Fast Food Week: Quick Service Restaurant And Snacks News!

Wow! Our headliners this week include some really great-looking mains and combos from Pizza Hut, Wendy’s, Burger King, and Subway. Beverage specials return from MTN DEW and Dunkin. And your luxe Fast Food feast is topped off with new combo-dips from Doritos…

Triple Treat Box -© 2022 Pizza Hut

Pizza Hut reprises Triple Treat Box deal…

The festively decorated combo is billed as combining ‘3 courses ‘ and ‘all the cheer’. It includes: 2 medium 1-topping pizzas, 5 breadsticks, and 10 Cinnabon Mini Rolls. The Triple Treat Box is priced around $25. – the same as the Big Dinner Box – and the price may vary depending on your geographic region…

… Intros Pizza Trio

The Pizza Hut Trio as a combo meal meant to serve three-to-four people. which includes a large 1-topping pizza, an order of oven-baked pasta, and a 2-liter Pepsi beverage. It’s available now at participating locations for around $22, depending on your geographic location.

Wendy’s blasts out new Italian Mozzarella menu

The inaugural bill of fare includes: an all-new Italian Mozzarella Chicken Sandwich; an Italian Mozzarella Cheeseburger…

Italian Mozzarella Sandwich - © 2022 Wendys

… And Garlic Fries. Customize your IM Chicken Sandwich with your choice of a Classic, Grilled, or Spicy filet.

KFC unveils 2022 Holiday Bucket

KFC has unveiled its new, festively decorated holiday bucket design. This year’s theme is ‘Sharing is Caring’.

Holiday Bucket - © 2022 KFC

The chain the chain is offering a limited-time special that gets you six free cookies with the purchase of any 12-piece or 16-piece meal at participating locations. KFC’s Famous Bowl of mashed potatoes is also back, topped with topped with bite-sized pieces of boneless fried chicken (AKA popcorn chicken), corn, gravy, and a shredded, three-cheese blend.

Burger King features ‘Royal’ Chicken Sandwich

BK is ramping up its beloved BK Italian Original Crispy Chicken Sandwich as a new new BK Italian Royal Crispy Chicken. The sammy starts with a savoury bun and adds a ‘Royal Crispy Chicken Patty’ topped with marinara sauce, melted mozzarella cheese. Available U.S.-wide for a limited time.

Arbys delivers massive Wagyu Burger

If it wasn’t a ‘Wagyuburger’, it’s size alone – more than 6 oz. / 180 g before cooking – would qualify it for the label ‘Godzillaburger’. (See photo, top of page.) Though some would say that, because it’s a 51 – 49 percent blend of Wagyu and regular ground beef, it doesn’t qualify as real Wagyu. Aside from that… The build starts with a ‘toasted, buttery brioche bun’ and the patty, topped with American Processed) cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles, red onion, and a special sauce. There’s also a Bacon Ranch version…

Subway invades public spaces with vending machines

That’s right. Subway is starting to roll out new vending machines so fans can pause in their 24/7 lives anytime and get a fresh (though ingredient-predetermined) sandwich whenever they need one.

Subway Grab and Go - © 2022 Subway

New green Grab and Go ‘smart fridges’ will let diners access ‘Subs Made Fresh Daily’ in spots where you won’t traditionally find their kind of product: such as airports, truck stop plazas, college campuses, convenience stores and hospitals. Ask the AI-equipped fridges for details on any of the menu options they offer…

Doritos scoops new fan-suggested Dips

The first two (we assume) of a new family of dips are Spicy Nacho and Cool Ranch Jalapeño. Leave a comment on the Doritos Dips launch post saying which food(s) you think could use Big ‘Dip’ Energy. It’s a contest for the best suggestions, so be sure to to include the hash tags #BigDipEnergy and #Sweepstakes. Visit www.Doritos.com/DipsGiveaway for more details.

MTN DEW Pitch Black is back!

The sinister sounding (and looking) brew is back for a limited time starting January 1, 2023. It’s been back for short runs several times since it first appeared in 2004, each time with a subtle new tweak.

Pitch Black - © 2022 MTN DEW

This time its a touch of ‘dark citrus punch’ flavor. You’ll be able to get DEW Pitch Black in Zero Sugar and Energy versions.

Dunkin brings back Free Coffee Mondays

Celebrate each Monday through November 28. Available options include Original Blend, Dunkin’ Midnight, Holiday Blend or Decaf. An all new Cookie Butter donut and a Pancake Wake-Up Wrap (which features an egg with melted cheese and your choice of protein) have also been added to the menu.

And that’s the skinny…

… On what’s going to be making some of us a little fatter how through the holidays. See you back here in 7, for the crème de la crème of the next round of top-tier fast Food offerings!

~ Maggie J.