Fans of Chick-fil-A’s original waffle-cut fries are likely cheering with their mouths full. Chick-fil-A has confirmed to TODAY.com that it has restored its Waffle Potato Fries recipe to the original, meaning it no longer contains pea starch. The change, which was first reported by AllRecipes on March 2, is reflected in the Chick-fil-A website’s FAQ …
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Trader Joe’s Recalls Four Frozen Asian Food Products Over Glass Fears
More than 36 million pounds of fried rice, ramen and dumplings sold at Trader Joe’s locations nationwide are being recalled after some customers found shards of glass in the products. An expanded recall was issued by Oregon-based Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc., on March 3 for an additional 33,617,045 pounds of various chicken and pork …
Video of McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski Eating Big Arch Burger Goes Viral
If the saying “all publicity is good publicity” is true, then one fast-food CEO has shaved a couple zeroes off his company’s marketing budget. McDonald’s president and CEO Chris Kempczinski has been dutifully posting Instagram updates on the company since 2019. He has tens of thousands of followers but has flown mostly under the radar …
Dairy Queen Announces Free Cone Day 2026. How to Get Yours
Dairy Queen’s annual Free Cone Day is right around the corner. Each year, the chain kicks off spring by giving away free ice cream for one day only. Per a press release, Dairy Queen has given away 38 million free cones since the first Free Cone Day in 2015. As the countdown to this year’s …
Dunkin’ Tests New 48-Ounce Drink Bucket. Here’s Where to Find Them
Go big or go home. That may very well apply to Dunkin’s new mammoth beverage offering that it’s testing. The chain is selling a 48-ounce drink bucket at select locations. Customers can fill the buckets with iced coffee, iced latte or Dunkin’ Refreshers, as well as Blueberry Cobbler Iced Latte, Caramel Coco Iced Coffee, or …
Meet the ‘Rolling Scones,’ a Senior-Living Cooking Club
They may not have moves like Mick Jagger anymore, but this cooking crew still gets their “Satisfaction” in the kitchen every week. “I made casseroles constantly, when you have that many little children sitting around the table,” Charleen Kelly, 92, tells TODAY.com, recalling when her five sons and one daughter were “knee-high to a grasshopper.” …
Jeff Daniels’ Favorite Sandwich Features Peanut Butter and Chips
It was actor-director Jeff Daniels’ turn with Stephen Colbert’s late night “Colbert Questionert” late last week, and as entertaining as it is to hear an interviewee’s favorite song or what they think happens when we die, my favorite question is always, “What’s your favorite sandwich?” Tom Hanks likes ham and Swiss, hold the tomato. John …
Sonja Norwood Is Bringing Them Back
“I knew I was gonna do a series on recipes that we weren’t making anymore,” Sonja Norwood, the content creator behind Wick’d Confections, tells TODAY.com from her home in Texas. She’s making sure that once-ubiquitous Black American foods get their chance in the spotlight again. It was around Thanksgiving when she got the idea for …
How Customers and Companies Controversially Use the Technology
We’re constantly guessing where artificial intelligence (AI) will pop up next. For the restaurant industry, that answer lies in the delivery sector. From consumer-facing photos to false deliveries and fraudulent refund claims, this new frontier is looking more like the Wild West. Here are the three places where we’re seeing the most chatter about AI …
Florida Pizza Shop Selling Iguana Pizza Gets Reported to Health Department
We may have found a more controversial pizza topping than pineapple — and, perhaps, unsurprisingly, it’s from Florida. On Feb. 2, Bucks Coal Fired Pizza in North Palm Beach went viral for a curious local delicacy atop its hand-tossed pies: iguana meat. An Instagram video prompted a polarizing reaction — to say the least — …









