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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Nov- 2021 -26 November
Fair Shot Café opens Mayfair flagship
Grosvenor Britain and Ireland has announced that social enterprise Fair Shot Café will open its first flagship venue serving European food and specialty coffee in Mayfair’s South Molton Street on 13 December. Founder and CEO of Fair Shot Café, Bianca Tavella, set up the business to address the UK’s current…
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26 November
Star Pubs & Bars invests £700k into two Derby pubs
Heineken-owned Star Pubs and Bars has announced a £700,000 investment to refurbish the Corner Pin at Chellaston and The Dog and Moon on Sadler Gate, both of which are set to reopen in 2022. The Corner Pin has been closed since 2018, and The Dog and Moon shut its doors…
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26 November
SSP Group names Patrick Coveney as CEO
SSP Group has announced the appointment of Patrick Coveney to the role of CEO, effective 31 March 2022. Coveney joins SSP from Greencore Group plc, where he held the CEO position since 2008, following more than two years as chief financial officer (CFO). According to SSP, Coveney “transformed” Greencore into…
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26 November
Hospitality sector sees rise in headcount and hours worked
For the first time since the start of the pandemic, all hospitality sectors saw their staff headcount and the number of hours worked rise in October against last year, according to the latest figures from software provider Fourth. Nonetheless, it said that a labour shortage was still evident in the…
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25 November
Michelin-starred Star Inn ‘reduced to ashes’
The Star Inn, a Michelin-starred restaurant headed by chef Andrew Pern, has been “reduced to ashes” following a fire at the site last night (24 November). The fire began when the thatched roof of the 14th Century building in Harome, North Yorkshire, caught fire shortly after 22:00 GMT. According to…
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25 November
Mitchells and Butlers losses narrow to £42m as sales recover
Mitchells and Butlers (M&B) has reported a pre-tax loss of £42m for-the 52 weeks ending 25 September 2021, compared with £123m a year earlier, as its sales recovery starts to take hold. M&B said it had returned to profitability in recent months and its like-for-like sales were 2.7% higher than…
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25 November
Wendy‘s eyes further UK expansion
Wendy’s is reportedly eyeing further expansion across the UK, having recently opened up a new site in Croydon this month. According to the Financial Times, the group has been “buoyed” by sales at the five UK sites it has opened since it relaunched in Reading in June. Wendy’s chief development…
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25 November
Summit boosts Abbeydale Food Group revenues
Abbeydale Food Group has seen its revenues for the year increase to £28.8m, with turnover also rising by 18% driven by the continued growth of its Summit Foods business. Its Summit Foods business, which provides frozen and chilled micro snacks and ‘fresher for longer’ chilled sandwiches, achieved sales of £24.3m…
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24 November
BBPA welcomes proposed changes to Pubs Code
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has welcomed the Government’s proposed changes to the Pubs Code. In particular, it praised the Government’s decision to streamline the Market Rent Only (MRO) process, which both tenants and pub-owning companies called for. It also reiterated the “strength” of the leased and tenanted…
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24 November
Hospitality vacancies could reach 163,000 over Christmas, study finds
Hospitality vacancies could reach as high as 163,000 over Christmas as the UK continues to be hit by an employment crisis, according to new analysis of ONS vacancy data by Stint, a student work app. It analysed the last 10 years of vacancy data and used a forecasting model to…
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