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May 24, 2013

Frozen Friday: Ben & Jerry's - Volun-Tiramisu Ice Cream

Ben & Jerry's Volun-Tiramisu ice cream is available exclusively at Target and features coffee marscarpone ice cream with cocoa dusted coffee rum lady finger pieces.

I picked up a single-serve cup for $1.19.

News: Panda Express - Free Orange Chicken on May 31 and June 21 After 9pm

Panda Express once again switches to summer hours at participating stand-alone/street (i.e. non-mall) locations and are celebrating by offering free single entrees of their popular Orange Chicken after 9pm on this upcoming Friday, May 31 and again on Friday, June 21 (Summer Solstice).

Around the World: McDonald's Japan - New Mega Potato Order of Fries

Just in case a large order of fries isn't enough for sharing, McDonald's Japan is offering the Mega Potato for a limited time. Twice the size of a large order of fries, I'm surprised they didn't just offer it in a bucket. Instead, they went with a ridiculously wide version of a large fry container.

May 23, 2013

Review: Carl's Jr. - Super Bacon Cheeseburger

Carl's Jr.'s new, limited-time Super Bacon Cheeseburger (and Hardee's Super Bacon Thickburger) is offered as a promotional tie-in with the upcoming Superman movie (Man of Steel). It's main feature is that it contains 6 strips of bacon. The rest of the burger is pretty standard: toasted sesame bun, American cheese, onions, tomatoes, lettuce, and mayo.

These are $4.19 each for the single patty version at my local Carl's Jr. restaurant.

Around the World: KFC Japan Offers the Handy Salad

KFC Japan is currently offering an interesting take on the salad wrap called the Handy Salad, which doesn't contain any chicken or any meat or soy protein for that matter. It's simply various veggies wrapped in a flour tortilla with sauce. It's called a "Handy Salad" because you can conveniently eat it in one hand.

Inside the Handy Salad, you'll find grilled zucchini, red and yellow bell peppers, lettuce, and a tomato salsa. It's being offered at 220 yen (~$2.17 US) each.

News: 7-Eleven's #Awesummer Kicks Off with 49-Cent Slurpees This Weekend

7-Eleven is kicking off a slew of summer deals and exclusives starting tomorrow with 49-cent medium-size Slurpees through Memorial Day (Monday, May 27). They're collectively calling the promotion "#Awesummer" (and even explain the hashtag: "It's called a hashtag(#) and it's used in social media to categorize posts. For example, this answer would be posted with #informative.").

Along with the three-day Slurpee deal, 7-Eleven is also offering a number of exclusive versions of some popular branded snacks and drinks including:

News: Burger King Delivery Expands to Las Vegas and Sacramento

It looks like Burger King's delivery service, BK Delivers, is doing quite well in the select markets it's operating in, because they're now expanding the program to Las Vegas and Sacramento.

Specifically, Burger King has four locations in North Las Vegas offering the service and plans to expand to eight locations within the new few months to cover South Las Vegas.

May 22, 2013

Review: Wendy's - Frosty Waffle Cones

Wendy's Frosty Waffle Cones are a new option on their trademark Frosty frozen dairy dessert where its served in a waffle cones rather than a cup.

They cost $1.49 each in my area and are available in Chocolate and Vanilla. I received these courtesy of Wendy's.

News: Caribou Coffee - New Lite Sparkling Teas and Juices

Caribou Coffee is offering four new Lite Sparkling Teas and Juices with half the calories of the regular versions.

The new drinks are made with real fruit and tea and come in four fairly self-explanatory flavors: Green Tea Lemonade, Peach Black Tea, Lemon Ginger Pomegranate Juice, and limited-time Apple Raspberry Juice.

News: Yoshinoya Testing New Asian Chicken Salad

Japanese beef bowl chain Yoshinoya is testing a new Asian Chicken Salad at 10 select locations here in Southern California.

The salad features grilled chicken breast slices, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, cilantro, daikon, and fried wonton strips over a baby spinach and lettuce blend with a cilantro-ginger vinaigrette for dressing.

The Asian Chicken Salad is offered at $5.99, which is comparable to most fast food salads. Fast food salads  tend to fall within the $5 to $7 range for the most part.

May 21, 2013

Review: Taco Bell - Spicy Chicken Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Taco

Taco Bell's new Fiery Chicken Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Taco is something they're testing at a few locations here in Southern California. It features a Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Taco shell, filled with new shredded chicken, new Fiery Sauce, shredded lettuce, and shredded cheddar cheese. The Supreme version tacks on sour cream and tomato sauce.

Update 5/8/14 - It's now been released nationally for a limited time as the "Spicy Chicken Cool Ranch Doritos Loco Tacos." They changed it to "Spicy" since they already have the Fiery Doritos Locos Taco.

The price was 79 cents for the regular and 99 cents for the Supreme.

News: Carl's Jr./Hardee's - New Super Bacon Cheeseburger

Apparently, "super" means "six strips of" at Carl's Jr. and Hardee's as they offer the new Super Bacon Cheeseburger as a promotional tie-in with the upcoming Man of Steel summer blockbuster. The burger comes with a bacon-nest of six strips of bacon, one of three choices of charbroiled beef patties, American cheese, tomato, lettuce, and onion.

The Super Bacon Cheeseburger is available individually or in a combo, with prices starting at $3.99.