EXCLUSIVE: Social Media Wrap Up; Chilango Opens at London Bridge; Five Guys Launch NFL Competition; Chop'd Extend Costa Trial
Here's what the QSR's were up to on social media this week.
NEW ON THE MENU
- Tossed launched their autumn menu including an halloumi and fish finger wrap, warm tossed pots and coffees with coconut milk
- Dan’s Burger Joint launched a new menu including kangaroo burgers, and banoffee pie
- Abokado introduced some new items to their autumn menu including vegetable noodle dumplings, fruit salad and spiced apple, greek yoghurt and cinnamon granola and avocado bagels
- Shake Shack are adding a ‘Major Oak’ burger to their menu
- Pizza Hut’s latest stuffed crust pizza flavour is BBQ sauce and cheese
- Zing Zing added a pork belly bao to their menu
- Lola’s launched a range of Halloween cupcakes
- Shakeaway added a crunchy and oreo milkshake to their menu
- Hummingbird Bakery included a spiced sweet potato and marshmallow candied yam cupcake and peanut butter and snickers cupcake on their menu
- Gregg’s brought back their spicy chicken & pepperoni lattice
- KFC added caramel lattes to their menu
PROMOTIONS
- Papa John’s gave away free pizza in an Aus V England Rugby World Cup competition and brought back their free Friday pizza giveaway
- Benito’s Hat gave away burrito and margarita vouchers at the London Freshers Fair
- Barburrito raised money for the Teenage Cancer Trust
- Ekachai gave away meals for 2
- Neds Noodle Bar offered 2 for 1 on deliveries
- Byron hid toy cows around Newcastle giving £50 vouchers to those who found them
- Five Guys ran an NFL challenge competition giving away prizes including a trip to see Super Bowl 50
- Shake Shack gave away frozen custards to students
- Subway ran a #spookyselfie competition giving away hundreds of prizes including a trip to California
- GBK ran a #fakedegree competition giving away £30 for the best suggestion
- Leon gave away copies of their cook book
- Potbelly gave away free meals
- Vital Ingredient gave away free hot drinks with morning purchases
- Abokado gave away lunches for 2 in a tweet of the week competition
- Pizza Hut gave away a meal for 2 and pizzas to students
- Dallas Chicken gave away free meals for sharing tagged photos
- Domino’s ran a competition in conjunction with Coca-Cola to give away tickets to the Rugby World Cup
- Harry Ramsden’s offered students 20% off at their Manchester Arndale outlet
- Starbucks gave 30% off to its Rewards members
BRAND AND STORE UPDATES
- Chilango opened at London Bridge
- Shakeaway Worcester opened and they announced they’d be opening in Coventry at the end of October
- Boost Juice Bars launched a new app and announced store openings in Glasgow, Sheffield and Manchester
- Wrap it Up! are now opening their Bow Lane store on Saturdays and opened their new central kitchen
- Diners can now collect Avios points with Domino’s
- Chop’d announced an extension of their trial with Costa
- Pret a Manger were looking for additional partners to give their unsold food to
- Five Guys indicated they’d open an outlet in Newcastle in the New Year
- Snog Frozen Yoghurt is now available in takeaway tubs
- Square Pie’s pie bond overfunded
- Yo! Sushi opened in the Emirates Mall
- Krispy Kreme opened a box store in Dundee
- Lola’s announced they’d be opening a store in Tokyo