Northampton
Regional coverage of foodservice and hospitality activity across Northampton, including the Cultural Quarter, Market Square, Wellingborough Road, and Sixfields. This section explores restaurant and pub openings, local and student trade, regeneration projects, and F&B trends influenced by commuter links and community demand. Built for chefs, operators, and hospitality professionals, it offers insight into trading in a growing Midlands town balancing heritage, investment, and high-street transformation.
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Nov- 2025 -26 NovemberRestaurants
Wingstop opens first Northampton site amid UK expansion
Wingstop UKI has opened its first restaurant in Northampton, adding a new site to its expanding estate across the UK. The 2,643 sq ft venue is in the centre of the town’s main shopping district and seats 65 diners. It offers the chain’s menu of cooked-to-order wings, tenders and burgers,…
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Sep- 2025 -24 SeptemberCafes and Coffee Shops
Butterwick to shutter 12 of its 14 branches as costs rise
Butterwick, a chain of 14 bakeries, has announced that it will close all but two of its stores, amid rising costs and a slowdown in customer spending. In a post on Facebook, the bakery’s owners, Fiona and Ryan Scarborough, confirmed with “deep regret” that only its Rushden Lakes and Northampton…
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Jun- 2024 -6 JuneRestaurants
Popeyes UK to roll-out first AI powered drive-thru
Popeyes UK has officially launched its first AI powered drive-thru, following a successful trial in Northampton. This launch has made Popeyes the first quick service restaurant chain in the country to leverage AI at drive-thru ordering, and is also the first Voice AI solution launched by any QSR brand in…
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Dec- 2023 -15 DecemberPubs and Bars
McManus Pub Company sells four pubs to Valiant Pub Co
McManus Pub Company has announced that it has sold four pubs in Northampton to Valiant Pub Co. The properties sold include The Lord Byron, The Fox and Hounds, The Golden Horse and The Foundrymans Arms. McManus has taken this decision to “reduce its liabilities and establish more solid foundations for…
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Nov- 2023 -3 NovemberPubs and Bars
CMBC to invest £10m+ in Northampton Brewery to boost sustainability
Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company (CMBC) has announced its plans to invest more than £10m in upgrading equipment at its Northampton Brewery, further increasing capacity for producing its innovative Snap Pack packaging and reducing its water usage. The investments will see three significant upgrades realised, with all three set to go…
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Jul- 2022 -6 JulyFood and Drink
Greggs launches its first Eco-Shop
Greggs, a British bakery chain, has announced its new Eco-Shop, aimed at reducing the environmental impact of operations. The new Eco-Shop, which has opened at Great Billing, Northampton, will test “innovative solutions and initiatives aimed at delivering real progress in reducing the environmental impact of the company’s operations”. The launch…
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Apr- 2022 -11 AprilPubs and Bars
Greedy Gordons Pub Group opens third site
Greedy Gordons Pub Group has opened its third site in Northamptonshire, The Snooty Fox at Lowick, near Thrapston. The site is a private leasehold which has been opened by owners Richard Gordon and Sonya Harvey following a £500,000 refurbishment. It was initially due to open in April 2020 but was…
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May- 2021 -21 MayPubs and Bars
Greedy Gordons to open two Northamptonshire pubs
Greedy Gordons, a Northamptonshire pub and retail company, has announced plans to open two pubs in the county. Richard Gordon and Sonya Harvey, co-owners of the group, have run The Red Lion at Cranford for the past four years, and aim to create 60 new jobs with this new venture. …
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Mar- 2021 -3 MarchComment
Is enough being done to upskill the UK’s hospitality sector?
On 22 February Boris Johnson announced the government’s roadmap to cautiously ease lockdown restrictions in England. The plan, which he described as a “one-way road to freedom”, came almost exactly 11 months after the UK became submerged in a national lockdown that disrupted life as we know it. For business…
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Sep- 2020 -15 SeptemberPubs and Bars
JD Wetherspoon confirms 66 staff Covid cases but insists pubs are ‘low risk’
Pub chain JD Wetherspoon has confirmed 66 of its 41,000 members of staff have tested positive for Covid-19, but insists its pubs remain safe for customers. In a statement published on Monday (14 September), Wetherspoon reported an estimated 32 million visitors to its 861 establishments in the 10 weeks beginning…
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