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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Jul- 2020 -30 July
Deliveroo launches Table Service tool
Deliveroo has announced a new targeted support package to help pubs and bars reopen safely with the launch of its contactless dine-in tool – ‘TableService’. Deliveroo is the first major UK platform to introduce Table Service, which allows customers to order via the Deliveroo app in pubs, bars and restaurants,…
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29 July
McDonald’s sales plunge 30% despite US resilience
McDonald’s has revealed that sales plunged by 30% to $3.76bn (£2.89bn) during the second quarter of the year. As a result, the global restaurant chain said that the fall in sales led to net income also falling by 68% to $483.3m (£372m). Despite the fall, McDonald’s said global comparable sales…
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29 July
Starbucks sales slump amid Covid-19
Starbucks has announced that global comparable store sales plummeted 40% in the quarter ended 28 June, driven by a 51% decrease in comparable transactions, though partially offset by a 23% increase in the average ticket. Consolidated net revenues slumped by 38% to $4.2bn (£3.24bn) against the prior year, primarily due…
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29 July
Bermondsey’s Loyal Tavern to permanently close
Chef Tom Cencil has announced the permanent closure of Bermondsey-based restaurant and bar Loyal Tavern. In an Instagram post, Cencil attributed the closure as a direct result of the Covid-19 pandemic. He said: “It’s with a broken heart and a decision that I thought I would never have to take,…
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28 July
The Black Swan at Oldstead claims top spot in Tripadvisor awards
The Black Swan at Oldstead has been named the number one restaurant in the UK, according to Tripadvisor’s 2020 Travellers’ Choice. The only other UK restaurant to make the world top 10 in the same category was Heston Blumenthal’s restaurant The Fat Duck in Bray (ranked #10). The awards celebrate…
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28 July
Frankie & Benny’s to open a further 15 sites
Frankie and Benny’s has announced the reopening of a further 15 restaurants that have, taking the total number of reopened sites to 35 by the end of the month. The restaurant chain said it has followed “strict” Government and Public Health England guidelines and has worked “incredibly hard” to put…
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28 July
Greggs swings to £65.2m HY loss
Greggs has reported a pre-tax loss of £65.2m during the 26 weeks to June 27, compared with a £36.7m profit last year. During the six month period, the food-to-go specialist reported a 45% decrease in like-for-like sales to £300.6m, compared with £546.3m in the same period last year. Gross profit…
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28 July
Hospitality sector loses £30bn in Q2
Sales across the UK’s hospitality sector plummeted by 87% in the second quarter of 2020, equivalent to nearly £30bn in lost revenue, according to the latest UKHospitality Tracker. The “catastrophic” loss follows the widespread lockdown of restaurants, pubs, bars, hotels, and other hospitality venues from mid-March. In light of this,…
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27 July
‘Overwhelming’ number of guests satisfied with safety standards
An “overwhelming” number of consumers (94%) who have visited pubs, restaurants and bars in England in the two weeks since reopening were satisfied with the safety steps in venues they visited. This is according to responses via the ‘We hear you’ initiative, launched by the CGA, UKHospitality and Yumpingo, which…
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27 July
Mandatory calorie labelling ‘slap in the face’ to hospitality
UKHospitality CEO, Kate Nicholls, has warned the costs of the implementation of mandatory calorie labelling on menus will be a “slap in the face” for hospitality, after the government revealed a series of measures to target obesity. The measures form part of the government’s new obesity strategy to get the…
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