Our biggest Fast Food Week harvest to date! Something in every category, with an emphasis on The Movies! And a plea from Hershey’s to exempt cocoa from the Trump Tariffs… If not, chocolate con-fection prices will rocket!
A Cici’s Value Pack…
The rundown…
‘New-stalgia’ boom brings back Bloomin’ Onion Seasoning, Bunny-themed Krispy Kreme Collection for Easter…
Mains
Cici’s rolls out Value Packs
Each Value Pack contains 2 Medium, Large or Giant sized pizzas plus one a ‘smaller-portion’ side (choose from Garlic Cheesy Bread, Cinnamon Rolls, or Brownies). Order now for takeout, online or in-store at all locations.
Arby’s débuts new jumbo BBQ Sandwiches
These Quarter-Pound BBQ bunwiches are courtesy of a partnership with, ‘a lifestyle brand created by actors and comedians, Anthony Anderson and Cedric the Entertainer’. There’s a Pulled Pork sandwich and a sliced Brisket sandwich, available in sweet and spicy versions. (See photo, top of page.) Available now at participating locations US-wide.
Subway brings back $6.99 Footlong deal
The Deal can be used with any Footlong sub on the regular menu (excluding add-ons). It’s is good for one use per order using the code ‘699FL’, when you order using the code ‘699FL’.
At participating locations US-wide,when ordering through the Subway website or mobile app. Best item selection range of any such deal going…
Hardee’s Sumer Menu is out!
… And it’s headlined by a pair of Homestyle Breakfast Burritos: the Sausage, Egg, and Cheese; or the Loaded Breakfast. Check out all the summer specials at this detailed webpage… Whew you’ll also find some specials for Hardee’s My Rewards members…
Sides
Cholula blasts out 11 new Hot Condiments
It’s an all-new line of 11 sauces, cooking sauces, seasoning mixes, and toppings. Each comes in an appropriate bottle, jar, squeeze bottle or pouch. Designed to make dispensing easy and accurate. The overriding flavour theme is ‘low-and-slow cooked’…
Beverages
Shake Shack pours new shakes for Summer
Try the new: Oreo Cookie Funnel Cake Shake, Banana Pudding Shake, or Campfire S’mores Shake. And save a little cash using the afternoon shake promotion.
Pay just $4 for any shake when you order via an in-restaurant kiosk, or for pick-up, or via the Shake Shack mobile app or website, between 2pm and 5pm now through June 30.
Burger King greets Summer with New Frozen Drinks
The slush-based duo, in Strawberry or Blue Raspberry flavour, are ‘newstalgia-ized’ with toppings of NERDS popping candies which, ‘create an explosion of fun with every sip’. Available now into the summer for a limited though unspecified time…
Lipton Lemonade x Iced Tea gets fruity
Lemonade crossed with Iced Tea is the big beverage trend – or should we say, ‘twist?’ This Summer Lipton’s entry in the race offers 2 flavours: Pineapple Mango and Strawberry. The Lipton Fusions line contains 50 percent less sugar than traditional soda. “With Lipton Fusions, we want everyone to ex-perience that ‘Lipton Taste, Summer Feeling’ any time they want,” says Zach Harris, Vice President/General Manager of the Pepsi Lipton Partnership in North America.
Celcius Retro-Vibe Headlines Summer Tour
The energy drink brand is sponsoring the summer-long ‘retro-vibe’ Breakaway music festival series. And its caffeine-boosted bevs will certainly keep the vibes coming!
Each can has everything you need to party until sunrise, delivering 200 milligrams of caffeine and seven better-for-you vitamins: Calcium, Vitamin C, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B12, Biotin, Pantothenic Acid, and Chromium…
Desserts & Snacks
Lunchables intros PB&J Snacks
They’re apparently on crustless bread – like Uncrustibles – and stuffed with either PB& Grape or Strawberry Jam. The triangular sandwiches are embosed shut along 2 sides and built for dipping. You get two per package plus 2 tubs of appropriately-flavoured dip. Who will be next to join the PB&J Sandwich crusade recently licked off by Hershey’s?
