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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Dec- 2021 -1 December
Thomas Franks launches new London division
Independent contract catering company Thomas Franks has launched a new London-based division. It revealed the new site will provide corporate customers, their staff and clients with in-house catering, offering food services with a “first-class” service. The company provides full-service catering for employees, visitors and clients, with its “freshly-cooked” dishes all…
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1 December
Loungers to open 25 new sites as profits surge
Loungers has announced plans to open 25 new sites next year after securing pre-tax profits of £12.8m for the 24-week period ended 3 October 2021. During the period, revenue increased to £102.4m from £53.5m in 2020 whilst like-for-like sales grew 26.6% compared to 2019. The business has continued to achieve…
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1 December
Pret A Manger announces new UK franchise partners
Pret A Manger has announced that Dallas Holdings and K&Z Group will become the chain’s next franchisees in the UK. A total of eight stores will be transferred to the new franchise partners in spring 2022. Pret’s Guildford, Bournemouth, Basingstoke and Woking shops will be transferred to K&Z Holdings, and…
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Nov- 2021 -30 November
Nando’s losses double after ‘most challenging year’
Nando’s has revealed that its annual pre-tax losses for the period ending 28 February 2021 have more than doubled to £240m in what it called the “most challenging year in its history”. The company announced that revenues were down by 39.3% during the period to £665m (2020: £1.09bn), after “significant”…
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30 November
JD Wetherspoon secures 20-year deal with Budweiser Brewing Group
JD Wetherspoon has announced a further 20-year partnership with Budweiser Brewing Group, meaning the brewing group will become the largest beer supplier across the JD Wetherspoon estate. Wetherspoon said demand for the Budweiser Brewing Group’s premium portfolio increased during the pandemic, and that last year saw premium lager and world…
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30 November
Marston’s FY21 losses widen to £100m
Pub group Marston’s saw its pre-tax losses for the full-year ending 2 October widen to £100m, up from £22m the previous year. Revenues also dropped to £423.8m down from £821m in 2020 as sales continued to be impacted by the “significant” disruptions caused by the pandemic. However, since reopening outdoors…
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30 November
CH&CO sets new benefits standard for hospitality workers
CH&CO has announced enhanced family benefits for every employee across the hospitality landscape. It revealed the move is part of a company-wide people and culture transformation, with all policies, procedures and employee benefits across catering and hospitality businesses being reviewed and improved to reflect the value placed on employees, increase…
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29 November
Hospitality trade bodies unite to combat drink spiking
UKHospitality, the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA), the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII), and Hospitality Ulster have come together to produce a set of resources aimed at helping operators combat drink spiking to protect customers. The associations have jointly produced a factsheet to help operators bolster the work they…
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29 November
NTIA and Zapaygo launch safeguarding feature
The Night Time Industries Association and preferred partner Zapaygo, one of the UK’s leading order and pay apps, has launched its‘ Ask for Angela’ feature, to be available across all their venues as part of the broader safeguarding initiative available to businesses. They said that this initiative is one of…
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29 November
Drinks sales ‘edge back’ above pre-COVID-19 levels, CGA says
On Premise drinks sales in the week to last Saturday (20 November) edged 1% above the same week in 2019, CGA’s Drinks Recovery Tracker shows. The association revealed it is the “first time” that average sales by value in Britain’s managed pubs, bars and restaurants have been in positive territory…
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