Manchester
Coverage highlights foodservice and hospitality developments across Manchester, with a focus on high-activity areas such as the Northern Quarter, Ancoats, Spinningfields, and Deansgate. Reporting includes restaurant and bar openings, independent brand growth, investment trends, and evolving footfall dynamics. Insight is tailored for operators tracking urban trading patterns, premium casual formats, and consumer behaviour in one of the UK’s most competitive city markets.
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Nov- 2022 -11 NovemberPubs and Bars
Hospitality sales rise by 4% in British cities
Pubs, bars, and restaurants have reported positive sales in Britain’s major cities, despite high inflation making real-terms growth “very difficult”, according to CGA. Its latest ‘Top Cities’ report found that combined sales in Britain’s 10 most populous cities in the four weeks to 22 October 2022 were 4% higher than…
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3 NovemberRestaurants
Jamaica Blue opens café in Manchester Arcade
Café brand Jamaica Blue has opened its first café in Manchester after agreeing to take a 4,206 sq ft two-floor unit in Manchester Arcade on a 10-year lease. Founded in Australia in 1992, Jamaica Blue currently has over 130 cafes, in seven different countries, seventeen of which are in the…
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2 NovemberVenues & Properties
Boxpark introduces four new food traders
Boxpark is set to introduce four new food traders across its sites in Shoreditch and Croydon, including two brand-new vegan food traders. Vegan Wing Shack, the sister brand to Wing Shack Co, will open in Boxpark Shoreditch this month. Wing Shack was founded in 2017 by three friends, and after…
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Oct- 2022 -26 OctoberBusiness
HospoDemo to stage third protest as it urges gov to prevent closures
The hospitality industry is set to stage its third protest next month at Parliament Square, urging the government to make policy changes to prevent “catastrophic closures” within the sector. The protest will be held at 11am on Monday 14 November, with members of the hospitality industry invited to converge on…
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18 OctoberBusiness
Vegan burger restaurant Frost Burgers enters administration
Frost Burgers, a vegan burger restaurant in Manchester and Liverpool, has entered into administration following “financial distress”. Paul Stanley and Jason Greenhalgh from Begbies Traynor have been appointed as joint administrators after the vegan restaurant chain ceased trading last month. The firm is now looking for someone to buy the…
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17 OctoberPubs and Bars
Hospitality driving recovery in cities post-Covid, CGA finds
The hospitality sector is driving the economic recovery of major cities post-pandemic, with Birmingham reported as the most vibrant city thanks to its restaurants, pubs and bars, the CGA has found. Its latest ‘Top Cities’ report, conducted alongside connectivity solutions provider Wireless Social, provided a ‘vibrancy’ ranking of Britain’s 10…
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4 OctoberNews
6,000sq ft multi-kitchen restaurant and bar to open in Manchester
A new 6,000sqft concept positioned as the “home of eclectic independent food, innovative drinks, and boundary-pushing entertainment” is set to open in Manchester this November, with three award-winning kitchens set to join the space. Exhibition has been brought back to life by the team at Grade A Alternative, a family-owned…
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Sep- 2022 -9 SeptemberRestaurants
KFC and UK Youth launch youth employability programme
KFC has partnered with youth charity, UK Youth, to pilot a new youth employability programme, Hatch, to support disadvantaged young people into long-term employment and build their work skills and confidence. Hatch is a seven module employability programme aimed at young people aged 16-24. Delivered in partnership with local youth…
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Aug- 2022 -22 AugustFeatures
Matsudai: From music to ramen kits to debut restaurant
Tell me the history of Matsudai? I’m not from a catering background, I worked in music and events until autumn 2019. In 2018, I got married, lost my job and moved house all in the space of a week, and it was an overwhelming period. I picked up a lot…
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19 AugustNews
Tim Hortons continues UK expansion with first dark kitchen
Tim Hortons has announced the opening of its first dark kitchen in London to help “facilitate demand for its renowned offering in the capital”. The brand’s delivery-only kitchen, located in Kentish Town, will allow those within two square miles of the kitchen to access its products via platforms including UberEats,…
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