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Aug 9, 2013

Frozen Friday: Safeway Select - Moroccan Style Chicken

Safeway Select's Moroccan Style Chicken is a frozen entree featuring roasted white meat chicken in a "Moroccan recipe" tomato sauce with lentils, brown rice, corn, spinach, and feta cheese.

A 9.25-ounce box was $1.99.

Around the World: Pizza Hut Canada's Big Dipper Comes with Five More Sauces Than US Version

While Canada gets Pizza Hut's new Big Dipper Pizza over two years after us, they get it with six different dipping sauces to choose from while ours only came with one choice: marinara.

News: Sonic - Half-Price Cheeseburgers on August 15

Sonic will be offering half-price Cheeseburgers all day on Thursday, August 15, 2013 to mark the return of school (most school years start in August or September).

News: Papa John's - Half-Off Any Large Pizza Ordered Online

Papa John's is currently offering half-off the regular menu price of any large pizza ordered online. The offer is only valid through Sunday, August 18, 2013 at participating locations.

Aug 8, 2013

Review: Popeyes - Chicken Po' Boy

Popeyes' Chicken Po' Boy consists of two chicken tenders (spicy or mild, I chose spicy), shredded lettuce, pickles, and mayo on a French baguette. A shrimp version is also available.

I picked one up from my local Popeyes for $3.99.

Around the World: Dunkin-Donuts Offers Donut Croissants Abroad

Dominique Ansel's Cronut (croissant-donut) has generated a fair amount of buzz (and long lines) since its introduction in May, but as of yet, major donut chains like Dunkin' Donuts and Krispy Kreme haven't tried their hands at mass-production of a donut-croissant... at least not here in the US...

Aug 7, 2013

Review: Dairy Queen - Tripleberry Brownie Blizzard

Dairy Queen's Tripleberry Brownie Blizzard is August's Blizzard of the Month and features vanilla soft serve with chocolate chunks, chewy brownie pieces, and a Tripleberry fruit mix of strawberry, raspberry, and blackberry puree.

A Mini cup is regularly $1.99 to $2.49 at most locations, but I picked one up for a dollar extra with a $5 Buck Lunch.

News: Quiznos - New Black & Blue Salad

Quiznos goes for the healthy crowd this summer with less-than-500-calorie surf and turf salads in two limited-time varieties: the new Black & Blue Salad and the returning Lobster & Seafood Salad.

News: White Castle - New Grilled Chicken Sliders

White Castle now offers more chicken options with new Grilled Chicken Sliders featuring grilled chicken breasts. The new sliders come in three flavors: Savory, Western BBQ, and Bacon & Cheddar.

Aug 6, 2013

Review: Del Taco - Jacked Up Value Bean & Cheese Burrito with Rice

Del Taco's Jacked Up Value Bean & Cheese Burrito with Rice features slow-cooked beans, Fresca Lime rice, spicy jack cheese, and tangy green sauce wrapped up in a warm flour tortilla. It's a slightly suped up version.

The burrito goes for 75 cents. They also have a regular value bean and cheese (cheddar) burrito for 50 cents.

News: Jamba Juice - New Whole Grain Boost

Just in case you want to add some whole grains to your smoothie, Jamba Juice has added a new Quaker-branded whole grain boost option for 25 cents extra.

The Quaker Whole Grains Boost is a scoop of finely-ground oats good for one serving (16 grams) of whole grains.

The new boost is part of a new "Whole Food Boosts" platform that also includes the Greek Yogurt Boost and Chia Seeds Boost.

Neat! Totino's Turns Elevator into Microwave

In a marketing stunt to highlight the quick microwave cook time of their popular Pizza Rolls, Totino's revamped the inside of an elevator to look like the outside of a microwave oven with a microwave touch pad in lieu of elevator buttons.

Once the occupants arrived at the designated floor 60 seconds later, the doors opened to reveal a room mocked up to look like the interior of the microwave occupied by waiting Totino's employees with trays of Pizza Rolls.