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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.

The Grand appoints Norman McKenzie as executive chef

The Grand in York has announced the appointment of Norman McKenzie as the hotel’s new…

Deliveroo – making the move from platform to operator

Last May, Deliveroo Editions announced that it would start bringing its own brands of food…

The Ivy Collection’s opening manager joins Carluccio’s

Carluccio’s has appointed Dominika Rusnak as its Fresca openings manager. She joins the…

Boxpark to open its first site outside London

Development company, Boxpark, has signed a lease to create a landmark seafront dining…

Pubs see Feb sales boost as restaurants continue to struggle

Britain’s managed pub and restaurant groups saw collective like-for-like sales increase just…

Casual Dining Group CEO steps down

Steve Richards, the CEO of Casual Dining Group (CDG), will be leaving the restaurant group…

UK managed restaurant numbers drop for first time in nine years

Britain’s supply of casual dining restaurants dipped for the first time in nine years in…

App-based food orders expected to double by 2020

Research firm The NPD Group has predicted visits in the British out-of-home (OOH) market…

How LPG is fuelling the UK’s booming street food industry

The chances are that most of us will have eaten food from a street food vendor at some point…

Whitbread to launch Bar + Block steakhouse in Wimbledon

Whitbread is set to launch its eighth Bar + Block Steakhouse following its roll-out in…
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