News: Arby's - The Fish Sandwich is Back

Fish is back on the menu at Arby's for a limited time with the Fish Sandwich.

Featuring the standard breaded fish filet, shredded lettuce, tartar sauce on a sesame seed bun, you can count of these to be around until sometime after Lenten season (April).

News: Wienerschnitzel - 99 Cent Chili Dogs Promo

Wienerschnitzel is looking to drum up some sales in the new year by bringing back their 99 cent Original Chili Dog promotion for a limited time.

The Original Chili Dog is a grilled hot dog wiener nestled in a steamed hot dog bun and topped with Wienerschnitzel's trademark chili.

The promo is good at participating locations and runs through January 22, 2012.

Review: Sonic - Mushroom Swiss Toaster Melt

Sonic's Mushroom Swiss Toast Melt is a simple Texas toast sandwich with a beef patty, grilled onions, sautéed portobello mushrooms, mayo, and Swiss cheese.

It comes in a junior patty version and a quarter pound patty version which I picked up for $3.39.

News: Burger King - New Bacon and Cheddar BK Topper

For a limited time, Burger King is adding bacon to their $1.99 line of BK Toppers with the new Bacon and Cheddar BK Topper.

The new burger comes with a 3.2 ounce flame-grilled beef patty, thick-cut, hardwood smoked bacon and cheddar cheese on a sesame seed bun.

The new thick-cut bacon is a recent addition to Burger King's ingredient repertoire and is also found in the premium Chef's Choice Burger.

News: Subway - Chipotle Chicken and Cheese is January's Featured $5 Footlong

Subway kicks off the new year with a little heat on January's Featured $5 Footlong, the Chipotle Chicken and Cheese.

The Chipotle Chicken and Cheese features your choice of bread, cheese, veggies, strips of grilled chicken, and Subway's Chipotle southwest sauce.

If you go by the picture, you're looking at flatbread for bread, White American for cheese, and onions and bell peppers for veggies.

The sub will be available all of January at the promotional price of $5.

News: KFC - 50 Cent Hot Wings

For a limited-time and in time for the tail end of football season, KFC is promoting their Hot Wings by pricing them at 50 cents each.

Interestingly, the promotion one-ups fellow Yum brand, Pizza Hut, which offers their Wings for 50 cents on Wednesdays only.

I would be remiss if I didn't point out that my local KFC mailer often has a coupon for 20 wings for $9.99. Still, you can get any number of wings of your choice with this promo and don't have to remember to bring your coupon. I'd call ahead for large orders though.

News: Chick-fil-A - New Chicken Tortilla Soup

For a limited time, the folks at Chick-fil-A have added new Chicken Tortilla Soup to their menu.

The recent addition features a creamy-based soup with shredded boneless chicken breast, navy, northern and black beans, a blend of vegetables (including onions, corn, bell peppers, celery), and a variety of spices topped with seasoned tortilla strips.

The soup comes in medium and large sizes for $2.69 and $3.99 respectively.

Chick-fil-A's Chicken Tortilla Soup will be available through March 31, 2012.

News: The Coffee Bean - $1 Latte on Jan 4th, 2012 Open House

The Coffee Bean is having an Open House this Wednesday, January 4th from 4-7pm. During this event, they are offering $1 12-ounce Caramel Lattes.

Customers that drop by can choose from a Caramel Latte (hot or iced) or a Caramel Cream Tea Latte for $1.

The offer is valid only at participating The Coffee Bean locations. Not valid in Ralphs, airport and Hawaii locations. Limit one $1 latte per customer.

Review: Snickers Peanut Butter Squared

 Snickers Peanut Butter Squared isn't the first time peanut butter has been added to a Snickers bar but it does change the Snickers standard candy bar shape into two wider squares. Well, unless you got yours for Halloween like I did, in which case, you only get one mini square.

If you're picking up the standard bar though it should run you about $1.

Frozen Friday: Healthy Choice - Sundried Tomato Chicken

 Healthy Choice's Sundried Tomato Chicken frozen meal is one of their new microwavable steaming entrees and features chicken tenderloins, whole grain pasta, broccoli, and mushrooms in a sun-dried tomato garlic sauce.

One 8.75-ounce box will net you 320 calories and cost you around $2.99 or less if on sale.

