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Jul 31, 2024

Review: Jack in the Box - Mini Chimi Bang Bangs

Jack in the Box's Mini Chimi Bang Bangs next to a quarter.

Jack in the Box's Mini Chimi Bang Bangs (AKA Mini Chimichangas) are mini deep-fried burritos with a "Southwest chicken filling."

Smoothie King Reveals 2024 Pumpkin Menu

Smoothie King reveals this year's pumpkin menu, which will arrive nationwide starting August 27, 2024. Healthy Rewards members will get early access to the menu starting August 20, 2024.

Hardee's Releases $5.99 "Original Bag" Combo

Hardee's Original Bag combo meal.
Hardee's introduces the Original Bag as a value-priced combo meal for $5.99 at participating locations chain-wide for a limited time.

Dairy Queen Offers $7 Bacon Cheeseburger Meal Deal

Dairy Queen's $7 Bacon Cheeseburger Meal Deal.
Dairy Queen bolsters its lineup of $7 Meal Deals with the addition of the $7 Bacon Cheeseburger Meal Deal for a limited time at participating locations.

The discounted meal includes:

Dunkin' Debuts New Chef Nick Menu

Dunkin's Chef Nick Menu.
Dunkin' teams up with celebrity chef, Nick DiGiovanni, to launch the new, limited-time Chef Nick Menu. The new menu features four new iced coffee drinks developed in partnership with the chef.
Jul 30, 2024

Charleys Introduces New Kimchi Cheesesteak

Charleys' Kimchi Cheesesteak.
Charleys welcomes a spicy, Korean-inspired twist to the cheesesteak with the launch of the new Kimchi Cheesesteak.

White Castle Offers 10 Cheese Sliders for $7.99

10 White Castle Cheese Sliders.
White Castle reveals its entry into the fast-food value competition by offering a sack of 10 Cheese Sliders for $7.99 ($8.99 in New York and New Jersey), which is a price that the burger chain hasn't offered since 2011.

2024 National Avocado Day Deals and Specials

Panera's Avo Toast and iced coffee.
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 is National Avocado Day and if you're looking to celebrate the buttery fruit, here's a list of 2024 National Avocado Day deals and specials:

Checkers & Rally's Launches New $1.99 Bacon Ranch Cheeseburger and Fry-Seasoned Chicken Tender Wrap

Checkers & Rally's Bacon Ranch Cheeseburger and Fry-Seasoned Chicken Tender Wrap.
Checkers & Rally's lines up the new $1.99 Bacon Ranch Cheeseburger and $1.99 Fry-Seasoned Chicken Tender Wrap heading into the late summer season. The new offerings look to appeal to cash-strapped customers who balk at rising fast-food prices.

Applebee's Welcomes Back All You Can Eat Boneless Wings, Riblets, and Double Crunch Shrimp

Applebee's boneless wings, riblets, and Double Crunch Shrimp.
Applebee's brings back its "All You Can Eat Boneless Wings, Riblets, and Double Crunch Shrimp" special for a limited time this summer.
Jul 29, 2024

Review: Taco Bell - Steak Cheesy Street Chalupa

Taco Bell's Steak Cheesy Street Chalupas next to a quarter.

Taco Bell's Steak Cheesy Street Chalupa features a small Chalupa shell (fried flatbread) and a small flour tortilla with a toasty layer of melted mozzarella and pepper jack between them. Nestled in the fold of the shell, you'll find grilled marinated steak plus onions, cilantro, and new Jalapeno Ranch sauce.

McDonald's Introduces Global Menu for Summer 2024 in France

McDonald's France global menu for summer 2024.
With the 2024 Summer Olympics going on right now in Paris and with summer being a prime travel time, McDonald's France introduces a menu of McDonald's products from all around the world.

Sonic Debuts New Smash Burgers

Sonic Smasher smash burger.
Sonic adds a new hand-smashed burger to the menu with the arrival of the Sonic Smasher. The chain's first smash burger is available now via early access to Sonic App users ahead of nationwide availability starting Monday, August 5, 2024.

