Pizza Pilgrims
Business-focused reporting on one of the UK’s most recognisable independent pizza operators, covering expansion plans, leadership vision, menu development, brand partnerships, and operational strategy. This section offers insight into how a growing hospitality group balances creativity and consistency across high street locations, with lessons for operators, chefs, and food and beverage leaders navigating urban dining, casual formats, and brand-led customer engagement.
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Feb- 2021 -23 FebruaryRestaurants
The Bok Shop eyes double-digit portfolio expansion
The Bok Shop, a Brighton-based fried chicken and vegan chicken restaurant group, has announced plans to open 10 sites across the UK over the next two years. Founded in 2017, the group expanded its portfolio a year later with the addition of a 90-cover restaurant in Eastbourne. Despite the constraints…
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17 FebruaryApps & Technology
Feast It partners with UK restaurants for new meal kit platform
Events booking platform Feast It has partnered with a number of the country’s leading restaurants and caterers to launch Feast It Deli, a new gourmet meal kits platform designed to support the hospitality industry through the pandemic. The Deli has already partnered with groups including Pizza Pilgrims, Lima London and…
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Apr- 2020 -20 AprilRestaurants
Pizza Pilgrims reopens Victoria site for delivery amid Covid-19 crisis
Pizza Pilgrims has reopened its flagship restaurant in Victoria for delivery, after temporarily closing its doors last month amid the Covid-19 crisis. In an Instagram post, co-founder James Elliot described the reopening as a “glorious day” before confirming the restaurant will only be operating on Deliveroo and its new Frying…
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14 AprilCoronavirus
Feed the NHS campaign reaches £1m target
The ‘Feed the NHS’ crowdfunding campaign has reached its £1m amid the coronavirus pandemic. The campaign, which was launched by actors Damain Lewis, Helen McCrory and Matt Lucas last month, was created to help feed NHS workers one “hot healthy meal” each day during the Covid-19 crisis. At the time…
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Mar- 2020 -27 MarchCoronavirus
Casual Dining Show 2020 cancelled
Event organisers Diversified Communications has announced it has taken the decision to cancel the Casual Dining Show 2020. The news, revealed in an email, comes after the scheduled event venue – London’s ExCeL – is to be converted into a makeshift hospital. NHS Nightingale as it will be called will…
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Feb- 2020 -17 FebruaryAwards & Events
Casual Dining 2020 confirms over 65 keynote speakers
Casual Dining, the restaurant, pub and bar event, has confirmed it has added CEOs, founders and senior directors from YO!, London Union, Loungers, Carluccio’s, Byron, Flat Iron, Imbiba, Pizza Pilgrims, Wahaca, Dishoom, Busaba, Yard & Coop, and Hippo Inns to its lineup of over 65 keynote speakers. The event, which…
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May- 2019 -31 MayAnalysis
The UK dining sector: A recipe for change
As concerns over Brexit mounted in 2018, consumer spending on the UK’s high streets was anything but “strong and stable”. One of the sectors most impacted was dining. Spend growth fell to just 3% year-on-year compared to 9% in 2017, according to our analysis of the transactions of over 2.5m…
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