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- 2018 -13 JuneAdvice
Social media – a potential goldmine for the licensed trade
The pubs and bars industry remains a challenging place be. With competition for punters ever more fierce, the rising price of food and alcohol, higher rent costs and increased business rates have made conditions ever more difficult. Savvy owners and operators are always looking for something to give them the…
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6 JuneBusiness
AccorHotels acquires catering platform Adoria
AccorHotels has announced the acquisition of Adoria, a software as a service (SaaS) platform that enables the catering industry to optimise supply management. Founded in France in 2003, Adoria is used by 2,700 organisations (30 catering groups) and brings together 300,000 active users and more than 800 manufacturers and distributors.…
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May- 2018 -18 MayOpinion
Embracing the disruption – the rise of delivery
The rise of delivery is shaking up the restaurant industry. Working closely with key operators in the sector, to understand their response to shifting consumer behaviour and advances in technology, Pragma has weighed up the operational challenges of delivery, and considered what the future holds. Market Dynamics With operators facing…
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11 MayFood and Drink
London mayor Sadiq Khan set to ban fast food ads on TFL services
London mayor Sadiq Khan is set to ban adverts for fast food on TFL services such as trains and buses. Child health experts are in favour of the ban, however the Advertising Association said the plans would have “little impact”. TfL says it supports the Mayor’s plans to reduce obesity…
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Apr- 2018 -27 AprilAdvice
Fostering the workforce for the future
A business is only as strong as the staff it has on board. The old cliché goes that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link and at The Elite, that is absolutely the case. Being a public-facing business with an emphasis on service with a smile, it’s…
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26 AprilAdvice
The war on plastic: Preparing today, to help save tomorrow
With the government’s bid to ban plastic straws, and the Prime Minister stating that plastic waste is “one of the greatest environmental challenges facing the world”, Beacon, who represents over 2,000 hospitality leisure and healthcare businesses in the UK is urging operators that the price is worth paying now to…
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25 AprilCafes and Coffee Shops
Whitbread to split Costa Coffee off into separate firm
Whitbread has announced that it will spin off the Costa Coffee brand into a separate business of its own as investors pressurised the company to do so. The split is expected to happen within two years and will allow shareholders to invest in “two distinct, focused and market-leading businesses” and…
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24 AprilGovernment
Government urged to ban fast food outlets opening near schools
The Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health has urged the government to ban fast food outlets within 400 metres of schools as part of its updated childhood obesity strategy. The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has suggested introducing the measure in London previously, but the college said it wants…
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17 AprilBusiness
Hospitality specialist Vacherin reports its 15th year of growth
London-based independently-owned contract caterer, Vacherin, has reported its annual turnover has risen for the 15th consecutive year. Figures published this week for the year ending 31 August 2017 show turnover at £19.7m, a rise of almost 15%. It is managing director Phil Roker’s first full year in his position and…
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