The Fast Food News this week is headlined by a number of new family dine at home packs from Red Lobster, Wendy’s Taco Bell and Popeye’s. Additional reports cover summer Dessert menu additions from Dairy Queen and Krispy Kreme. And Kit Kat launches a summer frozen treat: Kit Kat Ice Cream Cones…
The Red Lobster Lobster Date Night pack: Get free downloadable backgrounds
and music to ‘recreate the Date Night experience at home’…
Red Lobster brings Date Night home
RL is offering a selection of three Date Night packages you can pick up or have delivered to recreate the Date Night experience at home during the COPVID-19 lock down. Choose The Lobster Date Night, The Surf and Turf Date Night or the Ultimate Date Night. Each comes with coordinated Appetizers, Entrées, Sides and Desserts. Choose also from a number of different ZOOM backgrounds and a custom-curated Spotify Date Night Playlist, all downloadable from the Red Lobster website.
Wendy’s débuts Feed The Fam Meals
Perhaps a little late to the party, Wendy’s is offering family meal deals for takeout and delivery. One deal includes 2 Double Stack Burgers, 2 Crispy chicken Sandwiches and 2 Small Fries. one notch up the price ladder comes a deal including Spicy 2 Chicken Sandwiches, 2 Junior Bacon Cheeseburgers (JBCs), and 4 Small Fries. It appears beverages are not included in the Feed The Fam Meals.
Taco Bell rolls out Cravings Pack
The Bell is serving a stripped down version of its regular Party Packs featuring 12 Tacos and/or Bean Burritos. The Cravings Pack includes 4 Tacos (any combination of Crunchy or Soft) plus 4 Beefy 5-Layer Burritos. At participating locations.
Popeye’s Meal Deal supports New Orleans
Popeye’s is launching a limited time Meal Deal, the proceeds from which will support the hungry in its home town, New Orleans. The NOLA Strong Meal deal includes 12 pieces of Fried Chicken, 2 sides, 6 biscuits, a Popeyes branded NOLA Strong t-shirt, and a NOLA Strong hat, all for about $30. The deal aims to fund the donation of 1,000,000 meals for families in need through the Second Harvest Food Bank. It will be available from Popeyes’s locations across the U.S., while supplies last.
Dairy Queen reveals Summer Blizzard Menu
Here they are – the Blizzard flavours fans will be slurping this summer: the Brownie Dough Blizzard (April’s Flavour of the Month), the Oreo Cheesecake Blizzard, the Frosted Animal Cookie Blizzard, the Wonder Woman Cookie Collision Blizzard, the Raspberry Fudge Bliss Blizzard, the S’mores Blizzard, the Cotton Candy Blizzard, and the Royal Rocky Road Trip Blizzard. All will be available for limited times throughout the summer.
Kit Kat Ice Cream Cones arrive for summer
Kit Kat has released self-branded ‘drumstick style’ Ice Cream Cones, in 2 versions: Vanilla Wafer with Fudge and Chocolate Wafer. They’re both served in Waffle Cones and Dipped in a Chocolate Coating with Crispy Wafer Pieces. Get ’em at Walmart, in 8-cone packs. How long will they be available? Kit Kat gives no indication. But I’d say they’ll be in the freezer section until the end of the summer.
Krispy Kreme launches Fruit Glazes
KK is offering new Fruit-Glazed Doughnuts starting on April 28, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays only. Got that? You’ll be able to feast on: Strawberry Glazed and Strawberry Kreme Filled Donuts (available April 28 through May 1); Key Lime Glazed and Key Lime Kreme Filled Donuts (available May 5 through May 8); and Lemon Glazed and Lemon Kreme Filled Donuts (available May 12 thorough May 15, 2020). A taste of Spring…
Meanwhile…
Check out the websites for all your fave local restos to see what kind of lock down deals they’re offering right now. Those that are still open would love to hear from you!
And that’s the skinny…
… On what’s out there to keep your hunker down at home menus interesting for the next few weeks. See you back here in 7 for another edition of Fast Food Week!
~ Maggie J.