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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Mar- 2025 -31 MarchFeatures
Confronting the realities of foodservice inflation
The latest CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index (FPI) brought a rare moment of relief to the UK. January 2025 marks the 19th consecutive month of slowing year-on-year inflation. Monthly inflation across the basket of measured items held at 1.8%, while month-on-month inflation remained flat at 0.0% – a welcome pause…
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28 MarchRestaurants
NWTC revenues hit ‘record’ £73.5m in FY24
Bar and restaurant operator, New World Trading Company (NWTC), has reported that its revenues hit a record £73.5m in the year to 31 March 2024. The group, which operates 27 bars and restaurants across the UK, primarily under its main brand The Botanist, also delivered a 20% increase in underlying…
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13 MarchNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief – 13/03/25
Joe and the Juice will be opening a flagship site in Manchester on Saturday 15 March. According to the Danish juice bar chain, the opening was inspired by Manchester-based rap star Aitch, who slid into the brand’s Instagram DMs to voice his desire for a store in his hometown. In…
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13 MarchCafes and Coffee Shops
Joe and the Juice to open Manchester flagship
Joe and the Juice will be officially opening its biggest UK location to date in Manchester on Saturday 15 March. According to the Danish juice bar chain, the opening was inspired by Manchester rap star Aitch, who slid into the brand’s Instagram DMs to voice his desire for a store…
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10 MarchNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief – 10/03/25
Bistrot Pierre has been rescued by Cherry Equity Partners in a pre-pack administration, ensuring that 10 sites will continue to trade and safeguarding exactly 394 jobs. However, the transaction did not include eight other restaurants which will close immediately, resulting in 158 redundancies. For the year ended June 2023, the…
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10 MarchRestaurants
Australasia Manchester to undergo revamp this Spring
Australasia has announced that its restaurant in Manchester’s Spinningfields is set to undergo a revamp in April. The venue’s new interior design will draw inspiration from the shoes of the Pacific and become “a natural, organic sanctuary”. Alongside this, the restaurant will be incorporating a baby grand piano into its…
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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
Big Mamma to open first site in the north of England
Big Mamma Group has announced that it is set to open a new Circolo Popolare in Manchester, its first site in the north of England. The new 280-cover space will be set within a new development, St Michael’s, off the thoroughfare of Manchester’s Deansgate. The venue will be led by…
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4 MarchRestaurants
Blacklock to open first Birmingham site
Blacklock has revealed that it is set to open a new restaurant in Birmingham, its first in Britain’s second city. The group will transform the ground floor of St Philip’s House in the city centre into a 100-seat restaurant and bar. The new venue will offer a variety of steaks…
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3 MarchNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief – 03/03/25
Drinks sales across managed venues rose 4% in the week to Saturday 22 February, marking only the second week of growth in 2025 so far. Trading beat the levels of last year on six of the seven days, and was ahead by between 8% and 11% every day between 17…
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