{"id":15665,"date":"2013-11-05T12:02:37","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T22:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=15665"},"modified":"2020-12-24T11:30:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T21:30:36","slug":"fast-food-five-1152013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2013\/11\/05\/fast-food-five-1152013\/","title":{"rendered":"FAST FOOD FIVE &#8211; 11\/5\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--INFOLINKS_OFF--><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rusty_clark\/6455463803\/\" title=\"Southbound by Rusty Clark, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7004\/6455463803_d1444d5be9.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Southbound\"\/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p><i>Here are five recent fast food news bites:<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grubgrade.com\/2013\/11\/04\/big-king-and-bbq-rib-sandwich-featured-at-burger-king\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burger King Big King is back<\/a>! Oh, the memories I have with the Big King. In the mid-90s, I received an angry letter from McDonald&#8217;s after writing a review about the Big King for my school newspaper. Yeah, it&#8217;s a long story. <i>(via Grub Grade)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Baskin-Robbins Flavor of the Month is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baskinrobbins.com\/content\/baskinrobbins\/en\/products\/icecream\/flavors.html?popupurl=\/content\/baskinrobbins\/en\/products\/icecream\/flavors\/gingerbread-junction-icecream.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gingerbread Junction<\/a>, a flavor I wanna be munchin&#8217; after a function, unless the freezers at my local Baskin-Robbins happen to malfunction. <i>(via Baskin-Robbins)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Another month, another way <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/dunkin-donuts-introduces-new-spicy-smoked-sausage-breakfast-sandwich-and-twitter-sweepstakes-for-national-sandwich-day-230195981.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dunkin&#8217; Donuts has combined meat, cheese, egg, and bread<\/a>. But this time it&#8217;s a little spicy. <i>(via PR Newswire)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of spicy, Subway now offers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/subway-restaurants-turns-up-the-heat-chain-introduces-fiery-footlong-collection-subs-featuring-creamy-sriracha-sauce-230500351.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a creamy sriracha sauce<\/a> to help mask the flavor of their sandwiches. <i>(via PR Newswire)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Get ready for Dunkin&#8217; Donuts&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2013\/11\/01\/red-velvet-latte-and-salted-caramel-hot-chocolate-coming-from-dunkin-donuts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Red Velvet Latte<\/a>.   I&#8217;m not sure how one would get ready for that, but might I suggest painting your body red or purchasing a red velvet suit. <i>(via The Consumerist)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><small><\/p>\n<div xmlns:cc=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/ns#\" about=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rusty_clark\/6455463803\/\"><a rel=\"cc:attributionURL\" href=http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rusty_clark\/6455463803><\/a>Image via flickr user Rusty Clark \/ <a rel=\"license\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/deed.en\">CC BY 2.0<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/small> <\/p>\n<p><!--INFOLINKS_ON--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are five recent fast food news bites: The Burger King Big King is back! Oh, the memories I have with the Big King. In the mid-90s, I received an angry letter from McDonald&#8217;s after writing a review about the Big King for my school newspaper. Yeah, it&#8217;s a long story. (via Grub Grade) Baskin-Robbins [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1429],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fast-food-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16738,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2014\/04\/25\/review-burger-king-chicken-big-king\/","url_meta":{"origin":15665,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: Burger King Chicken Big King","author":"Marvo","date":"April 25, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"It's difficult to stop staring at the middle bun of Burger King's Chicken Big King because it's comically thick. 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