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.
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Sep- 2023 -7 September
Badiani opens flagship store in Windsor
Ice cream brand Badiani has unveiled the opening of its new flagship store in Windsor. The new store with sit in or takeaway options will offer more than 20 artisanal gelato flavours, including vegan sorbets. Alongside this the store will serve fresh-cooked fluffy waffles, crepes, handcrafted coffees, pastries and Badiani…
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7 September
Hospitality food inflation slows in July, CGA finds
Food inflation in hospitality fell marginally to 21.7% year-on-year in July, according to the CGA’s foodservice price index. Despite the slight fall of 0.9 percentage points, inflation remains only just below the index’s previous peak of 22.9% in December 2022. The latest index also reports a month-on-month increase of 0.7%,…
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7 September
Roxy Leisure to open Roxy Lanes Liverpool in November
Roxy Leisure will be opening its Roxy Lanes concept in Liverpool this November, marking the third site and the first venue in the region in the group’s expansion plan. Roxy Lanes Liverpool School Lane will focus on 10 pin bowling and feature a range of activities including American pool, shuffleboard,…
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7 September
BaxterStorey secures London Metropolitan University contract
BaxterStorey has secured a new contract with London Metropolitan University and will see it cater for its Aldgate and Holloway campuses to around 13,500 students. In addition to transforming its four locations, BaxterStorey will reopen the Highbury Canteen by revamping it into a street food market. Dishes on the new…
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6 September
Wolseley Hospitality Group appoints new operations director
Wolseley Hospitality Group has announced the appointment of Simon King as its new operations director. Kings has worked in the hospitality industry for over 20 years and started his career at The Ritz Hotel, London. He has held several senior roles at Gordon Ramsay Restaurants, Danny Meyers USHG, Fat Duck…
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6 September
Wetherspoons to lower prices for Tax Equality Day
Wetherspoon pubs are set to cut the price of all food and drinks by 7.5% on Thursday 14 September, in order to highlight the benefit of a permanent VAT reduction in the hospitality industry. Prices at the pubs will be reduced for one day only to mark Tax Equality Day. …
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6 September
TRG revenues rise 10% to £467.4m in H1
The Restaurant Group (TRG) has reported that total sales in the first half of the year rose by 10% to £467.4m, compared with £423.4m the prior year. Its adjusted EBITDA was also up 15% to £36.3m on a pre-IFRS 16 basis versus the VAT adjusted basis of £31.4m in H1…
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6 September
Comptoir Libanais to open new site in Ealing
Comptoir Group has announced that it has secured a location for the opening of a new Comptoir Libanais restaurant in Ealing, West London. The 3,325 sq ft restaurant is positioned on the high street and is expected to open in early October 2023. The Ealing restaurant, which will be Comptoir’s…
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6 September
Subway launches new uniforms made from recycled bottles
Subway has announced the launch of a new uniform for employees which is made from recycled plastic bottles and set to be rolled out in branches in the UK, Ireland and across Europe. The new uniform line consists of a t-shirt, polo shirt, half and full apron, cap, and bandana,…
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5 September
Restaurant spending down in August, Barclays finds
Restaurant spending dropped by 5.8% in August after dropping 2.7% in July, according to new data from Barclays. According to the data, 61% of people surveyed stated that they had deprioritised eating at restaurants. Alongside this 58% of people stated that they were deprioritising spending on takeaways. Despite this spending…
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