All news articles – Page 39
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NewsStarbucks brings back ‘retro’ touches
Handwritten names on cups and self-service sugar and condiments will return, while charges for alternative milks will be dropped, as the company seeks to reverse its fortunes
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NewsHospitality venues dropped from smoking ban
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will make it illegal to smoke in children’s playgrounds and outside schools and hospitals, but pub and bar outdoor spaces will not be included
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NewsSoho Coffee Co seeks franchise partners
The group, which runs 29 UK coffee shops and a further 14 overseas, is keen to build its footprint in the UK, with three concepts on offer through franchising
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NewsUKHospitality urges against festive tube strikes
A letter, backed by leaders of some of the UK’s biggest hospitality groups, has been sent to London Mayor Sadiq Khan, and the general secretaries of the RMT and ASLEF unions, calling for a swift resolution to the dispute
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NewsKFC to recruit 700 new staff
The recruitment drive in the run-up to the busy Christmas season is for full and part-time permanent roles at all levels of experience
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NewsDishoom appoints advisors as it looks to US for expansion
The Indian restaurant group is seeking new investment to support its international growth ambitions and has begun looking for locations, primarily in New York City
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NewsDiageo appoints MD for Guinness Open Gate Brewery London
Jason Thorndycraft, formerly of Deltic and Novus Leisure, joins as Diageo gears up to open the £73m, 50,000 sq ft microbrewery and culture hub for Guinness in Covent Garden
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NewsKnoops launches first international store in Dubai
The chocolate drinks concept, which runs more than 20 stores in the UK, has opened in Dubai’s City Centre Mirdif shopping mall, with the store to lead the multichannel testing phase of the brand into the UAE
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NewsRMT tube strikes suspended
Planned strikes from ASLEF - the train drivers’ union - are still set to go ahead this week (7 and 12 November) and later this month
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NewsHakkasan grows revenues by 10%
The luxury hospitality group benefited from pent-up demand post lockdown, an increase in staycations and the return of international tourism to the UK
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NewsCreams launches savoury range
The savoury pancake ’hot pockets’ are aimed at giving franchise partners a broader audience and the ability to exploit a new daypart
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NewsSandwich Sandwich to open ‘biggest sandwich shop in UK’
The 3,500sq ft site will be located on Mark Lane in the City of London and will open in either December or January
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NewsPubs hammered by ‘staggering extra costs’ from Budget
Shares in groups including JD Wetherspoon and Marston’s were hit following national insurance and minimum wage increases
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NewsTimothy Taylor’s: Brewery succeeds despite Whitehall, not because of it
Our brewery will not be able to absorb all of Rachel Reeves’s new costs — and we won’t be the only ones, writes Tim Dewey, CEO of Timothy Taylor’s
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NewsTGI Fridays files for bankruptcy protection
The Dallas-based company seeks to ‘ensure long-term viability’ of the dining brand after closing several branches this year
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NewsGig economy firm under fire for telling restaurants they can avoid UK’s new tipping laws
Temper Works has promoted its agency workers to clients, saying they fall outside the legislation
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NewsIkea opens standalone high street restaurant
Taking over a former Wasabi next door to its city store in London’s Hammersmith, the 70-cover restaurant features dine-in, food-to-go and self-service kiosks
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NewsDeliveroo rolls out new rider check-in feature
The feature is designed to reduce rider wait times, improve communication between restaurants and riders, and create a smoother pick-up for faster deliveries
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NewsJust Eat launches in-car ordering
Motorists will be able to arrange for a food delivery to their car using text and touch commands in their vehicle’s in-car entertainment system
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NewsCrowdfunding ‘corrupted and abused’ by craft brewers
Craft beer has been guilty of becoming over-reliant on crowdfunding to compensate for unsustainable business practices, Pressure Drop co-founder Sam Smith has said