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Liked the Whopperito? You’ll Love the Tuña Colada

Matthew Heimer
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Matthew Heimer
Matthew Heimer
Executive Editor, Features
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Matthew Heimer
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Matthew Heimer
Matthew Heimer
Executive Editor, Features
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November 16, 2016, 12:00 PM ET
Illustration by Wren McDonald

The staff of Fortune recently assembled its predictions for 2017. Here’s one of our forecasts.

This year Burger King (BKW) tried to take a bite of Chipotle’s (CMG) lunch with its Whopperrito, and McDonald’s took a pass at Starbucks’ seasonal magic with pumpkin-spiced fries. Here, the weird ways food giants will (or, okay, might) try to knock each other off in 2017.

DQ takes a page from Taco Bell with the Black Bean Blizzard Supreme.

KFC (YUM) goes after McDonald’s with the 12-piece Bucket of Cheeseburgers.

Applebee’s Tuña Colada: rich in omega-3s and rum. Look out, Long John Silver’s.

Starbucks (SBUX) takes a page from In ‘n’ Out with the Animal Style Frappuccino

Pizza Hut steals from Baskin Robbins with their new Rocky Road Stuffed Crust pizza.

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Matthew Heimer
By Matthew HeimerExecutive Editor, Features
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Matt Heimer oversees Fortune's longform storytelling in digital and print and is the editorial coordinator of Fortune magazine. He is also a co-chair of the Fortune Global Forum and the lead editor of Fortune's annual Change the World list.

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