Food delivery grew by £3.7bn in 2020 to reach £11.4bn - double its 2015 market value - as it benefited from being one of the few routes to market during the pandemic, Lumina Intelligence reports.
Hospitality venues in England enjoyed a stronger bounce in sales than they did after the first national lockdown in July 2020, despite being limited to outdoor service.
The chef behind Persian restaurant Berenjak Kian Samyani on snowboarding, the person that influenced him the most and staying up all night playing computer games.
Several months of falling food and non-alcoholic drinks prices are expected to come to an end as the hospitality industry reopens, the latest edition of the Foodservice Price Index from CGA and Prestige Purchasing reveals.
Etch chef Steven Edwards will return to his former workplace South Lodge, in West Sussex, for an eight-week summer residency - Steven Edwards at The Pass.
Current and former CEOs from some of the UK's best-known companies will come together and offer their advice to SMEs at this month’s Three Things Summit.
Hospitality trade bodies UKH, BBPA and BII have called for Government to extend the business rates holiday for at least a further three months to allow businesses to get back on their feet.
Chef Adria Wu is to launch a London-based, delivery-only concept that will serve as a sister brand to her six-strong natural food and juice bar group maple&CO.
Wagamama chief executive Emma Woods has announced she plans to step down from the role and hand over to her internally appointed successor, Thomas Heier.
Just under a quarter of England’s licensed premises have reopened for outdoor-only service since restrictions were eased last Monday (12 April), according to latest data from CGA and AlixPartners.
Sommelier Raul Diaz, whose new book Wine & Recipes was published last year, on his favourite food and drink pairing, why steak can be overrated, and being an amateur musician.
This week's main hospitality news stories include Albert Adrià closing nearly all his Barcelona restaurants, operators struggling with inconsistent enforcement of outdoor trading rules, and Bar Crispin opening in Soho.
UKHospitality Cymru (UKHC) has urged the Welsh Government to bring forward the reopening date for indoor hospitality in Wales and at least align with England and Scotland's plan to unlock on 17 May.
The owners of Hackney's NEST have renamed and repositioned their Fulham restaurant Harlequin, bringing in a new team of considerable pedigree in the process.
The team behind Marylebone restaurant OPSO and the Athens based two Michelin-starred restaurant Funky Gourmet are converting their Pitta Bun venue in Soho into a new live-fire restaurant.
Bakery and café chain Le Pain Quotidien is to increase its number of vegan options and introduce a number of other sustainable initiatives as it starts to reopen for eat-in customers.
Pizza Pilgrims has secured a second London site for its aptly named New York pizza-by-the-slice concept Slice, joining the line-up of street food operators at Swingers West End.
Big Mamma Group co-founder Victor Lugger is looking to shake up how customers pay the bill following a €20m (£17.3m) seed-funding round for his QR-code based mobile payments start-up Sunday.
Greater Manchester's night time economy advisor Sacha Lord is calling for an industry-wide fair tipping policy amid warnings of a post-Covid decline in customers leaving gratuities.
Like-for-like drink sales were up by more than 110% on hospitality's first day of trading (12 April) compared to the same day in 2019, according to CGA data.
Leaked Government proposals that would force bigger pub chains to provide calorie labelling on pints of beer have been slammed by the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) as 'ludicrous'.
Phil Howard, chef-patron of Michelin-starred Chelsea restaurant Elystan Street, on launching London-based pasta delivery service OTTO, the art of food delivery, and reopening his restaurants.
The restaurant director of Kerridge’s Bar & Grill on his love of restaurants, and why more needs to be done in schools to emphasise the importance of the hospitality.
Rosa’s Thai Café is planning to open up to six new restaurants over the next year, as well as continuing to grow its portfolio of delivery-only 'cloud' kitchens.
