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Casual Dining

We report on the business of casual dining, a key segment of the UK foodservice sector encompassing high-street restaurant brands, all-day dining concepts, and accessible, mid-market hospitality. This includes our coverage of openings, closures, financial results, menu innovation, tech integration, and leadership moves across the casual dining space. Whether you’re managing a national chain or operating a regional brand, we deliver timely insight into the pressures, pivots, and opportunities shaping this highly competitive market, with a focus on operational performance, consumer trends, and commercial sustainability.

Casual Dining

We report on the business of casual dining, a key segment of the UK foodservice sector encompassing high-street restaurant brands, all-day dining concepts, and accessible, mid-market hospitality. This includes our coverage of openings, closures, financial results, menu innovation, tech integration, and leadership moves across the casual dining space. Whether you’re managing a national chain or operating a regional brand, we deliver timely insight into the pressures, pivots, and opportunities shaping this highly competitive market, with a focus on operational performance, consumer trends, and commercial sustainability.

Pizza Express: how to keep pizza on the menu and on the High Street

Recent news that Pizza Express, is engaging in ‘debt talks’ has sparked fears that it could…

New Italian restaurant Calici to open in Belsize Village

A new Italian restaurant, bringing the best of traditional, regional Italian food into the…

Closures hit ‘record’ levels in the first half of 2019

The number of stores closing down in the first six months of the year has reached its…

Star Pubs & Bars launches free cookery school courses

Star Pubs and Bars is launching a series of free chef training courses at regional cookery…

Five ways restaurateurs can use digital marketing to survive the high street turbulence

Looking at the high street restaurant scene at the moment, it is easy to feel pessimistic.…

Casual Dining Group commits to sourcing higher welfare chicken

Casual Dining Group (CDG), has signed up to the European Chicken Commitment, in a bid to…

Spotlight: Restaurant chains defying the high street downturn

Pizza Express Pizza Express has been a mainstay on the UK highstreet since it was founded in…

Whitbread to launch Bar + Block Steakhouse in Reading

Whitbread is set to launch a new Bar + Block Steakhouse in reading following a “successful”…

Gisborough Hall launches new bar and grill

De Brus Bar and Grill’ has opened at Gisborough Hall hotel in North Yorkshire.

How to keep ahead of the competition with flexible funding

Our most recent data tells us that there has been a 100% increase in the use of merchant…
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