Brighton
Coverage highlights foodservice and hospitality activity across this coastal city, with a focus on vibrant districts such as The Lanes, North Laine, Kemptown, and the seafront. Reporting includes restaurant and bar openings, independent brand growth, tourism and festival-driven footfall, sustainability-led concepts, and community dining culture. Insight is geared toward operators navigating high-street performance, weekend trade peaks, and local demand for casual, experiential, and plant-forward formats.
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Dec- 2022 -1 DecemberBusiness
Lexington Catering partners with food platform Sessions
Lexington Catering has announced a partnership with food platform Sessions, which collaborates with chefs to deliver โdiverseโ flavours, techniques and cuisines. This partnership will allow Lexington clients to access a stable of independent food brands. The brands available include a variety of food choices ranging from sustainably sourced burgers, homemade…
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Nov- 2022 -15 NovemberRestaurants
Popeyes accelerates UK roll out with new openings
Popeyes is continuing its UK expansion after confirming that Cambridge, Croydon and Reading will be the next opening locations in early 2023. It also has sites due to launch in Rotherham, Cardiff and Glasgow early next year. This follows the โrunaway successโ of its Oxford restaurant. Its Nottingham opening in…
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Sep- 2022 -30 SeptemberFood and Drink
Popeyes expands its UK presence with four more sites
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen UK, has announced its next wave of UK restaurant openings, with in-line sites due to open in Derby, Leicester, Liverpool and Cambridge.ย The news follows the successful launch of its two latest sites, Gateshead and Oxford. Its Derby site will open to the public in late October,…
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26 SeptemberPubs and Bars
Brighton Pier Group hits โrecordโ revenues of ยฃ40m in FY22
The Brighton Pier Group, owners of Brighton Pier Palace and nine bars across the UK, has reported record revenues of ยฃ40.1m, compared withย ยฃ13.5m in 2021, up 25% on the same pre-Covid period in 2019.ย In the year to 26 June, 2022, the group reported EBITDA of ยฃ10.8m for the…
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20 SeptemberPubs and Bars
Number of hospitality company insolvencies up 59% in a year
The number of hospitality company insolvencies has risen by 59% over the past year amid spiralling cost pressures, according to figures from the Insolvency Service. The data found that 2,156 pubs, bars and restaurants went insolvent in the 12 months until the end of July, compared to 1,354 the year…
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Aug- 2022 -31 AugustRestaurants
Meatliquor closes Clapham location after less than a year
Meatliquor has announced that it has permanently closed its Clapham location less than a year after its opening. It confirmed the news via its instagram, but gave no reason for the closure. It now leaves the brand with a total of 10 UK-wide restaurants, eight of which are located in…
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Jun- 2022 -29 JuneNews
Seasoned to cater for Royal Pavilion & Museums Trust
Seasoned has been appointed as caterers for the Royal Pavilion and Museums Trust, and will provide menus for events at the Brighton Museum and Art Gallery and the Royal Pavilion. The Trust is a charitable organisation that manages the Royal Pavilion and Museumโs buildings and collections on behalf of Brighton…
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28 JuneRestaurants
Slim Chickens to open four new UK sites simultaneously
Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG) will open four new Slim Chickens restaurants simultaneously on 4 July 2022 in Leicester, Liverpool, Milton Keynes and Londonโs Bishopsgate, continuing Slim Chickensโ roll out across the UK. The new restaurants will each occupy 2500+ square feet locations, bringing the US fast casual brandโs UK portfolio…
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28 JuneRestaurants
Honest Burger partners with UberEats for delivery
Honest Burgers has announced today that it has become an Uber Eats exclusive partner, which will reportedly see 43 stores across the country implement takeaway delivery via the UberEats app.ย The partnership also means that UberEats customers can now order Honest Burgersโ โpremium quality burgersโ and the โsignatureโ rosemary salted…
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23 JuneApps & Technology
Taster launches its first delivery offering in Bristol
Taster, the delivery-first restaurant group, has announced its arrival in Bristol after securing its first franchise partner in the city. Taster is the UKโs first โdelivery-firstโ restaurant group and uses a modern franchise model to partner with restaurateurs and kitchen owners. From 23 June, Bristolians will be able to order…
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