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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Sep- 2018 -14 September
Xiabu Xiabu chain loses £145m after dead rat found in pregnant women’s soup
Chinese restaurant chain Xiabu Xiabu has lost £145m in market value since a pregnant woman found a rat in her soup at a branch in Weifang, China. After video footage of the woman fishing the dead rat out of her soup went viral, the Weifang restaurant was temporarily shut down…
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14 September
Corbin & King to open ninth restaurant in 2019
Hospitality group Corbin and King will be opening its new restaurant Soutine on St John’s Wood High Street, London at the beginning of 2019. Soutine will become the ninth opening for Corbin and King, following the recently launched Café Wolseley at Bicester Village. The new site will take inspiration from…
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14 September
What’s driving growth in the functional beverage industry?
The functional beverage industry is booming. The market is predicted to rise by as much as 12% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) by 2022, with vitamin-infused beverages, probiotic drinks and ‘better for you’ teas enjoying a year-on-year increase in sales; as consumers become increasingly health conscious. In the last few…
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13 September
Brewer and hospitality company SA Brain & Co joins new Welsh hospitality hub
Brewer and hospitality firm SA Brain and Co has joined Hospitality Cymru’s portfolio of high street household licensing names. Hospitality Cymru, part of UKHospitality, was forged earlier this year from a merger between hotels and restaurant representatives, British Hospitality Association (BHA) and the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR). The…
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13 September
CAMRA names ‘best pub in Wales’
CAMRA has named Bridge End Inn in Ruabon as the “best pub in Wales”, the pub is also in the running for the groups award for the UK’s best pub. The results of all of CAMRA’s competitions will be published in its annual Good Beer Guide with the Bridge End…
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13 September
Incipio Group’s Royal Festival Hall rooftop bar plans condemned as ‘shocking’
Incipio Group’s plans to open a rooftop bar called Pergola on the River, on the top of the Royal Festival Hall have been described as “shocking” by conservation group Twentieth Century Society. The Southbank Centre alongside the bar operator has applied for planning permission to erect the temporary transparent pavillion…
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13 September
Scofflaw Brewing Co partners with Brewdog for UK expansion
Atlanta brewery Scofflaw Brewing Co will be bringing its craft beer to the UK this autumn through a new partnership with BrewDog. Co-founders Matt Shirah and Travis Herman began the company with a bootlegged brewing operation in an Atlanta, Georgia cellar. After acquiring the proper licensing, the brewery has become…
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12 September
Craft beer bar Mason & Company shuts after two years
Craft beer bar Mason and Company, in Hackney Wick London, has announced its closure after two and a half years of trading. The company described the decision to close as “difficult” but said its canalside location was “challenging”. It went on to say that the difference in footfall and trade…
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12 September
JD Wetherspoon scraps Jagermeister and Courvoisier for UK and non-EU producers
Pub company JD Wetherspoon is to increase its range of drinks from UK and non-EU producers across its 880 pubs from Wednesday September 26 in the run up to Brexit. As part of this decision, the company’s pubs will stop serving German liqueur Jagermeister French brandies Courvoisier VS and Hennessy…
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12 September
Soho’s Vinoteca Restaurant closes due to rent increases and licencing restrictions
Vinoteca Restaurant in Soho has announced it is to close due to rent increases and licencing restrictions in the area. The restaurant’s other branches in Farringdon, Marylebone, Bloomberg Arcade and Chiswick will remain open. Charlie Young, co-founder and director at Vinoteca, said: “Although it’s true that the rent has increased…
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