EXCLUSIVE: SOCIAL MEDIA WRAP UP - Crussh's Milbank Move, Benito's Hat Burrito Bonanza and Haagen-Dasz' New Product Development and
This week's round-up of what the QSR's have been up to on social media.
NEW ITEMS ON THE MENU
- Muffin Break had a Mothers Day Muffin on the menu
- Yogberries added maltesters to their range of toppings
- Haagen-Dasz launched yuzu citrus and cream flavoured ice-cream
- Lola’s Cupcakes launched a new chocolate crisp bar
- Dallas Chicken and Ribs launched a new grilled chicken range
- Costa Coffee added Malty Chocolate Crunch treats to their tray bake range
- Five Guys began selling milkshakes at their Kingston store
- Papa John’s re-introduced their spicy pulled pork pizza
- Starbucks offered maple and hazelnut macchiatos to their rewards customers in advance of general release
- West Cornwall Pasty Company launched their new smoothie and frappe range
- Hummingbird Bakery launched a pink champagne cupcake and a pumpkin chai cupcake
PROMOTIONS
- Yo! Sushi gave away more Big Hero 6 prizes
- Caffe Nero’s competition winners were treated to a tasting session at the Group’s roaster
- Hummingbird Bakery offered a £4.50 offer for selected cupcakes and coffee, and a BOGOF deal on their red velvet cupcakes
- Square Pie gave away five meals for two to celebrate Pie Week and 500 pie week bundles via ocado
- Pod gave away a free lunch for competition entrants who named their favourite pod dish
- McDonald’s gave away Apple and Grape fruit bags with every Happy Meal purchase on Friday
- Crepeaffaire gave away free food vouchers near their Spitalfields store
- Nosh had a coffee happy hour, where customers could buy one hot drink and get a second for free
- Papa John’s gave money off offers to people who downloaded their app
- Crepeaffaire offered coffee and croissants for £2.95
- Youmesushi offered 50% off first time corporate account orders
- Really Awesome Coffee offered double points on purchases on Wednesday
- Bagel Nash had a £5 meal deal, including a bagel, a snack and a drink
- Pod gave away a £200 meal voucher to promote their delivery service
- Chop & wok gage away 5 lunches
- Domino’s and Papa John’s both offered ‘Two for Tuesday’ pizza deals
- Pizza Hut gave away a free dinner at their new Strand restaurant for users who gave them their cheesiest chat up lines
- Benito’s Hat gave away 1000 burritos to celebrate the opening of their new Bromley store
- Dinein.co.uk offered free delivery for their customers
- Busaba Eathai promoted their ‘cook Thai’ videos
- Giraffe is giving a diner a trip to Salzburg in a Mother’s Day competition
- Patisserie Valerie offered a £10 deal for any 4 cake slices and announced they will be giving 10p from every purchase of their mixed berry mousse slice to The Eve Appeal
- Honest Burger offered 50% off their breakfasts
- Subway offered double loyalty points for customers who return within a week
- Shakeaway gave away free frozen yoghurts at their Milton Keynes and Poole stores
- Leon had live music at their Spitalfields branch
- Papa John’s offered 33% off their pizzas
BRAND AND STORE UPDATES
- Caffé Nero announced George Montague will be performing at their Queen’s Road Bristol outlet
- Wagamama launched their new payment app- Qkr! with Masterpass
- To celebrate the re-opening of their Birmingham Mailbox restaurant, Gourmet Burger Kitchen offered facebook followers a chance to go to the re-opening party
- Wok & Go added on-line ordering functionality to their Cardiff store
- Five Guys announced they’d be opening a new store in Nottingham on March 16th
- Nando’s re-opened their Richmond, Ipswich and Milton Keynes stores after re-furbishments
- The Busaba Eathai outlet in Kingston riverside was voted Opentable UK’s Top Thai restaurant in London
- Crussh announced they would be opening a store at Millbank, London
