This week's best-read hospitality stories include chefs and restaurateurs marking International Women's Day and JKS Restaurant's eagerly awaited relaunch of Arcade Food Theatre.
The value of the UK food to go sector is expected to reach £23bn by 2025, driven by accelerated physical expansion, new product development and growth in channels such as delivery, according to Lumina Intelligence.
Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG) is to trial the use of two service robots in one of its restaurants, with a view to expanding their use across its wider estate.
This week's main hospitality news stories include operators ditching Russian products following the invasion of Ukraine, the closure of Mãos in London's Shoreditch, and energy supply worries for hospitality firms.
Chef George Ryle’s self-published debut cookbook features a selection of fresh, seasonal recipes straight out of the kitchen of his Garden Museum Café in south London.
A new Lumina Intelligence report reveals the use of delivery has become 'habitual to consumers', with the market forecast to grow by £0.7bn in 2022 to a value of £13.3bn.
Hospitality businesses in major British cities including Bristol and Manchester are 'recovering their vibrancy' as Covid restrictions come to an end, according to new research.
This week's most read news stories include a debut solo restaurant for ex-Pétrus head chef Larry Jayasekara, Tinie Tempah's fried chicken play and a new look and feel for PizzaExpress.
The Burnt Chef Project has launched its annual industry survey that focuses on stress and the impact it has upon those working within the hospitality sector.
According to the new Lumina Intelligence UK Restaurant Market Report 2021/22, the UK restaurant market is set to recover to 94% of its 2019 value in 2022.
Year-on-year foodservice inflation reached 3.5% in December 2021 with further prices rises forecast over the next three to six months, a new report from CGA and Prestige Purchasing shows.
Britain’s leading restaurant and pub groups saw their delivery sales reach five times their pre-pandemic levels in January, the latest CGA & Slerp Hospitality at Home Tracker reveals.
This week's main hospitality news stories include the publication of the Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland, BrewDog taking on the BBC, and Covid's impact on hospitality two years on.
Rising consumer confidence about safety and the easing of Covid-19 restrictions helped Britain’s managed hospitality operators to a modest increase in sales last month, the Coffer CGA Business Tracker reveals.
This week's main hospitality news stories include Leeds being named Britain’s most 'vibrant' city, Hospitality Rising wining Government support, and Richard Caring ruling out an acquisition of Corbin & King.
Almost two-thirds (63%) of accommodation and foodservice sector businesses reported lower-than-expected turnover in the two weeks to 23 January 2022, according to the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data.
New data from the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) reveals that the on-trade lost £5.7bn of revenue from beer sales alone in 2021 – equivalent to 1.4 billion pints.
Nightlife businesses have seen their operating costs soar by more than a quarter, according to new figures from the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA).
Chefs including Asma Khan, Raymond Blanc, and Thomasina Miers are among a those backing the return of the Sustainable Restaurant Association's (SRA) One Planet Plate campaign.
Hospitality groups including Fridays and Greene King have announced the launch of new schemes to coincide with National Apprenticeship Week (7 – 13 February).
Hospitality businesses will be forced to increase menu prices further to offset cost pressures and the forthcoming return to the 20% level VAT, UKHospitality has warned.
This week's main hospitality news stories include Richard Caring 'in talks' to acquire Corbin & King, the closure of Flor's Borough Market restaurant, and Kenny Atkinson's plans for Solstice.
MasterChef: The Professionals finalist and former Cinnamon Kitchen City head chef Santosh Shah has released his debut cookbook, which celebrates the breadth of Nepalese cuisine.
The 10 largest casual dining brands in the UK are forecast to grow their combined outlet count by 1.1% in 2022 to 5,566 sites, new data from Lumina shows.
Dishpatch co-founder Pete Butler on Spotlight, its new platform for lesser-known chefs, and the challenges facing the meal kit market in the year ahead.
This week's main hospitality news stories include the unveiling of this year's Top 50 Gastropubs list; and the escalating fallout between Corbin & King and its major shareholder, Minor Hotels.
Drinks sales continued to lag behind pre-pandemic trading last week, ahead of a much-needed lift to pubs, bars and restaurants from the easing of Covid-19 restrictions, new figures show.
The number of sit-down meals eating eaten out last week increased by five percentage points reaching 97% of the level in the equivalent week of 2020, according to OpenTable data.
Average spend per head in the hospitality sector fell by almost a third in the four weeks to 26 December, according to Lumina’s Intelligence’s latest Eating and Drinking Out Panel data.
Hospitality recorded a sharp increase in delivery and takeaway sales last month as the Omicron Covid variant dented consumer confidence, the latest CGA & Slerp Hospitality at Home Tracker shows.
Volunteer riders behind initiative Pedalling for Pubs: Cycle Jordan are set to break their £150,000 fundraising target with two months yet to go before the charity event.
The number of people working in hospitality has risen over the past year but the sector is still well behind on employment levels before the pandemic hit, new data has shown.
This week's main hospitality news stories include Brett Graham breaking his silence on plans to relaunch The Ledbury, the lifting of Plan B measures, and Nathan Outlaw growing his estate.
Britain’s hospitality sector grew modestly in the last quarter of 2021, according to the latest Market Recovery Monitor, but tough trading conditions now threaten to halt the upturn.
