March 30, 2021 Pizza Hut to add 'Hut Lane' at redesigned restaurants for pickup of digital orders Pizza Hut is redesigning more than 1,500 locations across the country with a contactless window for mobile order pick-ups.
March 30, 2021 Chipotle to give away burritos and Bitcoin on National Burrito Day Chipotle announced in a press release that it will be giving away $100,000 in free burritos and $1000,000 in Bitcoin on April 1st, which is National Burrito Day. According to the company, the give-away involves a game based around a true story about a very expensive hard drive.
March 30, 2021 KFC is 'borrowing' other brands' slogans as replacements for 'Finger Lickin' Good' KFC, which temporarily retired its “finger lickin’ good” catchphrase in the U.K and South Africa after the coronavirus pandemic made “finger lickin’” a taboo act, is now borrowing the iconic catchphrases from other popular brands — like Nike, L’Oreal and Red Bull — to market its chicken.
March 29, 2021 Krispy Kreme defends its free doughnuts to vaccinated people offer Krispy Kreme’s coronavirus vaccination promo has sparked criticism from health professionals and people who are concerned about obesity rates in the U.S.
March 26, 2021 Dunkin' customer in Ohio buys $4G in gift cards, uses them to buy food, coffee for every subsequent patron Samantha Owens, the manager of the Dunkin’ location, tells ӣƵ that the generous customer — a regular — pulled up to the drive-thru on March 12, asking if he could purchase $1,000 in gift cards. Owens asked the driver to come inside the shop, where the do-gooder upped his order to $4,000.
March 26, 2021 Burger King's chicken sandwich debut in Michigan delayed by pickle shortage, operator says Burger King is the latest chain to enter the chicken sandwich fray, but the item’s dramatic debut in Michigan is being delayed by a pickle shortage.
March 25, 2021 Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC to take orders via text, social media The fast food corporation, which runs Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and KFC, announced the purchase of Tictuk Technologies.
March 25, 2021 Originator of Detroit-style pizza blasts Pizza Hut for attempt at regional dish: 'Isn't even a good knock-off' Buddy’s, the Detroit restaurant chain that claims to have invested Detroit-style pizza bac in 1946, has issued its tongue-in-cheek gratitude to Pizza Hut for attempting to introduce the world to “Detroit-style” pies, even if it’s a “knockoff” that can’t hold a candle to the original.
March 23, 2021 Taco Bell hot sauce packets, which are usually free, are now a hot commodity on eBay Anything is valuable if people are willing to spend big bucks for it — even if fast-food restaurants currently keeps tubs of the stuff fully stocked in each of their dining rooms.
March 23, 2021 Dunkin' launching 'Free Donut Wednesdays' for rewards program members Dunkin’, the coffee-and-doughnut chain that now offers fake meat and avocado toast, is launching “Free Donut Wednesdays” for rewards members who make qualifying beverage purchases on Wednesdays through April 21.