Takeaway

Wet weather contributes to double-digit drop in restaurant spend in February

05-Mar-2024 By James McAllister

Restaurants saw a double-digit drop in spend last month as wet weather led to a slowdown on the high street and a rise in at-home ‘insperiences’.

Delivery drivers to strike on Valentine’s Day

13-Feb-2024 By James McAllister

Drivers for food delivery platforms including Deliveroo, Just Eat, and Uber Eats plan to strike on Valentine’s Day to protest against poor working conditions.

PizzaExpress joins Just Eat for Business

17-Nov-2023 By Restaurant

PizzaExpress has become the latest restaurant brand to join the Just Eat for Business platform.

Fish and chip prices up by a fifth

04-May-2023 By James McAllister

The average cost of a plate of fish and chips is now £9, having increased by a fifth.

Just Eat targets hybrid workers with Just Eat Pay service

07-Oct-2021 By Restaurant

Just Eat has launched an employee benefit service for businesses across the UK through its corporate arm, Just Eat for Business.

Heritage launches separate delivery site

30-Sep-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Heritage Dulwich will launch a premium Indian delivery and takeaway brand covering much of South East London early next month.

Gregg Wallace teams up with Just Eat for healthy eating pilot scheme

22-Sep-2021 By Restaurant

Just Eat has teamed up with MasterChef host Gregg Wallace and nutritionist Charlotte Radcliffe to launch a healthy eating pilot scheme for restaurants.

MPs back campaign to allow pubs to serve takeaway alcohol

15-Mar-2021 By Emily Hawkins

MPs have put their weight behind a campaign calling for the takeaway alcohol ban currently in place at English pubs to be lifted ahead of beer gardens reopening next month.

Pandemic pushes takeaway and delivery sales to more than triple

12-Mar-2021 By James McAllister

Sales of deliveries and takeaways from the UK’s leading hospitality groups have more than tripled over the last 12 months, CGA's new Hospitality at Home Tracker reveals.

Operators warned over cocktail home delivery without license

11-Mar-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Operators are being warned that they need a license from HMRC to sell pre-mixed cocktails for consumption at home as delivery services boom under lockdown.

Deliveroo confirms float intentions

08-Mar-2021 By Georgi Gyton

Deliveroo has confirmed it is “considering an initial public offering” and intends to publish a registration document today (8 March).

Rosa’s Thai Veggie to return

05-Mar-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Rosa’s Thai Cafe is to bring back its vegetarian spin-off Rosa’s Thai Veggie in the form of a virtual brand in London Fields with ambitions to open further delivery-only sites as well as explore bricks and mortar opportunities.

McDonald’s sets out plan to reopen walk-in takeaway

09-Feb-2021 By James McAllister

McDonald's intends to begin reopening its restaurants across the UK and Ireland for walk-in takeaway from 22 February.

Fireaway Pizza aims for 100 sites in 2021

20-Jan-2021 By Georgia Cronin

Takeaway pizza concept Fireaway has launched its 50th site, with a further 50 new sites to open over the next year.

The Lowdown: GRUBie

14-Jan-2021 By Joe Lutrario

A platform will soon be launched that allows cooks - both professional and amateur - to sell home-cooked food to the public.

Scotland tightens restrictions on takeaway and click and collect

13-Jan-2021 By James McAllister

Scotland is to tighten restrictions on takeaway and click and collect services as part of a series of tougher lockdown measures set to come into force this weekend.

Tougher lockdown could see hospitality banned from offering takeaway services

12-Jan-2021 By James McAlllister

Hospitality businesses in England could be banned from offering takeaway and click-and-collect services under tougher lockdown proposals being considered by ministers.

The Lowdown: Christmas dinner 2020

18-Dec-2020 By Ella Doyle

Christmas is set to be like no other this year as tougher tier restrictions sweep the UK, closing pubs, cafes and restaurants just in time for Christmas Day.

Tommy Heaney on toughing out Wales’ restrictions

09-Dec-2020 By Cameron Henderson

Unable to sell the hard stuff and forced to close at 6pm, many Wales-based operators have simply shut up shop. But Cardiff-based chef Tommy Heaney is pushing on.

Sven-Hanson Britt launches London restaurant with James Durrant at helm

18-Nov-2020 By Restaurant

Sven-Hanson Britt, Tris Hillier and Scott Ward have launched restaurant on the London City Island development on Leamouth Peninsula in Docklands with former Maze chef James Durrant as executive chef.

Total ban of online advertising for unhealthy foods 'risks clobbering takeaways and restaurants'

11-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

Plans for a total ban on online adverts for foods high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) 'risks clobbering thousands of takeaways and restaurants', says the British Takeaway Campaign (BTC).

Consumer spending drops 0.1% in October

10-Nov-2020 By Restaurant

Consumer spending declined 0.1% year-on-year in October, as the introduction of further restrictions and the arrival of colder weather encouraged Brits to stay at home and turn to online shopping.

Relaxed regulations allowing restaurants and pubs to operate as takeaways extended until 2022

09-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

Relaxed regulations that have allowed restaurants and pubs to operate as hot food takeaways during the Coronavirus pandemic have been extended until 2022, Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick has said.

Pubs and restaurants in Bolton limited to offering takeaway-only under new lockdown measures

08-Sep-2020 By James McAllister

Hospitality venues in Bolton will be restricted to offering takeaway-only with immediate effect under measures announced by Health Secretary Matt Hancock to try and curb the spread of Covid-19 locally.

Face masks will be mandatory when buying takeaways from cafés and restaurants in England

23-Jul-2020 By James McAllister

Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis has said it will be compulsory for people to wear face masks when buying takeaway food and drink from cafés or restaurants in England.

Bao team launches Call Suzy, a 'nostalgic twist on Chinese takeout'

02-Jul-2020 By Restaurant

The team behind London-based Taiwanese restaurants Bao and XU is launching what it describes as “a playful, nostalgic twist on a traditional Chinese takeout”.

Claude Bosi's flagship won't re-open until early September

25-Jun-2020 By Joe Lutrario

High-profile French chef Claude Bosi plans to relaunch his downstairs Oyster Bar on 8 July but his highly-rated flagship won't re-open until early September.