All things food—trendy or just downright delicious—are great. But sometimes it's hard to keep up with all the new food out there. To help you stay in the know, we've compiled a menu of five awesome things in food and drink news that you need to be trying (or at least know about) today.
On the Menu
+ Panera is giving away free soup and will start to deliver
+ Entenmann’s will give one fan $5,000 and a year's supply of donuts
+ There's now a Reese's version of those crunchy strawberry shortcake ice cream bars
+ You can now make dinner reservations through Instagram
Panera Will Start Delivering May 9 and Is Giving Away Free Soup to Celebrate
Panera will start delivering on Wednesday, May 9 and tbh, it's about time. Most days, when you feel like eating soup, you don't feel like going out to get it. (Although, Panera's soup and all other foods are in an awesome category of their own, outside of sick days and rainy afternoons.) Place your order through the Panera app or website and choose delivery. It's that easy. As an added bonus, to celebrate the launch, Panera will deliver a free cup of soup with whatever else you're ordering. Include the soup with your order and enter "PANERADELIVERS" inatcheck out and boom, free broccoli cheddar soup. Go for the baguette and cross your fingers all your other dreams come true, too.
Entenmann's Is Looking For a Chief Donut Officer
Entenmann's is looking for a Chief Donut Officer, and the best part—there's no real work involved. Well, unless you count submitting to a contest work. The grand prize winner will receive $5,000 and a year's supply of free donuts, and four runners up will receive $1,000 and also a year's supply of free donuts.
The contest is accepting entries now at through June 30 at www.chiefdonutofficer.com. They're asking donut eaters to share their love of Entenmann's donuts along with their ideas for new products, and winners will be chosen based on their passion, creativity, and originality. Finalists will be selected and fans will have the chance to vote for their favorite candidate over the summer, and the official first place winner will get announced on Aug. 7. If you have a hard time eating less than 10 of the mini powdered sugar donuts upon opening a bag, this might be your time to shine. Good luck, friends.
There's a New Crunchy Reese's Ice Cream Bar
You know those Good Humor strawberry shortcake ice cream bars you used to chase down the ice cream truck for? Well, they've gotten a major upgrade—they now come in a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup flavor. The actual ice cream base is a peanut butter swirl blended with Reese’s peanut butter sauce, then it's topped with the classic Good Humor crunchy cake coating. You can find these at a grocery store near you, so stock up now.
Instagram Has Added a Feature That Allows You to Make Dinner Reservations
If you scroll through Instagram to find new restaurants or to better check out a menu before ordering, you're not alone. Now, when you find something you like (like a pizza topped with vodka sauce), you can make a reservation or start an order.
New features like making a reservation are thanks to the help of 25 partners, including Resy, a separate app that lets you make restaurant reservations. By incorporating Resy into Insta's action buttons, there's no need to ever leave Instagram. Ever! But really, this is great. It's never been easier to find and eat really good food.