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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Jul- 2022 -29 JulyCatering Companies
Gather & Gather extends contract with Charlton Athletic
Gather and Gather, part of catering and hospitality company CH&CO, has extended its partnership with Charlton Athletic Football club as the exclusive caterer for The Valley stadium and Sparrows Lane training ground with a new five-year deal. Gather and Gather’s specialist stadia team will continue to provide all hospitality and…
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27 JulyComment
Catering industry prepares to visit the Casual Dining show this September
Casual Dining – the only UK trade show dedicated to the casual dining sector is returning to ExCeL London on 16-17 September. The industry show for the hospitality sector will once again co-locate with sister shows lunch! – the definitive event for cafés, coffee shops and food-to-go and Commercial Kitchen…
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25 JulyRestaurants
The Ivy Asia to open in St David’s Cardiff
The Ivy Asia is set to open a new site at St David’s shopping centre in Cardiff after agreeing a deal with Landsec. The Asian-inspired concept is a first for the brand in Wales, and will launch later this summer on The Hayes, next to its sister restaurant The Ivy,…
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Jun- 2022 -7 JuneCatering Companies
Q Catering appoints new MD
Q Catering has announced the appointment of Steve Clarke as its new managing director, with aims to drive the company to annual turnover of £20m by 2030. The Sittingbourne-based firm plans to increase its healthy ingredient options and plant-based ranges. It currently provides to over 830 businesses across the UK…
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May- 2022 -25 MayRestaurants
Revamped Nether Wallop set to open this summer
Restaurant Associates and executive chef Steve Groves have announced the launch of a new casual dining concept, the revamped Nether Wallop restaurant, which will open this summer at Glyndebourne Festival 2022. The restaurant’s menu has been built around a core philosophy of sustainability, aiming to “work closely with award-winning local…
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Apr- 2022 -6 AprilRestaurants
The Vurger Co. to open in Manchester this month
The Vurger Co. is set for further expansion this month with a fourth restaurant opening in the heart of Manchester’s Northern Quarter on 23 April. The Vurger Co. site, which will be located in the Transmission House development, will be its “largest and most ambitious project to date”, with over…
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Feb- 2022 -28 FebruaryNews
Deliveroo reveals pandemic impact on UK ordering habits
More than 8 out of 10 UK customers report ordering deliveries with the same or higher frequency than a year ago – despite the lifting of lockdown restrictions Nutrition and environmental concerns increasingly driving decisions around food – with 60% of UK customers wanting to control what they eat, and…
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22 FebruaryRestaurants
Clean Kitchen Club secures Battersea Power Station venue
A new plant-based eatery, Clean Kitchen Club, has been revealed as one of the restaurants to be opening its doors inside Battersea Power Station from September 2022. Clean Kitchen will join the Grade II Listed Power Station as one of the newest restaurants on the market, sitting alongside a tranche…
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10 FebruaryFood and Drink
ISS pledges to halve food waste by 2027
ISS, the facility management company, has signed the Cool Food Pledge, a commitment to reduce 25% of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the food it serves globally by 2030, from its 2019 baseline, and it will halve its food waste by 2027. To meet these targets, ISS is rolling…
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2 FebruaryNews
Neat Burger to open new concept site in Chelsea
Plant-based food group, Neat Burger has announced it is to open a new site in Chelsea, King’s Road, this summer. It revealed the restaurant will debut Neat Burger’s latest concept store and a bespoke menu, as the operator gears up for several new site openings throughout 2022. Totalling circa 4,000…
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