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Thomas Kelly joins Espresso House as CEO

Espresso House, the premium café and coffee brand in the Nordics, has announced the appointment of Thomas Kelly as its new group chief executive officer, starting from September 2024. The news comes after Honest Burgers promoted Kelly from CEO to chair within a year’s time. Kelly will remain chair while…

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Today’s news in brief – 23/05/24

Hospitality saw sales drop 1.7% YoY in April due to wet weather, the new CGA RSM Hospitality Business Tracker has revealed. It comes as the first year-on-year drop in monthly sales since September 2022. Last month also faced tough comparatives with April 2023, which included the full Easter holiday. Bars…

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Subway launches new digital in-store experience

Subway is rolling out the next phase of its digital experience across the UK, Finland and Germany. Interactive self-serve kiosks have been introduced in many restaurants across the three markets, with plans to add hundreds more throughout the region by the end of the year. The kiosks are connected to…

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Peckwater Brands acquires Eatclever

The UK-based operator of virtual food brands, Peckwater, has announced its acquisition of Eatclever, a virtual delivery brand in the DACH region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland).   The UK company will take over Eatclever’s operations in almost 100 restaurants across the DACH region, expanding their presence into three new countries across…

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Peckwater Brands acquires Honest Food operations in four countries

Restaurant operator, Peckwater Brands, has announced its acquisition of the operations of Honest Food Company (HFC) in four European countries, operating from over 500 “unique” locations.  The news comes as the brand aims to become the “continent’s largest” operator of virtual food brands.   Peckwater, which already has operations in five…

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Why Rekom has expanded its presence into the UK with Proud Mary

Tell me about the history of Rekom.  Rekom started in Copenhagen in 2007, a group of individual bars decided to stop competing against each other and decided to come together to create one company. Over the last 25 years it’s grown from just Copenhagen to other parts of Denmark, and…

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Rekom to open UK’s first Proud Mary Pub

Rekom, a pub and bar operator, has begun work on the former Yard Bar, St Mary’s Street in Cardiff which will see it become the UK’s first Proud Mary Pub. Operating over two floors, with a 950 capacity, Proud Mary Pub will be a “relaxed, party pub with the blended…

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Compass welcomes new executive committee members

Compass Group has confirmed the internal appointments of Shelley Roberts and Kathinka Friis-Møller to its group executive committee. Roberts has been appointed group chief commercial officer, and is responsible for leading the group’s Global Clients, Strategy, M&A, Health and Safety, Sustainability, Digital and Procurement functions. She first joined Compass in…

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Deltic saved by Nordic buyout

Deltic, the UK’s largest operator of late-night bars and clubs, has been bought out of administration by Rekom UK, the British subsidiary of the Nordics’ largest nightlife group. The deal will see Rekom takeover 42 bars and pubs across the UK, possibly saving over 1,300 jobs in the process. Rekom…

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Fafa’s to debut in London in September

Fafa’s has announced it is set to open its London site this September on Monmouth Street, in Covent Garden’s Seven Dials. The company began serving Mediterranean street food from a small Finnish kiosk in Punavuori back in 2011, and core dishes include freshly filled pitas, salads and meze with everything…

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