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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Aug- 2022 -3 August
D&D revenues at 90% of pre-covid levels
D&D has revealed its group revenues in the 15 months since reopening after lockdown stand at £163m, 90% of its pre-covid levels. UK revenues stand at £143m, 91% of pre-covid levels, while overseas revenues are at £20m. 83% of pre-covid levels. Meanwhile, group EBITDA stands at £17m, 122% of pre-covid…
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3 August
Claridge’s appoints new culinary director
Claridge’s has announced the appointment of Dmitri Magi as its new culinary director, alongside Richard Galli as executive chef and Thibault Hauchard as executive pastry chef. The positions were reportedly created especially for the hotel’s overhauled culinary team to “cement its position as a world-class gastronomic destination”. The news comes…
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3 August
Flat Cap Hotels welcomes new group executive chef
Flat Cap Hotels has announced the appointment of Martyn Fallon as group executive chef. He will be leading on and working with all of the properties, focusing on local produce sourcing, the creation and implementation of each site’s menus and delivering the “highest levels” of training of both the senior…
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3 August
Just Eat parent suffers €3.5bn write down on US business in H1
Just Eat Takeaway has written down the value of its US subsidiary Grubhub by €3.5bn (£2.9bn), a year after it purchased the food delivery group for $7.3bn (£5.98bn). Meanwhile, Just Eat Takeaway expects its profitability to continue improving going forward and is maintaining its outlook for FY22. Just Eat expects GTV…
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2 August
Hospitality staffing nearing pre-pandemic levels
Hospitality staffing numbers are nearing pre-pandemic levels, but a series of factors such as increasing rates of pay, high staff turnover, and the changing make-up of the workforce, are piling pressure on employers. The latest data from Fourth, the industry provider of inventory and workforce management solutions, found there are…
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2 August
Comptoir Group chair and CEO step down
Comptoir Group has announced that the group’s CEO, Chaker Hanna, and chair, Richard Kleiner, have both stepped down with immediate effect. As a result, Beatrice Lafon and Jean-Michel Orieux have been appointed to the board with immediate effect as independent non-executive chair and independent non-executive director, respectively. It is reported…
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2 August
Revolution Bars sees ‘strong’ LFL sales
Revolution Bars Group plc, has reported its full year like-for-like (LFL) sales increased 1.3% in the year ended 2 July 2022 (FY22), following the lifting of Covid restrictions in England after 19 July 2021. The group said this is a strong result given the disruption caused by the Omicron variant…
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2 August
Greggs names new chair as revenues rise
Greggs has announced the appointment of Matthew Davies as an independent non-executive director and chair designate. Davies joins the board with immediate effect, and will be appointed as chair on 1 November 2022, when the current chair, Ian Durant, steps down. He is widely experienced in retail, and during his…
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1 August
KFC pauses offers amid chicken shortages
KFC has reportedly been forced to pause one of its weekly food offers due to a shortage of chicken, according to The Sun. In a company memo sent to branches, seen by the paper, it is alleged that company bosses issued urgent update warnings of shortages. The shortages experienced by…
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1 August
Star Pubs & Bars to launch £200,000 pub package for World Cup
Star Pubs and Bars have announced it will launch a £200,000 investment package into its portfolio ahead of the winter World Cup. The “comprehensive” package incorporates funding discounts on Sky subscriptions, an online hub offering insight on executing sport, and fresh point-of-sale material aimed to enable Star pubs to establish…
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