SPOTTED ON SHELVES – 8/4/2017

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Here are some interesting new and limited edition products found on store shelves by us and your fellow readers. If you’ve tried any of the products, share your thoughts about them in the comments.

California Pizza Kitchen Mushroom and Green Onion Crispy Thin Crust Pizza

California Pizza Kitchen Mushroom and Green Onion Crispy Thin Crust Pizza

(Spotted by Robbie at H-E-B.)

MaraNatha Banana Peanut butter

MaraNatha Banana Peanut butter

(Spotted by Amanda Y at Target.)

H E B Chile Lime Texas Corn Chips

H-E-B Chile Lime Texas Corn Chips

H E B Mexican Street Corn Tortilla Chips

H-E-B Mexican Street Corn Tortilla Chips

(Spotted by Robbie at H-E-B.)

Fuze Fusions Strawberry Lemonade and Berry Punch

Fuze Fusions Strawberry Lemonade and Berry Punch

(Spotted by Breanna B at BP.)

Cafe Bars Ice Cream Bars Hazelnut and Mocha

Cafe Bars Ice Cream Bars (Hazelnut and Mocha)

(Spotted by Carla at Safeway.)

Knorr Family Size Alfredo Pasta Sides

Knorr Family Size Alfredo Pasta Sides

(Spotted by Robbie at Walmart.)

Augason Farms Chewy Fudge Brownie Mix

Augason Farms Chewy Fudge Brownie Mix

(Spotted by Robbie at Walmart.)

Thank you to all the photo contributors! If you’re out shopping and see an interesting new product on the shelf, snap a picture of it, and send us an email ([email protected]) with where you found it and “Spotted” in the subject line. Or reply to us (@theimpulsivebuy) on Twitter with the photo, where you spotted it, and the hashtag #spotted. If you do so, you might see your picture in our next Spotted on Shelves post.

Also, if you want to send in photos and are wondering if we’ve already covered something, don’t worry about it. Let us worry about it.

SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Farm Rich Double Chocolate French Toast Bites

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Farm Rich Double Chocolate French Toast Bites

Can’t say those LOOK good. The icing doesn’t even help. They look like quadruple deep-fried breaded tofu blocks with icing. (Spotted by Robbie at Sam’s Club.)

If you’re out shopping and see an interesting new product on the shelf, snap a picture of it, and send us an email ([email protected]) with where you found it and “Spotted” in the subject line. Or reply to us (@theimpulsivebuy) on Twitter with the photo, where you spotted it, and the hashtag #spotted. If you’ve tried the product, share your thoughts about it in the comments.

Also, if you want to send in photos and are wondering if we’ve already covered something, don’t worry about it. Let us worry about it.

SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Coca-Cola Zero Sugar

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Coca Cola Zero Sugar

Coca Cola Zero Sugar 12 Pack

Coke Zero Sugar 12 Ounce Bottles

Goodbye, Coke Zero! Hello, Coke Zero Sugar! But if there’s backlash against Coke Zero Sugar, welcome back, Coke Zero! (Spotted by Sascha at Kroger and Robbie at Walmart and Target.)

If you’re out shopping and see an interesting new product on the shelf, snap a picture of it, and send us an email ([email protected]) with where you found it and “Spotted” in the subject line. Or reply to us (@theimpulsivebuy) on Twitter with the photo, where you spotted it, and the hashtag #spotted. If you’ve tried the product, share your thoughts about it in the comments.

Also, if you want to send in photos and are wondering if we’ve already covered something, don’t worry about it. Let us worry about it.

FAST FOOD NEWS: Burger King’s Mac N’ Cheese King

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Burger King Mac N Cheese King

Burger King is testing a burger topped with Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. Impulsive Buy reader @Ethan_Anderton sent in the photo above of the Mac N’ Cheese King on the drive-thru menu board at his local Burger King in Indiana.

Here’s his experience with the burger:

A little over a week ago, I went to Burger King in my town of LaPorte, IN to try the Chicken Parmesan sandwich for lunch but then stumbled upon this burger which I hadn’t heard about and assumed it was brand new and hadn’t hit the advertising circuit yet.

Then this week I realized that I hadn’t seen anything about this burger on TV, in the coupon mailers that I didn’t ask for in my mailbox, or even online. A Google search for anything Mac N Cheese related with Burger King only turns up results about the Mac N Cheetos being brought back. That’s when I realized that this was likely something being tested at my local Burger King, something that I’ve never personally seen happen here. So I went back and snapped a picture of the menu to share here at The Impulsive Buy.

Anyway, I ordered it, and it’s pretty much just the Bacon King with Kraft Mac N Cheese, including the barbecue sauce. It is extremely filling and very messy, so much that you almost need a fork to eat it properly. Having said that, it’s one of the better fast food burgers I’ve had in a while and almost feels like something you’d get at Hardee’s/Carls Jr instead of Burger King.

I reached out to my local Burger King to see if they knew how much longer it would be around and how widespread the testing was. The employee there told me that most of the locations owned by Quality Dining, Inc. (based out of Mishawaka, Indiana) were testing it, and they have locations in Indiana, Michigan and Tampa, Florida. When I called Quality Dining about the product, the employee I spoke to said that she estimated somewhere between 20 and 25 locations were testing it, primarily around the South Bend, Indiana area, which is the Central, Northern Indiana close to the Michigan border. My Burger King locations (we have two that are both testing the burger) are about 35 minutes West of South Bend, so it seems to be pretty localized here in the Midwest for now.

If you’ve tried it or seen it in your area, let us know in the comments.