EXCLUSIVE: Social Media Wrap Up; Pho’s £1,000 Vietnamese NY Giveaway; McDonald’s Auctions off its Big Mac Sauce for Charity; Crepeaffaire’s Selfie Contest

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

NEW ON THE MENU

Taco Bell brought back their XL BBQ Quesadilla
Feng Sushi launched a new range of temakis
Benugo launched a weekly combination sandwich special
Byron is trialling a new lunch menu in eight branches
Starbucks added two new blends to their offering
Pret is trialling bone broth in select London branches
Burger King added a new chicken burger to their line up
Eat introduced a new goat cheese and roast beetroot sandwich to their menu
Prime Burger launched their limited edition Heartbreaker burger
Subway brought back their beef and chorizo sandwich to their £3 lunch menu
Wasabi added two dorayaki flavours to their line up
Papa John’s unveiled a new premium hawaiian pizza

PROMOTIONS

McDonald’s are auctioning off a bottle of their Big Mac sauce for charity
Starbuck’s offered buy one, take one for customers that have Benefits Cosmetics cup sleeves
Wok&Go offered two for £10 on regular boxes
Tortilla ran a Facebook contest giving away a free burrito
Yoomoo offered 20% off with a coupon
Wasabi ran a Facebook contest giving away a £10 lunch
Chop’d offered free lunch to customers that bought breakfast from their St Paul’s store and launched ‘Freedom Friday’s’ where customers can customise their salads at no extra cost
Krispy Kreme offered prizes to the customer that guesses the location of its new branch; and ran a Facebook and Twitter contest giving away doughnuts
Big Fernand offered £10 off with a voucher code; and offered beer and a burger for £10
Boost ran a Facebook contest giving away smoothie vouchers
Crepeaffaire is running selfie contest giving away a year’s worth of crepes
Busaba Eathai offered free glasses of Prosecco to early Valentine’s bookings
GBK ran a Facebook and Twitter contest giving £30 off
Square Pie offered 20% off
Barburrito ran a Facebook contest giving away two burritos
You Me Sushi ran a Facebook raffle giving away a Lush box; and offered a voucher code for 10% off all online orders over £15
Giraffe offered 50% off on pancakes
Yo! Sushi is offering 30% off in its Aberdeen Union Square branch
Shakeaway is offering shakes to the first 50 customers at their Basingstoke reopening on 13 February
Papa John’s offered 50% off online order over £15 with a voucher code
Wing Zone offered 40 wings, 2 jumbo chips, and 2 dips for £33
Le Pain Quotidien offered free take-away coffees
Vital Ingredient offered 50% off an all fresh products
Pho is running a contest to give away £1,000 to a customer on the first day of Vietnamese New Year
Byron ran a hide and seek game in Edinburgh, swapping hidden cow figurines for £30 Byron Bills
Tonkotsu offered 50% off in its Notting Hill branch
Pizza Hut Restaurants are giving away pizza rings for Valentine’s Day
Tossed gave away a week’s worth of lunches from their Fullham Broadway store

STORE AND BRAND UPDATES

Harry Ramsden’s will reopen its Cheshire Oaks branch after a makeover; and opened a branch in Newmarket
Pho is opening a new branch in Cambridge on 11 February
Krispy Kreme opened a branch in Baker Street Station
Byron opened their first Edinburgh branch
Barburrito is opening its 13th store in Hammersmith
The Burger Joint opened in Fishponds
Tonkotsu opened in Notting Hill
Shakeaway is reopening its Basingstoke branch on 13 February with an expanded menu of frozen yoghurt desserts and fries

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