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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Jul- 2023 -4 JulyPeople
Hospitality Titans appoints new membership director
Hospitality Titans has appointed Rupert Culme-Seymour as its new membership director. Founded by Liam Norval, CEO at Posh Cockney, and Pete Warden, hospitality director at LXA, in 2020, Hospitality Titans is a platform and membership programme that brings together industry experts in order to “support”, “nurture” and “inspire” those within…
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Jun- 2023 -28 JuneRestaurants
Various Eateries sales up 16% to £20m in H1
Various Eateries’ revenues have increased by 16% to £20.6m in the half-year ending 2 April, up from £17.7m in H1 2022, while like-for-like sales marginally increased. Despite this, the group reported a decrease in gross profit to £0.6m, down from £1.5m in the same period last year, and a loss…
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22 JuneBusiness
BoE raises interest rate to 15-year high
The Bank of England (BoE) has raised interest rates for the 13th consecutive time to 5%, the highest level in 15 years, after it was revealed that inflation remained at 8.7% in May. The BoE’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted by a majority of 7-2 to increase the rate by…
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21 JuneCatering Companies
Chartwells partners with Feeding Britain to tackle UK hunger crisis
Chartwells, the school and education catering company, has partnered with Feeding Britain, the food aid charity, to help tackle hunger across the UK. According to Chartwells, the two organisations share a common purpose to provide “affordable, nutritious food to children and communities, and this new partnership will see them work…
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12 JuneAdvice
The importance of regional ingredients and shortening supply chain
It is becoming increasingly important in modern cookery for businesses and the culinary sector in general to champion regional ingredients and make a wholly conscientious effort to shorten supply chains. Essentially, what this means is decreasing the time from field to fork for the benefit of the environment and the…
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8 JuneNews
Adnams FY losses widen to £1.2m despite rise in revenues
UK brewer, hotelier and wine merchant Adnams has reported its operating losses widened to £1.2m in FY22, against a loss of £800m the prior year, despite reporting that revenues rose by 11.9% to £64.2m. It comes as Adnams said that its production operations were “hard hit by rising prices and…
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May- 2023 -19 MayComment
Is the Green Transition hospitable for hospitality?
At a recent conference I overheard a business leader decry, “how can we go green when we’re in the red?”. If that was true for the sector in which his business operated, it’s no less true for the hospitality sector which is facing a tsunami of knockbacks ranging from the…
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12 MayFood and Drink
Foodservice price inflation falls below 20%
Foodservice price inflation fell to 18.9% in March, the first time it has dropped below 20% in five months, according to data from CGA’s Foodservice Price Index. The fall in March is the fourth consecutive fall in year-on-year inflation. While prices increased by 0.7% month-on-month between February and March, there…
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2 MayNews
Heinkenen to invest £40m in Star Pubs upgrades
Heineken has recently announced it will invest £40m in upgrading almost a quarter of the pubs in its Star Pubs & Bars’ estate in 2023. A total of 570 pubs will benefit from the improvements, with 100 of these scheduled for major revamps averaging £200,000 each, creating around 600 new…
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Apr- 2023 -5 AprilNews
Prezzo returns to profit in FY results
Nationwide Italian restaurant group Prezzo saw a return to profitability following the removal of all covid restrictions, according to the group’s FY report for the period from 21 January 2021 to 2 January 2022. Through the first half of 2021, Prezzo, along with the whole of the hospitality sector, traded…
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