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Carls Jr

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Consumer complaints and reviews about Carls Jr

Cutthecarl Send email
 
Jun 20, 2015

Misrepresentation and False Advertising

If Carl's Jr. wishes advertise for America, as it suggests in its most recent commercial, it would behoove their marketing team do a bit of research to properly represent this great country. By promoting mindless and derogatory stereotypes of American citizens, Carl's Jr. does a great disservice to our country.
Concerned Citizen.
sdebfack Send email
 
Jun 12, 2015

degrading commercials

Please clean up your commercials. They are degrading against women. We drove past a carls Jr the other day and my daughter said mommy look its the naked girl store. I don't think this is how children should see your business. All of our neighbors, friends etc refuse to buy anything from your stores because of the choice of your commercials. I even know people whose marriages were destroyed and YOUR commercials were part for the reasoning. It is not fair for little girls to grow up thinking that is the way they should be when they are an adult. Your commercials are more influential than you think. On the other hand, you do know how influential they can be. Thus the reason why you are airing the soft porn. Your ads make me sick. I will never purchase anything from you. The most descent commercial I have seen from your restaurant was the biscuits getting made every morning. There was no half naked woman, just a worker and the food. The way it should be. Are you guys just that self conscious that you won't sell unless you advertise sluts? I'm sorry for calling them that but they know what they are doing, and who is looking. My family and I are actually looking into finding a filter for our tv just RI avoid your commercials. Come on if mcdonalds can make millions without the use of sex appeal, why can't you? we shouldn't have to filter our home. Your business is the one that needs to filter. have some class. Your company is disgusting!!!!
leejonwill Send email
 
Jun 11, 2015

carls

Ordered the amazing well advertised, sexy etc All American Burger with fries today. And I will say this, "There is Nothing about it that relates to All American" This was the worst hamburger that I have ever had. Eating a well done piece of well done dead cardboard wiith delicious lettuce and tomato (I asked for lite onion and got none) has to be the most disgusting meal that I have ever had. And, to make matters even worse, the fries were wilting, not crisp and hot.. First time that I have ever had "wilted fires" Maybe Limp would be better. I can promise you this, I will never order any food from Carls again during the remaining years of my life. Not that you care.

Your Ads are impressive but if you can't live up to the image that you show, you are wasting a lot of advertising dollars. Money down the drain. This meal cost almost $10.00,. A Lot of money for a rotten meal.
change is needed Send email
 
Jun 11, 2015

sexually oriented commercials

Please take your filthy commercials off the air. We will not purchase items at Carl's Jr. restaurants because this is not family oriented advertising and as consumers, we have had enough!
swimmingsharkkisses Send email
 
Jun 8, 2015

Sexist, smutty conmercials

This has gone on long enough! We are forced to watch every second of some half naked woman performing
fellatio on a meat patty, when all we are trying to do is watch a family program! It's shameful, sexist, and inappropriate! And I know you target "hungry guys", ranging from 18-34 years old who are complete idiots (not all of them) who think that a top heavy woman slobbering over sub-par, low quality hamburgers is sexy. There are some men who have daughters, sisters, and wives, who don't want other men seeing them as nothing more than objects. And the one thing I hate more than the ad campaign is the asshole who does the voice overs! Being a woman, I hate seeing smutty ads like this; you might as well add a girl reenacting a scene from 50 Shades of Grey with a burger since your sexist crap always goes past the radar! I will never eat in your food chain again unless you clean up your act, for good!
cb ad guy Send email
 
Jun 1, 2015

Carl's Sexismis is Unnecessary

My career has been in advertising and marketing for over 30 years. I have made many food commercials in my day. I NEVER had to resort to selling soft porn to move my products. It is offensive and unnecessary, Carl's actually has a great burger. They should just say that. Better yet, just have a blind taste panel and prove it. That impresses people. Sex and burgers does not, and never will. WAKE UP, CARL'S MORON AGERNCY.
Nikki8879 Send email
 
Jun 1, 2015

Ads for Carl's jr.

