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Weekend PressEG Group sales slide as billionaire Issa brothers work to slash debt
Second-quarter sales slid at forecourt and foodservice business EG Group, reports the Evening Standard, as the Issa brothers worked to slash the company’s debt
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Weekend PressCafe Rouge owner needs bigger table for swoop on Chiquito’s and Frankie & Benny’s
The Big Table Group is in advanced talks to buy the leisure division of The Restaurant Group, the London-listed casual dining operator, Sky News reports
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Weekend PressHeatwave a ‘huge relief’ for the hospitality sector after miserable summer
Soaring temperatures over the past week have come as a “huge relief” for the hospitality sector and boosted pub trading significantly, the Evening Standard reports
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Weekend PressJohnson’s food strategy ‘worse than half-baked’
A white paper suggesting more fish farming and use of venison “borders on preposterous”, The Guardian reports
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Weekend PressGood riddance to the ‘cappuccino economy’
Starbucks changed the world - but now its model is running out of froth, Matthew Lynn of the Sunday Telegraph writes
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Weekend PressYoung’s CEO: 'Britain’s boozers deserve a Minister for Pubs’
Patick Dardis also wants to see a permanent reduction in VAT and an overhaul of the business rates system, the Mail on Sunday reports
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Weekend PressBella Italia trials robot service
Hospitality businesses look to hi-tech gadgets amid staff shortages after Covid pandemic and Brexit, The Guardian reports
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Weekend PressBritish chefs are beating the French at brasseries
They were once a huge draw for food lovers from around the world. So when did Parisian chefs start getting it so spectacularly wrong, asks the Sunday Telegraph
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Weekend PressScottish hospitality firms still in the dark over recycling scheme
Scotland’s hospitality industry has warned that Holyrood’s flagship recycling scheme is in disarray, The Sunday Times reports
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Weekend PressHuge rise in non-EU migrants to Britain
The implementation of a more liberal points-based immigration system after Brexit has resulted in soaring numbers of workers and students from Africa, India and the Philippines, The Times reports
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Weekend PressHow town centres found life after Debenhams
Giant store closures left towns bereft, but some have found a way back, The Sunday Times reports
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Weekend PressPub chain brings in vicar to boost ’empathy’
Cubitt House Group is taking a range of steps to create a happier workforce, The Telegraph reports
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Weekend PressThe direct approach keeps Grind’s coffee cup half-full
Founder David Abrahamovitch saw his restaurants close overnight, but then a sideline began to thrive, The Times reports
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Weekend PressWhitbread kicks off hunt for new boss to replace Alison Brittain
Premier Inn’s FTSE 100 owner is preparing for its chief executive to step down after seven years, The Sunday Times reports
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Weekend PressNo seat at the table for Wolseley founder
Jeremy King hated the idea of his restaurants becoming brands but in the end he lost the battle, The Times reports
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Weekend PressCaterers cook up cloud kitchen strategy for post-pandemic offices
Traditional groups offer modern menus and flexible canteens as they adapt to workplace change, the FT reports
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Weekend PressThe bitter battle for control at leading London restaurants
Observer critic Jay Rayner heads for dinner at Corbin & King’s restaurant The Wolseley and laments the end of an era in hospitality
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Weekend PressBrewDog’s Allan Leighton accuses HR crisis adviser of fuelling fire
The non-exec chairman has weighed into a row over toxic’ culture at the Scottish brewer and pub operator, The Mail on Sunday reports
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Weekend PressHow Clean Kitchen Club aims to be the ‘plant-based McDonald’s’
‘Vegan food is just normal food – but vegan,’ the founders of Clean Kitchen Club tell The Independent’s Andy Martin
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Weekend PressPubs are not the only ones to have seat in last chance saloon
The whole hospitality industry is still in a precarious position after the pandemic, Dominic Walsh writes in The Times