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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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Oct- 2021 -6 October
Lantana opens fourth venture in London
Independent restaurant group Lantana has announced the opening of its fourth venture cafe DL/78 in central London. Café DL/78 is situated in Derwent London’s space in Charlotte Street, Fitzrovia, and is in close proximity to Soho Square and the theatre district. Taking inspiration from its Australian heritage, the new cafe…
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5 October
Environment Agency to monitor greenwashing in F&B sector
A project to establish standardised metrics to measure environmental performance and tackle greenwashing across the food and beverage sector has been launched by the Environment Agency. The Environment Agency – working in partnership with the Institute for Manufacturing at the University of Cambridge, Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Northern Ireland Environment…
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5 October
EG Group acquires Cooplands
EG Group has announced it has acquired bakery business CS Food Group Holdings Limited (Cooplands). According to the retailer, the acquisition will accelerate EG Group’s “growing” and “successful” diversification into foodservice and adds “complementary” assets that will develop opportunities in other parts of the business. It revealed Cooplands is the…
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5 October
Deliveroo expands offering with new Starbucks partnership
Deliveroo has announced a new delivery partnership with Starbucks and 400 of its stores which will now be available live on the app across the UK. The partnership will allow Deliveroo customers the chance to order the coffee chain’s beverages, plus menu options including a range of sandwiches, wraps, juices…
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5 October
Greggs lifts guidance despite supply chain disruptions
Greggs has welcomed a resilient performance in its third quarter of trading, with like-for-like sales up by 3.5% against 2019, despite ongoing supply chain issues and staff shortages. Growth was particularly strong in August when the ‘staycation’ effect was evident, and remained in positive territory in September, with two-year like-for-like…
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4 October
UKH calls on Government for support amid jobs crisis
UKHospitality has proposed a programme of co-investment to the government to create jobs and increase growth after “harsh” trading restrictions have impacted the sector. The sector has revealed it is facing issues including rent demands and an increase in VAT and has said a “package” of post-pandemic support is “essential”…
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4 October
Shake Shack kicks off British Shake Sale
Shake Shack have begun their annual British Shake Sale to benefit Action Against Hunger’s Love Food Give Food campaign. The Great British Shake Sale is an initiative taking place across all UK Shake Shack locations from 1 – 31 October 2021. The goal is to raise awareness and funds to…
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4 October
Searcys partners with SevenRooms and TheFork
Searcys has announced a new partnership with TheFork and SevenRooms. It revealed that integrating TheFork, an online reservations platform and SevenRooms, hospitality guest and retention platform, will allow Searcys’ venues to increase online reservations and offer “seamless” management of its front of house and guest experiences. According to Searcys, it…
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4 October
One in six hospitality jobs now vacant, CGA warns
One in six (16%) hospitality jobs currently lie vacant, with businesses struggling to fill the job gaps across the sector, according to the latest Business Confidence Survey from CGA and Fourth. The poll highlighted the industry’s “mounting” labour crisis, with 96% of business leaders now envisaging shortages in either front…
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4 October
Blk Sheep Baa and Grill to open this October
Hospitality operator One Hundred Knights has confirmed that Blk Sheep Baa and Grill will open its doors for business at the Plassey Holiday Park, Wrexham, on Monday 25 October 2021. Based at the former old dairy ‘Shippon’ site, the restaurant is five miles from the centre of Wrexham and has…
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