KFC offers 5 Tenders for $5
It’s a great deal – if you’re a KFC Rewards member, ordering through the KFC website or mobile app. Available now through through Sunday, May 11, at participating KFC locations US-wide.Looks like KFC wanted to respond forcefully to the launch of McDonald’s Tenders, earlier this week on May 5.
Outback celebrates The Onion with ‘Bloomerangs’
They’re boomerang-shaped mozzarella sticks generously coated with Outback’s famous Bloomin’ Onion Seasoning blend and deep fried to a gooey-inside crispy golden brown.
You get 6 pieces per order plus a side of classic Marina for dipping, because, “some things you don’t mess with…”
Krispy Kreme embraces Easter with ‘retro’ collection
KK is offering a special Bunny-themed collection for Easter… You recognise some old faves among the 4-design selection which features: The Bunny Basket, the Marshmallow Bunny, the Bouncy Bunny and the Strawberry Iced with Sprinkles doughnuts… The Hoppy Easter Collection is available now in-store, for pickup or delivery via the Krispy Kreme app and website, and in 6-count boxes at select grocery partners.
Baskin-Robbins’ May FoM is Strawberry Tres leches
… And it’s joined on the monthly special rotation by new Lava Colada. B-R also features 2 new has two Mother’s Day-themed cakes: Perfect Peony and Strawberries ‘n Cream. Both can be customized with your choice of cake and ice cream as well as a custom message.
Novelties
The Final Reckoning Popcorn Bucket
Tom Cruise / Mission: Impossible fans will know that the next installment in the movie franchise will be it final outing. They’ll also know it’s going to be part two of Dead Reckoning, In which Ethan Hunt and cCo. save the world once and for all!
Now, we hear there’s special new popcorn bucket coming to theatres showing the feature – which looks like a power module from the demon machine the MI team must defeat. It also requires 2 special keys to open it. And you have to find them! Final Reckoning hits theaters on May 23.
Lilo & Stitch celebrate SPAM
Did you know that SPAM has a special place in the heart of Lilo & Stitch’s Stitch character? Now, the classic spiced ham luncheon meat is offering a limited supply of special edition SPAM cans celebra-ting the association and the legendary SPAM Hawaiian connection. It’s all part of the run-up to the latest slice of the L&S live-action Disney movie franchise, premiereing in Theatres May 23.
KFC ‘sticks’ Philippines with Salted Caramel
The Chicken brand is gifting the Philippines with a limited tie taste of its new Salted Cramel Kraze glaze. “Think of it as Hot & Crispy chicken, but with a golden pour of salted caramel sauce—balancing heat with a creamy, buttery sweetness that just works,” says reviewer Reach Guinto… The flavour ‘shows up’ in several menju items inclusing, Salted Caramel Chicken, Salted Caramel Zinger, and even a Salted Caramel Twister.
Events
Hershey’s wants tariff exemptions on cocoa
If you used as much the stuff as Hershey’s, you would too. Ongoing tariffs could cost the company, ‘between $15 million and $20 million during the second quarter alone, with potential cumulative costs nearing $100 million in the latter half of the year’. ”
Michele Buck, Hershey’s CEO, says, “Cocoa cannot be grown in the United States, and thus, we are engaging with the U.S. government to seek an exemption.”
Never too young for Credit Cards?
Liam LaFavers, left alone with his Mom’s credit card and phone recently ordered 30 cases of Dum-Dums lollypops – a $4,200 ‘investment’. Mom Holly LaFavers, is still trying to cancel. “I can say now that I’m on the other side of it, don’t panic,” she said. “Everything will eventually work out. Just have faith that everything will be OK, because it will be fine – and make sure you lock your phone.”
And that’s the skinny…
On what’s going to be making some of us a little more ‘swavoury’ over the coming days and weeks, See you back here in 7 for the next leaf-popping edition of Fast Food Week…
~ Maggie J.