UK

According to a story by the Mirror, a Cadbury’s Crème Egg Café is opening for seven weeks in London’s Soho, serving a menu featuring variations on the chocolate egg.

The cake shop and patisserie introduced a new gluten free range available online and in stores from 18th January 2016.

The company opened a new Starbucks store and plans to open a new Caffe Ritazza store at Euston Station early this year.

The Vietnamese food chain introduced two new soups and fresh squeezed juices.

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

The burger chain reintroduced the Route 66 in participating restaurants across the UK, with the brand new side Chorizo Bites. The menu includes the Chicago Steakhouse; featuring a Whopper patty, bacon, crispy onions, white cheddar cheese and salad, all topped off with a serving of peppercorn sauce. The Texas Crunchy Whopper, featuring a Whopper patty, crunchy potato rosti, crispy bacon with American cheese and mayo, and a tangy BBQ sauce.

According to a story by Reuters, the coffee chain announced that it aims to open 500 stores in China this year.

Brands including JD Wetherspoon, Young’s, Revolution, ASK Italian, Jamie’s Italian, Carluccio's, Côte Restaurants, wagamama, Nando’s, Ed’s Easy Diner, GBK, and Pizza Hut, have made the shortlists for this year’s first ever Casual Dining Restaurant & Pub Awards. The brands are among 48 casual dining pub and restaurant operators competing for awards across 12 categories, which cover a range from new concepts, social responsibility and employee engagement to marketing and design, as well as recognising the outstanding brands of the year. The awards – launched to celebrate excellence within the growing multi-billion pound casual dining sector – will be presented at an awards dinner on the evening of 24 February 2016 at The Grange St. Paul’s Hotel in London, following the first day of next month’s Casual Dining show. Diversified UK’s award manager, Louisa Pope, said: “The casual dining market is thriving, thanks in large part to the fantastic innovations and dedication of operators and the incredible dining experience they offer. The launch of the Casual Dining Restaurant & Pub Awards is a fantastic way to celebrate their achievements and reward those companies who are making a real difference to the growth of this sector. The calibre of entries has been incredible, congratulations and good luck to all our shortlisted finalists.” Casual Dining Restaurant & Pub Awards 2016 finalists include: New Casual Dining Concept of the Year – sponsored by AAK Foodservice

According to a story by BBC, the fast food giant has been accused of abusing its market power by imposing unfair and restrictive contracts on people operating its franchise restaurants in Europe.

The burger chain has released an apology on its Facebook page for their latest campaign advertisements that prompted a backlash from vegetarians and vegans.

The NPD Group has revealed how Casual Dining contributes to an increasing proportion of Foodservice traffic - accounting now for 4% of all visits. Although still quite small, their traffic has grown by 29% since 2009. Casual Dining now equates to 441 million visits in the year ending September 2015. Fiscally, Casual Dining generates 4.4 billion pounds to the Foodservice Industry. This channel has a much higher average ticket (£9.92) than QSR (£3.63).

The takeaway food delivery service announced a reported 57% growth in orders for the the twelve months to 31 December 2015.

The bakery chain reported that total sales grew 5.2% in its fourth quarter trading update in the 52 weeks ended January 2, 2016. Company-managed shop like-for-like sales rose 4.7%, with a recorded growth of 2.3% in the fourth quarter.

Pret announced that it will be updating its entire soup range with the introduction of nine healthy new options.

From Tuesday 12th January 2016, all Muffin Break UK stores will see the introduction of the new Muffin Lab concept, which is set to offer experimental flavours to customers.

McDonald's in the United States unveiled new carry-out bags, fountain beverage cups and sandwich boxes, while UK versions are planned to come out later in the year.