Oxford Street
Focused coverage of foodservice and hospitality activity along Oxford Street and surrounding areas including Tottenham Court Road, Bond Street, and Marble Arch. This section highlights restaurant and café openings, grab-and-go trade, tourist footfall, retail-linked dining, and F&B strategies tailored to one of London’s highest-profile commercial corridors. Designed for operators, chefs, and brand leaders, it offers insight into running successful venues in a fast-paced, high-rent urban environment.
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Oct- 2018 -5 OctoberRestaurants
Caprice Holdings to open Brasserie of Light in Selfridges
Caprice Holdings has announced it is to open a new restaurant, named Brasserie of Light in Selfridges on London’s Oxford Street. The restaurant will move into the store thanks to a £300m investment in Selfridges, Caprice Holdings described the new restaurant as “a new destination, restaurant, and bar” with a…
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1 OctoberRestaurants
Kuti’s Brasserie opens in Southampton’s Royal Pier
Kuti’s Brasserie, a fine dining Indian restaurant has launched in the former gate house of the historic Royal Pier in Southampton. Set in a two-story property, Kuti’s Brasserie has four dining areas with 110 covers on the ground floor; 60 on the first floor; 30 upstairs in the Chandelier Cocktail…
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Jul- 2018 -31 JulyCafes and Coffee Shops
McDonald’s to trial brewed ‘barista coffee’
McDonald’s is to trial ‘barista coffee’ in two of its London restaurants with a view to rolling it out nationally. The branches in St Paul’s and Oxford Street will employ baristas who will brew coffee as opposed to using a machine as McDonald’s currently does. McDonald’s has previously been scathing…
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19 JulyCatering Companies
Waste food catering company set to launch in Manchester
Real Junk Food Manchester (RJFM) is preparing to open the north’s first ever waste food catering business. The not-for-profit operation will provide catering and meals for people, businesses and organisations using food that would otherwise go to waste. In September 2017 RJFM opened the UK’s first waste food pay-as-you-feel restaurant…
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Jun- 2018 -25 JuneFood and Drink
Debenhams partners with local food companies
Department story chain Debenhams has partnered with independent local food companies to offer a variety of food options to customers. The new initiative, which has been tested in the company’s central Manchester, Trafford and Oxford Street stores, has led Debenhams with an 11% uplift in food sales after concessions of…
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8 JuneBeverages
Entrepreneur raises £1m for online wine store
A 29-year-old entrepreneur raised £1m in a crowdfunding drive hoping to build the world’s biggest wine store online. Ben Revell, CEO of Winebuyers.com, hoped to raise £525,000 in an equity crowdfunding drive and now has plans to expand the business to Oxford Street. He spent £380,000 developing the site Winebuyers.com…
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