The upcoming sports drama film F1 (or F1 the Movie) is one of this summer's most anticipated films. Following the story of Formula One driver Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt) and the crash that forced him to retire, the film revolves around Hayes coming out of retirement to mentor promising young rookie Joshua "Noah" Pearce (Damson Idris).
FoodSided has learned that the popular chain restaurant KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) is offering special menu items as part of an F1 collaboration that will include a tasty peach and honey-flavored soda with a "dirty" twist.
So, what does this collab include? It is a $7 meal deal, fittingly called "$7 Fill Ups." For the meal options, you can either get:
- Three-Piece Original Recipe Tenders Fill Up: Includes your choice of dipping sauce, mashed potatoes and gravy, a biscuit, two pie poppers, and a medium drink.
- One-Piece Fried Chicken Breast Fill Up: Choice between Extra Crispy and Original Recipe, comes with the same items as the Tenders meal.
- Two-Piece Fried Chicken Fill Up: Choice between Extra Crispy and Original Recipe, comes with the same items as the Tenders meal.
- Famous Bowl Fill Up: Served with two pie poppers and a medium drink.
Paying $7 dollars for chicken, mashed potatoes, a biscuit, and pie poppers is a great deal and one worth checking out even if you don't have any interest in F1. Note that prices and participation might vary by location, so you'll want to double check that your KFC is taking part in the promotion. You can find out via the KFC app or the official website.
While KFC has done these fill up deals before, this one plays directly into the marketing for F1, since drivers make frequent pit stops to "fill up" and refuel during races.
"It's a really big deal that we're bringing back our Fill Ups—with four varieties of finger lickin' good meals that genuinely fill you up, for only $7. It's box meals meets box office in our Kentucky Fried Collab with F1® THE MOVIE, so you can turn hunger for chicken into a victory lap this summer," shares Catherine Tan-Gillespie, President, KFC U.S.
Mountain Dew's peachy dirty soda
An exciting coming to the menu is the Mountain Dew Sweet Lightning Peaches & Cream Soda, which is a twist on the KFC-exclusive Mountain Dew flavor. This drink embraces the popular "dirty" soda trend, allowing customers to add a vanilla cream twist to the Southern-inspired peach drink for an elevated sweet drink.
Note that while the Fill Up Box deals are already available, the newest Mountain Dew flavor and dirty soda add-on won't be out until June 9.
F1 will be released theatrically on June 27 and it will be available in IMAX theaters, too.