News: Panda Express - New Tangy Jumbo Shrimp

Panda Express arrives with new Tangy Jumbo Shrimp just in time for Chinese New Year (and not-so-coincidentally, Lenten season). The entree features deep-fried and battered extra-large shrimp, wok-tossed with sugar peas, red bell peppers, and a new tangy "Asian seafood" sauce.

To encourage customers to try the new dish, Panda Express is offering free servings of the dish on Wednesday, February 13, 2013. You'll need a printable coupon to take advantage of the offer and you can find it on the Panda Express website here. You can also display the coupon on your smartphone to redeem it.

News: IHOP - Free Pancakes on February 5th

National Pancake Day falls on February 5 this year and IHOP is once again offering free pancakes to their guests on the day.

Specifically, the chain will be inviting guest to enjoy a free short stack of those buttermilk pancakes they're known for.

News: Dunkin' Donuts - Heart-Shaped Donuts Return; New Dark Chocolate Drinks

Dunkin' Donuts returns their heart-shaped donuts for a limited time in celebration of Valentine's Day. In addition, they've expanded their dark chocolate offerings (first introduced last year with new Dark Hot Chocolate) to encompass coffee drinks.

New Dark Chocolate Mocha Coffees, Lattes, and Frozen Coffee Coolattas are now available for a limited time.

Head-to-Head: Burger King vs. McDonald's - Chicken Nuggets

Burger King has played second (and sometimes third) fiddle to McDonald's #1 for as long as I can remember. Most recently, BK has taken imitation to an art form with their new Chicken Nuggets, which are most remarkable in how much they resemble McDonald's Chicken McNuggets.

The two are very similar but which are the better nuggets? I decided to compare them and find out!

News: Popeyes Returns Butterfly Shrimp and Offers new Strawberry n' Cream Cheese Pie

As Lenten season rounds the corner, Popeyes returns their Butterfly Shrimp in what's become a seasonal event. But this year, they're also offering new, limited-time Strawberry n' Cream Cheese Pie.

News: McDonald's Packaging Now Sports QR Code to Nutrition Info

McDonald's has come up with a new global package design for their to-go bags and fountain drink cups that includes a QR (for "Quick Response") code that leads you to their mobile nutrition site in case you're wondering how how much Vitamin C is in that Quarter Pounder with Cheese you're just about to eat.

I came across the new packaging recently and to be helpful, I've put together a quick guide to using the code:

News: Sonic Introduces New 99-Cent Snack Happy Hour

For a limited-time, Sonic is adding another component to their 2pm to 4pm Happy Hour by offering snack-sized versions of some of their more popular sides for a discounted 99 cents each.

The items found on the new 99-cent Happy Hour Snacks menu are:

Review: Remington Trail Steaks - Maple Flavored Smoked Turkey Jerky

Remington Maple Flavored Smoked Turkey jerky (they call it "snacks" instead of "jerky") is an licensed product. The licensee is Trail Steaks, a company that specialized in steak snacks which is jerky made from premium cuts of steak cut into bite-sized pieces. The turkey is raised in the U.S. and features whole breast meat cut into strips and smoked slowly.

You can buy these online at $5.49 for a 3-ounce bag, but I received this bag courtesy of Trail Steaks.

News: Post - New Honey Bunches of Oats Greek Honey Crunch

It's official. Greek yogurt has made its way into cereal. Post's new Honey Bunches of Oats Greek Honey Crunch cereal plays on the yogurt's recent popularity by featuring two types of their distinctive honey-touched granola clusters with Greek yogurt to go along with whole grain cereal flakes.

Specifically, there are granola clusters with Greek yogurt baked into them and there are granola clusters with a creamy Greek yogurt style coating.

Review: Quaker - Chocolate and Almond Soft Baked Oatmeal Cookies

Quaker's Chocolate and Almond Soft Baked Oatmeal Cookies are made with whole grain oats and embedded with chunks of chocolate and bits of almonds.

They cost $2.99 for a 8.8-ounce box of six individually-wrapped cookies.

Around the World: Pizza Hut Singapore - New Fortune Pizza for Chinese New Year

With Chinese New Year just around the corner (February 10), the folks at Pizza Hut in Singapore offer the new Fortune Pizza shaped like an old Chinese coin or "cash", which is to say it's round but with a square hole in the center

If you're wondering why the coins have a square hole, it's because they were used to string the coins together to make larger denominations.

The sauce on the pizza is a golden pumpkin paste with bits of taro to symbolize "gold and a good year ahead." It's topped with pineapples ("for prosperity"), diced barbecue chicken, pok chui (crispy dough) and mushrooms. The crust is sprinkled with cereal flakes for extra crunch and filled with cheese a la Stuffed Crust Pizza.

News: Popchips - New Flavor by Katy Perry

As a Popchips investor/brand ambassador and famous singer, Katy Perry gets her own flavor of Popchips. No, it's not candy cane rainbows, it's new "Katy's Kettle Corn." The newest flavor in the Popchip line up features the sweet and salty flavor of popped kettle corn.

The flavor is the first sweet foray for the brand. To further enforce the Katy Perry connection, the bag features pink and purple and a stylized heart to dot the "i' in "popchips."