United States
Coverage explores hospitality, foodservice, and QSR trends emerging from key U.S. markets, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Austin, with reporting on fast-casual innovation, tech-led service models, menu development, and the global expansion of American restaurant brands. Insight is tailored for UK operators, chefs, and strategists tracking U.S.-led influence in areas such as premium fast food, delivery integration, loyalty platforms, and culinary branding.
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Mar- 2021 -30 MarchFeatures
How does Jollibee hope to win over the UK fast-food market?
With over 1,000 McDonald’s and 900 KFC sites across Britain, any newcomer to the nation’s fast-food sector has a difficult task convincing hungry consumers, who are craving a quick and reliable fix to enter its premises. For Jollibee – a Filipino-originated fried chicken chain, headed by billionaire businessman Tony Tan…
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Feb- 2021 -4 FebruaryPeople
ISHC adds RLA’s CEO to its board
The International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISCH) has elected RLA CEO Roger Allen as its newest board member. ISHC is represented by some 200 of the industry’s “most respected professionals” from across six continents with the aim of being the leading source for global hospitality expertise. The ISHC was founded…
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Jun- 2020 -25 JunePubs and Bars
Diageo launches $100m recovery fund to help pubs and bars
Diageo has today announced a new global programme to support pubs and bars to welcome customers back and recover following the Covid-19 pandemic. ‘Raising the Bar’ will be a two-year programme available from July 2020. Diageo will provide $100m (£80.4m) to support the recovery of major hospitality centres, including: New…
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11 JuneBusiness
Just Eat Takeaway to acquire Grubhub in £6bn deal
Just Eat Takeaway has entered a “definitive agreement” with Grubhub that will see it acquire 100% of Grubhub’s shares in a $7.3bn (£5.75bn) deal. Once the takeover is finalised, the combined group will be the world’s largest online food delivery company outside of China, measured by gross merchandise value and…
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Apr- 2020 -21 AprilBusiness Bites
Oil prices plunge, Virgin Australia could crash land, Nasa robots controlled from the kitchen table
Oil producers in the United States will pay you to take their barrels as global demand has plummeted amid government lockdowns. It’s hard to overstate the significance of the story, but probably the best way is to say that this has never happened before. Essentially the largest producers have ended…
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Mar- 2020 -4 MarchComment
10 predictions for the food industry in 2020
The 2010s saw a number of food trends which would define a decade. From the popularity of activated charcoal and kombucha signalling a renewed interest in health and wellness, to the rise of veganism, these new food trends allowed difficult conversations to enter the mainstream. 2020 shows no sign of…
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Feb- 2020 -25 FebruaryBusiness Bites
Chlorinated chicken ain’t the way
The European Union will insist that the UK retains the current ban on chlorinated chicken as part of any free trade agreement that might be struck by the end of this year. It taps into one of the most symbolic arguments made during the last three years by those who…
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20 FebruaryBusiness Bites
Boeing’s tanks fuel new concerns, house prices on the up, Lloyds in the doldrums, hazardous chemicals a pest in poorer countries
Boeing’s faulty plane woes have worsened after ‘foreign object debris’ (FOD) was found in the fuel tanks of two ground 737 Max aircraft – that’s the model that has had two fatal crashes and become the subject of Congressional investigation in the United States. The manufacturer had to ground the…
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12 FebruaryBusiness Bites
Parasite boosts Spanish crisp sales
Now that’s the kind of headline journalists like to write. But unfortunately, now that you’re reading the article, the subterfuge must be exposed. We’re not talking about parasites that look for hosts, and we’re not talking about infected food. Instead we’re talking about the Korean movie sensation that just won…
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Jan- 2020 -31 JanuaryBusiness Bites
The whole Amazon thing is getting scary now
The ‘growth of online retail’ is now so proverbial that the phrase itself is nearly redundant. Is anyone surprised to learn this morning that Amazon has absolutely rampaged through the Christmas retail season, while scores of well-known bricks-and-mortar retailers reported a torrid set of financial results for the same period? No, me…
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