For some reason your ads aire in my city even though we do not currently have a Carl's ...but I hope we never do. I would never eat there simply due to your distasteful disrespectful ads towards women. You don't market at all towards women. Fools! We are the major spenders of society!
grmartinez Send email
 
May 16, 2015

COUPONS

CARL'S JR NOT HONORING COUPONS FOR BREAKFAST WE ATE THERE AND COUPONS WERE LEFT ON OUR TRAY
THE WEEK BEFORE SO WHEN WE WENT BACK FOR BREAKFAST THE MANAGER WOULD NOT HONOR THE COUPONS
(1ST ORDER BACON&EGG WITH CHEESE(2ND ORDER MONSTER BISCUIT SAUSAGE W/EGG AND CHEESE WE LEFT THE ESTABLISHMENT VERY SAD AND WILL NEVER GO BACK FOR BREAKFAST,WE HAD TAKEN OUR GRANDDAUGHTER
SHE WAS VERY HAPPY TO GO TO CARL'S JR BUT VERY SAD BECAUSE THE MANAGER WOULD NOT HONOR THE COUPONS COUPONS HAS -$2.00 EACH COUPON
grmartinez Send email
 
May 16, 2015

coupons

May 9,2015 early in the morning around 730 am,my wife mention she had Carl,s Jr coupon for breakfast,I said ok we will skip going to our favorite
location,we went to the establishment located across from Starbucks ,corner of W Military Dr in San Antonio Texas next to Denny,s
we really enjoyed the breakfast (1st) order biscuit with bacon & egg +tea (2nd) order was monster biscuit sausage+egg w/cheese -$2.00 coupon each
excellent breakfast///1 week later we went to the same location with my granddaughter looking and excited she was going to Carl,s Jr for breakfast
When we arrived and approach the counter the manager advised us they were not going to honor the coupons we had received on our food tray the week before
we were sadden and left ,if that is the way they treat their customer I will never again go to the establishment again its very close to my house
wanted to let someone in upper management know
Kimberlydawn Send email
 
May 2, 2015

Using sexism in their commercials

While my eight year old daughter and I are watching Kung Fu Panda 2 on FX, this awful SEXIST Carl's Jr. commercial comes on featuring this half naked women eating something in an overly sexual way......honestly! During a FAMILY MOVIE???? Disgusting and disturbing and definitely inappropriate. I had to explain that the commercial was bad for presenting a lady like that...but really, why should I be put in this predicament when watching a family movie? What is wrong with Carl's Jr.? No wonder today's youth are all confused and messed up! If racism is illegal....why the heck isn't SEXISM???? Carl's Jr. needs to STOP OBJECTIFYING WOMEN!
jman Send email
 
May 2, 2015

Buttermilk Biscuits

I don;t know why but this commercial is extremely annoying. Every youtube video starts off with you pouring your dumb buttermilk in a blender making a horrible *glug glug glug* noise and some ass says "All natural buttermi-" skip... I Don't really have any rational explanation as to why this is so bothersome, but I seriously took the time to write this paragraph about how terrible this commercial is. Go back to objectifying women in your commercials, it works better and doesn't make people irrationally angry (they're rationally angry at your portrayal of women.)
BDPerson Send email
 
Apr 1, 2015

Carl Jr's Explicit Ads

Carol Jr's ad campaign reveals the core of this company's values and quality of product: TASTELESS! I'm glad I got to see the ads. Now I know NOT to go there; nor will I be going with my family and friends. The anti-Carl Jr's campaign has begun.
dnow2 Send email
 
Mar 31, 2015

sleazy ads

I recently saw an offensive carl’s jr. commercial. It is an extremely sad commentary on the lack of moral character within a company to stoop to the point of demeaning womanhood by encouraging them to dress immodestly and act with immoral overtones in a commercial just to sell a product. carl’s jr. has fallen into this category as a company. Even after calling and complaining, they still have another disgusting video on their website. Unless they clean up their act, I assure you I will not be buying their product. Again, on yet another forum, I am asking them to stop advertising their sleaze immediately!
Scampinsb Send email
 
Mar 29, 2015

Carl's Jr Commercial

It's not often that marketing turns me from a customer to a non-customer, but Carl's managed to do that through their marketing campaign apparently aimed at insulting men's intelligence and assaulting the dignity of women -- half of their potential customers. I stopped eating at carls when this marketing campaign began some years ago. I was sitting at home moments ago watching a program with my six-year-old son and a carl's commercial came on -- it was so suggestive and demeaning it was depressing. --. My sons are 6 and 9, and Carls is apparently committed to making society less dignifying of both men and women. Didn't think they would stick with this insulting course of marketing. It's a shame.
smithy Send email
 
Mar 15, 2015

Carl's Jr. Commercial

I will never eat at Carl's Jr. again thanks to their offensive and sexist ad campaign. Do they really need to resort to this type of advertising when they actually have the best food in the fast food industry? Does your food not speak for itself?
karep1234 Send email
 
