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.

Mar- 2025 -

14 March

Domino’s FY PBT rises 8.4% to £107.3m

Domino’s has revealed that its underlying profit-before-tax rose 8.4% to £107.3m for the year ended 29 December 2024, up from £99m in the previous year. Alongside this, the company’s system sales rose 2% from £1.54bn last year up to £1.57bn this year. Furthermore, the takeaway pizza company saw its underlying…
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14 March

Deliveroo delivers FY profit for the first time

Deliveroo has reported hitting a profit of £3m for the year to December 2024, following a loss of £32m in the year prior. It comes as the restaurant and groceries delivery platform had “a good year of growth”, in which its gross transaction value jumped 6% and revenues rose by…
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12 March

Foodservice inflation falls for 19th month in a row in January

Foodservice inflation has seen its 19th consecutive month of decelerated year-on-year inflation in January, according to CGA and Prestige Purchasing foodservice Price Index (FPI). Monthly inflation in the total basket of items measured by the index stood at 1.8%, while month-on-month inflation was flat. While this data brings a welcome…
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11 March

Permit Room opens third site in Oxford

Dishoom sister brand Permit Room has announced the opening of its third site, and first in Oxford. Located on one of Oxford’s oldest streets in North Bailey House, the design team from Macaulay Sinclair transformed an empty, concrete shell into a hospitality space. Permit Room’s interior design draws its name…
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7 March

Doner Shack to open first franchise in US

Doner Shack has revealed that it has awarded the franchise rights to its first-ever US franchisee, to open in Dallas, Texas. The franchisee Mr Zaman has signed an agreement for three locations which Doner Shack is now scouting for. He has a background spanning food service, franchise operations and project…
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5 March

FSA announces new allergens guidance

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has revealed new best practice industry guidance on providing allergen information to consumers with food hypersensitivities. The new guidance states that written allergen information should always be available for non-prepacked food alongside a conversation between servers and customers about their allergen requirements. The FSA will…
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3 March

Drinks sales bounce-back after tough Valentines

Drinks sales in the UK’s managed venues rose 4% in the week ended Saturday 22 February, only the second week of growth in 2025. Trading beat the levels of last year on six of the seven days, and was ahead by between 8% and 11% every day between 17 to…
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3 March

King Pins officially opens in Bristol’s Cabot Circus

Games and leisure complex, King Pins, has officially opened in Bristol’s Cabot Circus, marking its third UK site and first out of Manchester. Located on the second floor of Cabot Circus, King Pins is next door to the unit which used to house Frankie and Benny’s and offers bowling, tech…
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Feb- 2025 -

28 February

Papa John’s FY revenues fall 4% to $2.06bn

Papa John’s has revealed that total revenues fell by 4% to $2.06bn (£1.64bn) in the year to 29 December 2024, as global restaurant sales fell by 3% to $4.85bn (£3.85bn). It comes as North American sales were down 4% from 2023, while sales at the group’s international restaurants fell by…
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25 February

Confidence of hospitality bosses falls for fifth quarter in a row

The confidence of hospitality leaders has fallen for the fifth quarter in a row as pressure mounts on operating costs, according to CGA by NIQ’s latest Business Confidence Survey. The poll revealed that only 33% of leaders feel confident about prospects for their business over the next 12 months –…
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