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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Apr- 2018 -11 April
UKHospitality provides interim advice on new Acrylamide legislation
UKHospitality has published interim guidance to reduce acrylamide levels in food following new legislation which comes into force today, 11 April. The regulation requires food businesses to identify potential sources of acrylamide and demonstrate that they have taken appropriate action to reduce the levels of acrylamide according to the principle…
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11 April
Pub and restaurant customer spend at slowest growth in seven years
Latest figures from Barclaycard’s consumer spending insight has shown that consumer spending at pubs and restaurants was at it lowest level of growth since 2011. Despite March showing an increase of spend by 7.2% at restaurants and 7.7% at pubs, it was a dip in growth compared to February (9.7%…
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10 April
Restaurant owner apologises for calling bride-to-be a ‘cow’
A restaurant owner has apologised after sending emails to a bride-to-be by accident, calling her a ‘cow’. Karen Williams, owner of the Mulberry Tree, based in Maidstone, has been left “mortified, horrified and completely embarrassed” after sending an email to a client instead of a colleague. Jade Sharp and her…
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9 April
AccorHotels acquires restaurant booking platform
AccorHotels today announces that it has completed the acquisition of table reservation system, ResDiary. Established in Glasgow in 2004, the company has over 100 staff based in six countries. ResDiary is well established in the Asia Pacific region and the UK, and has a footprint in 60 countries globally, seating…
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9 April
Mum finds used needles on McDonald’s baby changing table
A mother found three used needles on a McDonald’s baby changing table at the New George Street outlet in Plymouth. Jade Krotke, 25, was about to use the table to change her eight-month-old daughter Olivia when she pulled it down and made the discovery. Krotke was with her husband at…
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6 April
Former Michelin star restaurant plummets to one star hygiene rating
A former Michelin star restaurant has been given a one star hygiene rating, in the the most recent set-back for the Cambridge venue. Alimentum has been awarded a one star food hygiene rating in its latest report. According to the Food Standards Agency the restaurant’s management of food safety requires…
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5 April
Scottish chef to launch The Scotsman Café and Bar
Scottish chef and Masterchef: The Professionals knockout week finalist Chris Niven has been unveiled as executive head chef of The Scotsman Grand Café and Bar. The new independent dining and drinking venue is set to open in Edinburgh this summer. Located on the North Bridge in the former advertising hall…
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5 April
Moro and Morito founders launch bespoke catering company
Sam and Sam Clark of Moro and Morito are launching a brand new bespoke outside catering company, Casa Moro, and new private dining room space in Hackney Wick, in May this year. Casa Moro will offer Moro and Morito’s unique Spanish, Middle Eastern and Cretan flavours, created and cooked by Morito head…
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4 April
Drop in younger diners could cost foodservice industry £800m
Global information company The NPD Group is predicting a decrease in eat-out or out-of-home (OOH) visits by consumers aged 25-to-34 between now and 2022. In its new report, The Future of Foodservice: Great Britain 2022, it suggests OOH visits in Britain’s foodservice industry among this age group will decrease from…
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Mar- 2018 -28 March
McDonalds to phase out plastic straws
Fast food giant McDonalds is set to begin phasing out plastic straws within UK restaurants in a bid to help the impact on the environment. The company will start trailing paper straws instead of plastic ones from May onwards. Straws will also be kept behind the counter and only given…
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