Product Releases
The latest news and updates on product releases, 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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Sep- 2018 -10 September
Tommy Heaney to open new Pontcanna restaurant
Great British Menu chef Tommy Heaney is to open a new restaurant named Heaney’s in Pontcanna, Wales. The Great British Menu chef will open the 50-cover restaurant on 10 October after successfully raising £40,000 via a Kickstarter page. The restaurant will also feature a bar area with custom-made decor with…
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5 September
Marston’s to become first in UK to sell bleeding vegan burger
Marston’s has announced it is to become the first UK chain to serve the B12 bleeding vegan burger created by Moving Mountains. The meatless burger bleeds like a beef one would when cut, as well as also smelling, sizzling and tasting like beef. The burger is set to go on…
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3 September
Mille Patisserie to open Paddington site
Mille Patisserie has announced it is to open a new Paddington site this month offering the mille crepes made famous in London by Kova Patisserie. The mille crepe consists of layers of crepe and creme patisserie stacked together to form a cake. Ingredients for the company’s chocolate, lemon, matcha, and…
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Aug- 2018 -28 August
The Craft Beer Co selling £22.50 pint
The Craft Beer Co has begun selling a new craft beer for £22.50 per pint, with the high price attributed to expensive ingredients. Speedway Stout’s price makes it five times more expensive than the average UK pint, and makes it more expensive per millilitre than Belvedere vodka. The beer itself…
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22 August
Restaurant offers free ‘Quarter Hounder’ to dogs
A London restaurant has began to offer a ‘Quarter Hounder’ burger to dogs alongside its human menu, with the burger available free of charge to customers’ dogs between 23 August and 29 August. The ‘Quarter Hounder’ was formulated as part of a collaboration between canine nutrition specialist David Jackson and…
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3 August
Avocado based pop-up restaurant becomes permanent
An avocado based pop-up restaurant has announced it is opening a permanent restaurant in London’s Covent Garden. Avobar, features only avocado based dishes and has been described as “London’s first all-avo casual dining concept”. The new restaurant based Henrietta Street will have an all avocado menu featuring ‘Avo Bun’ burgers…
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2 August
Interflora to release edible flower cocktails
Interflora has announced it is working on ‘flower cocktails’ featuring edible flowers developed in partnership with food journalist Pip McCormac. The six cocktails designed by McCormac include cucumber, lemon and fennel flower gin, lavender and rosemary prosecco, a dirty nasturtium martini, and a raspberry and rose petal mocktail. Interflora says…
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Jul- 2018 -31 July
McDonald’s to trial brewed ‘barista coffee’
McDonald’s is to trial ‘barista coffee’ in two of its London restaurants with a view to rolling it out nationally. The branches in St Paul’s and Oxford Street will employ baristas who will brew coffee as opposed to using a machine as McDonald’s currently does. McDonald’s has previously been scathing…
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30 July
Former Smokehouse chef to lead Chicken of the Woods new restaurant
Supper club Chicken of the Woods is to open its first permanent restaurant, named Through the Woods. The 16-cover restaurant will be headed up by former Smokehouse chef, Chris Slaughter, and will open in London’s Crouch End offering one sitting per day at 8pm from Thursday to Saturday. A £40…
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30 July
Starbucks launches 5p cup charge in UK
Starbucks is rolling out a 5p paper cup charge in all 950 UK stores, following a three-month trial in London. The company has added the 5p charge to all beverages served in a plastic cup, and customers who bring a reusable cup in-store will be eligible for the existing 25p…
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