Restaurants
The latest news and updates on restaurants, 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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Jan- 2022 -25 January
Four Corners Hospitality Group joins forces with Various Eateries
Four Corners Hospitality Group (FCHG), the hospitality advisory company, has announced an exclusive partnership with Various Eateries PLC to help grow the Coppa Club brand by expanding to selected Hotel and Resort destinations within the UK. Various Eateries, founded by Hugh Osmond in 2014, already has nine Coppa Club venues…
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25 January
Mildreds to open sixth location in Covent Garden
Plant-based restaurant group Mildreds is set to open its latest location in Covent Garden, St Martin’s Lane, next month. Since first opening in Soho in 1988, the group is said to have “pioneered” the vegan and plant-based scene in London. The new site will officially open on 21 February and…
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25 January
UKH welcomes easing of travel restrictions
The news that international visitors to the UK who are vaccinated against Covid-19 will no longer be required to test on arrival has been welcomed by UKHospitality. The new rules will come into operation at 4am on the 11 February, and will apply to all inbound visitors to the UK,…
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24 January
Hell Yeah Hospitality announces four new openings
Hell Yeah Hospitality Group, which operates three hospitality brand concepts; Pizza Punks, Mamasan and Veganizza, is set to double the number of its Pizza Punks restaurants in the UK in 2022 with four new openings. Furthermore, it has announced the appointment of Gordon Fraser as the groups financial director. He…
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21 January
Restaurant Group upgrades FY21 outlook despite Omicron
The Restaurant Group has announced that despite the impact of Omicron in December, it has upgraded its FY21 expectations following a market “outperformance”, and now expects its EBITDA to be at the top end of its previous guidance of £73m – £79m. In addition, FY21 year-end net debt is now…
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20 January
Modest growth seen in new site openings during Q4
Britain’s hospitality sector witnessed “modest” growth in the last quarter of 2021, with a 1.6% increase in site numbers between September and December 2021, marking the first quarter-on-quarter growth for more than five years. According to the new Market Recovery Monitor from CGA and AlixPartners, there was a particularly encouraging…
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19 January
New community-focused grocery concept to launch in Camberwell
A new one stop grocery store, deli, wine vault and cafe is set to open in Camberwell later this year. Gladwell’s is a collaboration between childhood friends and South London local operators James Dye (Camberwell Arms, Frank’s Café and Mike’s) and Stanley Allen (Greensmiths and Peckham Springs). Nestled inside a…
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19 January
Managed groups sales dip 11% in December
Britain’s managed restaurant, pub and bar sector suffered a double-digit drop in sales from pre-pandemic levels in December, following the widespread cancellations of Christmas celebrations, according to the latest Coffer CGA Business Tracker. The research found that total sales in the month were down by 11% on December 2019, following…
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18 January
Temper to launch fourth site in Shoreditch
Open fire barbecue restaurant, Temper, has announced that the group will launch a fourth site to open this summer on Great Eastern Street. The new site will be split over two floors and adds to its current sites in Soho, Covent Garden and the City. Led by MD Sam Lee,…
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17 January
Fridays owner ups guidance following positive December trading
Hostmore, the owner of casual dining brand Fridays, and the cocktail-led bar and restaurant brand 63rd+1st, has said it expects full-year revenue to be ahead of expectations following stronger than expected trading in December. Trading for the month of December 2021 was ahead of early-month expectations despite the fact that…
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