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BITVoxy Global
BITVoxy GlobalSep 26, 2026
Utz and Grillo Team Up for Pickle Bites
HANOVER, Pa. — Walk down any supermarket snack aisle lately and you’ll notice plain salted potato chips taking a back seat. Consumers want absurd, aggressive, fast-food-coded flavor profiles jammed into grab-and-go packaging. Utz Brands (NYSE: UTZ), the Hanover-based snack powerhouse that’s been firing up industrial fryers since 1921, knows this game inside out. They just […]
7-ElevenCheese
BITVoxy Global
BITVoxy GlobalSep 22, 2026
Dairy Queen Introduces Spellbound Series For Halloween 
Minneapolis, MN, September 22, 2026 — Fast food chains love a good gimmick, but Dairy Queen is leaning entirely into the occult this autumn. The announcement details a heavy pivot toward spooky season theatrics, dropping an entire limited-time lineup designed to mess with your senses. Key Takeaways Frankly, I believe the real winner here is […]
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BITVoxy Global
BITVoxy GlobalSep 22, 2026
Dairy Queen Introduces Spellbound Series For Halloween 
Minneapolis, MN, September 22, 2026 — Fast food chains love a good gimmick, but Dairy Queen is leaning entirely into the occult this autumn. The announcement details a heavy pivot toward spooky season theatrics, dropping an entire limited-time lineup designed to mess with your senses. Key Takeaways Frankly, I believe the real winner here is […]
Blizzard TreatDairy Queen
BITVoxy Global
BITVoxy GlobalAug 10, 2026
Hungry Howie’s Partners with Tajín for Limited-Edition Seasoned Crust
MADISON HEIGHTS, MI, August 6, 2026 — Pizza crust is normally treated as an afterthought—essentially a dry cardboard handle you discard to get to the cheese and toppings. But for over forty years, one regional heavyweight has built its entire identity around making that discard pile delicious. Now, according to a press release issued today, […]
Fast Foodfast food trends
The Emu Café Social
The Emu Café SocialAug 6, 2026
Learning About Zantigo
I do not recall having heard of Zantigo before reading an August 5, 2026 piece in Atlas Obscura about its small revival. According to the article, Zantigo filled the same niche as Taco Bell but went extinct after its parent company merged with Taco Bell's. By the end of 1988, all Zantigo locations were closed...
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BITVoxy Global
BITVoxy GlobalJul 27, 2026
Tim Hortons Launches Harry Potter Menu and Merchandise Starting August 12
If you thought the morning commute in Canada was already packed with caffeine-fueled hustle, brace yourselves. Starting August 12, Tim Hortons is effectively transforming into the Great Hall—well, sort of. The chain just announced a massive nationwide rollout celebrating the 25th anniversary of Harry Potter, and it’s arguably their most aggressive play for the collector […]
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BITVoxy Global
BITVoxy GlobalJul 23, 2026
Tim Hortons Launches Handcrafted Matcha Beverage Lineup Across Canada 
TORONTO, July 22, 2026 — Let’s be completely honest with ourselves for a second. When you think of Tim Hortons, you think of a classic double-double, maybe some Timbits, and a quick breakfast wrap. You don’t usually think of high-grade, shade-grown Japanese tea rituals. But the Canadian quick-service giant is clearly tired of letting specialty […]
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BITVoxy Global
BITVoxy GlobalJul 13, 2026
KFC Officially Resurrects Popcorn Chicken After Three-Year Hiatus
Plano, Texas, July 13, 2026 — It is a well-known rule of the fast-food universe that if you take away a beloved menu item, the internet will never let you forget it. For three long, dark years, KFC fans have been clanking pots and pans on social media, demanding the return of a 90s icon. […]
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taco 'bout it
taco 'bout itJun 30, 2026
got that grimace cup, fam
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taco 'bout it
taco 'bout itJun 29, 2026
wake me up when they bring back fried chicken
Taco Bell moves away from in-restaurant fajita flair and reimagines those flavors on the go with its new Fajita Street Chalupas and Chicken Fajita Nacho Fries. Source: Fajita Street Chalupas & Chicken Fajita Nacho Fries | Taco Bell® Newsroom
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Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetAug 30, 2025
18,000 Waters
One of the many issues with AI is one of responsibility—guardrails seem to take a backseat to growth. AI-enabled fast food drive-thrus shouldn’t have better backstops than ChatGPT, yet they do.
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Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetAug 23, 2024
When The Coffee Sweats
Starbucks, which has devolved from laptop destination to coffee pickup counter, hires a burrito maven. The third place hangs in the balance.
starbuckscoffee
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetMar 11, 2022
Meal Deal Economics
What a price hike for a U.K. supermarket chain’s popular meal deal tells us about the way we perceive food in a time of inflation.
grocery storesfood
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetOct 27, 2020
Plastic Pail Perfection
Why McDonald’s is missing a major marketing opportunity by not handing out its ’80s era plastic pumpkin buckets to modern kids. (I feel strongly about this.)
mcdonald'sfast food
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetAug 29, 2019
Pressure-Fried Patents
Pondering the role that patents and trade secrets play in fast food, particularly the ones that helped enable the rise of the fried chicken sandwich wars.
fast foodchicken
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetDec 4, 2018
When A Chain Breaks
What a blogger learned from a year of traveling to restaurants that used to be part of much larger chains before being forced to fend for themselves.
fast foodrestaurants
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetNov 1, 2018
Beyond The McRib
Pondering the way that retired or obscure fast food menu items create cult followings. Had a Taco Bell Chili Cheese Burrito lately? Consider yourself lucky.
taco bellfood
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetMay 31, 2017
Floating Fast Food
The history of the McBarge, the former McDonald’s location created for Expo ’86 in Vancouver. Shockingly, it wasn’t the only fast food joint designed to float.
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Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetMar 28, 2017
Boom, Roasted
Not every fast food chain is going to be a success. And often, the best you can hope for is the kind of revival Kenny Rogers Roasters is having in Asia.
fast foodfood
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetJan 7, 2016
The Sauce-Packet Squeeze
How long do sauce packets last, and can you recycle these old Heinz Ketchup packs? We research condiment packaging so you don't have to.
condimentsmustard
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetAug 13, 2015
How The Fake Sausage Is Made
Veggie burgers and similar products are downright common these days, but it took a long time for meat analogues to earn respect at the table.
foodfast food
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetJul 21, 2015
I Got The Munchies
When the bar closes or the house party is broken up by the cops, college food suddenly seems like the best thing ever. Check out these dorm-room favorites.
retailobscure food
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetJan 27, 2015
Brand bastardizations
Sometimes, companies do things that go against our expectations of their brand. Often, the result can be awful. Check out these examples of brand weirdness.
brandingfast food

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