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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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Feb- 2023 -22 February
Perks & White opens first central London location
Perks and White is set to open its first central London site at St James’s Market later this month. Located near Piccadilly Circus, the site will serve specialist coffee, sweet pastries and a range of breakfast and lunch options prepared daily on-site. As long-standing partners, Perks and White and Volcano…
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22 February
Soho House to open first Manchester location
Soho House has announced plans to open its first members’ club in Manchester later this year. The Manchester opening will be the 13th UK Soho House club and fourth outside of London, following the group’s launch in Brighton last year. Members’ clubs are also located in Oxfordshire and Somerset. The…
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21 February
Hospitality leaders’ confidence rises though soaring costs still loom
Hospitality leaders remain “cautiously optimistic” despite soaring costs still threatening weaker businesses, according to the 2023 Business Leaders’ Survey from CGA by NielsenIQ and Fourth. The poll found that 47% felt confident about their business prospects over the next 12 months, up from 29% in CGA’s last survey three months…
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21 February
Oli Williamson to leave Fat Duck
The head chef at Fat Duck, Heston Blumenthal’s Berkshire restaurant, Oli Williamson has announced he is set to leave his role. Williamson will leave on 11 March 2023 having joined Fat Duck in 2020. He was promoted to head chef in 2022. He has also won the Roux Scholarship, having…
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21 February
Dundas Heritable brings four pubs to market
Scottish licensed pub operator, Dundas Heritable, has put four of its public houses up for sale for undisclosed amounts through Christie and Co’s Scottish Hospitality team. The four businesses for sale, which include The Scarecrow in Kilsyth, The Viking in Glasgow, The Willow in Greenock, and The Boarding House in…
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20 February
Chef duo to open second bar and restaurant in Edinburgh
Chef patron duo, Tomás Gormley and Sam Yorke, are set to open their second restaurant, Skua, in Edinburgh this Spring. The founders of Heron have curated a menu of small plates that are “inspired by the seasons”. They will also offer a drinks list featuring cocktails, beers, spirits, natural and…
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20 February
Delivery and takeaway sales dip in January
Delivery and takeaway sales across top managed restaurant groups were down by 2% last month as consumers tightened their belts, according to CGA by NielsenIQ’s latest Hospitality at Home Tracker. According to the CGA, the ordering-in market has now seen year-on-year sales fall for 15 months in a row. January’s…
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20 February
Costa Coffee appoints new CEO
Costa Coffee has announced the appointment of Philippe Schaillee as its new CEO. Schaillee joins Costa from Groupe SEB, where he served as executive vice president in charge of Products and Innovation since April 2021. He began his career with the Sara Lee Group in Belgium in 1994, where he…
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17 February
Rhubarb Hospitality Collection opens Larch
Rhubarb Hospitality Group has announced the opening of Larch, a new Italian restaurant and café concept located at 1 Sky Garden Walk. The restaurant opened this week and joins Rhubarb’s portfolio of bars and two restaurants within Sky Garden. Upstairs, the 50-cover restaurant and bar will showcase an Italian inspired…
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17 February
TRG welcomes shareholder calls to restore market confidence
The Restaurant Group (TRG), the operator of Wagamama, has welcomed constructive input from its shareholders at the Oasis Management Company, who issued the company a letter yesterday (16 February) calling on it to restore market confidence. In this letter, Oasis outlined a proposal for a governance review, which included a…
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