News: White Castle - New Angus Steak Chili and Chili Cheese Fries

White Castle cooks up new, limited-time Angus Steak Chili this winter. And what are you going to do with chili at a fast food joint but serve it on fries, so they got Chili Cheese Fries too.

White Castle's Angus Steak Chili features lean, braised 100 percent Angus steak cooked with red beans, ripe tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, mild green chilies and spicy Southwest seasonings. It's available in three sizes: small (8 ounces), medium (12 ounces) and family (32 ounces). Price is $2.79, $3.99, and $9.99 respectively.

The Chili Cheese Fries feature the same chili served with cheese over their crinkle-cut fries and are available in one size only. It's $2.99 for an order.

Both menu items are available through March 17, 2012.

Review: Wendy's - Cheesy Cheddarburger

For the meat and cheese hamburger purist with an inclination for value, Wendy's has the Cheesy Cheddarburger. A plain junior cheeseburger (just the bun and patty, no condiments) with a scoop of gooey cheddar cheese sauce for the "Cheesy" bit.

It comes in at 99 cents a pop.

Review: Subway - Cold Cut Combo

 Subway's Cold Cut Combo has always been the value sandwich at Subway for as long as I can remember, even before $5 Footlongs. It comes with a combination of three deli meats: ham, salami, and bologna plus your choice of cheese, veggies, condiments, and bread.

It's been available throughout December at $2 for a 6-inch but is normally $5 for a 12-inch sub.

News: Jack in the Box - Jumbo Deal for $4.29

Jack in the Box's latest limited-time value meal promotion, the Jumbo Deal, features a Jumbo Jack, two tacos, a small order of fries and a 20-ounce drink for $4.29.

They've run this deal in the past for $3.99 but with rising food costs and what not, it looks like $4.29 might be their new price point for these type of promotions.

The promotion is supported by a TV commercial wherein Jack tries to pitch his team a promotion idea and commercial for the combo to sell it as the "Jumbaco," the word being a blend of "Jumbo Jack" and "taco."

Review: McDonald's - Apple Cinnamon Walnut Oatmeal

New at McDonald's for a limited time (at least in the SoCal area), Apple Cinnamon Walnut Oatmeal features a slightly different variation from their Fruit & Maple Oatmeal and comes topped with diced apples, walnuts, and cinnamon.

It's $1.99 for a cup.

Merry Christmas!

I kinda wanted turkey but went with a roast. I went simple with garlic, ground black pepper and kosher salt. Medium rare of course! Happy Holidays!

Feature: KFC Christmas World Wide

Here in the States, KFC is pretty business as usual around Christmas.

But in some other countries, the Colonel offers a little something extra for the holidays.

From festive buckets to seasonal items, I plumbed many KFC websites from all over the wourld and came up with this short list of KFC Christmas family meals for your perusal.

They range from pretty normal to extra fancy and I've ordered them to reflect that. Starting with most normal:

Frozen Friday: The Magnum White Ice Cream Bar

The Magnum White ice cream bar is a super premium ice cream bar featuring vanilla bean ice cream dipped in Belgian white chocolate.

A 3-pack carries a suggested retail price of $3.99.

Review: Sonic - Bacon Cheddar Toaster Melt

Sonic's Bacon Cheddar Toaster Melt is a limited-time offering featuring a beef patty, grilled diced onions, bacon, cheddar cheese, pickles and hickory barbecue sauce sandwiched between two slices of Texas toast.

It's $1.99 for a junior size or $3.39 for the 1/4 pound version.

Feature: 2011 Fast Food Gift Card Bonuses

It's the final stretch in the run up to Christmas and if you haven't got all your presents lined up now, the old standby of gift cards is always available.

And, in the world of fast food there are a few intrepid chains offering a little something something for yourself if you pick up one of their gift cards for your friends/acquaintances this holiday season.

Apparently, according to the National Retail Federation, some 58% of shoppers say they'd like to receive a gift card this season. That number is actually quite close to the 59% of people the National Restaurant Association got from their survey that said they would like to receive a restaurant gift card.

I guess more people want gift cards than I would have thought (I prefer cash myself *wink wink*). I guess it's better than fruit cake...

Here they are (please keep in mind that for a lot of these offers you have to physically go to the restaurant to buy the gift card):