rolling new food laboratory inventions for american chain restaurants thread

https://www.fsrmagazine.com/content/virtual-dining-concepts-launches-marios-tortas-lopez-and-pauly-ds-italian-subs

“The power of celebrity Virtual Dining Concepts provides is an added value for restaurateurs across the country,” says Robert Earl, co-founder of Virtual Dining Concepts. “Similar to Tyga, Mario Lopez and DJ Pauly D come in as partners, playing an active role in marketing and promoting their brands to their millions of followers, driving revenue to the restaurants.”

Kentucky Fried Chicken® and Lifetime® are teaming up to bring consumers the perfect distraction from all things 2020: the holiday Lifetime Original Mini-Movie, "A Recipe for Seduction." Featuring veteran actor and star of Lifetime's FelizNaviDAD Mario Lopez as Colonel Harland Sanders, the first-of-its kind 15-minute Lifetime Original Mini-Movie is full of mystery, suspense, deception, "fowl" play and - at the heart of it all - love and fried chicken. "A Recipe For Seduction" premieres on Lifetime Sunday, December 13 at 12 p.m. ET/PT.

To enhance the viewing experience of deep-fried holiday romance, consumers can order KFC on Uber Eats for delivery and get six free extra crispy™ tenders with a $20 purchase or more.* While enjoying the delicious taste of the Colonel's secret 11 Herbs & Spices, viewers can share in all the drama of this steamy holiday love affair as they watch a young heiress contend with the affections of a suitor handpicked by her mother. But when a handsome, young chef with a secret fried chicken recipe and a dream arrives, he sets in motion a series of events that unravel the mother's devious plans.

"We're no stranger to heating things up for the holidays, just like our famous fried chicken scented Firelog. But let's face it, we could all use a little distraction this holiday season, so why not fill some of your time at home with a suspenseful drama and the comfort of our world-famous fried chicken?" said Andrea Zahumensky, KFC U.S. CMO. "'A Recipe for Seduction' is a perfect excuse to curl up at home and escape to your own happily ever after."

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kfc-and-lifetime-heat-up-the-holidays-with-a-first-of-its-kind-lifetime-original-mini-movie-a-recipe-for-seduction-301186727.html

sheesh

so it's just like a 15-minute narrative commercial? zzz. give me the movie "starring Coca-Cola" from Maxx Barry's Syrup or nothing at all.

desperate times we live in

"A+E Networks delivers custom creative that our audiences and clients love."

Marketing language is fucking bizarre.

GETTING PAAAAAAAIIIIIIIID

Chinese McDonalds is way ahead of everyone else.

https://kotaku.com/mcdonalds-china-has-a-spam-and-oreos-burger-it-seems-1845910426

i'm not sure i buy that being real

A friend posted a picture of some bacon-wrapped Oreos he made. Looks disgusting but popular with his family/friends.

https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/131953301_10225194170744612_8285079702920573914_o.jpg?_nc_cat=110&ccb=2&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=l2QZbTr2vsUAX-ncSSX&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-1.xx&oh=83042cc57c968bb8d9e80ae2a5cb3bb4&oe=6005C14F

Maybe that should go in the Cursed Images thread.

would absolutely murder some bacon wrapped oreos

hell give me some spameos too

the Chinese McDonald's thing is on their app in China, so if it's a hoax then it's an insider job.

Oreos are shitty bourbons, which are already the worst biscuit in the barrel, their adoption in the UK recently is a sad indictment of our age.

that’s a great photo

spam + oreos = extremely salty + sugar frosting + a pinch of umami

double creme oreos are delicious, the creme-biscuit ratios in regular oreos are all wrong

it's real

https://www.thebeijinger.com/blog/2020/12/21/fast-food-watch-thank-god-mcdonalds-spam-and-oreo-burger-one-day-only-thing

Sheesh

Authentic American food.

fried spam is actually quite good imo, not sure how much Oreo crumbs would elevate it, suspect not at all.

https://landing.coolermaster.com/kfconsole/

Never risk letting your chicken go cold again thanks to the patented Chicken Chamber. Utilising the systems natural heat and airflow system you can now focus on your gameplay and enjoy hot, crispy chicken between rounds.

i had to read that page twice before i realized you can play games on it!

not a golfer, I see

McDonald’s releases Katsu Curry Chicken McNuggets . . . in the UK.

https://soranews24.com/2020/12/23/mcdonalds-releases-katsu-curry-chicken-mcnuggets-but-do-they-taste-japanese/

https://burgerlad.com/mcdonalds-double-big-mac/

When I first started this website, you didn’t know what new burger was going to be available at McDonald’s until the day of release. And media and other lifestyle outlets rarely reported on the next LTO.

