EXCLUSIVE: SOCIAL MEDIA WRAP UP - Zing Zing's Sepp Blatter Platter, McDonald's Summer Outfit Giveaway and Yo! Sushi's First Kiosk Set to Open

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

NEW ON THE MENU

- Krispy Kreme brought out new lemon and salted caramel cheesecake flavoured doughnuts

- Costa launched a new summer menu

- Lola’s added peanut butter brownies to their menu

- Le Pain Quotidien brought out a new summer iced drinks range

PROMOTIONS

- Benito’s Hat offered breakfast specials at their Liverpool St outlet

- Potbelly announced they’d be giving away 100 free sandwiches to celebrate their opening in Westfield Stratford

- Giraffe is offering breakfast burritos and hot drink meal deals for £5

- Pho let kids eat for free at their Chiswick branch

- Zing Zing ran a Sepp Blatter Platter competition, giving away 5 zing boxes and starters

- Boston Tea Party gave away 4 sets of tickets to the T20 Blast

- KFC gave away free meals as part of their #packmoreintolunch campaign

- Itsu offered 50% off hot food and gave away chocolate edamame shaker pots at their Euston store

- Pho offered Leeds students 15% off

- Papa John’s gave 33% off orders and gave away tickets to T in the Park

- Muffin Break gave away free coffee

- Snog offered 2 for 1 on frozen yoghurt

- Krispy Kreme gave away glazed doughnuts at their intu Metrocentre branch, tickets to the Grillstock festival and ran a competition giving away tangle teezers

- Greggs gave away free breakfasts to rewards customers when they added £10 on to their cards

- Chop and Wok gave away free meals

- Burger King offered a family bundle of 2 whoppers, 2 cheeseburgers, 4 regular fries for £9.99

- McDonalds gave away holiday outfits worth £250

- West Cornwall Pasty Company gave away pasty vouchers in an Aviva Premiership Rugby Final competition

- Shakeaway announced they’d be giving away 50 free shakes at the opening of their expanded Ipswich store

- Yo! Sushi offered students 25% off food

- Ping Pong gave away dim sum and cocktails to customers willing to sing ‘Happy Birthday’ on arrival, in celebration of their 10th birthday

BRAND AND STORE UPDATES

- Esquires Coffee started rolling out their re-vamped stores

- Yo! Sushi announced their first takeaway kiosk would be opening in Charing Cross

- Nando’s Kilburn branch re-opened

- Pure extended the opening hours of its Beak St store

- Patisserie Valerie opened in Kings Mall, Hammersmith

- Ca’puccino opened in Milan

- Birley Sandwiches is opening an outlet in the Wallbrook Building in the City and will be opening their first licensed city bar in Fenchurch St

- Pret’s St Andrews store opened

- Five Guys announced their new store at Ashton Under Lyne would be opening

- Lola’s donated 10p from every charity cupcake sold to Cancer Research UK

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