EXCLUSIVE: SOCIAL MEDIA WRAP UP - Cheeky Nando's Goes Viral, Itsu Enters the Breakfast Market, Taco Bell in Giveaway for New Store Opening
Here is what the QSRs have been up to on social media this week.
NEW ON THE MENU
Honest Burgers launched a new brunch menu
Yogberries introduced a new passionfruit flavour frozen yoghurt
Wimpy launched a new build your own omelette
Wagamama’s new omakase menu launched
Subway launched a new pulled pork sub
Pita Pit added a green chilli and coriander falafel to their menu for a limited time
GBKs new summer menu launched
Dunkin’ Donuts Harrow added chicken tikka wraps to their menu
Caffe Nero added a multi-seed and raisin muffin to their offering
Abokado is launching a new range of bento salads
PROMOTIONS
Apostrophe gave away £100 in vouchers in their #accentontaste photo promotion and offered 2 for 1 on bacon rolls at their Canary Wharf branch
Krispy Kreme offered two dozen doughnuts for £13 in celebration of National Doughnut Week and ran a competition to give away doughnuts for a year
Benito’s Hat gave away free tacos at their new Liverpool St store
Zing Zing gave away chicken wings with orders over £20
Papa John’s offered large pizzas for £9.99 all week
Neds Noodle Bar gave 50% off main dishes
Pod ran a competition to give away a Nutribullet
Starbuck’s ran a frappuccino happy hour, offering ½ price frappuccinos between 3-5pm for the week
Giraffe offered hot drinks for 50p
Chop and Wok gave nurses 50% off to celebrate International Nurses Day
Papa John’s gave away free pizzas for their favourite fan selfies
Taco Bell gave away 50 free tacos at its new store in Chelmsford
Lola’s offered cupcakes for £1 with hot drink purchases
Youmesushi gave 10% off orders over £15
Tossed gave away passionista smoothies and offered 10% off for app orders
West Cornwall Pasty Company offered a pasty and hot drink meal deal for £3.99
Hummingbird Bakery ran a competition giving away a De’Longhi Dedica coffee machine
Domino’s ran an interactive game giving away pizzas
Muffin Break gave away free coffees
BRAND AND STORE UPDATES
#cheekynandos began trending across social media as US users strove to understand what was meant by a ‘cheeky nando’s’, and UK users strove to confuse their cousins across the pond with their responses
Itsu announced they’d be starting to serve breakfast at their new Euston branch, with extended opening hours, between 5.30 and 11pm
Chilango announced their new store would be opening in London Bridge
Tossed announced that customers ordering from their online app and collecting from Baker Street could do so from a specially set up fridge
Pho auctioned off a 25 person office party via hotdinners.com for Action Against Hunger
Krispy Kreme donated money to The Children’s Trust for National Doughnut Week and opened two kiosks in Plymouth and one in Ivybridge
Subway, Papa John’s, Harry Ramsden’s and Dunkin’ Donuts opened at the Welcome Break Gordano Services
Wahaca announced their new Bristol branch would be opening in July
GBK’s new store opened in Leamington Spa
Barburrito has begun teaching burrito masterclasses
West Cornwall Pasty Company re-opened their new look Windsor branch
Burger King opened a new branch in Grays
KFC filmed an advert over a lunch hour for their #PackMoreIntoLunch campaign
