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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Dec- 2024 -10 DecemberFood and Drink
Moana Poke opens in the Trafford Centre
Hawaiian restaurant Moana Poke has announced that it has opened a new venue in the Trafford Centre, its second UK site. The new Moana Poke kiosk opening aligns with Trafford Centre’s focus on providing healthy fast-food options. The arrival of Moana Poke in the Lower Orient also coincides with Trafford…
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5 DecemberBusiness
Itsu secures partnership with Delaware North
Itsu has announced a new collaboration with hospitality company Delaware North, which will see the chain deliver sushi produce to Emirates Stadium in Islington, London. This partnership, which aims to build Itsu’s presence beyond traditional high street locations, follows another brand new partnership with Vitality and the launch of its…
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Nov- 2024 -29 NovemberRestaurants
Pasta Evangelists launches at Manchester Airport Terminal 2
Pasta Evangelists has announced the opening of its first ever airport takeaway store at Manchester Airport Terminal 2, building on its rapidly expanding portfolio of consumer stores and take away kitchens across the UK. The latest launch follows the opening of the first Pasta Evangelists’ consumer stores in Richmond, Greenwich…
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8 NovemberNews
Blind Tiger Inns invests in 20th pub alongside Star Pubs
North West pub company Blind Tiger Inns has acquired its 20th pub, The Stanley Arms, with Star Pubs, increasing its estate to 22 sites. Star and Blind Tiger are now carrying out a joint £150,000 refurbishment of the pub on Lancaster Road in the centre of Preston before reopening it…
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7 NovemberPubs and Bars
Wetherspoon boss warns of rising prices following autumn budget
Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has said the pub group will “make every attempt to stay as competitive as possible” but warned of rising prices in hospitality following the autumn budget. It comes as JD Wetherspoon has reported that like-for-like sales in the first quarter to 3 November were 5.9% higher…
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Oct- 2024 -30 OctoberNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief – 30/10/24
Honest Burgers has plans to quadruple the size of its business by 2030, as it announced “exceptional” H1 results with like-for-like sales rising 11% to hit £30m in revenues. The brand’s profitability is also ahead of forecast, with over 60% growth in EBITDA performance. Moreover, Honest Burgers has consistently been…
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30 OctoberPeople
Hydes appoints general manager of The Nursery Inn
Hydes Brewery has announced the appointment of Jordan Nolan as the new general manager of The Nursery Inn, a popular community pub in Stockport. Nolan joins just as the pub has reopened following a £250k refurbishment. With over 12 years of hospitality experience across Greater Manchester and the north west,…
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28 OctoberAwards & Events
Walk for Wellbeing raises £135,000
More than 1,000 people from across the hospitality industry united during October to Walk for Wellbeing raising £135,000 in support of UK charity Hospitality Action. Marking its fifth and biggest year to date, and launched on World Mental Health Day, Walk for Wellbeing marked the charity’s largest annual mass participation…
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25 OctoberAnalysis
The Revel Collective’s journey through four rebrands
The Revel Collective has only recently announced this latest reinvention. But this is not the first time it has happened. Tracing its inception back to 1991 in Greater Manchester, the group we know today has gone by – in chronological order – Inventive Leisure, The New Inventive Bar Group, Revolution…
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25 OctoberNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief – 25/10/24
Punch Pubs has reported a 43.6% uplift in operating profits for the year ended 11 August, following a successful acquisition strategy. It comes as total revenues at the pub group also rose 3.45% from £313.5m to £324.3m in the current period. The group currently comprises 1,258 pubs, 92% of which…
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