Itsu
Coverage of brand strategy, digital innovation, and F&B development at a leading Asian-inspired fast-casual group focused on health, speed, and scale. This section explores store rollouts, automation, sustainability, leadership updates, and product innovation, offering insight for operators and hospitality professionals tracking growth in grab-and-go, tech-enabled service, and premium quick-service dining across UK urban centres.
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Dec- 2019 -18 DecemberApps & Technology
London restaurants go paperless with digital receipts
Giraffe, Ed’s Easy Diner, Slim Chickens, Japan Centre and Sakagura have announced plans to use digital receipts over paper ones. Partnering with digital receipts platform Flux, they join KFC, Itsu and Just Eat in moving to paperless receipt technology. Flux found that the use of digital receipts has risen by…
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Mar- 2019 -1 MarchRestaurants
Chilango to expand with £3m ‘Burrito Bond 2’ fundraise
London-based Mexican restaurant group Chilango looks set for an exciting year as it exceeds its original fundraising target threefold, to finance its latest site acquisition programme. Chilango was founded in 2007 by Eric Partaker and Dan Houghton, both former employees of the global tech giant Skype. The established food brand…
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May- 2018 -15 MayPeople
Jamie Oliver knocked off Sunday Times Rich List
Jamie Oliver has not made the Sunday Times Rich List for the first time in eight years, following a strained few months in which the celebrity chef has struggled with his restaurant group. Oliver was valued at £150m in last year’s list, but earlier this year, it was reported that…
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10 MayBusiness
Travelodge partners with Itsu Grocery to offer on-the-go snacks
Hotel chain Travelodge has partnered with high street food brand Itsu Grocery, to offer a specially selected ‘eat beautiful’ range of convenience noodles and Asian-inspired snacks in its non-bar café hotels. This new range offers Travelodge customers the option to enjoy a restaurant-inspired meal in the comfort of their room…
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