EXCLUSIVE: Social Media Wrap Up; Tortilla’s 1,000 Burrito Giveaway; Chilango’s Brewer St Opening; GBK’s Week-Long Burger Giveaway

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

NEW ON THE MENU

Pizza Express added doughballs and a watermelon spring drink to their menu; and will launch a new salad next week
Burger King launched a new breakfast croissant sandwich
Costa Coffee added two regular and one limited edition cheese toasties
Starbucks introduced a new cold brewed coffee to their offering
Gourmet Burger Kitchen launched its new Cearphilly burger
Benito’s Hat Beef added a beef barbacoa burrito to their offering
Lola’s launched a range of Easter cupcakes
Byron introduced a new Reese’s peanut butter cup shake to their menu
Pizza Hut launched three new cheesy bites flavours
Wrap It Up introduced a new wrap to their offering
Le Pain Quotidien launched a new specials range
Wahaca launched a new lamb shoulder taco
Crussh launched a brand new menu
Rosso Pomodoro announced they’re launching a new menu on 18 March
The Hummingbird Bakery rolled out a limited edition range of cupcakes for St Patrick's Day
Soho Coffee Co launched their new spring menu
Pod launched a limited edition lamb meatballs dish

PROMOTIONS

Busaba Eathai is offering main, rice, and drink for only £9.99 all day every Wednesday until 13 April; and ran a contest giving away nine Bangkok Lunch Thalis
Costa Coffee offered a hot drink and toastie for £4.95
Harry Ramsden’s is challenging customers to a food contest for a free shirt
Barburrito ran a Facebook contest for two burritos
Tortilla gave away 1,000 burritos in Guildford; and will offer buy one, take one on burritos in Cardiff on 17-18 March
Chilango gave away burritos and other food all day at their Brewer Street opening
Wok&Go offered 20% off customers’ first online orders; and let kids under 12 receive a free kids’ box with every regular or large box ordered
Millie’s Cookies teamed up with an online clothing store giving away £20 for clothes
Prime Burger offered 20% off for London Midland Train ticket holders
You Me Sushi offered 10% off with a voucher code
Benugo offered a soft drink and popcorn for £3 bucks for Young Barbican members
Wrap It Up is running an Easter contest giving away free wraps
Krispy Kreme offered two dozen doughnuts for £14; and is offering two coffees and three doughnuts for £7; and is offering any two 3-packs for £8
Yo! Sushi gave away a new dish to its Love Club members
Bone Daddies offered 10% off on ramen
Gourmet Burger Kitchen ran a Twitter contest giving away £30 store credit; and held a quiz contest giving away burgers for a year; and is giving away 50 burgers everyday until Friday at their Guildford re-launch
Pizza Hut is offering new cheesy bites flavours for only £10
Wagamama is running a Twitter contest giving away a family trip to see pandas at the Edinburgh Zoo
Pod ran Twitter contests giving away £30 worth of food vouchers; and ran a doodle contest on Twitter giving away lunch for two
Eat ran a Twitter contest giving away £50 worth of vouchers, and cups of coffee
Red’s ran a Twitter raffle giving away Clint Boon event tickets and a meal for two
Big John’s offered a 16” pizza for £6.99 at at its Narborough Road outlet; and offered a chance to win a 12” pizza in exchange for customer feedback; and is offering a free side with online and call centre orders above £12
The Real Greek offered souvlaki for £5
Benugo offered customers with BFI tickets £2 coffee and free babyccinos to kids
Crussh gave away lunches in a Twitter raffle
Reys offered customers with tickets to a James Morrison event a 20% discount
Shake Shack ran a Twitter contest giving away a kid’s swag pack and custard party for ten
Byron is running a Twitter contest giving away £50 credit at their soon-to-open Glasgow branch
Wasabi is running an Instagram contest giving away vouchers for free lunches
CrepeAffaire will give away crepes on to celebrate its anniversary
Shakeaway ran contests giving away vouchers and DVDs
Chop and Wok ran a Twitter contest giving away two free meals
Kerb is running a Twitter contest giving away a team lunch
Papa John's is offering 50% off online orders for pizzas over £15 for the entire week

STORE AND BRAND UPDATES

Chilango opened at Brewer Street
two Shakeaway vouchers and a copy of Divergent and Insurgent on DVD
Tortilla opened a Guildford outlet
Eat opened in Clapham
Krispy Kreme to open in Hammersmith Broadway Shopping Centre on 31 March
Bubbleology opened in Georgia and Florida
Sticks’n’Sushi announced they’re opening in Cambridge in about two months
Byron postponed the opening of their Glasgow outlet
Hummus Bros announced they're soon opening another branch in London

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