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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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May- 2022 -3 May
Mr Yum acquires Sprout
Mobile ordering and payments company for restaurants, Mr Yum, has acquired hospitality Customer Relationship Management and marketing company Sprout. Sprout’s full-time staff will join Mr Yum as the London-based groups aim to create a global team of more than 260 employees, who will continue building tools for hospitality venues in…
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3 May
Heineken to invest £42m into Star Pubs and Bars estate
Heineken has announced it will invest £42m into the upgrade of its Star Pubs and Bars estate. The group said 660 venues will benefit from the investment, creating over 700 jobs in the process. The investment follows its £62m expenditure on pandemic rent reductions and plays a “key part” in…
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3 May
Greene King returns to profitability amid expansion plans
Greene King has reported an adjusted operating profit of £18.6m (loss of £186.9m) for the year ending 2 January 2022, with statutory operating profit of £63.8m (loss of £433m), after being “significantly impacted by Covid-19”. It comes as the group celebrated a strong second half with group revenue rising 41.6%…
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3 May
SushiDog to open third site on Brewer Street
SushiDog has announced it will open its third site on Soho’s Brewer Street on 10 May, joining the brand’s two sites in Covent Garden and Shepherd’s Bush. Founders Greg Ilsen and Nick Goldstein confirmed they will be opening two new sites for the quick service sushi roll restaurant this year,…
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Apr- 2022 -29 April
Black and White Hospitality to open new MPW Restaurant
Black and White Hospitality, which owns and manages the franchise rights to eight Marco Pierre White restaurant concepts, has signed a deal to open a new restaurant in South Gloucestershire. Located at The Gables Hotel in Falfield, the 104-cover restaurant (60 in restaurant / 44 in bar), which is planned…
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29 April
Nightcap Q3 sales jump 52% on 2019 levels
Nightcap has announced its unaudited group sales for Q3 2022 were £9.6m, which represents a 52.7% net sales increase compared to the same period in 2019. It takes the total sales in the first three quarters of FY2022 to £25.2m, a 48.6% increase on 2019, after £7.6m in Q1 and…
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29 April
Hospitality in London welcomes recovery as city centres rebound
Pubs, bars and restaurants in London are gradually returning to their pre-pandemic levels of visits after two years of disruption, according to new research from CGA and Wireless Social. Their joint Top Cities Vibrancy Report provides a “vibrancy” ranking of Britain’s 10 most populous cities over the four weeks to…
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29 April
Hospitality launches action plan to tackle sexual harassment
Hospitality has agreed a strict “zero-tolerance” approach to sexual harassment with the launch of a new action plan. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and UKHospitality have worked together to produce a “practical resource” to stop the harassment of hospitality staff being seen as ‘just part of the job’.…
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28 April
BBPA calls on election candidates to support local pubs
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) is calling on local candidates to back calls for fairer business rates and protect their local pubs ahead of next week’s election. The association said that with rates collected by local authorities, one of the “single biggest ways” councillors could help save pubs…
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28 April
GMB warns of ‘summer beer drought’ as brewery workers support strike
The GMB trade union has warned of a “summer beer drought” after brewery workers voted in favour of strike action. Some 225 GMB members working at BBG’s Samlesbury site which brews Budweiser, Stella Artois, Becks, Boddingtons and Export Pale Ale, will start an overtime time ban, not engage in training…
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