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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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Jul- 2022 -5 July
Coaching Inn Group acquires Forest Park Hotel and restaurant
The Coaching Inn Group, a subsidiary of RedCat Pub Company, has revealed it has completed the acquisition of Forest Park Hotel, Brockenhurst for an undisclosed sum. The Country Hotel and Inn is located in the heart of the New Forest, on the edge of the village of Brockenhurst with 40…
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5 July
KERB partners with McCain for Streets Ahead launch
KERB has announced a new partnership with McCain that will see it launch ‘Streets Ahead’, a one-day workshop, which is said to be “the first big move” for a new social enterprise that provides food start-up workshops to over 100 less-advantaged people, free of charge. Following the one-day workshop, all…
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4 July
Gusto Italian to expand South amid ‘resilient’ trading
Gusto Italian, the premium casual dining restaurant group, has announced it is looking to grow its estate and expand further South over the coming year. The announcement comes as the company revealed its turnover hit £12.4m in the full year ending September 2021 and an EBITDA of £585,000, which the…
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4 July
Number of pubs falls by over 7,000 in past decade
The number of English and Welsh pubs fell below 40,000 for the first time during the first half of 2022 with pub numbers having fallen by 7,107 in the last 10 years, new research has revealed. Research by the real estate adviser Altus Group, found that the overall number of…
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4 July
John Lewis launch chef academy to help hospitality sector
John Lewis Partnership (the Partnership) has launched its own Chef Academy to help address the current shortage of qualified chefs in the UK A joint survey released last week by UKHospitality, the British Institute of Innkeeping, and the British Beer and Pub Association, revealed that staff shortages in the hospitality…
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4 July
The Restaurant Group appoints non-executive director
The Restaurant Group has announced the appointment of Loraine Woodhouse as a non-executive director. She joins the company’s board as of today’s date (4 July) and will become a member of both the audit and nomination committees. Woodhouse is currently a non-executive director and chair of the audit committee at…
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4 July
Pret H1 revenues surge 230% to £357.8m
Pret A Manger has reported that its half year (H1) revenues in 2022 has grown by 230% year-on-year to £357.8m, up from £155.4m in H1 2021, and up by 160% from £223.4m in 2020. May saw revenues across the UK surpass 2019 levels for the first time, with “particularly strong”…
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1 July
Gen Z spending 68% more in restaurants, pubs and bars
The hospitality industry continues to recover as 58% of UK consumers are spending the same or more each restaurant and bar visit than they were pre-pandemic, with Gen Z driving the return of business, according to a new study from SevenRooms. The research from SevenRooms, which polled over 2,000 UK…
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1 July
Greene King appoints Franchise Operations director
Greene King Pub Partners, the leased, tenanted and franchise division of Greene King, has appointed Penny Baldwin as its new Franchise Operations director. Baldwin will join the business on 15 August, where she will be responsible for the continued rollout of Greene King Pub Partners’ Hive Pubs franchise brand. Having…
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1 July
Big Table Group to open two new Las Iguanas sites
The Big Table Group, the operator of Las Iguanas, Bella Italia and Café Rouge, has announced the launch of two new Las Iguanas restaurants at Center Parcs, taking its total number of restaurants at Center Parcs’ five UK holiday villages to 14. It will open in Center Parcs Elveden Forest…
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