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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Feb- 2019 -7 FebruaryCatering Companies
Kara completes £1m investment to improve Manchester production plant
Kara, the foodservice arm of the Finsbury Food Group, has invested in excess of £1m into improving its Manchester production plant. According to the group, the “major investment” will bring about an improvement to production efficiency and will help the bakery increase its capabilities. The first wave of improvements has…
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Jan- 2019 -30 JanuaryFood and Drink
Enxaneta ‘dining experience’ to launch at Guardiola’s Tast restaurant
A new dining experience is to be launched at Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola’s Tast Cuina Catalana restaurant in February. The restaurant’s second floor will become Enxaneta, featuring two new tasting menus in a 16-cover space. The Enxaneta concept (named after the Catalan word for the youngest member of a…
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24 JanuaryBreweries and Distilleries
Thomas Dakin Distillery build commences in Manchester
Construction has begun on the Thomas Dakin Gin Distillery, Manchester’s new city centre gin distillery and visitor experience. The new venue is set to showcase the heritage, craft excellence and entrepreneurial spirit of both the award-winning Thomas Dakin and the city of Manchester. Located in the heart of the city…
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15 JanuaryFeatures
How LPG is fuelling the UK’s booming street food industry
The chances are that most of us will have eaten food from a street food vendor at some point in the last 12 months. From small summertime farmer’s markets, to giant festivals, to the numerous Christmas markets found in towns and cities throughout December, street food is now a part…
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9 JanuaryOpinion
Top 10 accessible restaurants in the UK
There are so many restaurants throughout the UK which are held in high regard, but are the facilities accessible? Award-winning stairlift manufacturer Acorn Stairlifts is on hand to list their top 10 most accessible restaurants in the UK. Check out the eateries that made the cut, which are listed in…
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7 JanuaryRestaurants
Blaze hits Ivy Manchester restaurant
A blaze at Ivy Collection’s Manchester restaurant last Friday night (4 January) is thought to have been started by a patio heater. Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service were called to the restaurant at 5pm, extinguishing the fire at 6:20pm. The restaurant owners said they were repairing damage to the…
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Dec- 2018 -12 DecemberBusiness
Gino D’Acampo’s My Coffee & Deli Bar expands eight weeks after opening
Gino D’Acampo’s first Italian fast-casual dining offer, My Coffee & Deli Bar, has expanded just eight weeks after its launch. The new eatery, located on the ground floor of My Pizza & Prosecco Bar in fashion retailer Next, Manchester, has acquired further floor space within the fashion store. The expansion…
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10 DecemberBeverages
Wolf Alice launch ‘Yuk Brew’ craft beer
Mercury Prize winning band, Wolf Alice have announced their own craft beer named ‘Yuk Brew’ in reference to their song ‘Yuk Foo’. The band will release the beer in partnership with Manchester craft brewers Seven Bro7hers, and will launch the beer at their final two gigs of the year at…
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5 DecemberPeople
Gary Usher’s KALA to launch in February
KALA, the sixth restaurant in the Elite Bistro’s group owned by chef Gary Usher, is set to open on Manchester city centre’s King Street, in February 2019 with all day dining and a separate bar space. KALA will be a 55-cover restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner with a separate…
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3 DecemberRestaurants
Manchester restaurant creates ‘human-sized advent calendar’ to feed homeless
The Oast House in Manchester is inviting members of the public to open the doors of its human-sized advent calendar, as it aims to donate 50 meals per day from 1 to 24 December. Every time the door is opened on the 15 ft squared calendar at the Spinningfields-based bar…
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