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Weekly Global News Wrap: McDonald's fires global CEO; Burger King's Impossible Whopper drives sales; Starbucks to accept bitcoin
Weekly Global News Wrap: McDonald's fires global CEO; Burger King's Impossible Whopper drives sales; Starbucks to accept bitcoin
Here is a summary of the most interesting QSR news stories of the week from around the world.
Honest Burgers partners with Venezuelan street food concept Petare for one-off chicken burger
The Masa Fried Chicken is available in all Honest sites until 25 November.
Vegan orders on Deliveroo surge 330% in two years
The number of vegan restaurants on the app also increased over the past year.
EAT reveals final Christmas menu
The move comes before all of its stores transition to Pret A Manger outlets.
Gourmet Burger Kitchen turnaround bears fruit
Like-for-like sales saw an 8.6% rise.
Frankie & Benny's welcomes brand refresh with new menu
The move comes ahead of the chain’s 25th anniversary.
Just Eat takeover battle simmers as rival suitors clash
The company recently rejected a new bid from Prosus.
Delivery beefs up McDonald's sales
The fast food giant is poised to open a total of 40 outlets by end-2019.
Shake Shack goes to Gatwick Airport
The chain now operates more than 10 sites in the UK.
Restaurant brands, retailers doing more delivery after ‘eerily quiet' quarter: analyst
This is despite the “high price” paying by customers.
Coco Ichibanya secures venue for second UK site
The Japanese concept made its debut in Covent Garden earlier this year.
200 Degrees Coffee launches mobile app
The app has a GPS function that locates the chain’s nearest shop.
Esquires Coffee partners with Joe & Seph's for new Christmas range
The items are all stores starting 11 November.
The Hummingbird Bakery announces Fireworks, Christmas range
Their cake collection has four new additions.
IGD launches new portion size guide
New research suggests that consumers are open to portion size reduction.
YO! to launch standalone grab-and-go concept
The chain previously trialled a similar concept in Charing Cross station.
Pret A Manger trials digital labelling, beacon tech in Houndsditch store
They are also trialling a new app with an order-ahead feature.
