The time has come! As mentioned earlier, The Hills star Audrina Patridge has thrown on a sizzling gold lamé bikini for the folks over at Carl’s Jr! The commercial was shot on the beach in Malibu, with Audrina indulging in the new Teriyaki Burger, taking it apart, putting it on her stomach, and enjoying each pineapple filled bite. Now I’m hungry for some..oh yeah, the burger looks good too.
‘Today Jamba Juice launches a complete range of delicious simple and on-the-go food items’.
‘Jamba Juice announced their most significant addition to its menu offerings since it’s opening in 1990, with a rollout spread of California flat breads, wraps and cold tea infusions. Satisfying high customer demand for great tasting, on-the-go food for a healthy lifestyle, Jamba Juice’s tasty new items are made with high quality, good-for-you ingredients and will be available in 222 California locations for the time being. Following the successful launch of Jamba’s oatmeal topped with organic oats and berries this past winter, they hope to transform the companies entire concept to offer simple and healthy options to their customers other than just their great smoothies!’
One of the many perks to working for foodBEAST is sometimes we are offered amazing opportunities like the one that Jamba gave me this last Friday. Upon my flight arrival in San Fransisco, myself and about 12 other website editors were able to tour the Jamba headquarters, see the employee smoothie kitchen, and then actually test all of their new food items in their magnificent test kitchen. Check after the jump for my entire experience and why Jamba Juice is making competitors scared.
As part of their Realburgers for Realheroes campaign, Applebee’s restaurant has added a host of tantalizing new burger variations to their menu! Get ready for burgers such as the Steakhouse Burger topped with cracked peppercorn and a special blend of seasonings, A.1.® Steak Sauce, crispy fried onion strings, melted Jack cheese and mayo on a toasted bun / the Cowboy Burger topped with a crunchy onion ring, honey BBQ sauce, Jack & cheddar cheeses and Applewood smoked bacon / the Fire Pit Bacon Burger topped with pepper-Jack cheese and Applewood smoked bacon on a toasted bakery bun smothered with a smoky chipotle sprea / the Surf ‘N Turf Burger topped with grilled, seasoned shrimp, covered in a blend of rich Italian cheeses, and grilled onions on a toasted bun / and the Quesadilla Burger which includes pico de gallo, shredded lettuce and Mexican ranch sauce served Southwestern style in a pepperjack and cheddar quesadilla with bacon. Several of these Realburgers also appear on Applebee’s “2 for $20″ menu, which includes two entrees and an appetizer. Eat on!
Joe’s Crab Shack is kicking off the summer with an expansion of its Steampot offerings. The restaurant chain has added two new Steampots to its line, the Long Islander, which includes mussels, clams, shrimp, sausage, corn and potatoes; and the Old Bay which includes Alaskan snow crab, clams, corn, potatoes, and Old Bay spiced sausage. The pots will run you anywhere from $17.99 to $34.99 depending on location and selection. Also introduced was a Crab Cake Chipotle Caesar Salad, and added new flavors to its Crab in a Bucket selections with the availability of Fire-grilled and Smoked Chile variations. (Thx NRN)
Wendy’s reported yesterday that it would be introducing boneless chicken wings in a triumvirate of available flavors later this month. The suggested price of the new item will revolve around $3.99 for seven to nine wings. Created with 100-percent breast meat, the wings will be lightly breaded and hand-tossed with one of three sauces: Sweet & Spicy Asian, Honey BBQ and Bold Buffalo. The item is scheduled to launch June 22, and Wendy’s rational behind the creation and marketing of these new wings is that this is definitely not an item normally attributed to any fast food restaurant, instead, they claim that these Sweet & Spicy Asian wings are something akin to items at an upscale restaurant. (Thx NRN)
Did Jack in the Box strike gold again with this new ad campaign for their mini sandwiches?
With the summer season rapidly approaching (for some it’s in full swing!), McDonald’s Canada is launching a line-up of four entree salads to get you looking good for the sunny season! These entree salads are highlighted by fresh leafy greens, colourful crisp toppings, Renee’s Gourmet(TM) dressings and combos that are quite new to the McDonald’s chain. The four salad entrees come with your choice crispy or grilled chicken breast and highlighted by four particular flavors: The Mediterranean Salad, The Mighty Caesar Salad, The Spicy Thai Salad and The Garden Fresh Salad. The salads will be available for $6.79 at participating Canadian McDonald’s locations.
I figured this was an extremely interesting topic for today. A few days back, a friend of mine and I were discussing what foods bacon might be awesomely paired with. Of all the obscure options we covered, we ended up returning to burgers…and we wondered, how awesome would it be if the stringently simple and brand conscious In-N-Out burger added a “Bacon Burger” to their famous menu? Although I don’t see this happening in the near future…let alone, ever, I did stumble upon a BaconToday article where their author apparently contemplated the same thing. He then went out to his local restaurant to with his own bag of bacon, placed his order, and made the sandwich himself. Oh well, until our dreams come true, we live vicariously through such fan-made substitutes. Eat on!
Carl’s Jr is making yet another run at casting a sexy celebrity as the front for their burger promotions. First it was Paris Hilton, next up was Top Chef Host Padma Lakshmi, now it’s The Hills star Audrina Patridge modeling Carl’s Jr’s upcoming Teriyaki Six Dollar Burger. Sporting a sexy two piece, Audrina looks to be sitting on a beach, trying her best to get her lips around the meaty package (that’s what she said). We’ll have more information as it becomes available! (PicThx E!)
Updates Straight From Carl’s Jr: The title of the ad will be “Bikini”. It will begin airing 6/24/09, the same day the chain will introduce their Teriyaki Burger.
Sorry for the influx in organized crime related postings today, but these are two good to pass up. Frankly, when someone pointed this Hardee’s commercial out to me today, I wasn’t even aware they had a “Chicken Parm Sandwich”. The tagline for this little gem of a sandwich? “It’s authentically Italian!”