Features

The latest exclusive features, from industry figures and the business journalists at Catering Today. We bring you the latest on what’s happening in the restaurants, bars and catering industry, with exclusive stories, analysis, best practice and industry comment.

Apr- 2021 -

19 April

Gourmet on-demand: The expanding delivery app market

Before the pandemic struck, businesses were lurching towards a new on-demand world, with rising apps making all manner of services available at the click-of-a-button. This was undoubtedly accelerated by Covid-19, as people sheltered at home and businesses looked for ways to adapt and continue to function despite the confines of…
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9 April

An al fresco reopening is a tail of two fortunes

The time is nearing for Boris Johnson’s roadmap to recovery to finally facilitate the reopening of the hospitality industry, with outdoor venues once again allowed to return to trading on 12 April. The easing of restrictions is without doubt greatly anticipated by all involved, but does the four-staged strategy perpetuate…
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Mar- 2021 -

30 March

How does Jollibee hope to win over the UK fast-food market?

With over 1,000 McDonald’s and 900 KFC sites across Britain, any newcomer to the nation’s fast-food sector has a difficult task convincing hungry consumers, who are craving a quick and reliable fix to enter its premises. For Jollibee – a Filipino-originated fried chicken chain, headed by billionaire businessman Tony Tan…
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26 March

One year since lockdown: a year in the life of UK pubs

One of the greatest cultural tragedies of the past year in the UK has been the closure of pubs due to the pandemic. According to CGA’s Market Recovery Monitor, nearly 12,000 licensed premises have closed in Britain since December 2019; an average of 30 a day. To mark the anniversary…
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9 March

Government signals sunny days ahead for the hospitality industry

Over the past two weeks the government has shone a ray of light upon what was building towards a foreboding number of months ahead for the hospitality sector. However, do Boris Johnson’s “roadmap” to recovery and Rishi Sunak’s budget announcement entail a season of Spring sunshine or April showers ahead…
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3 March

An insight into the pub sector’s investor interest

Following a spate of high profile investment rounds and acquisition rumours within the UK’s pub sector, a number of questions have been raised. Why has investor interest recently spiked within the industry? Why are a number of high profile deals falling through? And more simply, what do these kinds of…
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Feb- 2021 -

25 February

Local food suppliers and their consumer-driven industry

Recent months have seen the UK’s supply chains across all sectors hit from two sides at once. The UK’s food industry is one of those sectors where the combined challenge of Brexit and Covid-19 is most prevalent. However, by turning to local produce, both businesses and individuals could reap the…
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25 February

Q&A with Michael Kill

How does the Vaccine help bars and late night restaurants businesses bounce back? I think the vaccination roll-out is definitely a light at the end of the tunnel. However, we’ve got to consider the facts, in terms of measures that the government will still want to be in place while…
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15 February

Why it’s essential for takeaways/fast food restaurants to clean extract/vents during Covid

We all know the dangers that lurk when extract and ventilation ducting isn’t cleaned. The fire risk from a build up of particles and grease can be catastrophic but did you know there’s now further need to clean your vents and ducting more so and it’s due to Covid? Vents…
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12 February

Helping employers create a recipe for resilience

According to statistics from the HSE, stress, depression or anxiety accounted for 55% of all working days lost due to work-related ill health in 2019/20; some 17.9 million lost working days. Worryingly this report was published in November 2020 featuring pre-pandemic data. We’re all now navigating a whole new set…
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