{"id":24289,"date":"2017-08-29T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=24289"},"modified":"2021-01-13T17:56:08","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T03:56:08","slug":"fast-food-news-wendys-giant-jr-bacon-cheeseburger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/08\/29\/fast-food-news-wendys-giant-jr-bacon-cheeseburger\/","title":{"rendered":"FAST FOOD NEWS: Wendy&#8217;s Giant Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Wendys_Giant_Junior_Bacon_Cheeseburger_Combo-copy.jpg?resize=640%2C356\" alt=\"Wendys Giant Junior Bacon Cheeseburger Combo copy\" title=\"Wendys_Giant_Junior_Bacon_Cheeseburger_Combo copy.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Update: We reviewed it! <a href=http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/09\/12\/review-wendys-giant-jr-bacon-cheeseburger><\/a>Click here to read our review.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Wendy&#8217;s has beefed up it&#8217;s popular Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger, or as the cool kids call it, the JBC. The fast food chain&#8217;s new Giant Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger has double the beef, cheese, and Applewood Smoked Bacon than the JBC. It&#8217;s also topped with lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise.<\/p>\n<p>The Giant JBC is also part of a special $5 meal that includes the cheeseburger, 4-piece chicken nuggets, small fries, and a small drink. The meal is available for a limited time at participating Wendy&#8217;s restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>The burger has 540 calories, 38 grams of fat, 15 grams of saturated fat, 1.5 grams of trans fat, 125 milligrams of cholesterol, 1080 milligrams of sodium, 26 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 6 grams of sugar, and 33 grams of protein.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve tried the Giant Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger, which probably tastes like the Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger, let us know what you think in the comments.<\/p>\n<p><i>(Image via Wendy&#8217;s)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update: We reviewed it! Click here to read our review. Wendy&#8217;s has beefed up it&#8217;s popular Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger, or as the cool kids call it, the JBC. The fast food chain&#8217;s new Giant Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger has double the beef, cheese, and Applewood Smoked Bacon than the JBC. It&#8217;s also topped with lettuce, tomato, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1429],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fast-food-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20707,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/10\/13\/fast-food-news-wendys-swiss-jr-bacon-cheeseburger\/","url_meta":{"origin":24289,"position":0},"title":"FAST FOOD NEWS: Wendy&#8217;s Swiss Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger","author":"Marvo","date":"October 13, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Wendy's has a new value burger, the Swiss Junior Bacon Cheeseburger. 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