Food & Drink

McDonald's announced an upcoming co-branded meal with Mariah Carey, just in time for the holiday season. So far, the brand has only said there will be special packaging, but based on McDonald's previous celebrity meal collaborations, we'd be shocked if there wasn't a merchandise component to come...

"We're here to become a lifestyle brand. Our goal is to be a household name. So these types of initiatives really just break through and surprise and delight our customers." That's Katie Nahoum, SVP of marketing for Whisps, the consumer cheese snack brand, and she's talking about her company's latest promotional merchandise effort: personalized, edible sculptures made from 100% cheese...

Halloween is over, which means we are now full steam ahead into the holiday season. We're kicking things off in this week's edition of the Fave 5 by featuring a couple of cool, seasonally appropriate promos, including Whataburger holiday merch, subscription coffee bundles packed with branded goodies, and more...

KFC is selling an item called the “Finger Lickin’ Chicken Mitten Bucket Hugger. "It’s literally a knitted sweater (of the “ugly” variety) designed to wrap around a KFC bucket, with little mittens sewn into the side. From now until Nov. 11, customers who order online either for pickup or delivery will receive a code to claim one for free while supplies last...

For its latest promotional marketing effort, Whisps, the cheese snack company, will have its “award-winning cheese carver” turn any user submitted image into a 100% edible cheese sculpture. It can be anything: a person, a pet, an inanimate object, another piece of cheese. Each custom carving costs $200, but there are stock designs for $49.99...

We’ve made it pretty clear where we stand on promotional ugly sweaters for the holiday season. They’re so common now that to really stand out you have to do something really fun or clever. Well, Swiss Miss did something really fun and clever by introducing an ugly sweater with a zippered hot cocoa pocket—and it's already sold out...

It's cold in Philly, but we aren't letting that stop us from our sworn duty to provide you with a quality list of five promotional products that made us laugh, think and say, “That’s neat.” This week, the lineup includes Guy Fieri's University of Flavortown merch, UNO sneakers, Dua Lipa Christmas ornaments and more...

Wes Anderson's latest flick, “The French Dispatch,” is finally coming out after some COVID-related delays, and fans can go to Dayglow coffee shop locations in Los Angeles and Chicago for “French Dispatch” pop-up events. When they get there, fans can grab a “French Dispatch” print magazine, drink from special coffee mugs, take home various branded merchandise and more...

Taco Bell wanted to get people excited about its breakfast menu, so it gave out free breakfast burritos and released a collection of branded sleepwear. The line includes men and women’s pajama sets, taco slippers, a burrito blanket, a bath robe, an eye mask and a plush blanket modeled after a Taco Bell sauce packet...

Maple Ridge Farms presented “The Taste of Excellence,” a virtual chocolate-tasting event, to distributors on October 7. The focus of the event was to share with attendees the #FoodGiftLove and first-hand knowledge of the quality a partnership with Maple Ridge Farms provides. Early registrants were sent a kit that included a selection of chocolates...