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Jack in the Box launches virtual pop up inspired by Jason Derulo’s Milli MealsJack in the Box launches virtual pop up inspired by Jason Derulo’s Milli Meals

The quick-service chain and TikTok sensation offer unique items in Los Angeles

Bret Thorn, Senior Food Editor

June 14, 2021

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Jack in the Box has teamed up with pop star and TikTok sensation Jason Derulo to launch a virtual pop up in Los Angeles, offering menu items inspired by the Milli Meals that Derulo makes in celebration every time he gets another million followers on the social media platform.

Food from the One in a Milli Virtual Restaurant is available in select areas of Los Angeles via Uber Eats through June 28.

Derulo’s Milli Meals tend to involve unusual combinations of snack foods, such as the Ruffles Rice Krispies Candy Cake Treat he made when he hit 40 million followers.

The virtual pop up’s five items were created in collaboration between Derulo and the quick-service burger chain based in San Diego.

Jack in the Box is also using the promotion to drive use of its mobile app. For customers outside of One in a Milli’s delivery zone, guests can order the Milli Meal for $10-$11, depending on the location, via the app through August 8.

Customers who order the meal via the app are entered to win a prize, including custom sneakers inspired by Jack Box’s shoes in a recent commercial with Derulo, One in a Milli clothing, memorabilia signed by Derulo, and Jack in the Box gift cards. Two winners will be chosen each week.

The menu items at the virtual pop up are:

Milli Meal: A Triple Bacon Cheesy Jack, Roost Fries (fries topped with fried chicken pieces, cheddar cheese sauce, shredded cheddar and Mystery Sauce — a sweet and tangy sauce that Jack in the Box developed for its chicken items) and Mini Chocolate Croissant Bites, $10-$11

BurgerAco: A beef patty, a taco, shredded lettuce, onion rings and Mystery Sauce between two brioche buns, $10

Mega Milli Platter: Tiny Tacos, curly fries and jalapeño poppers mixed together and topped with bacon, cheese sauce, shredded cheddar cheese, ranch and Mystery Sauce, $12

Oreo Cookie Cheesecake Milli Shake: Vanilla shake blended with cheesecake and topped with Oreo cookie crumbles, whipped cream and more cheesecake, $7

Bacon Churro Milli Shake: Vanilla shake with maple syrup, bacon pieces and cinnamon sugar topped with churros and bacon, $7

“I’m pumped to be teaming up with Jack in the Box to celebrate my next million of TikTok followers!” Derulo said in a release announcing the promotion. “Jack in the Box is my guilty pleasure, so this partnership was an opportunity to bring my larger-than-life Milli Meals in a unique way, through creation the first-ever One in a Milli Virtual Restaurant. With Jack’s menu variety, we curated the ultimate spread that includes five deliciously indulgent items. Fans will be able to test out our concoctions for the first time only on Uber Eats. We’re excited for you to try what we’ve cooked up!”

There are more than 2,200 Jack in the Box restaurants in 21 states.

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Bret Thorn

Senior Food Editor, Nation's Restaurant News

Senior Food & Beverage Editor

Bret Thorn is senior food & beverage editor for Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality for Informa’s Restaurants and Food Group, with responsibility for spotting and reporting on food and beverage trends across the country for both publications as well as guiding overall F&B coverage. 

He is the host of a podcast, In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn, which features interviews with chefs, food & beverage authorities and other experts in foodservice operations.

From 2005 to 2008 he also wrote the Kitchen Dish column for The New York Sun, covering restaurant openings and chefs’ career moves in New York City.

He joined Nation’s Restaurant News in 1999 after spending about five years in Thailand, where he wrote articles about business, banking and finance as well as restaurant reviews and food columns for Manager magazine and Asia Times newspaper. He joined Restaurant Hospitality’s staff in 2016 while retaining his position at NRN. 

A magna cum laude graduate of Tufts University in Medford, Mass., with a bachelor’s degree in history, and a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Thorn also studied traditional French cooking at Le Cordon Bleu Ecole de Cuisine in Paris. He spent his junior year of college in China, studying Chinese language, history and culture for a semester each at Nanjing University and Beijing University. While in Beijing, he also worked for ABC News during the protests and ultimate crackdown in and around Tiananmen Square in 1989.

Thorn’s monthly column in Nation’s Restaurant News won the 2006 Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award for best staff-written editorial or opinion column.

He served as president of the International Foodservice Editorial Council, or IFEC, in 2005.

Thorn wrote the entry on comfort food in the Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America, 2nd edition, published in 2012. He also wrote a history of plated desserts for the Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets, published in 2015.

He was inducted into the Disciples d’Escoffier in 2014.

A Colorado native originally from Denver, Thorn lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Bret Thorn’s areas of expertise include food and beverage trends in restaurants, French cuisine, the cuisines of Asia in general and Thailand in particular, restaurant operations and service trends. 

Bret Thorn’s Experience: 

Nation’s Restaurant News, food & beverage editor, 1999-Present
New York Sun, columnist, 2005-2008 
Asia Times, sub editor, 1995-1997
Manager magazine, senior editor and restaurant critic, 1992-1997
ABC News, runner, May-July, 1989

Education:
Tufts University, BA in history, 1990
Peking University, studied Chinese language, spring, 1989
Nanjing University, studied Chinese language and culture, fall, 1988 
Le Cordon Bleu Ecole de Cuisine, Cértificat Elémentaire, 1986

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