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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Sep- 2021 -21 September
Driving sustainable change
Juliane Caillouette-Noble is the managing director of The Sustainable Restaurant Association, which aims to drive change towards an environmentally restorative and socially progressive hospitality sector. The SRA works with businesses across the hospitality sector to create a unified definition of sustainability within the industry through it’s food made good programme,…
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21 September
Thaikhun to open new Trafford Centre site
Thaikhun has announced that it is set to open a new street food style restaurant in The Trafford Centre on 26 September 2021. With restaurants already located across nine different cities across the UK, including Newcastle, Oxford, Southampton and Glasgow, the new location will expand the group’s offering, making it…
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20 September
Chopstix benefits from £190,000 R&D tax credit
Oriental takeaway chain, Chopstix, has revealed that it has secured £190,000 in government tax benefits through an R&D scheme. The group which operates 70 noodle bars nationwide, serves five million meals a year. Part of the R&D that Chopstix has performed involved improving the recipe of its curry sauce and…
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20 September
Pizza Express to open vegan restaurant in Aldwych
Pizza Express has announced the opening of its new fully-vegan restaurant in Aldwych, opening September 21. It follows the successful introduction of vegan pizzas to its main menu over the past few years. The new restaurant will feature a brand new, fully vegan menu featuring meat-free versions of five of…
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17 September
Electra confirms plans to demerge Fridays
Electra Private Equity has confirmed plans to demerge its Fridays and 63rd+1st brands under a new parent company, Hostmore. The firm had previously announced plans to demerge the brands earlier this year. It is planned for the shares in Hostmore to be admitted to the main market of The London…
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16 September
Itsu introduces 11% entry level pay rise
Itsu has introduced an 11% hourly wage rise for its entry level employees to a minimum of £10.40 an hour. Effective from 17 September, the increase will impact 1,000 existing employees across the group’s 72 UK sites. Through the wage hike, the Asian-inspired restaurant group plans to extend its level…
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16 September
Stem and Glory pledges carbon neutrality by end of year
Stem and Glory has announced its pledge to become carbon negative by the end of the year. Following the restaurant’s participation in the London Mayor’s “Better Futures Programme” the group has brought forward its pledge to the end of this year. The group already has a number of other initiatives…
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15 September
The Restaurant Group H1 losses narrow to £58.8m
The Restaurant Group has narrowed its statutory pre-tax profit losses for the six-month period ending 4 July 2021 to £58.8m from £234.7m the previous year. The group, which owns Wagamama, saw revenues dip to £216.8m from £227.2m in 2020 as a result of the trading restrictions imposed at the beginning…
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14 September
Poke House opens first UK restaurant
Europe’s largest poke bowl chain Poke House has opened its first UK restaurant in Notting Hill, London. Located on Portobello Road, the newest edition is the latest in a total of 55 stores across Europe, with restaurants open in Italy, France, Spain and Portugal. The restaurant will offer an all-day…
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14 September
Domino’s completes £45m share buyback programme
Domino’s has announced the completion of a £45m share buyback programme first commenced on 9 March 2021. Finalised on 13 September 2021, the multinational pizza restaurant chain repurchased 11,762,066 ordinary shares during the period. Following completion of the buyback programme, the group immediately commenced a discretionary programme to purchase up…
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