Subway is rolling out meat slicers systemwide, and to mark the occasion it is rolling out a new line of subs made with sliced meat and cheese … just as most of its other subs are.
IHOP is folding silver dollar pancakes in half, putting food in them, and calling them tacos.
Both Applebee’s largest franchisee and On the Border had internal competitions to develop new menu items and the winners are available for purchase.
Both Cold Stone Creamery and Studio Movie Grill have specials around the July 21 release of the Warner Brothers film Barbie, Marble Slab Creamery is celebrating its 40th birthday, and Burgerville is celebrating local sweet onions and raspberries.
The Guy Fieri concept Chicken Guy has a new shake that combines vanilla soft serve with orange juice and Potbelly has one flavored like cookie butter.
There’s new lemonade at Detroit Wing Company, blueberry drinks at HTeaO, and peach beverages at Gong Cha.
Insomnia Cookies has peach and strawberry specials, Jamba has a smoothie with strawberry and pineapple, and Juice it Up! and Yogurtland have watermelon specials.
The Greene Turtle has reworked its menu with a bunch of new items, BJ’s has a bunch of summertime specials, Cracker Barrel has new breakfast items, and Huddle House is testing a range of burgers and chicken sandwiches in select restaurants.
Sister chains Checkers & Rally’s have one new burger and chicken sandwich, both with cheddar and Swiss cheeses, and Culver’s has its first signature sauce.
Dolly Llama has a waffle with Chips Ahoy! cookies in it.
El Pollo Loco has two chicken salads, Jason’s Deli has a salmon bowl, and Mad Greens has a seared tuna salad.
Rutter’s is selling chicken & waffles, Mountain Mike’s has a chicken bacon ranch pizza, Sarpino’s USA has a hot dog pizza, and Qdoba has chicken sauced in Cholula and honey.
Slim Chickens has a Nashville Hot Chicken sandwich, and Velvet Taco’s Weekly Taco Feature has coconut shrimp.
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