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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Aug- 2025 -12 August
Pasta Evangelists to open 100 restaurants across the UK
Pasta Evangelists has unveiled its plan to open 100 restaurants across the UK in the next five years. The company, together with its franchise partners, will invest over £30m in the new restaurants and said it is actively looking for sites and new partners across the South of England, Midlands…
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12 August
Michael Caines to open in the Stafford London in September
Michael Caines has revealed that it is set to open its latest venue in the Stafford London hotel on 17 September. The restaurant will offer modern European cuisine and marks the company’s very first residence in the capital. Previously known as The Game Bird, the restaurant has taken on a…
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12 August
L’Osteria acquires majority stake in Pizza Pilgrims
Italian restaurant brand L’Osteria has acquired a majority stake in UK-based pizza chain Pizza Pilgrims as part of a plan to expand its international portfolio, for an undisclosed sum. The Munich-headquartered group said that the deal, announced on 11 August, would help build an “Italian brand world” and support its…
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11 August
Wingstop UK opens fifth site in Leeds
Wingstop UK has opened its fifth site in Leeds, with a new 3,014 sq. ft site located at The Springs retail and leisure centre. The site hosts 77 covers and brings 50 jobs to the local community, and will serve the full Wingstop UK menu of wings, tenders, burgers and…
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7 August
Jordan Bailey set to launch new site in Soho
Two-Michelin-starred chef Jordan Bailey is set to launch a new site in Foubert’s Place, Soho, this September. Heard, an “elevated” burger restaurant from Bailey, whose fine dining career spans the three-Michelin-starred Maaemo in Oslo and his own two-star restaurant Aimsir in Ireland, is set to “transform the ultimate comfort food…
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7 August
Falling orders keep delivery and takeaway revenue flat in June
Restaurant groups’ delivery and takeaway sales by value were virtually flat year-on-year in June 2025, according to data from CGA by NIQ’s Hospitality at Home Tracker. Revenue was marginally down by 0.3% on a like-for-like basis across the month, a downward movement after 1.8% growth in May. It completes a…
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6 August
Yum Brands sales rise 4% in Q2
Yum Brands has reported that worldwide system sales rose by 4% in its second quarter, led by Taco Bell and KFC where sales were up by 6% and 5%, respectively. In the UK, KFC sales rose by 5% over the period. The group also welcomed “robust” digital system sales which…
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5 August
Sticks’n’Sushi marks ‘productive’ first year under McWin
Sticks’n’Sushi has described its first full year under private equity firm McWin Capital as “productive”, after opening three new sites and reporting revenues of £86.8m in the period from 16 January to 31 December 2024. The Danish-Japanese restaurant group, which operates in Denmark, Germany and the UK, also reported that…
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4 August
Mowgli Street Food opens new site in Norwich
Mowgli Street Food is set to open a new site in Norwich this week, marking its first ever restaurant in the city. Anyone dining during the first week of opening (Aug 8-15) will receive free Chat Bombs, one of Mowgli’s signature dishes. Chat Bombs are crisp bread puffs filled with…
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4 August
Tasty raises £9.25m to support its planned acquisition
Casual dining group Tasty has raised £9.25m before expenses through a share placing and subscription to support its planned acquisition. The news comes after the AIM-listed company placed 1.7 billion new shares and issued a further 150.6 million shares by subscription, each priced at 0.5p. The price represents a discount…
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