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Greggs rolls out new salads and snack pot range
Greggs rolls out new salads and snack pot range
The new range include chicken skewers and yogurts, as well as three new vegetarian options.
Costa Coffee extends lunch time meal deal
The brand extended the promotion with an additional two months, until the 4th of July.
Pure wins food-to-go innovation award for the second year
Pure’s Halloumi Super Bowl Salad has been named as the most innovative food-to-go product at the 2018 British Sandwich and Food-to-go awards.
Yolkin finally unveiled its Chinatown London site
The 450 square feet store serves Yolkin’s signature ice cream macarons inspired by South East Asian flavours.
Shake Shack US grand cashless experiment has failed: research
Half the customers didn’t know how to order on the iPad, a Google commenter wrote.
Caravan is launching in Fitzrovia
The all day restaurant and cafe will also feature its new Caravan To Go brand.
PAUL to open sites in St Pancras and Canary Wharf
The new openings will bring PAUL’s total number of London shops to 35 and 38 UK wide.
Starbucks Community Café programme expands to 20 cafes
The expansion will see Starbucks support a further 16 not-for-profit cafés, adding to the four it has supported since August 2017.
Restaurants' online spend surged 27% year-on-year in April
Consumer spending grows 3.4% as UK shows modest recovery from the ‘Beast from the East’.
Greggs' total sales up 4.7% in Q1
It also reported a 1.3% increase in like-for-like sales in company-managed shops over the same period.
Wagamama unveils new summer menu
Their new offerings include a vegan version of its well-known katsu curry.
Taco Bell franchisee secures £29.4m funding for its UK expansion
Taco Bell plans to roll out restaurants across London and South West England with the HSBC funding.
Deliveroo spends £10m to equip 35,000 riders with free accident insurance
Riders in 12 countries will be automatically enrolled in the insurance package.
Three new food and drink brands set to open at Paddington Central
British Land has signed HUCKSTER, Lords of Poké, and Coco di Mama.
Holy Moly Macaroni and Tasty Plaice to launch at the Grand Central
Holy Moly Macaroni is launching its 1,750 square feet restaurant whilst Tasty Plaice has opened a 1,100 square feet site.
Chart of the Week: Flat white increased in popularity with 0.8% growth in the last year
Data from The NPD Group shows that there were just under 2.1 billion servings of coffee in the out of home market in the year to February 2018.
Weekly Global News Wrap: McDonald's banks on digital transformation; Malaysia's QSR Brands mulls $509.6m IPO; Chipotle now offers delivery in 1,500 US sites
Here is a summary of the most interesting QSR news stories of the week from around the world.
