All news articles – Page 196
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NewsWendy’s to open first franchise site next month
The US burger chain will open a site in Sheffield with Square Burgers, in December, with company-owned units due to open shortly in Liverpool and Greater Manchester.
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NewsCinnabon to launch delivery service
EG Group, which is the master franchisee of the US bakery brand, said the move followed “considerable demand” from customers and was its first e-commerce platform launch with a franchise partner
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NewsPing Pong sold in pre-pack administration
The restaurant chain has been sold to new entity AJT Dimsum Limited, with all six restaurants and staff to transferred to the new owner.
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NewsLeon ramping up self-serve coffee kiosk roll-out
The fast food brand plans to more than double the number of its coffee kiosks by the end of January, to over 200, with more than 100 additional kiosks to launch in Asda.
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NewsGordon Ramsay restaurant taken over by climate activists
Mock menus were held up outlining the environmental costs of items served on the restaurant’s menu, Sky News reports
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NewsThe apps fighting food waste by saving restaurant meals from the trash
If food waste were a country, it would be the third-highest greenhouse-gas emitting nation behind the US and China, The Guardian reports.
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NewsTimes are grim for both the chicken and the egg
The avian flu outbreak is not the only thing to blame for the current egg shortage, The FT reports
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NewsExpensive restaurants are still opening all the time. I’m a bit offended
It would be tin-eared of me to keep piping the virtues of such places at a time like this, writes Giles Coren for The Times
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NewsNominations open for Sustainability Award
The returning category will recognise a company or brand that has gone above and beyond in demonstrating its commitment to reducing its impact on the environment.
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NewsKnoops targeting 15 sites by the summer
The gourmet chocolate drinks café brand is to open a new site in Knightsbridge early next year, with a site in Bath also expected to open shortly, CEO Tori Nunn tells MCA
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NewsSSP acquires AMT Coffee from administration
Administrators from Interpath Advisory were appointed to the coffee chain on Friday (18 November), with 22 sites sold to SSP Group and 18 locations to close with immediate effect.
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NewsMEATliquor closes Boxpark Croydon restaurant
The restaurant group has exited the shipping container venue, which launched next door to East Croydon station in 2016.
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NewsBook your place at the Omnichannel Foodservice Conference
Speakers at the event on 7 December, include Guy Meakin, MD, Pret; Zoe Bowley, MD, PizzaExpress; and Glenn Edwards, MD, Leon.
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NewsOfgem to investigate bad practice by suppliers
The energy regulator said it had been on the receiving end of reports about lack of offers for new contracts, excessive security deposits, excessive charges for deemed rates
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NewsDownbeat reaction to Autumn Statement
Described by some as “devastating”, the lack of support offered to struggling hospitality businesses left many wanting much more from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt
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NewsOpenings of the week
MCA rounds up this week’s biggest openings stories, featuring new venues from Itsu, Golf Fang, Beefeater and Roxy Lanes.
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NewsChancellor to bring forward targeted approach to support for businesses on energy
In his Autumn Statement this morning, Jeremy Hunt also confirmed a rise in the National Living Wage, from £9.50 to £10.42 in April
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NewsThe Coffee House looking to double estate
The independent speciality coffee shop operator has just opened its 12th site in the North of England, in Bolton, and is planning 25 by 2025.
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NewsThe Alchemist to open first international site next year
The cocktail bar and restaurant group has confirmed plans to open a site in Potsdamer Platz, in Berlin
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NewsMorty & Bobs to kick off expansion plans
The Edition Capital-backed business is looking to open two sites per year across the UK, with its third location to open next month in Kensal Rise.