Shopping at Staples was frustrating yesterday. Traffic is picking up as kids return to school. It’s back to the grind. Just think of the poor teachers who have to put up with your brats. The future is bright! Coffee sales should be through the roof for the education sector.
I do not know what the colonel would say but Beyond Meat and KFC are handing out samples of their new Beyond Meat chicken nuggets at one of its Atlanta restaurants on Aug. 27. Beyond Meat has branched out of the meatless beef and sausage business into the chicken market. The proof will be in the pudding. Well in the case, it might be in the sauce.
One day in the future, you will be able to buy hot fresh bread from a robot. Introducing the Breadbot, the fully automated machine is in house bakery that makes a loaf in six minutes without any baker. Wilkinson Baking Company, the maker of the Breadbot, can bake 235 pieces of bread a day. The Breadbot is more of a spectacle for entertainment.
It’s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine because I have bread in a can to survive. The canned bread comes in six flavors; plain, coffee, chocolate, caramel, strawberry, and milk.
Linus just ate too many pumpkin spice products in 2019.
Is this the year of the pumpkin? Many companies are rolling out some sort of pumpkin-flavored product of limited editions of their popular products. Here are the top 30 products out in the market.
The wheels are coming off the pumpkin spice bandwagon. Hormel, the manufacturer of SPAM, is making for a limited time a pumpkin spice version of SPAM. It will be available as of September 23rd. You can only buy exclusively at Walmart and online at spam.com.
Munchy Mummies Candy captured our insatiable lust for the dead. Boris Karloff brought the mummy to the mainstream in the early ’30s. Mummies were perhaps the first zombies. Kids consumed these tiny candies from a plastic sarcophagus. Today mummies are still quite popular and refuse to remain dead. Unlike Munchy Mummies Candy were popular in the ’70s and long buried since the ’80s.
You have to go to California or Nevada if you want to dine at Eggslut. Imagine a brioche bun loaded with eggs instead of meat. The restaurant’s signature dish is “The Slut”, a coddled egg on pureed potatoes. Once you try Eggslut, you will never go back to regular burgers. The egg is going beyond the breakfast table and taking the spotlight throughout the whole day.
Coca-Cola is rolling out cinnamon Coca-Cola this winter. Last year, Cinnamon Coke-Zero was introduced in England.
You can make America sweet again. Buy some Trumphair cotton candy. Trumphair cotton candy has been sniff tested and approved by Joe Biden.
Nissin wants you to have noodles all day. Chow down from morning to evening with their new line of All-in Noodles series. You will now live in a Soylent Green futuristic world of ramen noodles. The new noodles will be introduced on August 19 this year. These noodles will take a bit longer to cook.
San Francisco-based Perfect Day has taken the cow out of the equation. They are producing ice cream using lab-grown dairy. Just like Beyond Meat, everybody is putting the cow back in the pasture and not down our stomachs.
Of course, Tony the Tiger will say Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes Pumpkin Spice tastes great. But honestly, seems there is an overkill when Autumn rolls around and every company wants to create some form of pumpkin flavor for their well-known brand. Sorry Tony, I will pass.
Canadian restaurant Boston Pizza introduces Poutine Pizza for the hungry masses. You will have to cross the 49th parallel to get this one. Just think of it as a dough-less pepperoni pizza tossed in crispy fries served with a side of signature pizza gravy. This will set you back for about $12.49 for an order of Pizza Poutine.
The Dash Mini Waffle Maker Machine will be a hit with young kids for this Halloween. Now you can make pumpkin shaped waffles to your heart’s content. It makes more than waffles, you can use also for paninis, hash browns, and even biscuit pizzas! You can buy it on Amazon for only $9.99 for a limited time. Get it while it’s hot! Figuratively of course.
Forget fish, worm, and bear-shaped gummies. Shurms, a Michigan based candy company, makes shapes of peninsula gummies. Michi-gummies are a regional phenomenon and quite popular in the Michigan area.
Bring on the bad guys! Funko, the toy manufacturer, is at it again as they release another set of cereal themed boxes. Once again, the toy inside plays a prominent role. Evil is at the forefront with The Little Mermaid’s Ursula and The Nightmare Before Christmas’ Oogie Boogie. Unfortunately, they are available exclusively at Spencer’s and Spirit Halloween. You can buy them both online if you are unable to make a trip to both stores. These cereal killers are ready to wreak havoc in your mouth with their multigrain colored laced colored cereal. All in good spirit, just in time for Halloween.
eyond Meatball Marinara from Subway will be available at 685 participating restaurants in the US and Canada. Seems everybody is climbing aboard the meatless train. Better buy some Beyond Meat stock.