Plant-Based
This features our editorial coverage of plant-based food trends, innovation, and menu development across the UK hospitality and catering landscape. We report on restaurant launches, supplier partnerships, chef-driven concepts, and high street brand strategies driving the growth of plant-based eating. With analysis of consumer demand, sustainability messaging, and operational execution, this content supports chefs, operators, and F&B leaders seeking to evolve plant-forward offerings in restaurants, pubs, contract catering, and multi-site foodservice settings.
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May- 2019 -28 MayAnalysis
Changing workplace eating habits
Walk into an office canteen or casual high street restaurant and you will see a noticeable shift in the food service, atmosphere and dishes on offer. Say sayonara to stuffy, fried, beige foodstuffs and bonjour to global cuisines, food and drink stations, contactless technology and superfast lunch queues. A generational…
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15 MayFood and Drink
EU veggie ‘burger’ ban challenged across Europe
The European Parliament’s proposal to ban the use of names such as ‘burger’ and ‘sausage’ from being used to describe vegetarian and vegan products is being challenged across Europe, with food awareness organisation ProVeg International driving the campaign. The agricultural committee of the European Parliament voted in favour of the…
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7 MayRestaurants
Crussh becomes first high street outlet to serve CBD booster
Crussh Fit Food and Juice Bars has become the first food-to-go retailer on the British high street to offer CBD (cannabidiol) oil to its customers as a coffee booster along with the introduction of a new menu. The health food chain will add the naturally occurring compound found in the…
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Apr- 2019 -18 AprilRestaurants
Kalifornia Kitchen set to open second restaurant in Fulham
Kalifornia Kitchen has announced it is set to launch its second restaurant in London’s Fulham area. The vegan restaurant chain’s new opening follows its other site also located in the capital, in the Fitzrovia area. Set to open in May, the new site will be located in Market Hall Fulham,…
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18 AprilRestaurants
Morty & Bob’s opens at King’s Cross’ Coal Drops Yard
British cuisine restaurant Morty and Bob’s have opened its new site at the new cultural hub, Coal Drops Yard in King’s Cross. The team made the decision to relocate to King’s Cross following the success of its first restaurant in east London. Named after owner Charlie Phillips’ two grandpas, Morty…
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8 AprilCatering Companies
Butlin’s introduces plant-based dishes
Butlin’s has announced it is to add a number of new plant-based dishes to its menu as the result of a partnership with plant-based food manufacturer Oomph. The new dishes will be available on the starter and main course menus at the resort operator’s Diner restaurants in Minehead and Bognor…
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Mar- 2019 -21 MarchPubs and Bars
Ridgeview Wines opens new bar in partnership with Exclusive Hotels
Ridgeview Wines has opened a new Ridgeview Beauty Bar as part of a brand new £15m spa by Exclusive Hotels at South Lodge. The company, which claims to have produced the world’s first English sparkling wine, will open the bar alongside the spa’s new Botanica Restaurant, which overlooks the swim…
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20 MarchCafes and Coffee Shops
Yolo dessert bar opens in Covent Garden
A dessert-only bar, Yolo, has opened in London’s Covent Garden, which aims to specialise in homemade cakes and plant-based desserts, alongside a record shop named RockPopRecords. The bar will bake all of its offering fresh every morning, and vows to use “no nasties or food colourings, just traditional baking techniques”…
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15 MarchFeatures
The growth of veganism in the UK
Over the past five years, the UK has seen a steady rise in the number of people eating an all-vegan diet. According to a recent study, over three million of us have made the switch to plant-based diets, swapping out meat, dairy and animal products in favour of vegan alternatives.…
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Feb- 2019 -26 FebruaryAdvice
Meat industry effects on global warming…is it true?
With the drastic growth of the world’s population and the rising popularity and convenience of high fat, meat and sugar diets, there is not only considerable pressure on the global food system but also a huge increase in pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The commercial meat industry is one…
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