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Menu Tracker: New items from Starbucks, Taco Bell, and Popeyes

Plus innovation at Another Broken Egg Café, Bob Evans, Bojangles, Buffalo Wild Wings, California Pizza Kitchen , Donatos Pizza, Ellianos Coffee, Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers, The Human Bean, Jimmy John’s, Krispy Kreme, Mellow Mushroom, Panera, Peet’s Coffee, Rita’s Italian Ice & Frozen Custard, Scooter’s Coffee, Smoothie King, Snooze A.M. Eatery, Starbucks Reserve, Tim Hortons, Tous Les Jours, Twin Peaks, Twisted Root Burger , Veggie Grill by Next Level, Velvet Taco, and Ziggi’s Coffee

People love sauces. They love dipping things in them, eating wings coated with them, having them slathered on their sandwiches, spread on their pizza, etc.

And restaurateurs love them because they’re an inexpensive and operationally easy way to create news and figure out what kinds of flavors their customers like.
So it’s not surprising that a bunch of new sauces are being rolled out at chains including Bojangles, Buffalo Wild Wings, Popeyes, and Twin Peaks.

We’re also approaching harvest season, and increasingly that means apple flavored items, including ones at  Bob Evans, Freddy’s, Scooter’s Coffee, Starbucks, and Tim Hortons.

All of those chains except for Bob Evans are also rolling out pumpkin-flavored items, as are Another Broken Egg Café, California Pizza Kitchen, Ellianos Coffee, The Human Bean, Jimmy John’s, Panera, Peet’s Coffee, Rita’s, Smoothie King, Snooze, Ziggi’s Coffee.

Mellow Mushroom is also planning on testing a version of apple monkey bread at a new prototype location opening this fall, along with a bunch of new pizzas.

Donatos also has a new pizza, a square one with a thicker crust intended for families.

Tous Les Jours has new chocolate cakes with berries, Taco Bell is testing yet another Chalupa, Twisted Root Burger just announced some monthly specials (even though they rolled out a week ago), and Veggie Grill by Next Level has just implemented its biggest menu overhaul since it was bought by Next Level Burger.

Krispy Kreme has football-themed doughnuts, and Velvet Taco’s Weekly Taco Feature is inspired by peri-peri chicken.

Correction: August 23, 2024
This gallery has been updated with more details about the spices in Peet's Coffee's Fiery Mocha
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