Krispy Kreme Selling $1 Donuts on July 31, 2024

Krispy Kreme 2024 Olympic donut.
In celebration of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Krispy Kreme will encourage customers to "Go for the Glaze" and offer any donut for a discounted price of $1 each on Wednesday, July 31, 2024.

Fatburger Introduces New Hand-Breaded Chicken Strips and Frank's RedHot Nashville Hot Sides

Fatburger's Hand-Breaded Chicken Strips.
Fatburger introduces new Hand-Breaded Chicken Strips in Traditional and Frank's RedHot Nashville Hot varieties. The fast-casual burger chain also offers the option to add the Nashville Hot Seasoning to any of its sides.
Jul 28, 2024

Crumbl Bakes New Cookies & Cream Cheesecake and More Through August 3, 2024

Crumbl's Cookies & Cream Cheesecake.
Crumbl continues to embrace non-cookie baked goods with the launch of new Cookies & Cream Cheesecake as part of this week's limited-time baked dessert lineup. Also new this week is the Double Fudge Sandwich.

Here's Crumbl's limited-time menu for the week ending August 3, 2024:

Jul 27, 2024

$5.99 Pizza Baked Spaghetti at Fazoli's

Fazoli's Pizza Baked Spaghetti.
Fast-casual Italian chain Fazoli's introduces a $5.99 Pizza Baked Spaghetti deal for this summer at participating locations.
Jul 26, 2024

Review: Trader Joe's - Chicken Karaage

A bag of Trader Joe's Chicken Karaage.

Trader Joe's Chicken Karaage is a Japanese-inspired frozen dish of "crispy seasoned dark chicken meat with a sweet & savory dipping sauce."

Dutch Bros Pours New Gold Medal Rebel

Dutch Bros Gold Medal Rebel energy drink.
Dutch Bros adds a new, limited-time flavor of the drive-thru coffee chain's Rebel energy drink that they're calling the "Gold Medal Rebel." The drink is so-named to celebrate the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Chick-fil-A Offers Free Food Rewards for Playing Mobile Game Through August 17, 2024

The mission screen of the Code Moo online game.
Chick-fil-A's Code Moo online game is back and the fast-food chain is giving free food rewards for playing through August 17, 2024, while supplies last.

The Coffee Bean Teams Up with Tokidoki for New Merch and Beverages

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf x Tokidoki beverages.
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf partners with Tokidoki to launch a limited-edition, co-branded line of beverages and merchandise inspired by Tokidoki characters.

Chobani Releases 2024 Pumpkin Spice Lineup

Chobani's 2024 pumpkin spice products.
Chobani moves early on the fall pumpkin spice mania by releasing its 2024 pumpkin spice collection now. The collection includes an assortment of dairy products along with La Colombe coffee (which is owned by Chobani).

Chobani's 2024 pumpkin spice lineup includes two new items and several returning ones. Here's what you'll find:

Jul 25, 2024

Tim Hortons Offers 50% Off Drinks Happy Hour Deal

Tim Hortons' 2024 summer drinks.
Tim Hortons offers a new Summer Menu Happy Hour that nets you a 50% discount on select drinks when purchased Monday through Thursday after 2PM.

Hershey's Already Selling Reese's Peanut Butter Pumpkins Online

An opened bag of Hershey's Peanut Butter Pumpkins.
In case you prefer the pumpkin shape or want to get a jump on Halloween in July, Hershey's is selling Reese's Peanut Butter Pumpkins for a limited time online at the Hershey's store.

New Mtn Dew Baja Blast Gelato Coming in Early September 2024

A cup of Taco Bell's Mtn Dew Baja Blast Gelato.
Taco Bell and Mountain Dew have teamed up to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Mtn Dew Baja Blast with the upcoming national launch of new Mtn Dew Baja Blast Gelato on September 3, 2024, as an exclusive, limited-time menu item for Taco Bell Rewards members.

Hostess Releases New Mystery Flavor Twinkies

A box of Mystery Flavor Twinkies.
Hostess debuts new Mystery Flavor Twinkies as a limited-time product that fans are encouraged to guess. You can find them now exclusively at Walmart through October 2024.

