Restaurants are betting on new breakfast beverages, sandwiches and sweets.
Two new beverages and a new breakfast sandwich are joining the Starbucks menu.
The Salted Cream Cold Foam Cold Brew is topped with Starbucks’ new salted cream cold foam, which features salt in the cold foam made from vanilla sweet cream. The foam tops a beverage made with Starbucks cold-brew coffee and caramel syrup.
The Iced Vanilla Bean Coconutmilk Latte is made with vanilla bean powder shaken with coconutmilk and ice topped with espresso shots.
The Smoked Shoulder Bacon Breakfast Sandwich features pecanwood smoked pork shoulder bacon, egg and sun-dried tomato cream cheese on parmesan-crusted toast.
Hardee’s is bolstering its breakfast offerings with new Breakfast Sliders.
The Applewood-Smoked Bacon Breakfast Slider features a folded scrambled egg, melted cheese and applewood-smoked bacon on a slider bun.
The Sausage Breakfast Slider features a folded scrambled egg, sausage patty and melted cheese served on a slider bun.
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is celebrating 81 years of business with a limited-time donut variety. Available July 27-Aug. 2, the new Glazed Confetti Doughnut features a vanilla birthday cake-inspired dough with confetti sprinkles in it glazed with Krispy Kreme’s original glaze and topped with more colorful sprinkles.
Arby’s is adding a new meat to its menu. Smokehouse beef short rib is the star of three new offerings from the restaurant chain.
The Smokehouse Beef Short Rib Sandwich features the new meat plus crispy onions, cheddar cheese and barbecue sauce between two slices of Texas Toast.
The Smoke Mountain sandwich is stacked with smokehouse beef short rib, beef brisket and smoked ham topped with cheddar cheese, crispy onions and barbecue sauce all sandwiched between two pieces of Texas Toast.
The Smokehouse Beef Short Rib Loaded Curly Fries starts with a bed of Arby’s curly fries covered in pulled smoked beef short rib, shredded cheddar cheese, cheddar cheese sauce, crispy onions and barbecue sauce.
Burger King is offering new Frozen Fanta Orange and Frosted Frozen Fanta Orange. The latter features a blend of frozen Fanta Orange soda with vanilla soft serve.
Checkers and Rally’s is adding a new flavor to its lineup of boneless wings. New Sweet & Smoky BBQ Boneless Wings feature the chains’ breaded all-white meat boneless wings tossed in a sweet and smoky barbecue sauce.
Mimi’s Cafe is introducing its Fresh Summer Catch Menu, featuring tropical-inspired dishes and desserts.
The Tropical Shrimp Ceviche features grilled shrimp, pineapple salsa, diced tomato, cilantro and lime juice served with warm tortilla chips.
The Citrus Chicken Salad features diced lemon-grilled chicken, avocado, mandarin oranges, chopped walnuts and feta cheese tossed in red wine shallot dressing with mixed greens.
The Summer Shrimp Salad features two grilled shrimp skewers on a bed of mixed greens with grilled pineapple, mandarin oranges and strawberries topped with red wine shallot dressing.
The Hawaiian Mahi-Mahi dish features seared mahi-mahi topped with pineapple salsa served with green beans and rice.
The Key West Lime Pie is a Florida key lime pie with a granola crust topped with whipped cream and granola crumbles.
New from Taco Bueno is a line of beverages that combine sweet and tart or sweet and spicy flavors. Cool & Fiery Lemonades come in three varieties: Raspberry lemonade, watermelon lemonade and Fiery peach lemonade, which features a “Tex-Mex kick,” the company said.
Innovative limited-edition menu items make their debut.
Beverage innovation is on the rise.