Tesco
Coverage explores how the UK’s largest grocery retailer influences food trends, supply chain dynamics, and retail partnerships with relevance to the hospitality sector. Reporting includes updates on Tesco’s Booker wholesale division, food-to-go formats, in-store concession partnerships, and own-brand development. Insight is tailored for operators tracking consumer pricing expectations, retail–hospitality crossovers, and the wider impact of Tesco’s sourcing, logistics, and menu innovation on out-of-home dining.
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Jun- 2022 -8 JunePeople
Mollie’s appoints new head of sales
Mollie’s, the fast-growing “hotel and diner concept” with locations in Oxford and Bristol, has appointed Lindsey Williams as head of sales for the South West region. This will span both properties and future earmarked local expansions. In her new role as head of sales, Williams will “apply her 25 years’…
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Feb- 2022 -25 FebruaryBusiness
Yo! owner strengthens advisor line-up amid £750m IPO listing
The sushi chain Yo!’s parent company, Snowfox Group, has reportedly picked further advisers for a potential £750m listing. According to Sky News, the Snowfox Group is working with Barclays, Jefferies and Peel Hunt on a prospective initial public offering (IPO). Mayfair Equity Partners, the company’s controlling shareholder, is said to…
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Nov- 2021 -10 NovemberRestaurants
Retail and Hospitality leaders sign UK soy manifesto
UK industry leaders from 27 major businesses, including all of the biggest UK grocery retailers and a group of restaurant brands, including Nando’s, McDonald’s and KFC, have signed the UK soy manifesto. This commits them to cutting deforestation and habitat destruction out of UK soy supply chains as soon as…
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Aug- 2021 -17 AugustPeople
Deliveroo names Adam Bishop as VP of strategic restaurant partnerships
Deliveroo has announced the appointment of Adam Bishop as vice president of strategic restaurant partnerships. Bishop will have responsibility for leading the group’s global enterprise account management, global new business, Deliveroo signature platform and commercial partnerships divisions within Deliveroo. In his new role, he will report to Eric French, Deliveroo’s…
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May- 2021 -11 MayCafes and Coffee Shops
Pret to trial stores inside Tesco supermarkets
Pret a Manger is reportedly set to trial opening stores located inside Tesco supermarkets in a bid to attract a new type of customer to its offering. According to The Times, the cafe chain will open its first in-store site at the Tesco Superstore in Kensington in June, with another…
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Jan- 2021 -19 JanuaryRestaurants
Prezzo’s chair joins Build Back Better Council
Karen Jones, the executive chair of Prezzo, will represent the hospitality industry on the government’s new Build Back Better Council. The new business council will be co-chaired by the prime minister and chancellor, with the business secretary as a standing member and other cabinet ministers attending as required. Jones is…
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Dec- 2020 -4 DecemberGovernment
UKHospitality calls for hospitality and tourism recovery fund
UKHospitality has appealed for the formation of a hospitality and tourism recovery fund that would support businesses who are yet to receive any form of government grant. The industry body is pushing for the fund as many businesses face increasing pressure to close, due to both the second lockdown and…
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Mar- 2020 -26 MarchPubs and Bars
JD Wetherspoon boss bows to pressure and agrees to pay staff
The boss of JD Wetherspoon has bowed to public pressure, including calls from over a 100 MPs, and has agreed to pay his staff before his company receives financial support from the government’s wage reimbursement scheme. Yesterday (25 March) the government urged JD Wetherspoon founder Tim Martin to support his…
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25 MarchCoronavirus
Government urges JD Wetherspoon to support employees
The government has urged JD Wetherspoon founder Tim Martin to support his employees after reports he claimed they would face delays in payment and “should consider getting a job at Tesco instead”. Martin said the company would not cover wages from this week and employees would have to wait to…
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2 MarchPubs and Bars
Arc Inspirations announces two new appointments
Bar operator Arc Inspirations announced it has made two key appointments as it “gears up” for the next stage of the company’s growth. Laura Lewis was announced as the group’s head of marketing, while Tim Knockton is the new financial director. Arc Inspirations operates a number of premium bar brands…
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