EXCLUSIVE: SOCIAL MEDIA WRAP UP - Costa's Baby Royal Tribute, Celebrity Spottings at Chipotle and Esquires and Starbuck's Trials Cold Brew Coffee
Here's what the QSRs have been up to on social media this week.
NEW ON THE MENU
Papa John’s brought back American Hot pizzas
Benito’s Hat began selling a ½ pound lamb barbacoa burrito
Costa Coffee launched their newest limited roast- Paradise Street no. 7
Tossed added a strawberry, kiwi fruit and apple juice to their menu
Boston Tea Party launched a new menu
Itsu announced they’d be adding baby maki rolls to their menu and launched a new quinoa salad
Lola’s Cupcakes added a vegan wheat free chocolate cake to their menu
Hummingbird Bakery added chocolate orange cupcakes to their menu for May, trialled mini-pies and announced their salted caramel cupcakes would become a permanent addition to their menu
Starbucks added cold brew coffee to their menu in a limited number of London outlets
Shakeaway launched a new spring menu of shakes made with fat free frozen yoghurt
Vital Ingredient added breakfast platters to their offering
Tortilla added nachos and chicken burritos to their evening menu
Baskin-Robbins announced ‘candy carnivale’ as their flavour of the month
Domino’s launched extra larger dipper pots
McDonald’s launched their Tastes of America menu
PROMOTIONS
Costa Coffee gave away free babyccinos to celebrate the royal birth
Vital Ingredient gave away 400 salads to mark the opening of their new store in Victoria Station, London, and gave away 5 flatbreads to 10 winners
Wrap it Up! gave 20% off orders
Chop and Wok gave away 2 meals
Ekachai gave away a meal for 2
Chop & Wok ran a competition to give away two free meals for customers who posted tripadvisor reviews
Pure ran a bike naming competition to give away a lunch delivery worth £50
Costa Coffee ran a competition giving away a night at a boutique hotel
Shakeaway gave away shake samples in Ipswich
Boost Juice gave away strawberry squeezes to celebrate the royal birth
Costa Coffee gave away pillows
Subway gave away tickets to a Liverpool football match
Tortilla gave away a meal for 2
Snog have away pink commemorative spoons to celebrate the new royal baby
Youmesushi gave away spicy tuna uramaki with orders over £20
Yoomoo Frozen Yoghurt ran a competition to give away a trip to New York
Yo! Sushi gave away dishes from their new menu
Pho offered 2-4-1 on kids meals at their Brighton store
Big Fernand gave groups of four a free bottle of wine with their dinner
Tossed gave away a variety of goodies to celebrate their 10th birthday including passionista smoothies and Portlebay popcorn
Pizza Hut launched a £15 Spring saver menu
Wrap it Up! offered delivery on orders for more than 8 wraps
McDonald’s gave away apple and fruit bags with happy meal purchases
Papa John’s offered 50% off for twitter users who posted their ‘Campaign for Better Pizza’ hashtag on their feeds and included national pizza chains in their quality pledge in Oxford
Muffin Break gave away free coffee
Itsu offered free food to celebrate the imminent opening of their Fleet Street store
GBK asked for volunteers to test out their new Leamington Spa branch prior to its opening
BRAND AND STORE UPDATES
Wrap it Up! announced they’d be opening stores in Green Park, Victoria and Holborn on May 5th
Five Guys announced their latest store would be opening on Villiers St
Jeremy Renner was spotted in a Chipotle and Boris Johnson in an Esquires Coffee
Lola’s Cupcakes gave away free cupcakes between 11-2pm to celebrate the opening of their new store at Canary Wharf
Taco Bell announced their sixth store would be opening in Chelmsford
Hummingbird Bakery celebrated its 11th birthday
Nando’s Aintree opened
Pret a Manger announced they’d raised £1.5 mill and donated 3 mill sandwiches to homeless charities in the past year
Boost Juice announced their newest stores would be opening in Arndale, Manchester and West Quay, Southampton
Five Guys opened in Villiers St, London
Krispy Kreme re-launched their website while launching a ‘click and collect’ service
Pizza Pilgrims opened in Peckham
Benito’s Hat announced a new site in Liverpool St, London
Caffe Nero announced their Barista of the Year 2015 winner