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We report on business sales and ownership changes across the UK foodservice and hospitality sector, including restaurant acquisitions, pub disposals, catering firm takeovers, and brand portfolio restructures. Our coverage captures who’s buying, who’s selling, and why, with commercial context that matters to operators, F&B executives, and group-level decision-makers. Whether it’s a strategic divestment, private equity deal, or local venue sale, we break down what the transaction means for market positioning, leadership, and operational continuity across the industry.

Nov- 2019 -

8 November

Restaurants

Barbecue restaurant Pitt Cue Co. returns to London

Pitt Cue Co., the restaurant that specialises in “barbecue, bourbon, and beer,” is set to return to London after closing its doors in June this year. Jamie Berger, who co-founded the company alongside Tom Adams in 2011, has announced that he will relaunch the restaurant under original ownership, with plans…
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Oct- 2019 -

10 October

Trade Associations

UKHospitality warns blanket calorie cap would be ‘impractical’

Hospitality trade body UKHospitality has warned against the introduction of a calorie cap for out-of-home food and drink calling it “impractical”. The chief medical officer has published a report containing a series of proposals aimed at tackling childhood obesity. Among the proposals are a calorie cap per serving of food…
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Sep- 2019 -

18 September

Cafes and Coffee Shops

Eat raises £35,193 through partnership with StreetGames

Sandwich shop chain Eat has announced that its summer campaign in partnership with ‘Fit and Fed’, a holiday programme led by the StreetGames charity, raised a grand total of £35,193.61. The campaign, which ran from 19 June until 3 September, highlighted the importance of providing real food to real people,…
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16 September

Catering Companies

Elior UK teams up with Water Unite

Catering company Elior UK and global water charity Water Unite have teamed up to launch a new campaign that sustainably meets the ongoing demand for bottled water. The initiative forms part of a new emerging ‘plastics economy’ designed to ensure that plastics never become waste – aligning with the principles…
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12 September

Cafes and Coffee Shops

Paul UK saves food from landfill with ‘Too Good To Go partnership’

French bakery and pâtisserie Paul has announced today that it has extended its partnership with food waste fighting app Too Good To Go, to prevent food from all its UK cafés and bakeries going to landfill. The extended partnership will see all 37 Paul shops using the app to offer…
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6 September

Cafes and Coffee Shops

‘Natasha’s law’ enacted in parliament

‘Natasha’s Law’ was enacted yesterday (5 September), which will require businesses to include full ingredients labelling on direct sale foods, and will go into force in October 2021. Following the death of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, the teenager who died after suffering an allergic reaction to a Pret a Manger baguette, the…
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Aug- 2019 -

1 August

Analysis

Who now thinks Byron was worth £100m?

There was a time when Byron was all the rage. Perhaps the earliest successful British recreation of the exploding American ‘posh burger’ trend, it struck a chord with affluent London millennials and quickly became a posterchild for high-growth restaurant businesses in the fast-casual segment. Founded by Tom Byng in 2007…
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Jul- 2019 -

18 July

Regulations & Policies

Benugo fined for selling alcohol to 15-year-old at Waterloo

The café and restaurant chain Benugo has been fined thousands of pounds after an employee sold a bottle of beer to a 15-year old during an undercover operation run by Lambeth Council. Benugo was fined £6,000 by Camberwell Green Magistrates Court and ordered to pay prosecution costs of £860 for…
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12 July

Opinion

Sugar tax review would be sweet news for catering trade

The sugar tax has hit the headlines again as the Conservative Party leadership race heats-up. Boris Johnson is pledging to review and halt the soft drinks industry levy, while before pulling out Matt Hancock made plans to extend the tax to include more items such as milk-based drinks. In the…
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11 July

Advice

How to get a food related product into restaurant businesses

Have you spotted an opportunity? A product that caterer or other food related businesses really need? If so, you may already be developing a product that will solve a problem for potential clients, let’s say restaurant owners. How do you gear up to approach the right people, convince them you…
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