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News
Food-on-the-go driving eating-out market
Quality food-on-the-go has become the key growth area in the UK’s eating out market with concepts consistently emerging in transport hubs and shopping centres as well as high streets locations, as consumers increasingly eat when they want, where they want, according to leading foodservice consultancy HorizonsThe group’s the latest Ones ...
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Coffee chains defend milk prices
The UK’s leading coffee chains have defended the price they pay for milk after being criticised for not taking their responsibilities to British dairy farmers seriously enough.According to M&C Report’s sister publication The Grocer, the UK’s coffee shops use between 130 million and 150 million litres of liquid milk a ...
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Turnover up 5.6% across leading UK chains
The 100 leading UK restaurant chains experienced a 5.6% increase in combined turnover in 2011 an improvement on the 2.6% rise registered in the previous year, according to new research from Technomic, the foodservice consultancy firm.It found that the UK eating-out sector grew in terms of sites by 4.9% to ...
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Weekend Press
Weekend press round-up, 4-5 August
Turnover at Jamie’s Italian hits £72mJamie Oliver enjoyed a boom in trade at his restaurants last year but had to take a £6m hit on a foray into kitchenware house parties. Turnover at Jamie’s Italian soared more than 50% in 2011 to £72m while pre-tax profits at the restaurant chain ...