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The coffee shop chain opened its first food-led concept store, Costa Fresco, on Tottenham Court Road.

The fast food chain unveiled its new festive menu for the season.

The owner of Patisserie Valerie reported earning £71 million in gross profit according to its preliminary results for the 12 months ended 30 September 2015.

The brand named Jonathan Hart as its new chairman.

The food group posted a strong rise in annual profit according to the financial results for the year ended 30 September 2015.

McDonald’s marked the beginning of its festive promotion with a new campaign that’ll see the British public encouraged to dust off their vocal chords.

Following increased demand from across the UK foodservice industry, the packaging manufacturer announced plans to significantly increase its production capacity at its foodservice site in Gosport.

According to a story by the New York Post, the Asian food chain signed a lease for its New York debut in summer or fall of 2016.

European Independent Purchasing Company Limited recognised suppliers and partners to its annual European Supplier Conference, held at the Beaumont Estate Hotel in Windsor.

Located at the top of Leadenhall Street, opposite The Cheesegrater, the grab and go restaurant serves up tender meat or tofu, crunchy vegetables and noodles or rice fresh-to-order.

The NPD Group has revealed how Breakfast contributes to an increasing proportion of QSR traffic - accounting now for 11% of all visits. Although still small, it has been growing its traffic by almost a third in the last 5 years. In real terms, breakfast now equates to 640 million visits in the year ending September 2015. Fiscally, breakfast generates 2 billion pounds to the QSR channel.

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

The brand announced that its Christmas Menu is available from all of its 26 stores across the city.

Domino’s Pizza UK unveiled ‘The Easy Order’, its new ordering system which aims to deliver pizza to customers' doors literally at the touch of a button.

The brand announced that it has raised about £2.5 million from its fundraising campaign on the crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube.

The fast food chain is planning to launch a menu which seeks to offer menu items for $2 for two.