Review: Slater's 50/50 - The 'Merica Burger

Slater's 50/50's The 'Merica burger is their July Burger of the Month and features a third pound (weight after cooking) ground bacon patty, bacon American cheese, sunny side up egg, thick-cut bacon, and bacon island dressing, on a bacon pretzel bun.

It was $11.95 for the burger. If you miss out, it's basically their B' B' B' Bacon, but with a full bacon patty instead of a half-bacon, half-beef (50/50) patty.

Around the World: Pizza Hut Offers New Pizza with Two Stuffed Crusts... in the Dominican Republic

For fans of Pizza Hut's Stuffed Crust Pizza, it's pretty cool to have an outer crust with a layer of melted cheese inside. But what if you could have two crusts with cheese inside? Would it be twice as good?

News: Church's Chicken - New Chicken & Biscuit Bites

Church's Chicken debuts new Chicken & Biscuit Bites as their latest menu item. The dish features marinated, battered, and deep-fried chicken breast chunks ("white meat Tender Crunchers") and new bite-sized versions of their signature Honey Butter Biscuits.

Wendy's New Pretzel Burger Song is Pretty Epic

Last year, Wendy's introduced the their new pretzel bun as part of the Pretzel Bacon Cheeseburger. Accompanying the launch was a silly, offbeat marketing campaign where they hired musical artists to sing some of the best tweets as various love song lyrics in a series of videos, calling it the "Pretzel Bacon Cheeseburger Love Songs" collection.

With the return of the pretzel burger and chicken sandwich, the creative folks at Wendy's (or their ad agency) have really outdone themselves. They collected positive tweets regarding the sandwiches and made it into a complete duet pop song. It's pretty awesome:

News: Dunkin' Donuts - New Pretzel Twist, Plus Oreo Donuts Return!

Dunkin' Donuts introduces the new Pretzel Twist, which is slightly redundant as it's a traditional soft pretzel twisted in the same matter as a twist donut, sprinkled with salt (granted, pretzels don't have to be twisted, but it's kinda expected.) and served warm.

In addition to the new pretzel, Dunkin' has also brought back the Southwest Steak Burrito and Oreo Donuts.

Review: Rally's - Garlic Parm Fries & Stix

Rally's Garlic Parm Fries & Stix feature their seasoned fries and seasoned Monsterella Stix drizzled with a garlic parmesan butter sauce and grated parmesan cheese.

I bought an order for $2.99.

Around the World: KFC Philippines Offers All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast

KFC doesn't even offer breakfast here in the US, but over in the Philippines, they're offering an all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet on every weekend in July at select locations.

News: Chick-fil-A - Dress Like a Cow, Get Free Food on July 11, 2014

It's once again time for Chick-fil-A's annual Cow Appreciation Day, which means you can score some free grub at Chick-fil-A restaurants across the country by dressing like a cow on Friday, July 11, 2014.

News: Pizza Hut - Online-Only $7.99 Large, 2-Topping Pizza

For a limited time, Pizza Hut is offering an online-only "digital deal" where you can get a large 2-topping pizza for $7.99.

News: KFC - New $5 Fill Ups Combos

This month, KFC offers new, limited-time $5 combos that they're calling "$5 Fill Ups." There are five meals in all and they each feature an entree, a drink, and a dessert for $5. A few of the choices also include a side and biscuit.

Here are the five $5 Fill Ups meals:

Review: McDonald's - Peaches & Creme Pie

McDonald's Peaches & Creme Pie features a filling of peaches and vanilla-flavored creme, baked side-by-side inside of a sugar-coated pie crust.

It has thus far only been offered in select markets at certain times. They recently appeared in the Los Angeles area so I bought one for 89 cents.

Request-a-Review Voting - July 2014

It's time for the July 2014 Request-a-Review Voting, where you can submit and vote for what item you'd like to see reviewed on Brand Eating!

Last month's Request a Review Voting saw some fancy frozen burgers from Walmart win out, so you can expect that review sometime this month. IHOP was #2, so I'll take it into consideration for future reviews, and I'm not sure if I'll make it to a county fair this summer, but I'll be sure to try lots of food for you guys if I do.

Here's how it works:

News: 7-Eleven - Free Small Slurpees on July 11, 2014

It's almost July 11th again i.e. 7-Eleven Day! To celebrate, the convenience store chain will be offering free small Slurpees on Friday, July 11, 2014, from 11 am to 7 pm.

7-Eleven is also giving away a free food or drink item each day from July 12 through July 19 via their 7-Eleven mobile app (you don't need the app for the free Slurpee this Friday though). Here's the list of freebies this week:

News: Pizza Hut - Cheesy Bites Pizza Returns in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tie-In

The Cheesy Bites Pizza is back at Pizza Hut for a limited time as part of a tie-in with this summer's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie (set to release August 8th).

The Cheesy Bites Pizza is a hand-tossed pizza, but instead of a regular end-crust, it has 28 bite-sized cheese-filled bites. It's back for a limited time at $11.99 for a large (in case you're wondering, I tried it the last time around).

Review: Loacker - Gran Pasticceria Dark-Hazelnut Cookies

Loacker's Gran Pasticceria Dark-Hazelnut Cookies are "fine dark chocolate biscuits with chopped hazelnuts." A "Pasticceria" means "pastry shop" in Italian. They're imported from Italy.

A 3.53-oz box (100g) was $1.99.

News: Krispy Kreme - BOGO for 77 Cents on a Dozen Original Glazed Donuts

Krispy Kreme celebrates their 77th birthday on July 13, 2014 and to commemorate the momentous occasion, participating Krispy Kreme stores will be offering a dozen Original Glazed donuts for 77 cents with the purchase of any dozen Krispy Kreme donuts on... Friday, July 11, 2014... I guess it's easier to celebrate on a Friday while everyone at the corporate office is still in there.

Review: Chili's - Nacho Potatoes with Beef & Bacon

Chili's Nacho Potatoes with Beef & Bacon is part of their new frozen meals line and features roasted red potatoes in a "bold & zesty" cheese sauce with ground beef, fire-roasted peppers, and uncured bacon.

A 10-oz box was $2.77.

News: Starbucks - New Teavana Shaken Iced Teas

Starbucks now offers new Teavana Shaken Iced Teas. The new teas replace Starbucks' previous Shaken Iced Teas, which were made with Tazo brand teas (both Tazo and Teavana are Starbucks-owned brands).

Frozen Friday: Better Bakery Company - Grilled Chicken, Spinach & Artichoke Pretzel Melt

Better Bakery Company's Grilled Chicken, Spinach & Artichoke Pretzel Melt features pieces of grilled chicken breast, with cream cheese, artichoke, and spinach, hand-rolled inside of pretzel bread and dusted with parmesan and poppy seeds.

A 11.2-oz box contains two melts and cost $3.12.

Review: Rally's - Cheesesteak Philly Sub

Rally's Cheesesteak Philly Sub is a hot dog-sized cheesesteak sandwich that comes with shaved steak, melted Swiss cheese, and grilled onions on a toasted sub roll.

It's about as cheap as a cheesesteak is ever going to get at $1.99.