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Global packaging company Huhtamaki released the latest study from its ‘Consumer Insights’ series, researching food to go consumption within the UK. The company also released a new ‘Food To Go’ Market Factsheets.

The bakery chain will be exhibiting at this year’s British Franchise Exhibition to give potential franchisees the chance to discuss opportunities to own their own Muffin Break store.

Read what’s been keeping QSRs awake at night.

The pizza chain unveiled its latest creation for its Stuffed Crust range, the Bacon Stuffed Crust.

According to an article by Fortune, one McDonald's in China is going all out to mark the Angry Birds’ movie release, including serving up Angry Birds themed food.

There are over half a million vegans in Britain, new research commissioned by The Vegan Society in partnership with Vegan Life magazine, has found.

Tork, the global hospitality hygiene brand, revealed that 90% of consumers ‘would judge a hospitality operator on the quality of its washroom’, so much so that an ‘unattractive washroom’ would prevent 78% from returning to eat with an operator.

The Canadian coffee chain is set to open 5 new locations by the end of the third quarter. The new locations will be from Putney to Harrow, to Cardiff to Kensington joining the existing Second Cup locations currently in Manchester, Birmingham and on Portobello Road.

Data from the NPD Group has revealed that London accounts for 17% of all visits and 20% of all spend to Quick Service Restaurants (QSR) in Great Britain. These figures of 17% and 20% are much higher than the 13% of the UK population living in London.

The healthy fast food chain announced the launch of a three-year Ambassadorial role with leading British cyclist, Laura Trott.

The fish and chips brand opened two new outlets showcasing the brand's newest restaurant formats. Monday 23 May saw the official unveiling of the format whilst on Friday 27 May, Harry Ramsden’s enters into the Scottish licensed trade sector for the first time.

Consumer demand for convenience has seen the number of coffee shop chains increase almost 20 fold in the last 17 years, according to analysis from CBRE, the global real estate advisor.

Sales of food and drink through the UK’s foodservice sector were worth some £10.8 billion in the first quarter of 2016, up 2.3% on the same quarter last year, according to foodservice consultancy Horizons.

Here's what the QSRs were up to on social media last week.

According to a story by the Guardian, a new legal ruling which states that coffee shops and fast food outlets with fewer than 10 seats must now provide loos for their customers could threaten small businesses.

The Seattle-based brand is bringing its artisan-style, superfast pizza to the UK this summer with the opening of its first restaurant in Leeds on June 2nd.