News

Here is a summary of the most interesting QSR news stories of the week from around the world.

The brand is bringing back the Yard Burger with a brand new take.

Due to popular demand after the US launch, Pizza Hut Restaurants brought the Bacon Stuffed Crust to the UK for customers to enjoy across Huts nationwide.

London’s British fast casual restaurant group Square Pie have been selling two Brexit pie specials in their restaurants since 2nd June – European Sausage Union for ‘In’ and British beef wonky veg and home brewed ale for ‘Out’. The 'Out' Steak and Wonky Veg Pie is leading by a 58% majority vote.

According to the Daily Mail, a United States federal judge allowed customers to pursue a lawsuit accusing the coffee chain of underfilling their lattes.

According to the Daily Mail, the singer teamed up with the popular fine diner Le Bun to launch a new pop-up restaurant in London.

The Lebanese restaurant chain raised £16m through its flotation on the London Stock Exchange. The company will use half of the funds to support its UK expansion plans.

The Frenchgate Limited Partnership announced that Patisserie Valerie will be the latest addition to the Frenchgate Shopping Centre, Doncaster. Taking a 1,900 sq ft unit, they are due to open in July 2016.

Costa posted like for like sales up 2.6% in the 13 weeks to June 2. The strong results came amid headwinds caused by uncertainty in the economy.

Chick ‘n’ Sours secured an exclusive second site at Seven Dials, and will open in mid-September.

Londoners can now download the UberEATS app and order local favourites on their smartphone (available for iOS and Android) or by visiting ubereats.com.

The brand is launching its Three Bears pop up at The Joker Pub in Islington on June 25th and June 26th for Brunch.

The brand introduced a new summer menu, featuring three healthy new salads, under 400 calories.

The brand announced that it has begun taking orders through UberEats. Food will be available from Chilango 11am to 11pm, seven days a week.

Karali Group, which owns and operates more than 60 Burger King restaurants across the UK, named FreedomMusic as the supplier of overhead music and messaging to all their restaurants.

According to retail and consumer market consultancy firm Pragma, the number of coffee outlets in the UK has almost trebled in the last six years growing from just under 7,000 in 2010, to nearly 19,000 in 2016, and forecast to grow to over 27,000 by 2020.