Food News: Target, Starbucks, Burger King, & Dunkin’

Target Parking Lots Are About to Get Even More Insane with Starbucks Drive-Thrus: Target parking lots are ALWAYS insane, no matter what location you’re at and they got even crazier when Target rolled out its “Drive Up” same-day order pickup service. And now, Target will now allow people to pick-up Starbucks coffee through that service, too.  They’ve already tested it in several locations, and it’ll be available at all locations with an in-store Starbucks by October.  That’s MOST of them.

Here’s how it works:

You order whatever Target stuff you want, and select the Drive Up option.  You get notified when your items are available, and then a prompt comes up asking if you want to add any drinks or food from Starbucks. You pull up to the curbside pick-up space, and they bring your Target stuff AND your “freshly prepared” coffees out to you. So it sounds like you can only ADD the Starbucks to a Target pick-up and can’t just use it to pick up Starbucks.  You also need to arrange everything through the Target app, and pay ahead of time.

SOURCES: Tech Crunch / Target

BURGER KING TO LAUNCH HONEY MUSTARD BK ROYAL CRISPY CHICKEN SANDWICH: On August 14th, Burger King will release a new chicken sandwich! The Honey Mustard BK Royal Crispy Chicken Sandwich features white meat chicken, sliced tomatoes, lettuce, bacon, honey mustard, and Swiss cheese. Available at participating locations nationwide!

SOURCE: Chewboom

DUNKIN’ MAY SOON RELEASE SPIKED BEVERAGES: Dunkin’ appears to be planning to release a line of hard iced coffees and hard iced teas! Dunkin’ has already received label approval to sell alcohol, and four varieties appear on the Dunkin’ Spiked website. Rumored flavors include Strawberry Dragon Fruit, Mango Pineapple, and Caramel Iced Coffee. Teas are labeled 5% alcohol by volume, and iced coffees are labeled 6% ABV. A release date has not yet been confirmed.

SOURCE: Food & Wine