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Mar 28, 2014

Frozen Friday: Michael Angelo's - Rigatoni with Sausage and Meatballs

Michael Angelo's Rigatoni with Sausage and Meatballs features rigatoni pasta with Italian-style beef meatballs and sausage in a sauce of vine-ripened tomatoes with a sprinkling of (mostly mozzarella) cheese on top.

I picked an 11-oz package up for $1.99 on sale.

News: Panda Express - Free Golden Szechuan Fish with Any Purchase on April 1

Panda Express will be offering servings of their new Golden Szechuan Fish for free with any purchase on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. 

Golden Szechuan Fish is a limited-time item featuring hand-sliced, lightly-battered cod fillets, sugar peas, and red bell peppers, stir-fried in a sweet and tangy Szechuan sauce

News: Menchie's Adds Girl Scout Cookies to Toppings Bar

Along with a new, limited-time frozen yogurt flavor, Girl Scouts Caramel Coconut Cookie Craze, Menchie's is adding Girl Scout Thin Mint and Samoa crumbles to their toppings bar for a limited time only.

News: McDonald's Free Brewed Coffee March 31 Until April 13

For two weeks, McDonald's will be offering free small McCafe brewed coffees during breakfast hours starting this upcoming Monday, March 31st and running through Sunday, April 13th at participating McDonald's restaurants. No purchase is necessary.

The regular price for a small cup of brewed coffee at McDonald's is $1.19 in my area (may vary).

Mar 27, 2014

Review: Taco Bell - Sausage Flatbread Melt

Sitting at the cheap end of Taco Bell's new breakfast menu, the Sausage Flatbread Melt features a sausage patty and shredded cheddar folded inside of a flatbread and grilled.

I picked one up for $1.

News: Taco Bell Has Ronald McDonald Reply to Tweets

Banking on the fact that there are quite a few guys named "Ronald McDonald", Taco Bell gathered up a number of them up for a clever commercial pushing their new breakfast menu.

But that's not all... as a personal touch, Taco Bell also had a few (mostly one) of the Ronalds respond with to selected tweets regarding the new ad and menu via short YouTube clips.

News: The Coffee Bean Coffee Now Available in K-Cups

The Coffee Bean now offers their coffee in K-Cups for the Keurig K-Cup Brewing System at participating The Coffee Bean stores and online at Coffeebean.com.

News: Starbucks - New Greek Yogurt Raspberry Lemon Parfait

Starbucks recently added new Greek Yogurt Raspberry Lemon Parfaits to refrigerated displays at participating Starbucks stores. The new flavor joins their current selection of the Berries Greek Yogurt Parfait and Honey Greek Yogurt Parfait.

The flavor features nonfat Greek yogurt layered with raspberry puree and lemon curd, topped with granola.

Mar 26, 2014

Review: Taco Bell - Waffle Taco

Taco Bell's Waffle Taco anchors their new breakfast menu and features your choice of either bacon or sausage (or egg and cheese even if it's not listed on the menu) plus scrambled eggs, and shredded cheddar cheese nestled inside a taco-shaped waffle. Syrup comes on the side.

I picked up both bacon and sausage version for $1.99 a piece.

News: Jamba Juice - BOGO on Any Juice or Smoothie Through March 30

Jamba Juice is offering a "buy one, get one free" on any juice or smoothie on their menu through Sunday, March 30, 2014.

Around the World: McDonald's Serves Up New $12 Burger in Switzerland

McDonald's recently introduced a new premium Signature Line over in Switzerland anchored by a $12 celebrity-chef endorsed burger they're calling "The Prime."

Reference: Taco Bell - New Breakfast Menu Details

Since Taco Bell's breakfast menu launches nationally tomorrow, here's a handy reference to what you'll find on the menu along with prices (may vary) and nutritional info.

Waffle Taco - nestled in a taco-shaped waffle, it's available with sausage or bacon (or with no meat at all), and also comes with scrambled eggs and and shredded cheddar. A syrup container comes on the side.

Mar 25, 2014

Review: Sonic - Pineapple Upside Down Master Blast

Sonic's Pineapple Upside Down Master Blast features vanilla ice cream mixed with pineapple, salted caramel, and pie crust pieces.

A 10-oz, Mini-sized cup is about $3.39, but I received this one courtesy of Sonic.

News: Papa John's - New Double Pepperoni Bacon Pizza

Papa John's latest new pizza takes their occasionally-offered Double Pepperoni Pizza to the next level by adding bacon and calling it the "Double Pepperoni & Bacon Pizza."

As you may have guessed, the new, limited-time pizza features the standard tomato and cheese pizza topped with a layer of pepperoni plus a layer of oversized deli pepperoni (the stuff you find in Italian sandwiches) as well as pieces of hickory-smoked bacon.

News: New Ritz Bacon Flavored-Crackers

The Ritz Cracker brand joins in on America's love of bacon with new Ritz Bacon-flavored Crackers. The new crackers are naturally flavored with black pepper and artificially flavored with bacon.

Besides eating them by themselves, Nabisco suggests you make them into cracker sandwiches or use them to bread fried pickles (random, I know).

Around the World: Burger King Serves Up World Flavors in Spain

Burger King's latest in Spain is a limited-time "Flavors of the World" menu similar to the ones McDonald's sometimes does. The menu features five items representing Greece, Mexico, Japan, Italy, and the UK.

Mar 24, 2014

Review: Starbucks - Egg & Cheddar Breakfast Sandwich

Starbucks' Egg & Cheddar Breakfast Sandwich features a fried egg and slice of cheddar cheese on multigrain toast.

I picked one up for $2.95.

Neat! Pepsi Pranks Bus Stop Commuters with Giant Robots, Aliens, and Tigers

In support of their current "Unbelievable" marketing campaign for Pepsi Max in the UK, Pepsi had commuters at a London bus stop seeing giant robots, falling meteors, and various other "unbelievable" happenings as they looked out the side of the bus stop.

You can imagine the reactions as this went on (but you don't have to, the video's below).

News: Dip 'Ems Return to KFC with $5 Combo

Dip 'Ems are back at KFC for a limited time and spotlighted in a 20-chicken tenders bucket as well as a $5 combo. Dip' Ems is the packaged term KFC decided to use back in 2012 for their Extra Crispy Chicken Tenders plus sauces for dipping.

News: Popeyes - 8 Pieces of Chicken for $5.99 on March 26th

Popeyes is once again running another Pay Day deal where you can buy 8 pieces of mixed fried chicken for $5.99 at participating locations for one day only.

The deal is only good on this Wednesday, March 26, 2014.