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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.

Profits at top 100 UK restaurant groups plunge 80% to £37m in a year

The total pre-tax profits at the UK’s top 100 restaurants have plummeted by 80% in the last…

GBK enters CVA

GBK has announced it is to enter a CVA this afternoon (24 October) following the appointment…

Managed pubs see continued growth in September; restaurants decline

Sunny weather in September again proved good news for Britain’s managed pubs, with…

Mustard restaurant to relaunch as Le Petit Citron

Brook Green restaurant, Mustard, is to relaunch as Le Petit Citron on 9 November, the former…

Gino D’Acampo officially launches My Coffee & Deli Bar

Italian celebrity chef Gino D’Acampo has visited Manchester today (Friday 5 October) to…

Restaurant sales recover as holiday season boosts eating-out market

Britain’s managed pub and restaurant groups saw collective like-for-like sales edge up 0.6%…

Taking a proposition from ‘meh’ to ‘yeah’

During the reign of casual dining brands, reliability, know-what-you’re-getting and…

Casual dining brands show growth despite high street woes

Casual dining has continued to grow with visits up 7%, latest figures from global…

Raising the bar – an innovative way to meet demand for more flavours

The casual dining crunch has hit restaurants hard this year. A recent report from market…
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