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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Oct- 2023 -27 OctoberPubs and Bars
Star Pubs and Bars opens The Unicorn in Cardiff
Star Pubs and Bars has launched The Unicorn pub in Cardiff following a ยฃ1.4m upgrade. The pub group stated that with the new opening, it has completed its โbiggest single investmentโ in the UK this year. Closed for five years, the pub has been transformed into a Just Add Talent…
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17 OctoberRestaurants
Six by Nico to open 13th location in Birmingham
The six-course dining experience, Six by Nico, will be opening in Birmingham at 81 Colmore Row on 30 November โ its 13th location across the UK and Ireland.ย The venue will accommodate approximately 72 guests, and will create 60 new jobs for the area.ย Founded by chef Nico Simeone, Six…
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Sep- 2023 -26 SeptemberNews
Todayโs news in brief – 26/09/23
Brighton Pier Group reported a decrease in total revenues, falling from ยฃ17.3m to ยฃ16.2m in H1, primarily due to declining sales in its bar division. Ongoing inflationary pressures impacted operating margins, resulting in lower earnings compared to the previous year. EBITDA dropped from ยฃ3m to ยฃ1.4m, with a loss before…
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26 SeptemberRestaurants
Pasture Restaurants to open Birmingham site in 2024
Pasture Restaurant Group has announced the launch of its Birmingham site in early Spring 2024. Pasture is known for its fire-based cooking and local ingredients; in-house butchers handpick and prepare meat from selected farms raising grass fed cattle. Pasture Birmingham will occupy 6,500 sq ft across one floor of a…
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22 SeptemberPubs and Bars
JD Wetherspoon puts new pubs up for sale
JD Wetherspoon has confirmed that it has put a further 11 pubs across England and Wales up for sale. CBRE and Savills have both been appointed to oversee the sales of the pubs which are mainly freehold properties with one leasehold property. The company has confirmed that all the pubs…
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20 SeptemberPubs and Bars
Arc Inspirations sales jump 7.5% amid expanded estate
Bar group Arc Inspirations has announced an annual sales growth of 7.5% up to ยฃ40.8m for the year ended 26 March 2023. Alongside this the company posted an adjusted EBITDA of ยฃ3.84m, overcoming economy-wide inflationary and staffing pressures. Company EBITDA for the year was lower than the previous period, which…
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20 SeptemberFood and Drink
Market Halls revenues surge 155% to ยฃ22m in FY23
Food hall operator, Market Halls, saw revenues grow 155% from ยฃ8.6m to ยฃ22m in the year to July 2023, as like-for-like sales leaped 40% since the Covid-related โsoft tradingโ in the previous year.ย The group also announced that EBITDA before company costs grew to ยฃ2.6m in the year, as it…
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7 SeptemberFood and Drink
Roxy Leisure to open Roxy Lanes Liverpool in November
Roxy Leisure will be opening its Roxy Lanes concept in Liverpool this November, marking the third site and the first venue in the region in the groupโs expansion plan.ย Roxy Lanes Liverpool School Lane will focus on 10 pin bowling and feature a range of activities including American pool, shuffleboard,…
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Aug- 2023 -10 AugustAnalysis
Greggsโ recipe for success
By May 2023, Greggsโ sales had shot up by nearly a fifth compared with the same time in 2022, as its offering of sausage rolls and pasties remained โcompellingโ to customers during the cost-of-living crisis.ย In the spring of this year, the country-wide chain of bakeries also revealed that hot…
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Jul- 2023 -7 JulyRestaurants
Five Guys expands delivery service with UberEats partnership
American burger and fries chain, Five Guys has expanded its delivery channel and is now available to order via the UberEats app across the UK. UberEats customers will have access to over 250,000 burger combinations with Five Guysโ signature unlimited toppings offer, allowing users to create their own burger. UberEats…
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