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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Jun- 2022 -24 JunePeople
Jamie Oliver Group appoints new chief executive
The Jamie Oliver Group has appointed Kevin Styles as its new chief executive and is set to take up the role in early July. Styles has joined the business from Vue International, where he was group managing director, and has a “strong track record of driving and delivering commercial growth…
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23 JuneRestaurants
Various Eateries revenues surge 439% to £17.8m
Various Eateries PLC has reported its revenues surged 439% year-on-year from £3.3m to £17.8m for the 26-week period ending 3 April 2022, driven by new site openings and reflecting fewer restricted periods of trading. Adjusted EBITDA also rose to £1.7m, compared to a £2.5m loss in H1 FY21, and loss…
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21 JunePeople
Michael Caines names group executive chef
Michael Caines has appointed Stuart Shaw as the collection’s new group executive chef, working together to oversee and implement Caines’ vision and strategy across the whole business. Shaw has introduced new season menus for The Cove and The Harbourside Refuge ahead of summer. Previously, he worked at two 2AA Rosette…
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20 JuneNews
Deliveroo appoints new chief financial officer
Deliveroo has announced that it has appointed Scilla Grimble as its new chief financial officer. Grimble, who is currently chief financial officer at MoneySupermarket.com Group plc, is expected to commence her appointment by no later than June 2023. She was previously interim chief financial officer at Marks and Spencer where…
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15 JuneRestaurants
McDonald’s UK&I joins Zero Carbon Forum
McDonald’s UK and Ireland has joined the Zero Carbon Forum as part of its efforts to achieve net zero. According to the group, the non-profit’s mission is to “empower its members to reach sustainability targets by working together at pace and as a united industry effort”. The news follows the…
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14 JuneRestaurants
Hospitality sector experiencing 83% more vacancies, ONS data shows
The hospitality sector is experiencing 83% more vacancies across the sector compared to March-May 2019 (the most recent comparable period), according to latest figures released by the ONS. At the same time, the sector has created nearly 300,000 new jobs over the last 12 months,equal to one-in-three of all new…
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14 JuneEducation
Calorie labelling included in CIEH Food Safety Conference 2022 agenda
Obesity and how it is being targeted by initiatives such as calorie labelling on menus is reportedly one of the many issues that will be discussed at the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) 2022 Food Safety Conference. The conference will take place across two half-days and aims to “offer…
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14 JunePeople
KFC UK&I welcomes back Meg Farren as GM
KFC UK and Ireland has announced that Meghan Farren will be returning to KFC in the role of general manager (GM). It said Farren’s “unrivalled ability to inspire the distinctive disruption synonymous with the KFC brand” – whilst delivering year on year sales growth – makes her the “perfect” next…
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13 JuneVenues & Properties
Popeyes UK to open six more sites
Popeye’s UK, which first launched in November 2021 with “runaway success”, has announced plans to speed up its national rollout with six new sites confirmed across the country in Nottingham, Gateshead, Oxford, Reading, Brighton, and Ealing. Popeyes was founded in New Orleans in 1972, and currently has sites in Stratford,…
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13 JunePeople
UKHospitality appoints new skills director
UKHospitality (UKH) has announced the appointment of Sandra Kelly as its new skills director to shape the framework of skills in hospitality, including skills in secondary, further and higher education – with a renewed focus on apprenticeships and other in-work training. This new role will reportedly be critical to the…
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