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.
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May- 2018 -30 May
KFC to trial ‘vegetarian fried chicken’ as company cuts calories
KFC has announced plans to cut 20% of calories per serving by 2025 as part of its calorie reduction commitment which will also see the chicken restaurants only launching low calorie soft drinks. The fast-food giant is also set to launch ‘vegetarian fried chicken’ later this year, and wants to…
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22 May
Royal wedding reception Pizza Express order
Pizza Express has confirmed it sent a delivery to Windsor Castle just before the second royal wedding reception was due to take place. The pizza giant sent out a tweet showing the delivery taking place and confirming the order. https://twitter.com/PizzaExpress/status/998141953018654720 Over 10 pizzas were delivered by employees following a brief…
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21 May
Sopwell House to launch Wimbledon-inspired menu
Sopwell House in St Albans has announced it is launching a new Wimbledon inspired menu for afternoon teas. The menu will run for the duration of the championships and will see the hotel offering a variety of Wimbledon related strawberries and cream cakes. Macarons on the menu will be served…
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15 May
Edwardian Hotels announces new menus
Edwardian Hotels has announced a series of new menus to be served to business customers holding meetings and events. The menu will be offered across all ten London branches of the Radisson Blu owned chain. Each menu, named ‘Experience Menus’ will represent a different part of the day at the…
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15 May
Hotel launches insect restaurant for National Insect Week
A hotel is launching a pop up restaurant that will only serve dishes that feature insects as part of National Insect Week. Grub Kitchen at Celtic Manor Resort will offer curried cricket pakora, toasted cumin, mealworm crepes alongside many other insect related delicacies. The restaurant will be launched in partnership…
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14 May
Royal Wedding guests to be served British classics by the Queen’s chef
Guests at Prince Harry and Megan Markle’s wedding reception will be served a menu of “classical British” meals. It also looks likely that royal pastry chef Selwyn Stoby will prepare his milk chocolate truffles with a milk and kirsch centre, often served at royal parties and ceremonies. Royal chef Mark…
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11 May
London mayor Sadiq Khan set to ban fast food ads on TFL services
London mayor Sadiq Khan is set to ban adverts for fast food on TFL services such as trains and buses. Child health experts are in favour of the ban, however the Advertising Association said the plans would have “little impact”. TfL says it supports the Mayor’s plans to reduce obesity…
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10 May
Greggs shares sliced after bad weather and high street woes
Shares in Greggs have dropped 13% in the wake of disappointing sales figures following bad weather in March. The bakery chain had reported sales growth of 3.2% compared with year’s figures, but the company has said they are “cautious” of worse than expected profits in a statement. Greggs had expected…
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8 May
UK Young Restaurant Team of the Year announces finalists
The Restaurant Competition has announced the finalists for UK Young Restaurant Team of the Year. The finalists will compete at the Skills for Chefs Conference on 4 July. The finalists are: Colette’s at The Grove Hotel Kendal College Fischer’s and Rowley’s Loughborough College North Warwickshire and Hinckley College Competition director…
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8 May
Cote Restaurants ‘outperforms market’ with 15.8% sales growth
Cote Restaurants has seen a 15.8% rise in sales for the 52-week period to 30 July 2017. Revenue was at £140.7m, up from £121.5m the previous year, with operating profit remaining flat at £10m. Its like-for-like growth stood at 4.1% while it had EBITDA growth of 8.9% versus the 52-week…
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