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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Jun- 2022 -15 June
Compass Group names Foodbuy managing director
Compass Group UK and Ireland has announced the appointment of Karl Atkins as the new managing director for Foodbuy, the procurement service provider. Atkins has been with Foodbuy for the past three years in the chief operating officer role – where his focus has been supporting the growth of Foodbuy’s…
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15 June
Whitbread beats expectations but warns of ‘tight’ labour market
Whitbread has revealed that it expects to increase its total costs by £20m – £30m in FY23 due to targeted pay increases and the labour supply remaining “tight” across the hospitality sector. The Premier Inn operator will also bring forward its investment in refurbishments and maintenance projects, as well as…
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14 June
Hospitality sector experiencing 83% more vacancies, ONS data shows
The hospitality sector is experiencing 83% more vacancies across the sector compared to March-May 2019 (the most recent comparable period), according to latest figures released by the ONS. At the same time, the sector has created nearly 300,000 new jobs over the last 12 months,equal to one-in-three of all new…
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14 June
Calorie labelling included in CIEH Food Safety Conference 2022 agenda
Obesity and how it is being targeted by initiatives such as calorie labelling on menus is reportedly one of the many issues that will be discussed at the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) 2022 Food Safety Conference. The conference will take place across two half-days and aims to “offer…
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14 June
KFC UK&I welcomes back Meg Farren as GM
KFC UK and Ireland has announced that Meghan Farren will be returning to KFC in the role of general manager (GM). It said Farren’s “unrivalled ability to inspire the distinctive disruption synonymous with the KFC brand” – whilst delivering year on year sales growth – makes her the “perfect” next…
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14 June
Pret a Manger to debut in Spain and Portugal
Pret A Manger has reached an agreement with the Ibersol Group to launch the Pret brand and products across Spain and Portugal. Under the terms of the agreement, Ibersol Group will bring Pret’s food and organic coffee to the two countries. The agreement comes as Pret steps up its global…
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14 June
Revolution Bars earnings to surpass £10m
Revolution Bars Group plc has reported confidence in delivering adjusted EBITDA after rental charges “slightly ahead” of market expectations for the financial year to date, ahead of the group’s 2 July 2022 year end, currently standing at £10m. This follows “positive” trading over the Jubilee Bank Holiday, and the business…
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13 June
Popeyes UK to open six more sites
Popeye’s UK, which first launched in November 2021 with “runaway success”, has announced plans to speed up its national rollout with six new sites confirmed across the country in Nottingham, Gateshead, Oxford, Reading, Brighton, and Ealing. Popeyes was founded in New Orleans in 1972, and currently has sites in Stratford,…
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13 June
Losses at top 100 UK restaurant groups surge 24% to £832m
Losses at the Top 100 UK restaurant groups grew 24% from £673m to £832m in just the past six months, according to a new study by UHY Hacker Young, the national accountancy group. It said the scale of the losses has been driven by the effects of major restructuring programmes…
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13 June
LSL Capital to open new restaurant Koyn later this year
The fifth restaurant by LSL Capital, co-founded by father-daughter duo Samyukta and Dinesh Nair, Mayfair-based Koyn is set to open in September. Samyukta Nair and Fabled Studio’s Tom Strother have designed the two-storey space to “symbolise the complementary forces at play in Japan’s enigmatic volcano”. On the round floor is…
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