Today is March 31, 2023, but some companies are getting the jump on April Fools' Day this year, apparently trying to make a bigger impression given this year's prank fest falls on a Saturday. The first entry this year comes from a restaurant well known to college kids and late-night cravings, White Castle.
In a release received today, the company says that it's releasing a brand-new menu item on April 1. The company's new 100% all-beef burger is the same size and shape of its original slider, but with far fewer calories. Named Slider Lites, the new product doesn't use an innovative production process or new form of additive to their protein. Instead, the company is replacing its traditional five-hole patty, which was developed in 1947 as a way to increase the speed at which sliders cook and to help the flavor of the onions more thoroughly permeate the burger, with one large hole.