for finding restaurants for my family and friends. Long story. Name a cuisine and I have led friends to try it, except sushi, some wont try it. For what it is worth.
I, too, LOVE those french dips, man. One time I got home and their forgot my au jus and I lost my shit. I had to go back to get it lol. But hey, their fish sandwich is very good. I miss their cajun fish sandwich though. That thing was delicious.
I used to love Arby’s roast beef sandwiches, now the beef looks like shoe leather and tastes like it could be. The cheese has an old taste to it. They have gone downhill from several years ago.
Less Talk, More Delicious, you wouldn't be on an Arby's if you hadn't had at least once one of their RB sandwiches with the horsey (horseradish-based) sauce. One was made for the other (I wouldn't have horseradish in any other way but on an RB sandwich...).
I worked at Arbys....the meat IS meat,,,its not meat paste that comes in a bag. I will eat anything from Arbys to this day because its the real food,,,unlike the other fast food places
Lets make sure we’re clear here, when I eat at a fast food place, like Arby’s, the Last thing on my mind is calorie content, the amount of salt, or prep time. All I want is a beef sandwich, or 2, fries and a drink. Make it medium to go, please.
Delicious stuff! The Greek Gyro is superb. There are no Greek restaurants nearby and frankly this is just a great gyro, even compared to when I lived in a place with plenty of them. (It would be nice if they had hummus but you can't have everything...) And yes, the jamocha shake as well as having coke zero, just icing on the cake. Oh and the curly fries. Oh man...
Trust me the gyros are not good. There are no good gyros in the US. If you want a good gyros you have to go to Europe. Once you've had one over there you'll never like the ones in America.
@@JamesSmith-jx1sh perhaps true but you just make me sad for what can be. Still, the fact that they are better yonder doesn't mean that we can't enjoy what we have here. Ignorance is bliss and all that...
I used to work slicer when I was in my late teens and early 20s way back when. So many people out there should be thankful that I wasn't armed when it was 5 for 5.
😂 u must of got a shitty part of the roast beef or they sliced it to thick you should be able to grab a slice of roast beef and see thru it that's how they teach us to slice it but sometimes we don't pay attention and the machine slices it to thick or we slice to much and it sits there for awhile and gets dry .
I used to work at Arby's and the roast beef they receive comes in a roasting bag and when thawed, looks like a bag stuffed with vomit. Even knowing this, I still eat Arby's. It's delicious.
A Reg Roast Beef with Mustard and a order of curly fries, will ALWAYS be the BEST Fast Food I can order! FOR ME, Arby's IS and will ALWAYS be the BEST fast food Restaurant anyone can go to!
...I thought you were gonna tells "Why Does Arby Meat not only look like Rubber?"...its even elastic?...I roasted lots of beefs and can cut a smorgasbord sliver slice...and it never resembles Arby's "latex loaf"...
I loved arby's i've worked for them over 3 times in my life. the so called roast beef, is well, beef, and roasted, but not like a traditional roast, think of it like when you go to the store and buy luncheon meat slices. you know how you get chopped ham slices? how it looks like a bunch of ham shapes all pressed together to make a loaf and then they roast it and slice it? well it's the exact same thing we use at arby's. it comes looking like a big specifically shaped loaf that resembles meat loaf but in bigger chunks, it comes already prepped and ready to roast in the oven. some locations I have noticed cooks them in the oven differently though. some take them out of the vacuum sealed package and wraps the entire top with aluminium foil and stabs a meat thermometer into each one than bakes it. others do the same thing, but leave them in the bag as well, as to keep them juicier and marinate themselves in its own juices. either way. I guarantee you it doesn't look anything like hotdog batter like in the end of this video lol also I miss how we used to carry what I felt was some of our biggest sellers. in the early 2000's we used to sell polar bear or arctic swirls. which was the vanilla milkshake blended with your choice of 1 of 4 different candies to choose from, i think they were: butterfinger, heath, oreo, & mini m&m, then they were topped with whipped cream, and sprinkled with additional candy that you chose. and we also used to sell baked potatoes. they were prebaked first, then we would nuke them to order, split them, and load them with the cheese sauce, and add chopped green bell peppers and onions and melted butter. it was really good. but out of the blue, they terminated them from the menu. a few years later i worked at another state and location, around 2006, and they came out with those loaded potato bites. and oh man, i gained some weight from those. lol talk about good eating. I haven't eaten from arby's in years now, I'm more of a quiznos and schlotzkey's deli kind of guy as it refers to sandwhiches. quiznos has the best hand scooped milkshakes and best soups i have ever had so far. their 3 bean chili or chicken corn chowder is to die for. tastes homemade to me. doesn't taste all cheap like the crap at subway or others I have dined at.
TRUTH...Back in the 70s and 80s their roast beef was more like real roast beef that you would cook at home or get from a quality deli. Sadly for the past thirty years Arby's roast beef is very processed and tastes nothing like the good old days when it was the real deal.
