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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- 2023 -21 August
UK drink sales dip amid bad weather conditions, CGA says
Drinks sales in the seven days to Saturday 12 August were down 2% on the same week last year due to bad weather, CGA by NIQ’s daily drinks tracker shows. While this decline was less severe than the previous week’s low of -6%, the tracker experienced a modest recovery thanks…
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21 August
August bank holiday to generate £5.8bn for UK hospitality
The weekend of 26-28 August is expected to generate an additional £5.8bn for the hospitality industry through consumer spending in restaurants, pubs and bars across the UK, according to new research from independent finance broker Charles and Dean.Charles and Dean’s research, conducted in collaboration with Censuswide, has predicted that a…
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21 August
Star Pubs and Bars to add 100 operator managed venues by 2026
Star Pubs and Bars plans to increase its ‘Just Add Talent’ JAT managed operator business from its current 150 pubs to 250 by 2026, making up approximately 12% of the company’s 2,400 pub estate. While the company’s core business will remain leased and tenanted, its JAT pubs will be an…
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18 August
Joël Robuchon International group to relaunch Mayfair restaurant
The Joël Robuchon International group has announced that it will be relaunching its Mayfair restaurant L’Atelier Robuchon London on 15 September. The relaunch is spearheaded by executive chef Andrea Cofini who joined the Robuchon brand in 2014, serving at L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon in Paris. Cofini has worked alongside group…
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18 August
Robinson Brewery invests £1.25m in three-pub refurb
Family brewer and pub operator Robinsons Brewery has completed £1.25m worth of investment which saw the refurbishment of three tenanted pubs in Cheshire: The Hawk Inn in Haslington, The Unicorn in Congleton, and The Swan and Chequers in Sandbach. Robinsons said that the investment is the brewery’s commitment to “developing”…
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18 August
Loungers appoints new Cosy Club MD
The operator of Cosy Club and Brightside brands, Loungers, has announced the appointment of Lucy Knowles as the new managing director of Cosy Club effective from September. Prior to her appointment, Knowles was the managing director of London-based bar chain Corney and Barrow, later joining SSP as group marketing director. …
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17 August
Humdingers opens its fourth hospitality site in Islington
Humdingers Catering has launched its fourth hospitality site, Humdingers Rosebery, on Rosebery Avenue, opposite Exmouth Market, in the London Borough of Islington. The Clerkenwell outpost is the second new opening of 2023 and joins a growing roster of Humdingers sites in Highbury, Hoxton and Hornsey. The collection of hospitality sites…
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17 August
Subway appoints new senior leadership team
Subway has announced the appointment of Douglas Fry as its new president of North America, Carrie Walsh as its new president of EMEA, and Mike Kehoe as the group’s new chief development officer. This comes as the fast food chain’s former president of North America, Trevor Haynes, announced he will…
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17 August
Galvin at Windows appoints new restaurant manager
Galvin at Windows, located on the 28th floor of London Hilton on Park Lane, has appointed Michele Toto as restaurant manager. He joins from The Ritz, where he held the position of assistant restaurant manager from 2020–2023. Over the last eight years, Toto has worked his way up through service…
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16 August
Wettest July on record dampens drinks sales
Drinks sales in the UK were down 6% for the week ended 5 August compared with the same week in 2022, the worst weekly measurement in the year to date. This drop was exacerbated by three days of double-digit declines, with only two days managing to achieve marginal growth. The…
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