The Weekly Donut 8/17

Get ready to indulge in all things food news...

Eatin' fried butter at the Iowa State Fair

while listening to Senator Elizabeth Warren. The Democratic Presidential candidates crowded the Iowa State Fair to campaign for the 2020 Presidential Election. You may be thinking, "that's like soooo random," but the Iowa State Fair has historically been a popular venue for candidates to connect with voters because of the importance of the Iowa caucus. Anyways, enjoy watching Bernie Sanders shove a corn dog down his throat. You're welcome.

Trying to stay hydrated during the summer heat

The Dirty Jerz is living up to its name by giving people dirty water. There's a water crisis in Newark, NJ, and to help fix the problem, the city is handing out expired water bottles. Due to an overwhelming amount of lead in the tap water that filters can't even fix, residents have to line up to receive bottled water. #FlintWaterCrisis, meet your new friend, #NewarkWaterCrisis

Pop(corn) Culture

Jessica Alba wants to cook you dinner

Jessica Alba teams up with HelloFresh to introduce new meals that are delivered to your door. First up in her collaboration is a Date Night Box, which is marketed to couples who want to have a night in. The $50 box includes a three-course meal for you and your significant other. Now we're just wondering how to get Jessica Alba to be our date?? Asking for a friend.

If fridges could talk

This Tweet went viral after a teenage girl, Dorothy, got her phone taken away and tweeted from her fridge. The Tweet, reading "I do not know if this is going to tweet I am talking to my fridge what the heck my Mom confiscated all of my electronics again," got over 20,000 RTs and 83,000 likes because it came from her "LG Smart Refrigerator." All I'm saying is thank god I don't have an LG Smart Refrigerator or else it would be tweeting, "What the heck Mom we're out of milk again this is some bullshit I can't live here anymore," all the time...

Fast Food Frenzy

Raise your hand if you've been personally victimized by PSLs

Pumpkin Spice season came early this year, and there are some new products in the game. This year, Starbucks isn't the only company capitalizing on basic white girls. Dunkin' (still salty they dropped Donuts from their name) will be rolling out an entire menu dedicated to pumpkin spice. Starting August 21 (yes, that early), DD will be offering Cinnamon Sugar Pumpkin Signature Lattes, Pumpkin flavored coffees, apple cider donuts, apple cider Munchkins, pumpkin donut, pumpkin muffins, and pumpkin K-Cup Pods. Think this is a bit overkill? Then you obviously haven't seen Spam's take on the PSL.

Canned water? But I hardly know her!

Coca-Cola Co., which owns Dasani, is ditching plastic water bottles and using cans instead. After a lot of backlash over the large amount of plastic that beverage companies use, Coke is testing out aluminum-canned water. In addition, they're also revealing their "hybrid can," which is made from plants and recycled plastic.

Scrubway

Last week, we talked about the hype around Impossible Foods, but this week, Beyond Meat is getting all of the attention. Subway and Beyond Meat have teamed up to introduce the Beyond Meatball Marinara Sub, available starting September. We have a feeling it's going to have the same fake-meat-taste as every other sandwich there. Speaking of feat (fake meat), Dunkin' (still salty they dropped Donuts from their name) is pushing their Beyond Sausage Breakfast Sandwich across Manhattan. Idk about you, but fausage doesn't sound that appealing...

Currently cycling off all the calories

Domino's Pizza is planning to introduce e-bikes to their delivery service. The company believes that using e-bikes to deliver will decrease wait time, add more jobs, and keep the za hot and fresh. Too bad it won't improve the taste and we'll still feel ill after eating a slice.

Four Loko is tryna be fancy

and they need to stay in their lane. Four Loko, the drink known for making college bros black out, is testing out a drink that will make finance bros black out. The brand teased their new product, Four Loko Seltzer, on Twitter, and the internet is freaking out. The company bragged about the 14% alcohol by volume content, which is nearly triple of White Claw's ABV. White Claw is law, and Four Loko is breaking it. *drinks Four Look Seltzer once and dies*

EAT MOR PRODUCKS MADE FRM COWS BUT NOT COWS THEMSELVS

Chick-fil-a introduces their first new menu item in three years, and it doesn't contain chicken. Introducing... mac and cheese! After testing their mac for over a year, Chick-fil-a has officially announced that it is available nationwide as a side dish. Can we get a cluck yea??