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Here's what the QSRs were up to on social media last week.

NEW ON THE MENU

Patisserie Valerie launched its winter menu
The Real Greek added a couscous dish to their winter menu
Rosso Pomodoro unveiled their winter menu
Benito’s Hat brought back their Chocolate Tres Leche cake dessert
Hache Burgers will launch Star Wars-themed burgers
EatFirst brought back their rare roast beef salad
Kerbisher & Malt launched their own label pale ale
Baskin Robbins promoted their snowman ice-cream cake
Pod brought back their Vietnamese chicken dish

PROMOTIONS

Vital Ingredient offered breakfast and coffee for £3.95; and offered 50% off
Rosso Pomodoro offered 2 courses for £10.95, 3 courses for £13.95; and ran a contest for a chance to win a free meal everyday until Christmas
Starbucks gave out brownies
Eat gave away hot chocolate to customers wearing green
Bleecker St. offered burgers for £5
Busaba Eathai rickshaws offered free rides, 20% off food, and 2-for-1 cocktails; and teamed up with Student Beans to offer 20% off meals
Crussh gave away soup and 10 regular juices and 10 salads per store
Giraffe offered coffee for 50 pence
Mori Sushi gave away free miso soups with every party box
Bagel Nash gave away coffee and bagels
Hop offered £10 off, and Take Eat Easy vouchers for lunch and free delivery
Itsu ran an Instagram competition giving away £50 of vouchers
Red's offered £10 off deliveries with an online code
Pizza Hut offered free pizzas to people called Stephen
Wrap It Up offered 20% off purchases for registering to their website
Papa John's knocked 50% off pizzas in their NFL tie-up and is offering 2 free sides with every XXL pizza this month
Patisserie Valerie offered online vouchers for use in January for 25% off
Honest Burgers gave away 250 burgers at their Peckham branch opening
Krispy Kreme did a Double Dozen offer, and gave away free doughnuts with purchases of 12 doughnuts
Tossed gave away a month’s supply of Spooncereal granola
Flesh and Buns offered a a buns and beer combo for £15
Le Pain Quotidien gave away scones and free dessert with main meals, and mince pies for every hot drink
Second Cup knocked 50% drinks to Manchester Metrolink commuters
GBK gave away 50 Christmas jumpers
Leon ran twitter competitions giving away lunch for 4, gift cards, and lunch for a week
Ping Pong gave away a meal for 5
McDonald’s ran a competition giving away Christmas jumpers

BRAND AND STORE UPDATES

Five Guys opened their Queens Square, Liverpool branch and their Cardiff branch
Taco Bell will open a branch in Nottingham
Slice announced they're opening in Cardiff
McDonald’s reopened their newly refurbished Piccadilly Gardens branch
Subway opened their first branch in a car dealership
Abokado donated coffee purchases to St Mungo’s
Honest Burgers opened in Peckham
Krispy Kreme's Watford branch opened
Quiznos will open a Newcastle branch
Boston Tea Party opened at Alfred Street in Bath
Shake Shack is set to open a branch on New Oxford Street on 18 December; and to launch in Cardiff on 22 December
Yo! Sushi’s Chelmsford branch is due to open

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