Meal Kits

Hawksmoor to end At Home meal kit business

03-May-2022 By James McAllister

Hawksmoor has announced that it is to end its nationwide At Home meal kit business, which it launched back in the summer of 2020 amid the first Covid-19 lockdown.

In the Spotlight: why meal kit business Dishpatch is championing chefs you haven't heard of

28-Jan-2022 By James McAllister

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.

Dishpatch looks to a give platform to lesser-known voices with Spotlight initiative

12-Jan-2022 By James McAllister

Delivery and meal-kit business Dishpatch is to launch a new initiative next month aimed at giving a platform to 'lesser-known voices and trailblazers' within the hospitality sector.

Significant e-commerce offering pushes profits close to £1m at Stein group

07-Jan-2022 By James McAllister

Rick Stein's hospitality group has seen its profits rise to close to £1m, boosted by the sucess of its significant e-commerce offering that was launched during the pandemic.

Unboxing day: restaurants offering nationwide Christmas meal kits

15-Nov-2021 By Stefan Chomka

From traditional turkeys with all the trimmings and beef wellington for 10 people to a five-course feast for lone diners, here are what restaurants across the country are delivering for the festive period.

Pizza Pilgrims DIY pizza kits to be sold by online supermarket Ocado

19-Aug-2021 By Restaurant

Pizza Pilgrims has become the latest restaurant company to have its products available to purchase from online supermarket Ocado.

Simon Rogan doubles down on ‘at home’ business

16-Jul-2021 By James McAllister

Simon Rogan has rebranded his ‘at home’ business under plans to retain it in the long term.

Famed curry house Gaylord to return as virtual brand

14-Apr-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Legendary London curry house Gaylord is to return as a virtual brand offering hot food delivery locally alongside a national mealkit service.

Restaurateurs losing thousands of pounds because of unreliable courier services

08-Apr-2021 By James McAllister and Stefan Chomka

Restaurateurs offering nationwide meal kit deliveries are losing thousands of pounds because of courier services failing to deliver the perishable products by the intended target dates.

Tom Griffiths on Restaurant Kits: "We want to be the Secret Cinema of food kits"

12-Mar-2021 By James McAllister

Having become head of partnerships for e-commerce platform Restaurant Kits, Flank founder Tom Griffiths is working on a plan to ensure the makeaway market continues to thrive after restaurants reopen.

Gordon Ramsay joins make at home movement in partnership with Restaurant Kits

11-Mar-2021 By James McAllister

Gordon Ramsay is to launch a DIY meal kit in partnership with e-commerce platform Restaurant Kits.

Using their noodle: Koya launches nationwide delivery

09-Feb-2021 By Joe Lutrario

London’s Koya is taking its famed udon noodles nationwide with the launch of a meal kit that fits through letterboxes.

Gunpowder launches delivery-only brand Empire Biryani

03-Feb-2021 By James McAllister

London-based Indian restaurant group Gunpowder is launching a delivery-only offshoot available across the capital that's centred around the Northern Indian tradition of dum biryani.

Wonderland Restaurants to launch DC characters-inspired home dining experiences

29-Jan-2021 By Restaurant

Wonderland Restaurants has partnered with Warner Bros Consumer Products to launch Wonderland At Home, a premium boxed dining experience service that will feature some of the most iconic brands from film and television.

Gousto offers indies the chance to create recipe box dishes

28-Jan-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Gousto is offering five independent restaurants £10,000 each in funding alongside business coaching and the chance to co-create one of its recipe box dishes.

Top chefs join soon-to-launch meal kit delivery plaform Restaurant Box

22-Jan-2021 By Restaurant

Karl O' Dell, former head chef at Texture restaurant in London, and Olivia Burt, 2019 MasterChef The Professionals finalist are among the chefs soon to launch delivery meal options on new restaurant meal delivery platform Restaurant Box.

Boxing days: what 2021 holds for the makeaway market

21-Jan-2021 By Stefan Chomka

2020 saw the emergence of ‘makeaway’ meal kits as restaurants battled for survival during the pandemic. With the end of lockdown now in sight, what will 2021 hold for businesses thinking out of the box?

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.

A (not so) wonderful Christmastime

02-Dec-2020 By Joe Lutrario

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, but one few in the UK hospitality industry will recognise.

Kolamba: “What we want for the next year is just stability”

23-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

The co-founder of Soho-based Sri Lankan restaurant Kolamba describes his first full year in business as being a ‘rollercoaster’.

Updated: Restaurants offering nationwide meal kits

11-Nov-2020 By Stefan Chomka

From Michelin-starred meal boxes from James Lowe, Jason Atherton, Michel Roux Jr and Simon Rogan to vegan DIY taco kits and Sri Lankan dinners, here are the latest nationwide restaurant meal kits.

Aktar Islam: "Landlords, councils and the Treasury need to help"

10-Nov-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Birmingham-based chef restaurateur Aktar Islam has called on landlords, local councils and the Treasury to help the restaurant industry bounce back.

Rare Restaurants to ramp up hot food delivery with virtual brands

05-Nov-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Rare Restaurants is planning to expand its hot food delivery service by increasing the reach of its existing Gaucho and M Restaurants-branded offerings as well as introducing a number of virtual brands that aren't attributed to its existing restaurants....