Ikea
Reporting explores how a global home furnishings giant influences the UK hospitality and foodservice landscape, with updates on in-store restaurant and café operations, menu innovation, sustainability initiatives, and customer engagement strategies. Coverage highlights investment in food concepts, supply chain changes, and how the brand’s approach to dining impacts both retail catering and wider consumer expectations.
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Mar- 2025 -6 MarchNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief – 06/03/25
Côte Brasserie has appointed Emma Dinnis as its new CEO. Dinnis joins the French brasserie chain following a tenure as managing director of Sofology, where she led the brand’s customer-first transformation. She brings experience in retail and hospitality, having held senior leadership roles at Topshop/Topman, M&Co, Ikea, and M&S. She…
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6 MarchRestaurants
Côte Brasserie appoints new CEO
Côte Brasserie has announced the appointment of Emma Dinnis as its new chief executive officer. Dinnis joins the French brasserie following a successful tenure as managing director at Sofology, where she led the brand’s customer-first transformation. With a wealth of experience in retail and hospitality, she has also held senior…
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Nov- 2024 -1 NovemberRestaurants
Ikea unveils first Swedish restaurant in UK
Ikea has opened its first Swedish restaurant in Hammersmith, next to its recently revamped Ikea Hammersmith city store. The new restaurant is the first time Ikea has created an exclusive dining space on the high street. The space, formerly home to a Wasabi restaurant, has been kitted out to seat…
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Dec- 2018 -20 DecemberAdvice
Sustainability: the future of furniture
The global scientific consensus is clear: as a species, we need to change our consumption habits or face environmental disaster. Most people are aware of the danger posed by energy consumption. Other threats, nearly as serious, are often overlooked. Not least amongst these threats is the devastation of the world’s…
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Nov- 2018 -14 NovemberApps & Technology
UberEats to deliver Ikea meatballs and flatpack furniture
UberEats is to deliver furniture retailer Ikea’s meatball meals as part of a four day trial from its Hoxton kitchen. The meatballs will be available to anyone within 2km of the Hoxton outlet, and will be delivered alongside small pieces of furniture. The deliveries will be split into meal/furniture deals…
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Jul- 2018 -19 JulyApps & Technology
Is Deliveroo moving customers from cover to couch?
Stolen food, high commission prices, overworked staff and ruining restaurants’ relationships with their customers – just a few claims made by restaurateurs who partner with door-to-door delivery apps such as Deliveroo. The massive growth of the British-born smartphone app, which allows customers to order meals from well-known high street restaurants…
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