Gen Z
Coverage of consumer behaviour, digital habits, and brand expectations shaping how younger guests engage with hospitality venues across the UK. This section explores trends in menu preferences, sustainability values, social media influence, and tech-enabled service, offering insight for F&B operators, marketers, and brand strategists looking to attract and retain a new generation of diners with evolving tastes and expectations.
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May- 2023 -15 MayComment
Towards an alcohol-free future: how will caterers accommodate it?
Do you think people are starting to prefer mocktails instead of cocktails? The low and no alcohol lifestyle is having a meteoric spike in popularity recently. As consumers become more health-focused and are facing cost of living pressures, the ability to enjoy cocktails throughout the day and evening without the…
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Apr- 2023 -24 AprilNews
Hospitality Rising hits 100,000 job applications
Hospitality Rising has attracted over 100,000 job applications, less than six months after the official campaign launched. It comes after the ‘Rise Fast, Work Young’ campaign, which targets 16 to 30-year-olds, exceeded 55,000 applications in February. The ‘Rise Fast, Work Young’ campaign launched last October in a bid to fix…
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Jan- 2023 -11 JanuaryPubs and Bars
Nightcap hails ‘record’ Q2 results despite rail strikes
Nightcap has welcomed “record” trading in its latest quarter, with revenues up by 60.9% to £12.9m and like-for-like sales up by 4.7%, despite rail strikes impacting hospitality over the period. Group revenue for the month of December 2022 was £5.9m, a 71.8% increase compared to the £3.4m reported in December…
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Jul- 2022 -1 JulyPubs and Bars
Gen Z spending 68% more in restaurants, pubs and bars
The hospitality industry continues to recover as 58% of UK consumers are spending the same or more each restaurant and bar visit than they were pre-pandemic, with Gen Z driving the return of business, according to a new study from SevenRooms. The research from SevenRooms, which polled over 2,000 UK…
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May- 2022 -9 MayRestaurants
German Doner Kebab to open landmark 100th UK site
Gourmet kebab restaurant, German Doner Kebab (GDK) has revealed it will reach the major milestone of opening its 100th UK restaurant this week. The landmark 100th site will open for customers on Tuesday 10 May, in the heart of Covent Garden on St. Martins Lane, London, in the heart of…
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Mar- 2022 -15 MarchPeople
German Doner Kebab appoints new MD for UK
German Doner Kebab has appointed Sofia Dimen as its new managing director for the UK to help build on its “ambitious” growth plans. Dimen is the founder of Basepoint Consulting and a former senior commercial consultant at OXYGY Ltd, a Bird and Bird international law firm, where she has worked…
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3 MarchRestaurants
German Doner Kebab appoints global COO
German Doner Kebab (GDK) has appointed Daniel Bunce as its new global COO to help spearhead the brand’s global expansion plans. Bunce has been promoted to the role from his current position as managing director for German GDK UK and Europe. The group said that since joining in 2018, he…
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Dec- 2021 -14 DecemberPubs and Bars
Buzzworks turns to Tiktok for recruitment Campaign
With the hospitality industry continuing to struggle to recruit across the UK, a Scottish independent bar and restaurant operator has taken to social media platform Tiktok in an attempt to recruit new staff. Buzzworks Holdings, headquartered in Kilmarnock, launched a new campaign in late October, attempting to utilise the social…
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Jan- 2020 -6 JanuaryComment
How the blue planet effect is greening the hospitality industry 2010-2030
At the start of a new decade it seems only fitting to look back on the previous decade and forward to the next. If there is one defining movement of the last ten years, it’s got to be a growing concern for the environment and how we transition to doing…
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Jul- 2019 -5 JulyAnalysis
How smart tech is futureproofing the F&B sector
There’s no denying that we live in an age of digital dependency: a user interacts with – taps, types, swipes and clicks – their phone almost 3,000 times a day. By 2020, there will be six billion smartphone users worldwide and almost 75% of the global population will be connected…
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