EXCLUSIVE: Social Media Wrap Up; Lola’s Cupcakes’ Chancery Lane Station Branch; Big Fernand’s Valentine’s Burger; Street Kitchen’s London Fields Opening

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

NEW ON THE MENU

Millie’s Cookies added emoji cookies to their offerings
Honest Burgers added a limited edition rib burger to their menu
GBK brought back their Smokin’ Joes burger for a limited time in their Soho, Bayswater and St Paul's branches
Sticks’n’Sushi launched a special menu in their Greenwich branch for its anniversary
Gail’s Bakery brought back their Valentine’s range
Big Fernand launched a limited edition Valentine’s burger
Hummingbird Bakery added a ‘Mile High Chocolate Salted Caramel’ cake to their menu and began stocking their Valentine’s Day range of cupcakes
Prime Burger added a limited edition Valentine’s burger to their offerings

PROMOTIONS

Pizza Hut gave away £20 vouchers in a contest
Byron will offer 25p burgers in Edinburgh on 2 February
Busaba Eathai is offering a free bottle of wine for online table bookings for four people
Just Eat gave away a £25 voucher in a Twitter raffle
Reys is offering students 20% off on Mondays to Thursdays; and ran a Twitter contest giving away a meal for two
Yo! Sushi offered a free meal in a Snapchat contest
Big John’s offered 25% off
Tortilla ran a Twitter contest giving away free tacos
Boost is offering 20% off for the next two weeks
Wimpy ran a Facebook contest giving away a £10 voucher
Krispy Kreme is running a Facebook competition giving away a year’s worth of doughnuts
Ping Pong is running a Facebook contest for tickets to their Chinese New Year party
Barburrito ran a Facebook contest giving away 2 beers and burritos
You Me Sushi offered 20% off with a voucher code; and ran a Facebook contest giving away a £20 voucher
Millie’s Cookies gave away cookies for people using O2 Priority Moments
Shakeaway gave free shakes to the first 50 customers of their Rochester branch; and ran a Facebook contest giving away two vouchers
Eat gave a broth pot for free; and a free lunch in a Twitter raffle
The Hummingbird Bakery is running a giveaway for their key lime pie brownie
Little Chef ran a Facebook contest giving away free breakfast
Boost gave away one juice for every ten likes on their Australia Day post; and is offering 20% off for two weeks
Pod ran a Facebook contest giving away a free breakfast
Street Kitchen is offering 50% off in London Fields for the next few weeks
Crussh gave away a free lunch in a Twitter competition
Bagel Nash gave away a voucher in a Twitter raffle
Big John’s offered 25% off online and call centre orders
Wrap It Up is offering a free wrap to those who sign up for their Aldermanbury opening
Le Pain Quotidien gave away breakfast for two in a Twitter competition
Vital Ingredient is offering 50% off salads every Friday
Potbelly ran Twitter contest giving away a free meal
Starbucks is offering its My Rewards customers first access to its burnt caramel latte and pistachio rose mocha

STORE AND BRAND UPDATES

Street Kitchen is soft-launching on Mentmore Terrace; and opened in London Fields
Five Guys reopened in Oxford Circus
Shakeaway opened in Rochester; and announced they’re re-opening their Basingstoke branch on 13 February
Busaba Eathai opened in Manchester
Lola’s Cupcakes is opening at Chancery Lane station at the end of February
Wrap It Up is opening in Aldermanbury
Itsu opened in Spinningfields
Nando’s Belfast Boucher Crescent opened
Chop’d will open the bar at its Boxpark Shoreditch store
Sblended announced they’d open in Wales

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