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Showing posts with label Reference. Show all posts

Nov 25, 2020

2020 Holiday Gift Card Bonuses and Freebies

Whether you're looking at giving some as presents or grabbing some for yourself, the holiday season is a prime time to stretch your dollar as long as it's for currency that you can only spend at one place. A number of restaurants are offering a bonus of some sort as an incentive to fuel your holiday giving.

Please note that a lot of the bonus cards are more appropriately described as "bonus coupons" and are not gift cards. They typically have no cash value, include an expiration date, and may have other terms attached. You should check with the respective restaurants for details if you have any questions. I've listed the expiration dates where I could find them.

Some deals are online only, while others are available at participating locations only so be sure to ask before buying.

Here's a list of restaurant gift card bonuses/freebies available for the 2020 holiday season (I'll update if more come in):

May 11, 2020

Shake Shack Reveals How to Make Their Cheese Sauce at Home

Shake Shack recently revealed how to make their cheese sauce at home in a video by Mark Rosati, their culinary director, which you can find on their Facebook and Twitter pages.

I wrote down / paraphrased the recipe below for reference. Just a few notes:

Apr 29, 2020

Ikea Reveals At-Home Recipe for Their Signature Meatballs

With Ikea stores (and the restaurants inside them) temporarily closed across the US, their Swedish meatballs are now largely unobtainable unless you have some frozen ones previously stocked in the fridge. In light of that, Ikea revealed a recipe for "Ikea Meatballs at Home," or at least their UK branch did.

Here's the recipe (with my notes in brackets):

Dec 7, 2019

2019 BrandEating Holiday Gift Guide

If you or someone you know tends to veer towards more fast food or restaurant-themed items, here are a few food brand-related gift ideas for Christmas:

Nov 29, 2019

2019 Holiday Gift Card Bonuses, Deals, and Specials

It's that time of the year again where a number of restaurant chains look to score your holiday dollars by offering a deal or bonus when you purchase one of their gift cards. I've put together a list of holiday gift card deals and bonuses for reference.

Dec 27, 2018

Chick-fil-A Reveals Best-Selling Menu Items for 2018

If you thought that the best-selling / most-ordered menu item at Chick-fil-A in 2018 was their signature chicken sandwich, you'd be wrong as it only came in fourth.

Dec 10, 2018

Here's How to Make Chick-fil-A Sauce in a Pinch

If your local Chick-fil-A restaurant ever runs out of the chain's signature Chick-fil-A Sauce, you'll be surprised as to how easy it is to make a replacement as the sauce is just a mix of barbecue sauce and honey mustard (which are also available at Chick-fil-A).

Nov 22, 2018

2018 Restaurant Holiday Gift Card Bonuses, Specials, and Deals

With the 2018 holiday season in full swing, many-a-restaurant is offering an extra bonus, deal, or freebie when you buy a gift card from them. I've complied a list of the bonuses for your reference.

Mar 29, 2018

Bon Appetit Shows How to Make "Gourmet" Cheetos at Home

Bon Appetit recently put out a video showing how to make "gourmet" Cheetos at home. Be warned though: It really isn't easy bein' cheesy.

Nov 20, 2017

2017 Holiday Gift Card Bonuses

With the 2017 holiday season ramping up, many-a-restaurant is offering an extra bonus when you buy a gift card from them. For your reference, I've put together a list of what's available.

Feb 3, 2017

2017 Super Bowl Deal Round-Up

Since pizza and wings are sold in abundance on Super Bowl Sunday (with over 1.3 billion wings expected to be eaten), here's a list of pizza and wing deals available this Sunday (as well as a few Super Bowl specific deals):

Dec 6, 2016

The Five Different Ways You Can Get Eggs at McDonald's

If you've always gotten an Egg McMuffin with a fresh-cracked round egg, you might be surprised to know that you could have also gotten it with scrambled eggs or egg whites. In fact, there are actually five different preparations of eggs at McDonald's and here's what you get with each:

Nov 22, 2016

2016 Gift Card Bonus Deal Round Up

It's that time of the year again where a lot of restaurant chains look to entice you to an extra bonus or freebie when you buy a gift card to meet your holiday gift-giving needs.

Aug 12, 2016

Dunkin' Donuts' Used to Have a Namesake Donut with a Handle

Dunkin' Donuts used to actually offer a donut called "The Dunkin' Donut" and it came with a handle that you could hold onto to dunk the donut in your coffee (per the chain's name).

Jul 13, 2016

Starbucks Reveals How to Order Purple Drink and Other Color Drinks

Starbucks Orange, Purple, Blue, Pink, and Green Drinks (AKA the Rainbow Drinks) have garnered quite a following on social media recently (try a search for #orangedrink on Twitter or Instagram for example) so that the company recently posted the recipes for each of the drinks on their social media channels.

Here's how you can order each drink for reference:

May 22, 2016

Taco Bell Wrappers Actually Let You Know Which Burritos and Tacos are Most Popular

You may not know but the wrappers for Taco Bell's tacos and burritos actually clue you in on which tacos and burritos are their most popular.

Nov 23, 2015

2015 Holiday Gift Card Bonus Deals

Here's a list I put together of all the extra holiday bonuses available from buying gift cards at some of your favorite restaurant chains this holiday season.

Nov 18, 2015

Did You Know? What "Natural" Actually Means

As the trend in consumer habits has veered toward a preference for less artificial ingredients in food, the term "natural" has been popping up everywhere from luncheon meats to potato chips. But what exactly does "natural" mean?

Jul 15, 2015

Did You Know? Why Some Ice Cream Is a "Frozen Dairy Dessert"

You scream, I scream, we all scream for... frozen dairy dessert?

Jun 22, 2015

Did You Know? Explaining the "Fancy" in Ketchup

It turns out there actually is an explanation as to why some ketchup is labeled "fancy," and it has to do with USDA classification.