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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

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