Donuts, Drive-Thrus & Debunked Myths

From Krispy Kreme’s 88-cent birthday deal to Liquid Death’s cereal milk-flavored water (yep, that’s real), we’re diving into the wildest new bites and sips. Plus, KFC’s in its comeback era, Wendy’s is giving out free fries, and we finally debunk that “wait 30 minutes to swim” lie your mom told you. Also—who’s got the fastest (and slowest) drive-thru? Let the food fight begin.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Food News time.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
It's Froggy's Food News.

Speaker 1 (00:08):
Today.

Speaker 3 (00:09):
It's a democratic food News Thursday where we get to well,
we get to vote for our favorite food news countdown. Yep,
we're voting. We have a say today. All right, it's
food News Thursday. What's up, Froggy?

Speaker 1 (00:20):
All right?

Speaker 2 (00:20):
First, Krispy Kreme just announced a donut deals so good
that it feels like you're stealing them.

Speaker 1 (00:24):
Guess what. Tomorrow is the eighty eighth.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
Birthday of Krispy Greenvilles we started back in nineteen thirty seven.
Tomorrow you'll be able to get a dozen donuts with
the purchase of another dozen for just eighty eight cents tomorrow.
Nate to Nate, You're gonna get a sugar high tomorrow night.

Speaker 1 (00:42):
All right, finee eighty eight cents.

Speaker 2 (00:45):
We're the original glazed dozen for just eighty eight cents
with the purchase of eighty dozen donuts at regular price.
So enjoy it tomorrow. Liquid Death we all have had
Liquid Death water?

Speaker 1 (00:53):
Correct? Yep?

Speaker 2 (00:55):
So, Liquid Death Water has launched a new sparkling water flavor.
It is called Real Criminal Is in collaboration with Fruity Pebbles.
It's created to taste like the left over milk from
a bowl of cereal. Oh yes, contains no artificial sweeteners.
Comes in twelve ounce can, sold in six packs and
twelve packs available at some Walmart stores now it will

(01:16):
soon be nationwide.

Speaker 1 (01:18):
You want to give that a try. I don't know
if I could take a whole can of it though.
Sparkling water that tastes like cereal milk. Yeah, cereal milks
so good. A lot of things? What else you got?

Speaker 2 (01:29):
Kentucky've Fried Chicken Is say they are in their comeback
era with a new menu item and a new promotion.
The fast food restaurant announced that they have plans to
revive their legacy chicken chain after being really surpassed in
the chicken game by Popeyes, Chick fil At raising Canes
are the restaurants. Their comeback plan is this. They're offering
a free bucket of chicken with any fifteen dollars fifteen

(01:52):
dollars online order, So if you spend fifteen bucks online,
you get a free bucket of chicken. And they also
have added a new item, Fried pickle slices, will be
on the summer menu now. Slices of dill pickles fried
served with KFC signature comeback sauce or ranch.

Speaker 1 (02:07):
So if you haven't been the KFC in a while,
might want to give that a try.

Speaker 3 (02:10):
The last time you guys had a bucket of chicken,
that sounds fun.

Speaker 1 (02:13):
I got chicken. Yeah, I don't think like somebody eats
a leg. You eat it?

Speaker 2 (02:17):
Fie.

Speaker 3 (02:18):
Wait wait, wait, you never had a bucket of chicken, gondhy.

Speaker 1 (02:21):
No, I got it.

Speaker 3 (02:25):
I feel it.

Speaker 1 (02:25):
I feel a.

Speaker 2 (02:26):
Chicken date coming on now, Okay, all right? How many
people were told as a kid that you had to
wait thirty minutes after you would eat to go swimming.

Speaker 1 (02:35):
Let's that's crap, isn't it.

Speaker 2 (02:37):
You're right, Elvis, It's a lie. The American Red Cross
UH Scientific Advisory Committee concluded that eating before swimming is
not a contributing risk for drowning, and it is dismissed
as a sheer myth. There is no truth. You can
eat and go swimming all you want. Don't listen to it.
Wow Wendy's. Wendy's has a special day for every single

(02:59):
fan of French fries. Every Friday for the rest of
this year is Friday at Wendy's.

Speaker 1 (03:07):
It's an exclusive deal.

Speaker 2 (03:08):
In the app, either order online or through their app,
and you're gonna get a free order of French fries
every single Friday.

Speaker 1 (03:15):
At Wendy's, so take advantage of it. All right, here
we go.

Speaker 2 (03:19):
This is a list of the fastest drive through fast
food chains. Okay, all right. Coming into number five is
Taco Bell. Number four is Cookout, What Cookout? Cookouts? Number four,
Number three Krispy Kreme. So tomorrow when you get your
eighty eight cent donuts, those are fast eight. They're at

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number three. Number two is McDonald's and the one most
efficient and fastest drive through Chick fil A.

Speaker 1 (03:57):
Yeah, it's a science spirit Chick fil A. And here
you go. Would you like the slowest drive throughs?

Speaker 2 (04:02):
Yeah, yeah, here you go. Coming in number three Church's Chicken.
Number two Culvers and the slowest drive through. Over seventy
percent of customers say they wait, it's magically delicious.