Strategy
This section highlights the strategic moves shaping the UK hospitality and foodservice industry. From brand repositioning and pricing models to diversification plans, leadership changes, and multi-site rollout strategies, our coverage provides valuable insight into how restaurant groups, pub chains, caterers, and bar operators are adapting to shifting market conditions. Whether you’re refining your business model, assessing competitor strategies, or making key investment decisions, this archive offers sharp editorial designed to support strategic thinking at every level of the foodservice sector.
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Nov- 2022 -30 NovemberPubs and Bars
Barkby Group looks to dispose of pub estate
Barkby Group is reportedly looking to dispose of all of its non-core businesses, which includes the Barkby Pub Company, as it looks to focus on roadside property development and investment. The news that Barkby Pub Co. Ltd will not form part of the group moving forward comes as revenue is…
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29 NovemberRestaurants
Gusto Italian launches new £1.8m Oxford site
Gusto Italian has announced it is opening its 14th site, in Oxford, on 1 December 2022, following a £1.8m investment in the Mitre Hotel building on Oxford High Street. The 10,000 sq ft restaurant and bar offers 150 covers on the ground floor serving both diners and drinks guests, a…
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29 NovemberBusiness
Elior names education & healthcare MD
Elior has announced that Jo-Anne Robertson has been promoted to managing director of its education and healthcare division. Robertson joined Elior UK in 2008 as the operational and business lead for the defence multi-activity contracts in the south of England and was promoted in 2018 to managing director for Elior…
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29 NovemberCatering Companies
SFRS extends contract with Sodexo for two more years
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) has extended its soft facilities management services contract with Sodexo for a further two years. The contract, which has a value of £5m a year, will see Sodexo’s 350 colleagues continue to deliver catering, cleaning, security, waste services and grounds maintenance services for…
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22 NovemberRestaurants
Caffè Nero and Deliveroo announce new partnership
Caffè Nero and Deliveroo have announced a new delivery partnership which will see the Deliveroo platform offer the Caffè Nero menu from over 400 stores across the UK. The launch comes as Caffè Nero continues to drive forward its delivery sales, which grew by over 10% during the first four…
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21 NovemberCatering Companies
Compass sees ‘strong’ organic revenue growth in Q4
Contract foodservice company Compass Group has revealed strong organic revenue growth of 37.5%, which in the current fourth quarter is at 116% of the company’s 2019 revenues, with business and industry at 106%. It is reported that the group’s underlying operating margin also improved year-on-year to 6.2%, with the second…
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16 NovemberRestaurants
Chopstix continues expansion roll-out with new Norwich site
Chopstix will continue its growth programme by opening its 2nd site in Norwich later this month. The new restaurant, located on Gentleman’s Walk, will be owned and operated by the company. With further site openings across both ownership models in the pipeline, the pan-Asian QSR brand is set to pass…
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15 NovemberFeatures
The viability of the roadside dining market
Roadside dining had its heyday some 50 years ago and when Little Chef, one of Britain’s most iconic and successful diner chains became defunct in 2018, it seemed like the extinction of the UK’s tenuous motor dining culture was finally complete. Four years on, and the nationwide operator Loungers of…
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15 NovemberRestaurants
Popeyes accelerates UK roll out with new openings
Popeyes is continuing its UK expansion after confirming that Cambridge, Croydon and Reading will be the next opening locations in early 2023. It also has sites due to launch in Rotherham, Cardiff and Glasgow early next year. This follows the “runaway success” of its Oxford restaurant. Its Nottingham opening in…
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10 NovemberPubs and Bars
Youngs revenues rise 25% as ‘normal’ trading returns
Young’s has seen revenues rise by 24.7% to £186.5m in the half-year ended 26 September, as the group welcomed a return to a “normal pub environment”. Over the period, profit-before-tax was up by 14.7% to £25m, while adjusted EBITDA rose by 5.4% to £45m. Managed house EBITDA was £55.5m, up…
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