EXCLUSIVE: Social Media Wrap Up; Lola’s Cupcakes’ Mother’s Day Range; Gail’s Bakery’s New Seasonal Breakfast; Benito’s Hat’s BYO Margaritas
Here's what the QSRs were up to on social media last week.
NEW ON THE MENU
Millie’s Cookies launched ready-to-bake cookie dough in Iceland
Subway added a steak and bacon sub to their menu
Gail’s Bakery brought back their hot cross buns; and added a new seasonal breakfast to their menu
Papa John’s added a premium Hawaiian pizza to their offering
Pod is serving Moroccan chicken for the next two weeks; and launched a new hot lunch range
Krispy Kreme added cookie dough and brownie batter doughnuts to their offering
Lola’s Cupcakes launched a limited edition range for Mother’s Day
The Hummingbird Bakery added three new limited edition flavours to their range
Baskin Robbins added chocolate brownies to their offering
Pure brought back their wheat bran toasties
Byron is trialling a new lunch menu in select locations for £6.95
Eat brought back their chicken and kale dahl
PROMOTIONS
Feng Sushi offered 20% off delivery and takeaway orders
Wok&Go announced they’ll be launching a create-your-own-box deal for £3.95
Wasabi gave away free dorayaki at their High St Kensington, Bluewater and Cambridge branches
West Cornwall Pasty Co offered £1 off for signing up for their website; and ran a Facebook photo contest giving away a £10
Crepeaffaire offered 15% off student orders
Big John’s offered 25% off online and call centre orders; and offered 25% off for those who order their Most Wanted Pizza for delivery
Vital Ingredient offered £10 off every three platters of delivery orders
Joe Delucci’s ran a Facebook raffle giving away treats
Papa John’s offered two-for-one on pizzas
Patisserie Valerie ran a Twitter contest giving away a chocolate gateau
Busaba Eathai’s Westfield branch is letting children under 10 eat free until 29 February
Big Easy London’s Canary Wharf branch is letting kids under 10 eat free every weekend from 12 to 5pm
Yo! Sushi is offering 10% off food and drink until 7 March; and offered all plates off the belt for £2.70 each
Shakeaway gave away vouchers in a Facebook raffle
Barburrito ran Facebook contests giving away burritos
Benito’s Hat let Farringdon customers bring their own ingredients for a free margarita
You Me Sushi ran a Facebook contest giving away a free Lush box
The Hummingbird Bakery offered two-for-one on cupcakes
Rosso Pomodoro offered 3 pizzas for the price of 1
Chop’d offered buy one, get one free on Bloody Marys in their Boxpark branch
Krispy Kreme offered students 20%; and gave away a dozen doughnuts in a Facebook contest; and offered a chance for a year’s worth of doughnuts in Newport
The Real Greek let customers’ children eat free for a day
Pizza Hut ran a promo for a large and medium pizza, any side, garlic bread, wedges, and a 1.5L drink all for £19
Hop offered £10 off with a voucher code
Tossed ran a Twitter raffle giving away lunch to a customer’s office
Crepeaffaire offered free tea or coffee with every breakfast crepe ordered before 11:30am
Reys is offering students 20% off on Mondays to Fridays; and ran a photo contest for the chance to win a meal for four
GBK ran a Twitter contest giving away a £30 meal
Pho ran Twitter raffles giving away dinners
Lola’s Cupcakes gave away cupcakes to Chiltern Railway passengers that play the marylebone piano
STORE AND BRAND UPDATES
Ping Pong is re-opening their St Katharine Docks branch on 22 February
GBK officially opened in Southampton
