KFC
Coverage focuses on the UK strategy and performance of one of the world’s largest quick-service restaurant brands. Reporting includes franchise expansion, store refits with digital ordering and kiosk tech, menu development including meat-free trials, and partnerships with delivery platforms such as Deliveroo and Just Eat. Insight also covers pricing strategy, drive-thru growth, high street and retail park positioning, and supply chain initiatives, offering a lens into scalable, high-volume operational models in the QSR sector.
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Mar- 2022 -7 MarchPubs and Bars
Revolution Bars bolsters senior team with new hires
Revolution Bars Group, the operator of Revolution, Revolución de Cuba, Playhouse and Founders and Co, has bolstered its senior team with two new hires. The move will see its executive team move to a female majority for the first time ever, “outlining its ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion with…
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Dec- 2021 -3 DecemberFeatures
How restaurants recouped footfall during an unsteady climate
In the words of trade association UKHospitality, ‘the resilience of pubs and bars will be crucial to the recovery of hospitality.’ However, low footfall still present in the high street is making it difficult for operators to make a comeback. According to a latest report by the CGA, 26% of…
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Nov- 2021 -10 NovemberRestaurants
Retail and Hospitality leaders sign UK soy manifesto
UK industry leaders from 27 major businesses, including all of the biggest UK grocery retailers and a group of restaurant brands, including Nando’s, McDonald’s and KFC, have signed the UK soy manifesto. This commits them to cutting deforestation and habitat destruction out of UK soy supply chains as soon as…
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9 NovemberFeatures
Can catering SMEs weather the supply storm?
Using the words of Nando’s, restaurants have had “a bit of a mare” recently amid an increase in supply chain shortages. Earlier this year, the chain had to temporarily shut around 50 UK outlets, with its signature peri peri chicken stripped from the menu. As well as chicken being unattainable,…
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Sep- 2021 -28 SeptemberCatering Companies
EG Group acquires 52 KFC restaurants
The Issa Brothers’ EG Group has announced the acquisition of 52 Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurants in the UK from family-managed Amsric group. It revealed the acquired network, across the south and south-west regions, comprises more than 1,600 team members and a mix of “high-quality” drive thru and “traditional” restaurant…
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27 SeptemberRestaurants
Popeyes to open first UK site this November
US chicken shop chain Popeyes has confirmed that it will open its first UK store at Westfield Stratford City in November 2021. The restaurant group will be taking a 1,531 sq ft unit in Westfield Stratford City formerly occupied by KFC, as the shopping centre looks to upgrade its food…
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Mar- 2021 -30 MarchFeatures
How does Jollibee hope to win over the UK fast-food market?
With over 1,000 McDonald’s and 900 KFC sites across Britain, any newcomer to the nation’s fast-food sector has a difficult task convincing hungry consumers, who are craving a quick and reliable fix to enter its premises. For Jollibee – a Filipino-originated fried chicken chain, headed by billionaire businessman Tony Tan…
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18 MarchRestaurants
Deliveroo and KFC confirm new partnership
KFC and Deliveroo have confirmed a new multi-year partnership, which will see the store offer exclusive deals to customers who order from KFC via Deliveroo. The first deal will see KFC’s 20% off offer of ‘Wings Wednesday,’ in place in all sites across the UK, exclusively for Deliveroo customers, with…
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Feb- 2021 -8 FebruaryFeatures
How Britain’s top fast food chains coped during Covid
It has been a rough year for the hospitality industry. According to the CCA’s ‘Market Recovery Monitor’ for 2020, almost 10,000 licensed premises – including pubs, clubs and restaurants – closed permanently as a result of its impact and the continuous wave of lockdowns. This represents a net decline of…
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Dec- 2020 -22 DecemberCafes and Coffee Shops
Pistachio Holdings acquires Creams
Pistachio Holdings, a firm backed by Ankush Shah of the East Africa-based Sumaria Group, has acquired a majority stake in the dessert brand, Creams. Creams, which was founded in 2008 by Balal Aqil and Adam Mani, currently employs over 1,400 staff across its 93-strong UK portfolio. As well as his…
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