Supply Chain
We cover the supply chain pressures and developments affecting the UK foodservice and hospitality industry, from ingredient shortages and logistics disruption to price volatility, labour gaps, and sustainability goals. Our coverage brings together our reporting on how restaurants, pubs, bars, cafés, and catering firms are adapting procurement strategies, working with suppliers, and maintaining resilience in the face of global and domestic challenges. Whether you’re re-evaluating sourcing models or navigating cost increases, we provide operational insight and real-world examples to support decision-making across the sector.
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Aug- 2020 -11 AugustCoronavirus
Domino’s welcomes ‘resilient’ performance despite profit hit
Domino’s UK and Ireland has welcomed a “resilient” UK and Ireland performance in its half-year results, with UK like-for-like sales up 4.8% in the period ended 28 June, 2020. In its second quarter, however, collection orders were down by 87% as this service was halted amid lockdown, though delivery orders…
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Jul- 2020 -31 JulyCoronavirus
Getting your hospitality businesses in touch with the low touch economy
After months of difficulty, uncertainty, and a precarious balancing act at the edge of business survival, the UK’s hospitality sector may finally be seeing the sun break through the storm clouds. Chancellor Rishi Sunak brought welcome news for the suffering sector with a VAT cut for hotels, restaurants, and other…
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29 JulyComment
How to navigate the confusing ordering and payment app landscape
The hospitality industry has not always adopted technology as quickly as it might. After all, going to the pub is about meeting people and having personal experiences. It’s a chance to have fun, receive great service, get to know the bar staff, be wowed by the perfect serve or savour…
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10 JulyFeatures
The fourth of July was just the beginning for food and drink brands
The whole of the UK has its eyes on the 4th of July. It’s being described as an Independence Day for the hospitality industry, and consumers, as well as business owners are champing at the bit for the moment when doors can officially open. Brewdog, for one, has made it…
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9 JulyFeatures
Food labelling guidance: Bringing F&B businesses back up to speed
Restaurants, bars, cafés and catering providers cannot afford to take chances with their food-labelling processes as it only takes a single slip-up to potentially put customers in danger and threaten the reputation of every business involved in the supply chain. In recent years, a brighter-than-usual spotlight has been shone upon…
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Jun- 2020 -12 JuneNews
Mitchells & Butlers secures £100m loan, 45,000 jobs safeguarded
Mitchells & Butlers has secured £100m of additional funding from HSBC UK and Santander UK as part of the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS). The move will support the pub operator through the “continued disruption” caused by the pandemic. In addition, it has reportedly safeguarded the jobs of…
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3 JuneBeverages
Yorkshire Tea becomes 100% carbon neutral
Yorkshire Tea has announced that all of its products have now become 100% Carbon Neutral, “from field to shelf”. The brand spent five years working on projects directly within its supply chain to benefit communities and help balance and reduce its carbon footprint. The brand’s journey to Carbon Neutrality began…
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1 JuneComment
The coronavirus diaries: Jason Webb
ETI’s primary customer base, the food & drink and hospitality sectors, have been hit hard since lockdown measures were introduced. This sudden change forced us as a business to think hard about what we could do to make it through this pandemic. Located in Worthing, West. Sussex, across three sites…
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May- 2020 -27 MayComment
The ‘new normal’ for hospitality
On Monday 11 May the government launched its road map to recovery, backed up by the Chancellor’s announcement on Tuesday 12 May regarding the extension of furlough until October, with a number of limitations / conditions attached. Both for many are hugely welcome, especially as more than two million hospitality…
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21 MayCoronavirus
Gumtree Jobs partners with Food and Drink Federation
Gumtree Jobs has announced the launch of a new partnership with the Food and Drink Federation (FDF), in order to connect displaced hospitality jobseekers with local employers across the UK. The job hunting platform, that specialises in non-office based roles earning under £25,000, will help members of the federation secure…
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