Restaurants

The Restaurants section on Catering Today delivers comprehensive coverage of the UK restaurant industry, from independent operators to national chains. It reports on business performance, openings, acquisitions, and leadership changes, alongside analysis of market trends, menu innovation, and consumer behaviour. With insight into finance, operations, technology, and sustainability, Catering Today provides hospitality professionals with the intelligence and updates shaping commercial strategy across the UK dining landscape.

Oct- 2018 -

4 October

Workers from McDonald’s, Wetherspoons, UberEats, TGI Fridays and Deliveroo hold demonstration

Workers from McDonald’s, Wetherspoons, UberEats, TGI Fridays and Deliveroo are holding a demonstration in Leicester Square from 11am, with some workers on strike. GMB Union regional officer, Steve Garelick, said: “The continued attacks made on workers from rate reduction without consultation to gratuities being hived off show that there is…
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3 October

Pret A Manger announces it is to label all products following ‘baguette death’

Pret A Manger has announced it is to label all products after a teenager fell into cardiac arrest after eating a baguette which did not list all ingredients correctly. The company’s CEO Clive Schlee said he was “deeply sorry” when the company announced the labelling changes this morning (3 October).…
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3 October

Olive Tree Brasserie opens flagship restaurant

Greek restaurant chain Olive Tree Brasserie has officially opened its flagship restaurant in Lytham, Lancashire. The site was a former Natwest Bank building, on Dicconson Terrace, and has been transformed by director and founder, Dean Wilson in a £500,000 refurbishment programme. The refurbishment includes handcrafted tiles and a copper bar,…
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3 October

Michelin guide 2019: Welsh restaurant retains star despite plans to return it

The Welsh restaurant that announced it wanted to return its Michelin star rating has retained the accolade according to the Michelin Guide Great Britain and Ireland 2019 Selection. The owners of The Checkers in Montgomery, Wales said they wanted to give back the Michelin star after featuring in the guide…
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2 October

Rosa’s Thai Cafe opens Bluewater restaurant

Rosa’s Thai Cafe has opened a new site in the Bluewater Plaza in Kent, becoming the first Thai restaurant to open in the shopping centre. The new restaurant will host up to 90 customers across 2,500 sq ft in the upper plaza next to the Showcase Cinema du Lux expansion.…
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1 October

Kuti’s Brasserie opens in Southampton’s Royal Pier

Kuti’s Brasserie, a fine dining Indian restaurant has launched in the former gate house of the historic Royal Pier in Southampton. Set in a two-story property, Kuti’s Brasserie has four dining areas with 110 covers on the ground floor; 60 on the first floor; 30 upstairs in the Chandelier Cocktail…
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1 October

Restaurants and bars to be banned from taking employees’ tips

New legislation banning restaurant bosses from deducting or keeping employee tips is set to come into force, Theresa May has announced. Speaking at the Conservative Conference today (1 October), the prime minister named high street chains Prezzo, Strada and Zizzi as some of the worst offending restaurants for taking staff…
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1 October

InterContinental London’s O2 branch to source all produce locally

Intercontinental Hotels Group’s (IHG) London O2 branch is to source all produce for its Market Brasserie restaurant locally via a new rooftop garden. The hotel chain has recently introduced initiatives to redefine and enhance the Market Brasserie restaurant experience, focusing on locally sourced British produce. The chain claims the rooftop…
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Sep- 2018 -

27 September

Hotel chain re-launches The Bridge restaurant in Prestbury

Cheshire hotel group, Flat Cap Hotels, have re-launched The Bridge in Prestbury, with a new bar and restaurant. The restaurant is the third property to be launched by the Cheshire-based hotel group. Following the successful refurbishment of The Vicarage in Holmes Chapel, and The Courthouse in Knutsford. The first phase…
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27 September

Inception Group to open Mrs Fogg’s Maritime Club and Distillery in London

Inception Group has announced it is to open a new restaurant named, Mrs Fogg’s Maritime Club and Distillery, located in Broadgate Circle. Spanning two floors the restaurant will take guests on a journey aboard the Rangoon Steamer. Guests will step into Mrs Fogg’s Maritime Club, which will be complete with…
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