Demand
Understand whatโs driving, or dampening, customer demand across restaurants, pubs, bars, cafรฉs, and contract catering. Our focused reporting features dining trends, footfall patterns, booking behaviour, menu shifts, delivery and takeaway volumes, and the wider economic factors impacting consumer spend in hospitality. Whether you’re adapting to shifting weekday trade, reacting to seasonal fluctuations, or planning promotional strategies, this archive offers data-driven insights to help operators, chefs, and F&B leaders align operations with real-time market dynamics.
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Oct- 2019 -21 OctoberAnalysis
How emerging technology will reshape the professional kitchen
Fast forward 25 years from now. Itโs 2044 and we have entered a new dawn when it comes to food and hospitality. What we eat and the way it is served has completely evolved โ imagine, for example, getting all our daily nutrients and vitamins from a single pill or…
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Sep- 2019 -24 SeptemberAwards & Events
The Lawns receives triple AA Rosettes for โculinary excellenceโ
The Lawns restaurant at Thornton Hall Hotel and Spa, on the Wirral, has been awarded three AA-Rosettes in recognition of the quality of its food and fine dining experience. Described as having the โfull culinary packageโ, the team at The Lawns restaurant were presented with the sought-after accolade at the…
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23 SeptemberFood and Drink
Real Wrap Co. adds Oumph! range to its plant-based menu
Plant-based food range Oumph! is launching into a new segment in the UK with new plant-based food-to-go products, part of a collaboration with Bristol-based Real Wrap Co. Distribution for the range starts 30 September into over 35 universities across the UK, as well as hospitals, schools, colleges and retail outlets.…
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16 SeptemberCatering Companies
Elior UK teams up with Water Unite
Catering company Elior UK and global water charity Water Unite have teamed up to launch a new campaign that sustainably meets the ongoing demand for bottled water. The initiative forms part of a new emerging โplastics economyโ designed to ensure that plastics never become waste – aligning with the principles…
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13 SeptemberSponsored
Spilling the beans on the future of coffee machines
Coffee machines have been around for over a century. In fact, the earliest concept of the coffee machine dates back to 1818, when Mr Laurens, a Parisian local, invented the percolator machine which changed the way coffee was typically prepared. Since then, there have been many developments and innovations to…
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11 SeptemberGovernment
Corbynโs ยฃ10 minimum wage pledge โdifficult to stomachโ for restaurantsย
Jeremy Corbyn has pledged a ยฃ10 an hour minimum wage for all workers over 16 if the Labour party is elected to government. In a speech delivered to the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in Brighton, Corbyn said Labour would also deliver action on the gender pay gap, equal rights for…
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6 SeptemberAdvice
How the catering industry can reduce costs by being more sustainable
As a thriving industry with revenues of ยฃ1.4bn, the UK catering industry is no stranger to ambition. Traditionally, labour management, inventory and ambience were top priorities for the industry due to the importance of preserving product quality and customer loyalty. However, times are changing and sustainability is now joining those…
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4 SeptemberRestaurants
Where to Vegan launches first vegan market in Leicester
Where to Vegan, the vegan food and product finder, has joined forces with Leicester Market to launch a brand new 100% vegan market for the city. The first Where to Vegan 100% vegan market will take place on Saturday 14 September, 10am – 5pm on the cityโs New Market Square…
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Aug- 2019 -28 AugustRestaurants
Pizza Express group earnings down by 7.7% in H1
Pizza Express saw its group earnings drop by 7.7% for H1, in spite of a small rise in sales for the 26 weeks up to 30 June. Group EBITDA for H1 was down 7.7% to ยฃ32.4m, with total sales up 2.6% and like-for-like sales up 0.2%. The group cited โindustry-wide…
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28 AugustTrade Associations
UKH calls for sector support ahead of Spending Review
Ahead of the Spending Review, UKHospitality has called on the government to โact decisivelyโ to support hospitality and tourism. UKH has identified four key areas in which the government spending can support the countryโs hospitality industry: Business rates UKH said the government can begin to fix the broken business rates…
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