Australia
Coverage explores hospitality and foodservice trends from across Australia, with a focus on key markets such as Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth. Reporting includes café culture influence on UK operators, plant-based and wellness-led menu development, premium casual dining trends, and the international expansion of Australian restaurant and coffee brands. Insight is tailored for chefs, concept developers, and brand strategists tracking global innovation, sourcing ideas, and consumer trends with crossover potential for the UK market.
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May- 2021 -13 MayFood and Drink
Jollibee opens flagship restaurant in Leicester Square
Jollibee has announced the opening of its new flagship restaurant in Leicester Square, London on Thursday 20 May 2021. The new restaurant concept will offer “high-quality great tasting food” at an affordable price point. The restaurant will be open 10am – 10pm every day, with a seating capacity of 175,…
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Apr- 2021 -29 AprilRestaurants
Edinburgh’s first ‘whole animal cooking’ restaurant to open in July
A new restaurant focused on “whole animal cooking” will open in Edinburgh West End’s this July. The Palmerston, a 60-cover restaurant that will include a bar, bakery, coffee shop, and butchery, will be run by first-time restaurateurs, Lloyd Morse and James Snowdon. According to the pair, the restaurant’s ethos will…
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26 AprilFeatures
Refugee to rising restaurant star
“I arrived in England on the back of a lorry,” says Sohail Ahmad as he reflects on his journey to the UK. His delivery may come across as blunt, but this is the best way the upcoming restaurateur and boxer can describe an experience that many adults would be unable…
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Aug- 2020 -12 AugustRestaurants
Haidilao chooses Bullring for first restaurant outside London
Hot pot restaurant chain, Haidilao, has selected the Bullring Birmingham or its first site in the UK outside of London. The 8,073sq ft restaurant will join Brown’s and Wagamama in St Martin’s Square, and is set to launch in early 2021. Founded in 1994 in China’s Sichuan Province, Haidilao now…
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Jul- 2020 -9 JulyBreweries and Distilleries
New Brewdog drive-through set to open in the UK
Scottish craft brewer Brewdog has revealed plans to open a new ‘Brewdog Drive Thru’ in the UK. The sites will serve as beer collection points, hubs for electric vehicle deliveries as well as hubs for closed loop, zero waste packaging such as growlers, mini-kegs and returnable bottles. The group said…
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May- 2020 -14 MayComment
Looking ahead: How to ensure customers feel safe and confident post-lockdown
Right now, the hospitality industry is navigating completely unknown territory. Not only are most operators dealing with the temporary closure of their venues, but this crisis is likely to completely transform the way hospitality businesses will operate after lockdown restrictions are lifted. When thinking about life post-lockdown, it’s not just…
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Apr- 2020 -21 AprilBusiness Bites
Oil prices plunge, Virgin Australia could crash land, Nasa robots controlled from the kitchen table
Oil producers in the United States will pay you to take their barrels as global demand has plummeted amid government lockdowns. It’s hard to overstate the significance of the story, but probably the best way is to say that this has never happened before. Essentially the largest producers have ended…
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Jan- 2020 -29 JanuaryBusiness Bites
British Airways gets flighty and Starbucks smells the coffee over coronavirus
The business response to the coronavirus situation, which appears to be developing into a serious crisis, continues apace today. British Airways today announced that it was suspending all flights between the UK and Wuhan, the Chinese city where the virus originally broke out. In a statement it said: “We have…
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22 JanuaryFeatures
Trends that will shape food service in 2020
After a tough couple of years that have seen major chains falling like dominos, the foodservice industry last year saw the faintest glimmer of recovery. But it is still growing at under 1% per year, and considering the population of the UK is growing at around 0.6% a year, that…
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13 JanuaryBusiness Bites
Why the debate over Huawei? Just hold off if there’s reason to worry
A debate has been bubbling away in government for the last few years about the safety of using telecoms kit from Chinese tech firm, Huawei, to provide 5G mobile phone networks in the UK. Some are worried that infrastructure made by the firm – which is thought to be very…
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