If you don’t believe me, just “Google” Great Tastes of America 2013 or 2012 or before and compare that to nowadays.

Very few websites were interested in the new promotion(s) at The Golden Arches and trying to find out limited time burgers prior to 2012 is nigh impossible.

This very website changed that game.

methinks BURGER LAD is getting a bit too big for his britches

probably too many double big macs

ps meat is grey
https://burgerlad.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Double-Big-Mac-UK-2020-2.jpeg

Burger Lad engaging in serious Burger Business erasure

xp McDonalds meat has got to be the worst of any fast food chain right? It has that "time to bribe the health inspector to look the other way" grey-brown shade.

I think, at least in the UK, it's probably healthier/safer than a lot of shady burger joints, because it has to be and because they have the size of business that they can afford to use reputable farms for their beef - I know they have brochures explaining the quality of their meat in UK branches, and I can't imagine they're willing to risk a horsemeat/BSE-type scandal. But that doesn't mean it tastes great or is well-cooked, by any means.

[for me, there are few pleasures as guilty as a good/bad kebab shop burger, cooked on the coal griddle, but I'm also pretty sure I'm risking poisoning with every bite, and indeed one ruined the Xmas of 2001 for me, so I know whereof I speak there]

In France McDo burgers taste pretty good! In the USA I got sick off them enough to swear off them, but here they’re a real treat.

I have them pretty rarely now, having regarded them as the pinnacle of quisine when I was a kid, but I like the saltiness of the cheese in a double cheeseburger, though the quarter pounders are often dry and disappointing. If I have one now it's usually in the company of my daughter, on a road trip, and it's a fun experience for that reason. Though back when I was still able to work in offices, I'd often grab a sausage McMuffin on a Friday, which was very much a treat.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/potatoes-are-returning-the-first-in-taco-bells-vegetarian-plans-to-make-this-year-better-than-last-301208212.html

After a brief hiatus from menus due to Taco Bell's menu simplification efforts last year, Cheesy Fiesta Potatoes and the Spicy Potato Soft Taco will be back starting March 11. Taco Bell is also teaming up with Beyond Meat to create an innovative new plant-based protein that will be tested in the next year. Taco Bell chose to team up with Beyond Meat as a category leader with a proven track record of attracting younger customers with its irresistibly delicious plant-based offerings. Although Taco Bell has long been a destination for vegetarians, this will be the brand's first foray into plant-based meat in the U.S.

"The return of our beloved potatoes is just the first step in showing our fans the strong continued commitment to vegetarian we are making this year," said Liz Matthews, Taco Bell's Global Chief Food Innovation Officer. "We have long been a leader in the vegetarian space, but this year, we have more meatless options in store that vegetarians, veggie-curious and even meat-eaters will love."

I've always been curious to try a vegetable one day.

"creating an innovative new plant-based protein" sounds weirdly ominous

plant-based is so 2020

the future is fungus

taco “beef” mostly plant based already hohoho

Taco Bell “beef”

Vegetarian isn't just a trend for Taco Bell. The brand has had meatless menu items like the bean burrito for many years

lol

Was vegetarian for many years and TB was absolutely the best of the big fast food chains because you can sub beans on everything, which tastes better than the beef anyway

I wonder how much of the vegetarian market they actually have already captured, long term?

"Taco Bell Vegetarian" is a lifestyle choice

All the broke punk kids in [your town here] have always subsisted on bean burritos.

i mean i'm not gonna lie, upward of 80% of my intake was taco-bell-based for a year or three
i just dunno how much permadamage that did

the future is fungus

you're saying plant-based is spore substitute, eh?

Quorn is just okay, tho-- I am not a vegetarian currently, but having been a vegan for a few years and worked in a natural foods grocery for a while, the idea of fungus based food is really good...it's just that it isn't being done particularly well at present, partly because so many of the products are centered around making something 'like meat.' Veggie products should quit that imitation meat strategy and just make things that taste good...

As a confirmed lifelong Pizza Hut hater who is also a sucker for a good American chain restaurant food laboratory invention, I have to say the new Detroit-style is....not bad.

i keep getting ads for the digiorno pizza with a croissant crust and goddamn if don't want to try it