Jamie Oliver
Coverage explores the brand ventures, media influence, and hospitality partnerships associated with one of the UK’s most high-profile chefs and food entrepreneurs. Reporting includes the evolution of Jamie Oliver Group restaurant formats in the UK and abroad, retail and licensing partnerships, chef training initiatives, and campaigns around healthy eating and food education. Insight is tailored for operators tracking celebrity chef-led dining concepts, brand revival efforts, and the intersection of media, retail, and hospitality.
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May- 2018 -16 MayFeatures
How Sodexo is working to de-institutionalise school meals
School dinners have come a long way in the last few years, thanks to Jamie Oliver’s shake up and the introduction of the School Food Plan and School Food Standards – yet there is still a stigma and barriers attached to school meals. Lunchtimes provide an important break in a…
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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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Apr- 2018 -23 AprilCatering Companies
Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group chief financial officer steps down
Crispin Holder, the chief financial officer of Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group has stepped down today after he was brought on board to steer the ailing firm through a company voluntary arrangement (CVA). A CVA was agreed earlier this year for the closure of 12 UK restaurants, alongside the group losing…
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17 AprilBusiness
Jamie Oliver’s Australian restaurant group falls into administration
Jamie Oliver has been forced to surrender his Australian restaurant group as it was placed in the hands of voluntary administrators. The restaurants in Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane and Parramatta are to be rescued by the Brisbane-based Hallmark. The group’s Canberra restaurant has been closed immediately. The Naked Chef had…
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16 AprilBusiness
Aramark and Jamie Oliver announce ‘exclusive’ partnership
Food and facilities company Aramark has announced a 10 year partnership with celebrity chef Jamie Oliver. The new contract will see the two work together on an exclusive basis to enhance food concepts and delivery across workplaces in Northern Europe, including the United Kingdom and Ireland. The partnership will enable…
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Mar- 2018 -20 MarchNews
Jamie Oliver refutes claims restaurant CEO is ‘an incompetent failure’
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has denied claims that his brother-in-law and CEO is ‘a bully’ and ‘incompetent’. An article published in The Times, stated that an insider had informed the paper that morale had collapsed since Hunt had been appointed and that he is ‘a bully who is destroying his…
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20 MarchNews
35 of the UK’s Top 100 restaurant groups are loss making
35 of the UK’s Top 100 restaurant groups are now loss-making, up 75% from just 20 last year, new research shows. Chartered accountants, UHY Hacker Young, found that trading conditions have become increasingly difficult for restaurant chains dealing with oversaturation in the market as well as rising costs. Casualties include…
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