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SPOTTED ON SHELVES (TRADER JOE’S EDITION) – 7/31/2018

Marvo / July 31, 2018 / Spotted on Shelves

Here are some new Trader Joe’s products found on store shelves by your fellow readers. If you’ve tried any of them, share your thoughts about them in the comments.

Trader Joe’s Milk & Dark Chocolate Butterscotch Bits Bar

Trader Joe’s Cold Brew Coffee Bags

Trader Joe’s Joe Light Roast Coffee

Trader Joe’s Decaf Coffee Cups

Trader Joe’s Old Fashioned Waffle Cones

Trader Joe’s Uncured Ham & Swiss Cheese Flaky Croissant Dough Squares

Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Toasted Sesame Caramels

Trader Joe’s Organic Kansas City Style BBQ Sauce

Trader Joe’s Lemon Shortbread Bar Mix

(Spotted by Bob K (first photo) and Sylvia (the rest).)

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.

FAST FOOD NEWS: Sonic Real Fruit Berry Shakes

Marvo / July 31, 2018 / Fast Food News / 2 Comments

Sonic has a new line of shakes to help keep you cool during the summer. The chain’s Real Fruit Berry Shakes bring together its ice cream, real berries, and whipped cream. There are three flavors available:

Strawberry
Blueberry
Triple Berry, a combination of real strawberries and blackberries with raspberry and wild berry flavors.

Sonic’s Real Fruit Berry Shakes are available for a limited time at participating Sonic Drive-Ins.

Also, if you know Sonic, you know it offers half-price shakes, floats, and ice cream slushes after 8 p.m. every night during its Summer Nights promotion that lasts through Labor Day.

If you’ve tried any of them, let us know what you think of it in the comments.

(Image via Sonic.)

SPOTTED ON SHELVES: Lay’s Deep Dish Pizza Potato Chips

Marvo / July 31, 2018 / Spotted on Shelves / 6 Comments

Here’s Lay’s Tastes of America flavor for the Heartland and Mid-America. (Spotted by Chris N at Walmart.)

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: Dunkin’ Donuts Dunkin’ Run Menu

Marvo / July 31, 2018 / Fast Food News / 2 Comments

Dunkin’ Donuts has launched a new menu called the Dunkin’ Run. It features a lineup of snacks available all-day and for $2 each.

Headlining the menu are the Donut Fries, five individual pieces of croissant style donut dough tossed in cinnamon sugar, which we reviewed a few weeks ago.

Joining it are four other menu items:

Ham & Cheese Roll-ups – Two orders of ham and cheese rolled up in flour tortillas. A serving has 280 calories, 13 grams of fat, 6 grams of saturated fat, 1050 milligrams of sodium, 27 grams of carbohydrates, and 13 grams of protein.

Pretzel Bites & Mustard – Five bite-sized pretzels topped with salt and served warm with spicy brown mustard. They have 190 calories, 2 grams of fat, 0.5 grams of saturated fat, 1430 milligrams of sodium, 35 grams of carbohydrates, and 7 grams of protein.

Waffle Breaded Chicken Tenders – Two chicken tenders coated with sweet waffle batter. They have 290 calories, 15 grams of fat, 3 grams of saturated fat, 650 milligrams of sodium, 19 grams of carbohydrates, and 19 grams of protein.

Fudge Brownie – An individually wrapped gluten-free fudge brownie. It’s the first gluten-free product for the chain. The treat has 350 calories, 16 grams of fat, 2 grams of saturated fat, 240 milligrams of sodium, 48 grams of carbohydrates, 34 grams of sugar, and 3 grams of protein.

If you’ve tried any of them or all of them, let us know what you think of them in the comments.

(Image via Dunkin’ Donuts.)

SPOTTED ON SHELVES – 7/31/2018

Marvo / July 31, 2018 / Spotted on Shelves

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