A competition-winning burger should be difficult to turn into chain food. Its value usually lies in a chef’s judgement, small-batch preparation and details that resist standardisation. Wendy’s First Kitchen is testing the…
A formed shrimp patty hides its evidence. Freshness Burger is doing the opposite. From 21 October, the Japanese chain returns its Kami no Ebi Burger with three recognizable shrimp visible between the…
Two double burgers arrived on No Brand Burger’s South Korean menu on 15 October looking almost defiantly ordinary. NBB Hooked layers two flame-flavoured patties with sliced cheese, onion, smoky mayonnaise and a…
The most revealing thing about McDonald’s Germany’s new chicken menu is not a sauce or a stunt. It is a circle. On 30 September, the chain made the McChicken® round for the…
Korean chains are moving mala beyond hotpot into burgers, soup, café toast and convenience food by adapting its intensity to familiar formats.
A side dish has staged a small coup at Nando’s. Loaded PERi-Mac & Cheese, rolled out across UK and Ireland restaurants on September 29, starts with cheesy macaroni and then piles on…
One line in Chipotle’s launch announcement matters more than the seasoning: the chain says customers were already bringing packaged chips to its meals. On September 4, after four days of Rewards-only digital…
A biscuit sandwich belongs to breakfast—unless the restaurant selling it is usually closed then. Popeyes launched the Honey Chicken Biscuit across participating U.S. restaurants on September 28, pricing the permanent sandwich at…
McDonald’s Korea has done something more consequential than put gochujang on a chicken burger. On September 17 it launched the McCrispy™ Gochujang Butter, pairing a Cajun-seasoned whole chicken-thigh patty with a smooth,…
JOE & THE JUICE is making a direct play for the morning occasion with its new Steak ’N’ Egg Wrap, part of a coordinated breakfast rollout launched on September 9, 2026. The…