SOCIAL MEDIA WRAP UP: BoJo Goes to Yo!, Leon Turns 11 and Taylor St Baristas Open Newest Store

Here's what the QSRs have been up to on social media.

NEW ON THE MENU
- Pizza Hut added a pulled pork pizza to their menu
- Pret a Manger launched a spicy tomato juice
- KFC launched mediterranean bites
- GBK added a Southern US NOLA Rolla burger to their menu
- McDonald’s added a BBQ smokehouse burger to their lineup

PROMOTIONS
- Leon gave away lunch for 2 for the first to guess the correct answers to a series of questions
- Benito’s Hat offered 2-4-1 on cocktails and gave away a meal for 4
- Hop Vietnamese gave away a lunch for 2
- Pizza Hut sent Paddy McGuiness on a ‘periscope’ tour of their restaurants
- Wrap it Up! offered 20% off wraps
- Potbelly gave away free meals
-Krispy Kreme ran competitions to give away free Reece doughnuts, varsity jackets, and offered 2 for 1 on shakes
- Boost Juice ran a juice naming competition, giving away a year’s worth of juices and offered patrons of their Lion’s Yard store a free juice if they could beat one of their staff at Rubik’s Cube
- Pizza Hut gave away Haagen-Dazs ice cream with orders over £25
- Tossed gave away free mugs
- Papa John’s offered 50% off for orders over £15 paid for via PayPal and 25% off orders over £25
- Tommi’s Burger Joint and Deliveroo ran a competition to give away a trip to Iceland
- Chipotle announced they’d be appearing at The Big Festival in the Cotswolds
- Shake Shack gave away frozen custards to Diamond Relay participants at their Stratford outlet
- Wahaca gave away free tacos at The Triangle, Bristol
- McDonald’s held a Facebook Q&A session with England Football Team star Casey Stoner
- Nando’s gave away tickets to Camp Bestival and held a Nando’s dash at their Middlesborough branch
- Yo! Sushi ran a competition to give away a meal for 2 for Yo! Sushi newbies
- Lola’s offered a cupcake and hot drink deal for £3.75
- KFC had Californian loop-station champion Super Tall Paul make an appearance at their Reading drive-thru

STORE AND BRAND UPDATES
- Busaba Eathai went on a scouting trip to Manchester
- Tossed & Square Pie both held investor evenings for their respective crowd funding raises
- Potbelly opened their first store in Stratford Westfield, giving away free sandwiches
- Pure began accepting Apple Pay in 3 of their outlets
- Boost Juice announced their next store would be opening at Intu Braehead
- Leon celebrated their 11th birthday
- Gotcha launched a new menu and website
- Shakeaway re-launched their Brighton and Portsmouth stores
- Le Pain Quotidian are opening a branch on Fulham Rd, London
- Bubbleology opened in Sheffield’s Meadowhall
- GBK Bromley opened
- Taylor St Baristas newest store at St Paul’s, London is set to open
- Boris Johnson paid a visit to Yo! Sushi Gatwick North terminal
- Lola’s launched a new website
- West Cornwall Pasty Company’s York store re-opened
- Papa John’s opened a store in Bebington

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