EXCLUSIVE: Social Media Wrap Up: Find out What QSRs Have Been Up This Week

Find out what QSR's have been up to on social media this week.

With Valentine's Day on Sunday, it is perhaps not surprising that offers and competitions dedicated to the day dominated social media this week, though there were also plenty of announecments on new menu items and new store openings:

NEW ON THE MENU
Snog re-introduced its Green Tea frozen yoghurt
Yoomoo launched a limited edition Valentine’s Day themed frozen yoghurt
Wok& Go began stocking Yee Kwan Ice Cream
Papa John’s launched a spicy pulled pork pizza

PROMOTIONS
Youmesushi offered a lover’s sushi box for £30, and 10% off orders using a social media code
Snog gave away free umbrellas to loved up couples
Lola’s Cupcakes had a team of decorators in Selfridges offering bespoke, handwritten cupcakes
Yo! Sushi gave away Disney Big Hero 6 goodies
Wimpy UK ran a competition giving away a restaurant voucher for sharing Valentine’s Day plans
West Cornwall Pasty Company gave away 4 English Rugby Shirts to celebrate the start of the Six Nations Championship and offered 2 for 1 on their pasties for Valentine’s Day
Hummingbird Bakery had a buy one get one free offer on cupcakes and announced a competition with LiP SMACKER UK
Starbucks had a buy one get one free offer for their Triple Hot Chocolates over the weekend, and had ‘heart cups’ in store all week
Pret A Manger ‘s Hot Food Van gave away porridge and quinoa rice pot samples in Brighton, Kingston and Bristol
pod gave away a Fortnum and Mason hamper to celebrate Valentine’s Day, as well as chocolates hearts with meal purchases.
Pizza Hut gave away a meal for 2 for sharing cheesy date stories
Papa John’s had a BOGOF offer for Valentine’s Day
Krispy Kreme sold ‘love boxes’, containing limited edition ‘Love Hug Bug’ and ‘Butterfly Kiss’ doughnuts
Fine Burger Co. announced that kids would eat free for a week at their St Pancras Intl Station outlet
McDonald’s designed a series of #LovinYouCards for Valentine’s Day for their followers to print out
KFC lauched their #50YearsofKFC campaign
Dunkin’ Donuts gave away boxes of doughnuts
Domino’s UK offered several promotions, including a competition to find the cheesiest pick up line, pick and mix deals and ‘Two for Tuesday’ offers
Chop & Wok gave away 2 free meals in its Valentine’s Day promotion and ran a competition to win a month of free food
Apostrophe gave away ‘companion’ coffees

BRAND AND STORE UPDATES

Lola’s Cupcakes opened a new cart outlet at the Ashford Designer Outlet
Tossed announced they would be launching a new website
West Cornwall Pasty Company launched a new website
Pizza Hut re-opened their store on The Strand in London
Pita Pit UK announced they were to open a new store on Deansgate in Manchester
Krispy Kreme UK offered half-term activities at a selection of their stores, opened a new store in the Highcross Leicester Shopping Centre, and re-opened its store in Selfridges, Manchester
GBK launched their order app
Nando’s opened a new restaurant in St Christopher’s Place, London
Costa announced the launch of their Costa eCards, in time for Valentine’s Day
Five Guys UK opened in the Silverburn Shopping Centre, Glasgow
Boost Juice announced their third Trafford Centre store will be opening in March
Shakeaway re-opened their Bath store

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