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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Jun- 2022 -13 JuneVenues & Properties
Popeyes UK to open six more sites
Popeyeโs UK, which first launched in November 2021 with โrunaway successโ, has announced plans to speed up its national rollout with six new sites confirmed across the country in Nottingham, Gateshead, Oxford, Reading, Brighton, and Ealing.ย Popeyes was founded in New Orleans in 1972, and currently has sites in Stratford,…
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May- 2022 -9 MayRestaurants
Fatto Pizza & Beer to open in Kings Cross in June
Brighton based Fatto a Mano has announced it will launch Fatto Pizza and Beer in Kings Cross this June. After establishing themselves in Brighton and Hove, as well as pop ups at BoxPark Croydon and BoxPark Shoreditch, Fatto a Mano will now take on a permanent site in the capital.…
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Apr- 2022 -6 AprilRestaurants
The Vurger Co. to open in Manchester this month
The Vurger Co. is set for further expansion this month with a fourth restaurant opening in the heart of Manchesterโs Northern Quarter on 23 April. The Vurger Co. site, which will be located in the Transmission House development, will be its โlargest and most ambitious project to dateโ, with over…
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Mar- 2022 -28 MarchBusiness
Seasoned wins contract to become Sea Life Brighton provider
Seasoned, the catering and events firm, has beaten the competition to become an official partner for Sea Life Brighton, expanding on its presence in the seaside resort. The organisation celebrated the contract with a soft launch, inviting local industry colleagues and dignitaries including Brighton and Hove mayor Alan Robins to…
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24 MarchNews
The Grand Brighton promotes new executive chef
The Grand Brighton hotelโs head chef, Neil Gooding, has stepped up to take the position as executive chef after more than 15 years at the cityโs flagship hotel. Gooding has worked at the hotel since 2006 when he first joined as a sous chef before being promoted to senior sous…
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Jan- 2022 -17 JanuaryPubs and Bars
Brighton Pier Group H1 sales top ยฃ23m amid strong NY trading
Brighton Pier Group has reported total sales of ยฃ22.7m for the 26-week period ending 26 December 2021, up 177% on the same period in 2020. Whilst trading was impacted in December due to the restrictions announced by the government, over New Year the bars recovered, trading 9% higher than in…
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11 JanuaryRestaurants
Gastrono-me to open second site in Cambridgeย
Gastrono-me Restaurants has revealed plans to open a second site in Cambridge in March 2022 as it looks to expand the group across the UK.ย The group, which currently operates only one site in Bury St Edmunds, first announced its expansion plans for the all-day concept last year. Founders Gemma…
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10 JanuaryFeatures
The digital era: Taster takes on Manchester
Can you explain what Taster is? Taster is a group of digital restaurant brands, inspired by street food and purpose built for delivery. As the first delivery-only food group to scale using a modern franchise model, we work with partners to operate Taster brands from their existing kitchens using our…
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Dec- 2021 -23 DecemberFood and Drink
Deliveroo to open new delivery-only kitchens
Deliveroo has announced the UK-wide expansion of its โEditionsโ kitchens with the opening of new sites across London, in Acton, Brent and Dulwich. The restaurant partners at the new sites include: Five Guys, Dishoom, Shake Shack, Pho, Rosaโs Thai, Tao Tao Ju, Bleecker, Chilango, Tortilla, and Pasta Evangelists. The delivery-only…
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Nov- 2021 -30 NovemberFeatures
Sessions Market: Redefining the dining experience
As the hospitality industry begins to get back on its feet following a tumultuous 18 months, exciting new food concepts are once again looking to tap into their potential and find their feet in the market. It is not easy to scale your business alone, however. Enter Sessions Market. Both…
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