News

The News section on Catering Today delivers the latest updates and developments across the UK hospitality and catering industry. Covering restaurants, pubs, quick service brands, and catering groups, it reports on company announcements, market performance, government policy, and sector-wide trends. With a focus on commercial and operational impact, Catering Today’s news coverage keeps hospitality professionals informed of the events and decisions shaping business conditions and strategic opportunities across the sector.

Oct- 2025 -

1 October

Shepherd Neame’s ‘resilient’ FY sales offset brewing decline

Shepherd Neame has welcomed a “resilient” full-year performance, despite revenues dipping by 4.6% to £164.3m, down from £172.3m the prior year, and lower brewing volumes. In the year ended 28 June 2025, underlying profit before tax fell by 3.7% to £7.6m. However, the brewer said it delivered “particularly strong” growth…
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1 October

Rhubarb Hospitality Collection partners with Greystar at Chapter London Bridge

Rhubarb Hospitality Collection (RHC) has partnered with Greystar to launch two new quick-service restaurant concepts at Chapter London Bridge, a new 950-bed purpose-built student accommodation development beside The Shard. Open to the public as well as the student community, the scalable formats consist of ‘Journal’, a contemporary coffee shop, and…
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1 October

Eden Caterers wins St John’s Waterloo contract

Eden Caterers has been appointed as a catering partner for St John’s Waterloo, providing climate-friendly menus for arts organisations, charities and community groups using the South Bank venue. The appointment builds on Eden’s recent experience catering for events at the Grade II listed church, which reopened in 2022 following a…
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1 October

Greggs Q3 sales up 6.1% amid improved August and September

Greggs has revealed that its total sales were up 6.1% for the 13 weeks ended 27 September 2025 due to improved trading in August and September following the heatwaves in July. Alongside this, its company-managed shop like-for-like sales were up 1.5% in the period and up 2.2% in the year-to-date.…
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Sep- 2025 -

30 September

Freemans Event Partners launches multi-year contract with RG Live

Freemans Event Partners has secured a multi-year agreement with experiential events specialist RG Live to deliver food and beverage across its nationwide Halloween and Christmas light trails. The partnership covers 13 venues across the UK, with 10 sites operating Christmas trails and six transforming for Halloween. Freemans will oversee the…
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30 September

Wingstop UK sales and profits rise amid ‘record’ FY24

Wingstop UK has announced that both revenues and profit rose in the nine months to 29 December 2024, as the group welcomed “record” results bolstered by a growing estate. Over the period, its revenues rose from £84.7m to £125m, while operating profit rose from £4.1m to £13.7m. The group opened…
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30 September

House of Louie opens in Covent Garden

House of Louie, a new hospitality collective from Paris Society, has opened in Covent Garden, bringing together Japanese restaurant Wani Tzuki, French dining at Louie and the Alligator Bar under one roof. The new venue is based in a historic 19th Century townhouse reconfigured across four floors to host the…
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30 September

Tortilla UK posts record H1 profits amid European expansion

Tortilla has reported record profitability in its UK operations for the 26-week period to 29 June, which has helped offset early-stage investment losses in France as the company continues its European expansion. The fast-casual Mexican restaurant group revealed that its adjusted EBITDA in the UK rose 33% to £2.4m, which…
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29 September

Wingstop opens second Liverpool site as expansion continues

Wingstop has opened a second restaurant in Liverpool, following the brand’s debut at Liverpool One earlier this year. The new site, in Edge Lane’s Liverpool Shopping Park, spans 3,305 sq ft and seats 115 diners. It will serve the chain’s full menu of wings, tenders, burgers and sides. The opening…
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29 September

RedCat Hospitality sales up 2% in ‘transformational year’

RedCat Hospitality has revealed that its like-for-like sales rose 2% in the year ended 30 March 2025, a year which CEO Richard Lewis has branded “transformational”. In the period, the company saw its adjusted EBITDA rise 290% to £8.8m, up from £2.2m, and its site EBITDA rise 42% to £18.7m,…
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