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The latest industry news 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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Aug- 2025 -19 August
Wahaca returns to FY profit as DF Tacos ceases trading
Wahaca has announced plans to cease operations within its DF Tacos brand, and instead focus on the Wahaca brand as the group welcomed rising turnover and profits in its full-year results. For the year ended 30 June 2024, pre-tax profit hit £0.7m, up from a loss of £0.7m the prior…
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19 August
Punch Pubs acquires 35 UK sites in FY25
Punch Pubs and Co has acquired 35 pubs across the UK in the past 12 months, as part of an expansion that brings its national estate to more than 1,300 sites. The acquisitions, made during the group’s 2024/25 financial year, include 14 venues from the Milton 1 and 2 portfolios…
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19 August
Hospitality insolvencies ease slightly in H1 but still ‘historically high’
The number of hospitality businesses entering insolvency eased slightly in the first half of 2025, but have still remained “historically high”, according to new findings from Buchler Phillips. The firm’s Hospitality Index of insolvencies found that 1,706 accommodation and food service companies, including hotels, restaurants and pubs, closed in the…
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19 August
Brakspear FY turnover rises 7% to £41.3m
Brakspear has reported a 7% rise in turnover to £41.3m in 2024, despite seeing its profits get squeezed by higher operating costs. The Henley-based pub operator, owned by JT Davies and Sons Holdings Limited, saw revenues increase from £38.6m in 2023, with growth across all divisions. However, adjusted EBITDA fell…
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18 August
The Sushi Co opens Tower Bridge site
The Sushi Co has opened a new site in Tower Bridge, following recent openings in Brighton, Harringay and Hampstead. It comes as the company said it is actively recruiting more franchisees to meet rising demand for sushi in the UK. The Sushi Co is on target to have 30 live…
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18 August
HUŎ to open second site in Belsize Village this September
Asian restaurant HUŎ will open a new site in Belsize Village in September 2025, its first venture in north London. The brand, launched in Chelsea’s Park Walk in 2021 by restaurateurs Graham Rebak and Adam Wilkie, has built a following for its Chinese and Southeast Asian menu. HUŎ also has…
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18 August
Borough Market appoints new CEO
Borough Market has announced the appointment of Alistair Maddox as chief executive and Nicole Casey as director of operations, in a move to strengthen its senior leadership. Maddox, who takes up the role on 1 September, succeeds as head of the charitable trust that runs the historic London food market.…
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18 August
Bam Boo launches new Liverpool venue after six figure investment
Brunch and cocktail bar business Bam Boo has expanded with a new venue in Liverpool following a six-figure investment. The new venue has 80 covers and is Bam Boo’s second site. Its other restaurant is on Bold Street in Liverpool city centre. The company has taken over a former café…
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18 August
Chaiiwala debuts first motorway service station café
Indian street food brand Chaiiwala has launched its first motorway service station café, opening a container-format site at Roadchef’s Watford Gap Services on the M1 northbound. The 130 sq ft café will trade for an initial three-month period. It marks a new phase in the company’s expansion strategy, which focuses…
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15 August
Finsbury Food acquires majority stake in Lola’s Cupcakes
Finsbury Food Group has confirmed it has acquired a 70% majority stake in Lola’s Cupcakes, marking its entry into the direct-to-consumer market. According to Sky News, the deal could value the cupcake chain at more than £25m. The cupcake business trades from a network of 45 kiosks and collection lockers…
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