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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Nov- 2021 -18 November
Foxden opens Fulham restaurant
Foxden, a new burger restaurant, has announced its opening in Fulham, Southwest London. It revealed the restaurant will be spearheaded by owner Paul Fox, who spent his childhood on the family’s beef farm in Warwickshire. According to the restaurant, Fox has years of working in hospitality “under his belt”, predominantly…
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18 November
Leon announces opening date for its first drive-thru in West Yorkshire
Leon has announced it will open its first drive-thru restaurant in Gildersome, Leeds, West Yorkshire on Wednesday 24th November 2021. The new Leon drive-thru has created 30 new jobs for the local area and it is located near Morley on the A650 Wakefield Road, close to the M62 and M621 junctions. …
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16 November
The staffing nightmare before Christmas
The food and drink sector is of “vital importance to the UK economy, according to the trade association, UKHospitality, and no more so than the usual (barring Covid-aside) busy festive period. A latest report from the organisation shows that the sector alone contributes an astounding £120bn to the economy and…
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16 November
Pizza Hut agrees new EG Group partnership
EG Group and Pizza Hut have announced a new partnership to expand Pizza Hut’s footprint into the ‘on-the-go’ travel market. As a franchisee, EG Group will operate eight new Pizza Hut stores in petrol forecourt stations across the UK by the end of 2021. The expansion will reportedly bring investment…
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16 November
Blacklock to open fourth site in Covent Garden 2022
Blacklock has announced it is set to open its fourth restaurant in February 2022 in the heart of Covent Garden’s theatreland. It revealed it has been over three years since the group last launched a new restaurant, with its flagship on Soho’s Great Windmill Street in 2015, followed by their…
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15 November
Sales down 4.5% for managed pubs, bars and restaurants, CGA reveals
The rolling 12-month sales to the end of October 2021 were down by 4.5% on the previous year as businesses “continue to feel the effects of Covid and lockdowns”, the CGA has revealed. The tracker, produced by CGA in partnership with TheCoffer Group and RSM, revealed that October was a…
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15 November
Whittlebury Park restaurant appoints new manager
Whittlebury Park luxury hotel and spa has announced Davide Occhiuzzi as the new restaurant manager for its award-winning three-AA Rosette Murrays restaurant. Occhiuzzi began his career in his native Italy, gaining experience in a variety of chef de rang roles. He then relocated to Paris, Dubai and later London, where…
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11 November
Young’s reports strong H1 as revenues surge
Pub group Young’s has reported its total revenue for the 26 week period ending on 27 September was £149.6m, up 183.9%, with adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of £42.7m. The group said it benefited from an increased demand following the re-opening and its major capex programme…
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10 November
Spending at restaurants, pubs and bars up 8.9%, report finds
The average spending in restaurants, pubs and bars increased by 8.9% due to consumers visiting higher spend channels in the 12 weeks ending 3 October 2021, compared to the 12 weeks ending 11 July 2021, revealed the latest update to the Lumina Intelligence UK Eating Out Market Report 2021. According…
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10 November
Retail and Hospitality leaders sign UK soy manifesto
UK industry leaders from 27 major businesses, including all of the biggest UK grocery retailers and a group of restaurant brands, including Nando’s, McDonald’s and KFC, have signed the UK soy manifesto. This commits them to cutting deforestation and habitat destruction out of UK soy supply chains as soon as…
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