Chili Pepper News — fast food

It’s not as if Americans hold the rights to the heat-inducing condiments market. We don’t. Even though we’ve got some serious hot sauce talent here, and aisles and aisles of sauces in every grocery store to prove it… we still can’t take all the credit. Sriracha, for example, isn’t an American creation. We need to look east for the roots of this garlicky goodness in a bottle. Harissa comes from North Africa (they claim it as their own in Tunisia where they spread this paste on damn near everything they put in their mouths).

As we look to wrap the third financial quarter of the year, it’s worth looking at some of the fast-food trends of the second quarter. Namely, we’re concerned with reports that this year’s release of Wendy’s Ghost Pepper Fries didn’t perform as well as expected.

Have you seen Taco Bell’s new Loaded Grillers? And, have you noticed the reemergence of the Chicken Fries on Burger King’s menu? How about Arby’s Sliders?

You guessed it; there’s yet another foodie holiday this month. And you might think this one is a little unconventional, after all it’s a whole day dedicated to fattening convenience foods. Yep, November 16th is National Fast Food Day. But we suggest thinking about this food holiday in a new way. After all, just because we’re accustomed to thinking of fast food in one way, it doesn’t mean that we always need to think that way. There are two ways to transform National Fast Food Day – and Mad Dog can do both.