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NewsOperators anticipate post-Christmas price rises
Consumers should expect prices to rise in restaurants, pubs and bars, according UKHospitality CEO Kate Nicholls
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News‘Alarming’ prospect of Scottish vaccine expansion
Scotland’s Deputy First Minister has told MPs the range of venues required to check vaccine status could be expanded to include “further indoor hospitality and leisure settings”.
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NewsBankers boosting sales at Pret
City workers are returning to their offices at rates outstripping Paris and New York if Pret’s sales are anything to go by.
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NewsDraught ales and breakfast sales down at Wetherspoon
JD Wetherspoon has seen like-for-like sales down 8.9% for the first 15 weeks of the financial year to 7 November 2021.
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News‘Businesses need to be resilient and robust’
Specialist investors have been busy within the sector but there is a need for banks and generalist private equity players to return to market, heard delegates at MCA’s Restaurant Conference
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NewsNew laws to resolve rent debt
The changes, which include a new code of practice, are designed to protect tenants from rent claims against them.
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NewsFive Guys: ‘We’ve made a bet on the future’
Five Guys CEO John Eckbert has spoken of the brand’s strategic decision to “accelerate into the chicanes” and capitalise on post-pandemic growth opportunities
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NewsSustainability: ‘It’s about starting small and gaining momentum’
Removing plastic toys from Burger King UK’s kids meals had a much greater impact on plastic reduction than straws, which weigh less
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NewsSpending on takeaway food jumps in October
Spending on bars, pubs and clubs contined to grew in October, but restaurant spending declined, according to data from Barclaycard, while consumers sharply increased spending on takeaway food
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NewsJonathan Neame: ‘Pubs every bit as core to British life’
Shepherd Neame has reported a full year loss before tax of £16.4m, but reported strong trading since reopening.
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NewsDaisy Green ‘bigger, stronger’ than ever
The Australian all-day cafe group has launched a £2m Seedrs campaign, with more than £1.7m already committed.
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NewsOperators must ‘co-own customer’ across new sales channels
Omnichannel growth comes with pressure on staff and complex customer ownership, MCA’s Restaurant Conference heard
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NewsMollie’s set sights on 100 site mark
Mollie’s Hotel & Diner is looking to build up from its current two sites to 100 over the next 10 years on the back of strong investor support.
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NewsCorbin & King: Life is easier with 100% control
Co-founder and CEO Jeremy King has spoken of the difficult relationship with his investors, saying life was “utopian” when he had control over his own restaurant group.
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NewsPortobello acquires 12-strong pub package
The Zetland Capital backed platform has announced the acquisition of 12 freehold pubs across the London villages and suburbs
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NewsHickory’s pushes footprint into Yorkshire
Piper-backed barbecue restaurant Hickory’s Smokehouse has acquired the former Marston’s pub The Malt House, in Horbury.
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NewsCorbin & King reportedly considering new backers
The restaurant group behind The Wolseley is understood to be in talks with other parties after disagreeing with Thailand-based Minor Hotels on the investment strategy for its restaurants.
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NewsVaccine passports rule evaded with furniture
Scottish nightclubs have been getting creative in a bid to avoid the requirements for guests to have vaccine passports by putting seats on their dancefloors.
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NewsChicken grown in vats is the next frontier of food
Scientists are perfecting the art of creating tasty beef, fish and poultry in laboratories
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NewsRecovery under threat as Britons refuse to spend
Although cautious spending is prevaling, some businesses do report some signs of extravagance. Blacklock’s Gordon Ker wonders whether some “revenge spending” was taking place.