News: El Pollo Loco - New Tostada Salads

El Pollo Loco is offering two new Tostada Salads for a limited time. They're variations on El Pollo Loco's default Chicken Tostada and come in Avocado Bacon and Barbecue Chicken.

The Avocado Bacon Tostada features flamegrilled chicken breast with bacon, sliced avocado, and pico de gallo served on a Romaine lettuce blend and tostada.

News: Wendy's Introduces Signature Sides

It seems Wendy's is looking to expand their side offerings by testing Signature Sides in certain markets (confirmed Binghamton, NY) introducing new "Signature Sides" for a limited time (looks like some locations just had an earlier rollout then others).

The new Signature Sides are couched as "comfort food" and the following are offered: Macaroni & Cheese, a Baked Sweet Potato, and Chili Cheese Fries.

News: Frito Lay - New Lay's Classic BLT Potato Chips

While happily munching on potato chips, if you've ever thought, "You know what it'd be great if these were BLT flavored..." then it's like Frito Lay read your mind as they're now producing Classic BLT-flavored Lay's potato chips!

The new BLT (that's for "Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato") is purported to offer the taste of a BLT sandwich in a Lay's potato chip. I get the bacon and tomato flavors but how are they going to incorporate the taste of lettuce in a chip?

The new chips are available in three sizes: a 1.9 oz. bag for a suggested retail price of $1.09; a 2.9 oz. bag for a suggested retail price of $1.49; and a 10 oz. bag for a suggested retail price of $4.29.

Review: Subway - Smokehouse BBQ Chicken

Subway's Smokehouse BBQ Chicken Sub is a limited-time menu item that looks to add a bit of barbecue to Subway's meat selection.

I picked up a Footlong at my local Subway for $6.

News: New Magnum Mini Ice Cream Bars and New Flavors

For those looking for more portion-control in the super-premium ice cream category, Magnum now offers Magnum Minis, smaller versions of their regular bars available in Classic and Almond.

They're available in a 6 pack of 1.85-fl oz bars (versus 3.38 fl oz for the regular ones) for a suggested retail of $5.99.

Magnum also comes in two new flavors: Mochaccino and Mint

Around the World: Burger King Japan Offers 15 Strips of Bacon for 100 Yen, Man Orders 1050 Strips

Burger King Japan is currently running a promotion where you can get 15 strips of bacon on your Whopper for an extra 100 yen (currently about $1.23 U.S.). That's pretty cheap and 500% more than the regular amount (it's normally 3 strips for 60 yen)!

They're calling it the "Bacon Bomb" (at least according to Google Translate).

I love bacon but I'm not sure I'd want 15 strips of it in my Whopper (4 or 8 but not 15!). Of course, in the spirit of obscene (or glorious, depending on your viewpoint) fascination, one intrepid Japanese man decided to order a Whopper with a whopping 1050 strips of bacon (or roughly $86 worth) and take on the challenge (and health risk) of actually eating it. Check out the video after the jump.

Review: Wendy's - Spicy Chicken Guacamole Club

Wendy's Spicy Chicken Guacamole Club is a limited-time premium sandwich that offers the taste of fried spicy chicken breast, guacamole, lettuce, tomato, Pepper Jack cheese, Ranch, and bacon.

It's $4.99 at my local Wendy's but I got to try this one for free courtesy of Wendy's.

News: Church's Chicken - New Value Menu and New Chicken Items

Church's Chicken has a new value menu with 9 items for 99 cents each (it's more of an update to the old value menu they introduced back in 2009).

The new menu sports some pretty nice deals including: a leg or thigh plus a biscuit, a chicken sandwich, a tender strip and biscuit, 3 boneless wings, 3 Jalapeno Bombers, 3 jalapeno peppers, an apple pie, a 12-ounce drink, and 2 biscuits.

News: Chick-fil-A - New Desserts

If you look at the dessert menu at your local  Chick-fil-A, you might notice some new dessert changes. Cheesecake and Lemon Pie are gone, in their place, Chick-fil-A has updated their Fudge Brownie and added new Sundaes and fresh-baked Chocolate Chunk Cookies.

The Fudge Brownies no longer has walnuts (apparently too many people either didn't like them or were allergic) and instead is finished with a creamy fudge icing. They retail for $1.69.

Review: Panda Express - Shanghai Angus Steak

So I dropped by my local Panda Express to get my free single serving of Shanghai Angus Steak today.

Shanghai Angus Steak brings seasoned and seared, thick-cut slices of Angus Top Sirloin tossed in a wok with asparagus, mushrooms, and Panda Express's new Asian steak sauce to their menu.

It's a premium menu item and will cost you a $1 more over the normal entrees (i.e. if you buy a two-entree plate, it will cost $7.29 instead of $6.29 at my local Panda Express).

News: Krispy Kreme - New Fruitstand Flavor Treats

Krispy Kreme's latest limited-time menu items are seasonal Fruit Stand Flavor donuts and Chillers.

The donuts come in new Strawberry Cake with Cream Cheese Icing and Strawberry Kreme Pie donuts and the Chillers frozen beverages come in Very Berry and new Frozen Lemonade (made with real lemons and sweetened with cane sugar).

Strawberry Kreme Pie contains a blend of strawberry and signature Kreme filling, topped with white icing and graham cracker crumble.

Review: Starbucks - Petite Apple Pie

Starbucks new Petite Apple Pie is a bite-sized mini pie with an apple and cinnamon filling.

It's normally $1.50 for one but Starbucks is currently running a promotion where you can get two for $2.