Long John Silver's Serves Up New Crispy Waffle Fries

Long John Silver's $6 Basket deal.
Long John Silver's switches from straight-cut French fries to a waffle-cut in introducing new Crispy Waffle Fries. It also launches a limited-time $6 Fish Basket deal.
Jul 24, 2024

Review: Popeyes - Signature Hot Boneless Wings

Six Popeyes Signature Hot Boneless Wings in a container.

Popeyes' Signature Hot Boneless Wings feature crispy-fried boneless chicken breast pieces tossed in the chain's Signature Hot sauce. Signature Hot is the spiciest wing sauce that Popeyes currently offers.

2024 National Chicken Wing Day Deals and Specials

7-Eleven roasted chicken wings.
July 29, 2024 is National Chicken Wing Day and a number of wing-specialist restaurant chains are looking to lure you in to celebrate with a promotion of some sort.

Here's a list of 2024 National Chicken Wing Day deals and specials (as usual, I'll continue to update the list if/when any more deals are spotted):

Free Pretzel with Any Pretzel Item Purchase at Auntie Anne's on July 26, 2024

A stack of Auntie Anne's Pretzels.
Auntie Anne's will be celebrating National Auntie Day on Friday, July 26, 2024, by offering a free Cinnamon Sugar or Original Pretzel with the purchase of any pretzel item at participating locations nationwide.

Popeyes Offers Free Chicken Sandwich with $10+ Order Through July 28, 2024

Popeyes Golden BBQ Chicken Sandwich.
To celebrate National Intern Day, Popeyes is offering a deal where you can get a free Chicken Sandwich when placing a pickup order of $10+ at participating locations.

Free Chicken Finger at Raising Cane's for National Chicken Finger Day

Raising Cane's chicken finger dipped in Caniac sauce.
Raising Cane's will be celebrating National Chicken Finger Day, on Saturday, July 27, 2024, by giving out free chicken fingers to Caniac Club members at participating locations.
Jul 23, 2024

Review: Bristol Farms - The Peanut Butter Cookie

Bristol Farms' The Peanut Butter Cookie next to a quarter.

If you're ever in the Los Angeles area, there's a chain of bougie supermarkets (like Whole Foods but not quite like Erewhon) called "Bristol Farms" (also Lazy Acres Markets) which is known for a warm cookie known as "The Cookie." It comes in several varieties, including Peanut Butter.

New IHOP Pancake-Inspired Syrups Arrive in Stores

IHOP retail bottles of syrup.
Kraft Heinz partners with IHOP to release the diner chain's syrups in two varieties: Original and Butter Pecan.

Taco Bell Tests New $7 Cantina Chicken Burrito and Fries Deal

Taco Bell's $7 Cantina Chicken Burrito & Fries Deal.
Taco Bell is testing a new $7 value meal called the "Cantina Chicken Burrito & Fries Deal" for a limited time at participating locations in the Oklahoma City, OK area.

For $7, the meal includes:

Wingstop Offers $24.99 "Summer of Flavor Bundle"

Wingstop's Summer of Flavor Bundle.
Wingstop adds a new shareable meal deal with the introduction of the limited-time Summer of Flavor Bundle for $24.99.

Double Strawberry Poppers Return to Del Taco

Del Taco's Double Strawberry Poppers lineup.
Del Taco brings back popping boba with the return of its Double Strawberry Poppers beverages.
Jul 22, 2024

Wendy's Offers $1 Honey Butter Chicken Biscuit with Purchase

Wendy's Honey Butter Chicken Biscuit.
Wendy's introduces a new breakfast deal where you can get a Honey Butter Chicken Biscuit for $1 with any purchase using an offer in the Wendy's app. They're calling the sandwich a "Honey Buddy" for the promotion because it's "your new breakfast bestie."

Jimmy John's Introduces New Mediterranean Wraps

Jimmy John's Mediterranean Wraps and Pita Jimmy Chips.
Jimmy John's adds new Mediterranean Wraps to the menu for a limited time this summer. The new wraps come in two varieties: the Mediterranean Chicken Wrap and the Mediterranean Veggie Wrap. Along with the new wraps, Jimmy John's also introduces new Pita Jimmy Chips, the chain's first pita chip, served with Sabra Roasted Red Pepper Hummus.

