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.

Sep- 2023 -

6 September

Comptoir Libanais to open new site in Ealing

Comptoir Group has announced that it has secured a location for the opening of a new Comptoir Libanais restaurant in Ealing, West London. The 3,325 sq ft restaurant is positioned on the high street and is expected to open in early October 2023. The Ealing restaurant, which will be Comptoir’s…
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5 September

Restaurant spending down in August, Barclays finds

Restaurant spending dropped by 5.8% in August after dropping 2.7% in July, according to new data from Barclays. According to the data, 61% of people surveyed stated that they had deprioritised eating at restaurants. Alongside this 58% of people stated that they were deprioritising spending on takeaways. Despite this spending…
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5 September

Bill’s delivers record like-for-like sales in H1

Bill’s has delivered its highest ever like-for-like sales for its current trading sites, with sales of £45.3m for the six months ended 30 June, up 4.5% on HY22. The group’s EBITDA also reached £2.45m during the H1 period, an increase of £2.55m on the same period last year after sustaining…
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5 September

Oakberry announces launch of first site in London

Açai hub Oakberry has announced it is set to debut in London on Rathbone Place on 16 September. The brand is planning to launch multiple new locations in London this year, with ambitious growth plans in the pipeline across the UK. Oakberry, launched first in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 2016…
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4 September

Pizza Express partners with Too Good to Go

Pizza Express has announced its new partnership with Too Good To Go, the marketplace for surplus food, in recognition of its responsibility to both the environment and society. This comes after the pizzeria chain has initially trialled the food waste redirection stream in 2022 as part of the brand’s commitment…
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1 September

Harrods to reopen Dining Hall following revamp

Harrods is reopening its Dining Hall with the arrival of four new internationally celebrated chefs. A new addition to the Dining Hall will be Sushi by MASA, which will present an ‘omakase’ experience from acclaimed Michelin three-starred Chef Masayoshi Takayama. Furthermore, the Kinoya Ramen Bar joins The Dining Hall from…
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1 September

Gordon Ramsay Restaurants to join UberEats

Gordon Ramsay Restaurants in London has joined UberEats, expanding its delivery channel in the city. The news of the latest restaurants to join the platform, follows the announcement of the regional shortlist for the Uber Eats Restaurant of the Year Awards. Other restaurants such as Street Pizza, Street Burger, Pizza…
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1 September

Döner Shack unveils rebrand plans to attract younger audience

Döner Shack will be launching a rebrand across five UK stores, beginning in Glasgow, early this month in a bid to appeal to a younger demographic and “position the brand to have more focus on the flavour of the food”. As part of the transformation, the street food chain has…
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Aug- 2023 -

31 August

London Stock restaurant to open in Mayfair

Fine dining restaurant London Stock has announced it will be opening in Mayfair on Wednesday 4 October. This is the first restaurant founded by Le Cordon Bleu-trained Assem Abdel Hady and Andres Bernal, which originally opened in Wandsworth in January 2020. The new space at 6 Sackville Street is elegant…
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30 August

Dishoom to return to pre-pandemic profits in FY23

Dishoom expects to return to pre-pandemic profitability during FY23, as the Indian restaurant chain’s turnover grew by 64% to £94.9m for the 53 week period to 1 January 2023. The news comes as the group’s performance during FY22 was driven by uninterrupted trading and new openings post-Covid. The group revealed…
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