Cardiff
Coverage explores foodservice and hospitality developments across the Welsh capital, with reporting focused on areas such as Cardiff Bay, the city centre, Canton, and Roath. Topics include restaurant and bar openings, independent growth, student and event-driven footfall, and investment trends. Insight is geared toward operators and suppliers monitoring trade dynamics in one of the UKโs most vibrant and fast-evolving regional markets.
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May- 2020 -22 MayCoronavirus
Sri-Lankan restaurant group The Coconut Tree to reopen two further sites
Sri Lankan restaurant group The Coconut Tree has announced it will reopen its Cardiff and Oxford sites by offering a takeaway service. It will reopen its Cardiff restaurant today (22 May) with the Mill Lane venue to be open on Friday and Saturday evenings from 5pm โ 9pm for takeaways…
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Mar- 2020 -17 MarchBusiness
Hospitality footfall declines amid government urging social distancing
Hospitality footfall across the UK has declined by 45% yesterday (16 March) compared with the same day last year, amid the recent outbreak of coronavirus. According to research by customer data company Wireless Social, footfall decreased by 33% in the past week compared with the same period last year, with…
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12 MarchRestaurants
Gareth Bale to open mini-golf bar and restaurant in Cardiff
Wales and Real Madrid star Gareth Bale has announced he will open a new bar, restaurant and mini-golf venue in his home city of Cardiff. Par 59 will be based in the 18,000 sq ft basement of the Capitol Shopping Centre in the city centre. When complete, the venue will…
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Feb- 2020 -18 FebruaryRestaurants
Slim Chicken signs first UK franchise partner
Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG) has signed its first UK franchise partner, as the group seeks to โaccelerate the growthโ of its Slim Chickens restaurant brand. BRG has entered into a franchise development agreement with JRK Restaurants which will allow the new partners to open five outlets across the south coast,…
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4 FebruaryFeatures
From barrister to restaurateur: Nisha Katona on her Indian street food chain
โI was a child protection barrister for 20 years but always with a completely blinding passion and obsession for the food of my ancestors – which is home-style Indian food,โ says Nisha Katona, founder of Indian street food chain Mowgli. Katona started her restaurateur journey because she realised that a…
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Jan- 2020 -27 JanuaryBusiness
Deliveroo to invest ยฃ1m to develop healthier UK takeaway brands in 2020
Deliveroo has announced plans to spend ยฃ1m promoting healthy eating across the UK and bring โgreater choiceโ to UK consumers in 2020. This major investment will increase the range of healthy options on the platform and will support partner restaurants in developing healthy meals and menus. It comes after Deliveroo…
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22 JanuaryRestaurants
Welsh first minister joins fight to save Chinese restaurant
Walesโ first minister Mark Drakeford has joined the fight to help save a Chinese restaurant in Llandaff, Cardiff, from closure. Drakeford and fellow MP Kevin Brennan have penned a joint letter calling for the family-run Summer Palace restaurant to remain open after it has been threatened with closure over environmental…
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17 JanuaryRestaurants
Slim Chickens to open seventh UK site at Bluewater
The Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG) has announced that its seventh UK Slim Chickens site will open in Kent in February 2020. The American fast-casual concept which specialises in โpremiumโ, cooked to order chicken, will open its next UK site in the Bluewater Shopping Centre. BRG said the opening will bring…
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13 JanuaryComment
The future is digital: Why more restaurants are going cash-free
Only one in 10 transactions in the UK will use cash within the next decade. Or at least thatโs what ITVโs Cash Free Britain? predicted on an ITV news report just last week. And this prediction is not as bold as it may seem upon first glance. Businesses and customers…
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2 JanuaryRestaurants
Chef Tom Simmons announces opening of Cardiff site
Chef Tom Simmons has announced he is set to open his second site in Cardiff next month. Simmons operates his restaurant โTom Simmonsโ at One Tower Bridge in London and will open his new site in the former Cameo Club in Pontcanna as it confirmed its last service would be…
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