EXCLUSIVE: Social Media Wrap Up: Wimbledon Goods and Giveaways From Hummingbird & Lola's and Pod; Domino's Launch a Chick 'n' Mix Box; Yo! and Five Guys Announce New Stores
Here's what the QSRs have been up to on social media this week.
NEW ON THE MENU
- Pizza Hut added an ‘Ultimate Thin’ pizza to its menu
- Hummingbird Bakery and Lola’s Cupcakes added Wimbledon themed and 4th July themed cupcakes to their menu
- McDonald’s promoted their limited edition chicken legend range
- Bagel Nash brought back frappes to their menu
- Hummingbird Bakery added a new range of summer drinks to their menu including Chai lattes and hazelnut, caramel and vanilla coffee syrups. They also added Peanuts & Jelly and Red Twizzler cupcakes to their menu for July
- Starbucks added caramel coffee jelly and lemon vanilla frappuccino flavours to their menu
- Wasabi added chirashi salads to their menu
- Domino’s added a chick ’n’ mix box to their menu
- Shake Shack began added lemonade to their offering
PROMOTIONS
- Krispy Kreme gave away tickets to a Little Mix concert at Thorpe Park and the Grillstock Festival
- Byron Burger gave away free burgers at their Canterbury store
- Nando’s gave away free tickets and food at the Wireless Festival
- Wrap it Up gave away free Vita drinks
- Papa John’s gave away 2 courses with pizza purchases
- Pizza Hut had a pizza hunt at several of their branches
- Benito’s Hat gave away a meal for 4
- Shake Shack ran a competition to give away Wimbledon tickets
- Pizza Hut gave away free ice cream with orders over £25
- Domino’s ran a competition to give away their new chick ’n’ mix boxes
- Chop’d gave away free museli or yoghurts with Climpson coffee at their Shoreditch branch
- Tommi’s Burger Joint and Deliveroo ran a competition to give away a trip to Iceland
- Pho gave away free salads and summer rolls in Soho Square, London
- Chipotle announced they’d be giving away free burritos to celebrate the opening of their London Wall branch
- Hummingbird Bakery offered a £4 cupcake and cold drink offer
- Roosters Piri Piri gave away a meal for 2
- Yo! Sushi gave away Japple pies in an emoji competition
- Papa John’s gave away free pizzas
- Krispy Kreme sold a doughnut hamper including 24 doughnuts sunglasses and a frisbee
- Youmesushi ran a competition giving away a free meal for those sharing photos of their plates of sushi
- Papa John’s offered 2-4-1 on pizzas
- Wrap it Up! offered 20% off wraps
- Lola’s Cupcakes ran a competition giving away Slazenger tennis racquets
- Krispy Kreme asked fans to vote for which menu item to bring back- their Reese’s Peanut Butter or Glazed Kreme doughnut
- Chop’d gave Glastonbury Festival goers who presented their wristband a BOGOF deal on salads and gave away free breakfast and coffee packs near their Regent’s Place store
- Pod ran a competition giving away a tour of Wimbledon Tennis Club and lunch for two
- Roosters Piri Piri promoted a summer feast deal
- Pizza Hut offered 2-4-1 on cocktails at their Crawley branch
BRAND AND STORE UPDATES
- Yo! Sushi announced they’d be opening in Bromley on July 10th
- Five Guys opened at Duncan St, Leeds
- Second Cup Portabello Rd opened
- Nosh launched a new website
- Lola’s Cupcakes opened in Bicester Village
- Tossed began a seedrs crowdfunding deal
- Giraffe opened in Glasgow
- Roosters Piri Piri opened in Willesden
- Shakeaway Windsor closed for refurbishment
- Esquires opened a store in Coventry
- Tossed opened a new store in Dubai
- Shakeaway announced a new store would be opening in Liverpool and re-opened their Nottinghham outlet
- Chipotle closed its restaurants for July 4
- Five Guys opened on Duncan St, Leeds
- Krispy Kreme is opening a new store in Trinity Leeds
- AJs Piri-Piri announced they’d soon be opening 4 stores
- Southern Fried Chicken announced they’d signed a development franchise in Nigeria, Martinique and Guadeloupe
- Lola’s Cupcakes is opening in Bicester Village
- Joe Delucci’s announced they were sponsoring the English Italian Awards
- Krispy Kreme opened up a kiosk in Tesco Express Newcastle Saville Row