International Delight Rolls Out 2024 Holiday Creamers and Iced Coffees

International Delight Home Alone Creamers and Iced Coffees.
The folks at International Delight are really looking to get a jump on the holiday season this year with the launch of their 2024 holiday creamers and iced coffees. This year's seasonal lineup features a theme inspired by the movie Home Alone.

Taco Bell Tests New Crunchwrap Sliders

Taco Bell Cheesy Crunchwrap Slider with nacho cheese dipping sauce.
Taco Bell tests new Crunchwrap Sliders at participating locations in the Cleveland and Akron, OH areas for a limited time. The new menu items are available in two varieties: the Cheesy Crunchwrap Slider and Steak & Queso Crunchwrap Slider.

Moe's Adds Mike's Hot Honey to Sauce Options

A Moe's Burrito drizzled with Mike's Hot Honey.
Moe's Southwest Grill teams up with Mike's Hot Honey to add the popular sweet and spicy sauce to the fast-casual chain's sauce options. As such, for a limited time, while supplies last, you can get a drizzle of Mike's Hot Honey to any Moe's entree for no charge.
Jul 21, 2024

Crumbl Bakes New Berry Trifle Cake Cup and More Through July 27, 2024

Crumbl's Berry Trifle Cake Cup.
In addition to a selection of cookies, Crumbl bakes the new Berry Triffle Cake Cup as part of the cookie bakery chain's limited-time weekly menu.

Here's the full cookie (and cake) menu at Crumbl for the week ending July 27, 2024:

Taco Bell Digital Deals Through August 2024

Taco Bell Mtn Dew Baja Blast Freeze.
Taco Bell has revealed its digital and delivery deals through August 2024. It's definitely skewed towards delivery deals this time around but there is a Mtn Dew Baja Blast soda or Freeze freebie in there for July 29, 2024.

Here's what the schedule looks like:

Jul 20, 2024

The Cheesecake Factory Unveils New Triple Berry Bliss Cheesecake

The Cheesecake Factory's Triple Berry Bliss Cheesecake.
The Cheesecake Factory will be celebrating National Cheesecake Day on July 29, 2024 by adding the new Triple Berry Bliss Cheesecake to its dessert lineup.

Zaxbys Sauces Now Available in Bottles

Zaxby's bottled sauce lineup.
Fried chicken chain Zaxby's bottles up three of its signature sauces to be sold at brick-and-mortar grocery retailers across the South and Southeast and nationally at online retailers.

Zaxby's partnered with Litehouse Foods to bring the sauces to retail. The bottled sauces include:

Jul 19, 2024

Review: Country Pride - Tempura Chicken Breast Nuggets

A bag of Country Pride's Tempura Chicken Breast Nuggets.

Country Pride's Tempura Chicken Breast Nuggets feature ground chicken breast nuggets that have been marinated, formed, tempura-battered, breaded, par-fried, and frozen. Country Pride is the value brand for Pilgrim's Pride, which makes various fresh and prepared poultry products and is one of the largest chicken producers in the US and Mexico.

Arby's Celebrates 60 Years with New Birthday Meal

Arby's Birthday Meal.
Arby's celebrates its 60th birthday with the new Birthday Meal, which consists of a Classic Beef 'n Cheddar, regular Jamocha Shake, and 3-piece Potato Cakes. The meal is available nationally for a limited time at participating locations.

Hardee's Introduces New Frisco BLT Burger and Chicken Sandwich

Hardee's Frisco BLT Angus Burger and Frisco BLT Hand-Breaded Chicken Sandwich.
This summer, Hardee's adds the new Frisco BLT Angus Burger and Frisco BLT Hand-Breaded Chicken Sandwich to the menu for a limited time at participating locations.

2024 National Ice Cream Day Deals and Specials

Dairy Queen's Chocolate Dilly Bar.
Sunday, July 21, 2024 is National Ice Cream Day, and quite a few ice cream makers and big-name food brands are offering a deal or promotion to celebrate the summer-friendly dessert. In case you're looking to join the festivities, here's a list of 2024 National Ice Cream Day deals and specials: