Food and Drink

The latest news and updates on food, from 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.

Oct- 2021 -

19 October

UK hospitality growth outpaces all sectors, Lloyds Bank finds

Hospitality businesses outpaced the rest of the UK economy for the first time in more than nine years during September, according to the latest Lloyds Bank UK recovery tracker. Tourism and recreation including pubs, hotels, restaurants, leisure facilities and travel agents, was the fastest growing UK sector monitored by the…
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18 October

Greggs and Leon products sold in Asda’s first premium store

Asda has opened its first premium ‘Extra Special’ convenience store, offering EG owned food-to-go brands, along with LEON and Greggs products. The store, which is located on EG Group’s Oxford Road forecourt in Beaconsfield, marks the first-time operator EG Group has collaborated with Asda to trial a ‘premium’ format, with…
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15 October

Domino’s collection sales rise 40.3% in Q3

Domino’s have revealed that its collection sales increased by 40.3% last quarter, according to it’s Q3 trading statement. The total orders for the restaurant chain grew 9.5% during this period, which was largely driven by collection orders rising 40.3%. Collection orders for Domino’s are now at 82% of 2019 levels…
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15 October

Matthew Kenney to open plant-based restaurant in Selfridges

Matthew Kenney and his innovation team has announced the opening of a new plant-based restaurant Adesse Globally, in Selfridges. Launching 2 December, the restaurant will offer innovative cuisine to enhance lifestyle and wellbeing. The menus will include a wine list of organic and biodynamic varietals as well as spirits and…
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12 October

Sustainability-focused restaurant Kindle opens in Cardiff

Kindle has announced the opening of a sustainability-focused independent restaurant in Cardiff city centre, following a two-year process of fundraising, planning and renovation. In an effort to make the restaurant entirely sustainable, the owners revealed they worked closely with Object Space Place (OSP), an interior architecture and design company with…
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11 October

Daily meat consumption in UK drops by 17%

Daily meat consumption in the UK has decreased by just under 17% in the last decade, according to new research from the University of Oxford. However, this reduction is significantly less than the 30% reduction the National Food Strategy has recently called for within the next 10 years. The analysis…
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11 October

Burger King UK to debut on stock market for £600m

Burger King UK is reportedly set to debut on the London Stock Exchange for roughly £600m, according to The Times. The fast-food chain company, which is owned by the private equity firm Bridgepoint, is understood to be in ongoing discussions with bankers from Investec and Numis in a bid to…
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8 October

Just Eat launches new service for hybrid workers

Just Eat has launched Just Eat Pay in the UK, a new employee benefit service for businesses across the UK through its corporate arm, Just Eat for Business. The new solution acts as an online canteen, allowing small, medium and large businesses to provide employees with a daily or monthly…
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7 October

Butchies to open in Borough Yards this winter

Butchies has announced the opening of a new site in Borough Yards in the next few months. Butchies opened in 2013 after founder Garrett and his wife returned to London after a period in New York. It revealed the restaurant is set to serve 45 covers including 25 in an…
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6 October

McDonald’s sets out new climate ambitions

McDonald’s UK and Ireland has announced a set of ambitions to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, laid out in a new Plan for Change programme. It revealed key goals from the programme include to achieve net zero emissions by 2040, be deforestation free by 2026, one million people to…
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