Mar 14, 2015

Carls Jr. DISGUST

I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who is getting disgusted by these commercials of showing women as once again sex objects. Shame on the women in the commercial as well. Won't go into the name calling of them just that they must have really low self esteem & desperate. I don't have any small children in my house but it is my granddaughter now that doesn't need to see this & in the middle of the day during a decent movie time. Stop it Carl's Jr you are just making matters worse & less customers. Me & everyone I know have been added to the list in the last couple of years. Modern tech has made things way too easy for this kind of stuff-now t.v. Don't you also notice that the other fast food companies don't have to stoop this low.
gam Send email
 
Mar 14, 2015

Suggestive, Offensive Ads

If Carl Karcher were still with us, I am absolutely sure he would be horrified at where his company has chosen to go. What was once a wholesome, family-oriented fast food chain has now turned into a borderline sleazy marketing operation. Obviously, Carl's Jr. has hired a new advertising agency -- one that believes sex can sell anything. In my opinion, it was an extremely poor decision and one that may cost the company a large percentage of their loyal customers.
thatsjustwrong Send email
 
Mar 11, 2015

Carl's Jr Commercials

I don't really care about the objectification issue. Ellen has proved has proved it's all just great fun. The thing that I find unappetizing about these commercials is that they seem to want to associate testicular sweat with a burger's aroma. Just plain gross, I'll not be eating there ever.
InNOutFan Send email
 
Mar 7, 2015

Disgusting ads

Hmmm...I see a boatload of complaints from extremely dissatisfied (former) customers yet no reply from anyone at Carls Jr. Do they feel they don't need to apologize for their insulting ads? Regardless of who is watching--children or adults--their ads are offensive to any age. Like the people submitting their comments above, I, too, am through eating at Carl's Jr. If they don't care enough about insulting their customers, then their customers have plenty of reason to eat elsewhere. It's hard to imagine that they can't come up with a clean, creative way to advertise their products. I'm sticking with In-N-Out.
HelpUs Send email
 
Mar 7, 2015

No more Carls Jr for me. EVER.

I cant believe the commercials that they air on TV. Its pretty sad that they cant find a classier way to advertise. Why would you put such sexual things into a house full of children? To whoever thinks of these ads and approves them... Would you want your son or daughter doing these commercials? Please have respect for the people who actually have morals in their families. I for one will never eat there again, and I will try to dissuade anyone I know from eating there!
zander Send email
 
Mar 6, 2015

inappropriately sexual ads

This ad does not have men thinking of food. I find it appalling that it is also show as early as 5pm when children are watching TV.
This ad is insulting to women. We are a lot ore than sex objects. We will not be eating at Carl Jr. again.. That ad should be pulled at once.
zander Send email
 
Mar 6, 2015

not approriatelad for a hamburger

This ad is to sexual ad for hamburgers and airing from 5pm-? when young children are watching tv. This ad does not have men thinking of hamburgers. We will not being eating at Carl Jrs. again. Carl Jr should be aiming ad to families . Who approves this ad?
It also is degrading to women. We are lot more than sexual objects.
betsysmom Send email
 
Mar 2, 2015

No More Carl Junior's for MY HOUSE!!

The tomato rear end and bouncing boobs is so offensive. I will vote with my feet and pocket book. NO more Carl Junior's for ME!! Just because there is garbage in the gutter and pigs eat it doesn't mean we have to lie down with them!! BOO HISS!
Arizona00 Send email
 
Mar 1, 2015

Disgusting & degrading commercials

Carls Jr commercials and ads are disgusting and degrading and would not eat there even if it was free. If this is the only way they can sell their food then it must not be worth eating.
WadingAggie Send email
 
Mar 1, 2015

Obscene ads

My first experience with Carl's Junior ads was in the past year. They are very obscene. The first I saw had a woman asking a man on a plane if he wanted to join the mile high club. I have seen two others since then, and they always use a young woman scantily dressed to sell their hamburgers. However, it is more than the images that are obscene - it is the content.

The ads are very vulgar. I have never seen a food maker use sex to sell food before.

I was surprised to find out the company has a long history with running these vulgar ads, going back to at least 2006 with Paris Hilton eating one of the hamburgers while wearing a bathing suit.

I hope their is a stronger outcry by all. Woman are not sexual objects - they should not be used as a means to sell hamburgers.

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