All Weekend Press articles – Page 2
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Weekend PressStarbucks slows India expansion as consumers tighten belts
Footfall drops as economy weakens but chain still hopes to reach 1,000-store goal, the FT reports
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Weekend PressInside the secret world of covert restaurant bookings where customers are ranked to get a table
From private WhatsApp lines to curtained-off tables and free meals on the house, The Independent investigates how the hottest restaurants are bending over backwards for some people while leaving others out in the cold
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Weekend Press‘We will see closures’: The industries hit hardest by national insurance hike
People working in retail, hospitality and small businesses have told Sky News of the tangible effects the increase will have on them.
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Weekend PressWhy the restaurant world hates beer drinkers
I’ve always thought working in hospitality is like getting a free MBA – but one rooted in the real world rather than theory, Rory Sutherland writes in The Spectator
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Weekend PressTelegraph: Restaurant chains 'flee broke Britain for America'
British restaurants are targeting the US as Labour prepares to hammer them with higher taxes at home, reports The Telegraph
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Weekend PressHuge change to pub rules set to come into force in hours and punters are fuming
A major change to pub licensing laws is coming into effect in just hours, with punters left fuming, The Sun reports
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Weekend PressLow-paid workers to bear the brunt of coming rise in UK labour costs
More than 100 Pizza Hut delivery drivers for Scotland’s biggest takeaway franchisee were called to an emergency meeting, writes the FT
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Weekend PressThe 35-year-old from the Midlands who made £400m from chicken wings
Tom Grogan, co-founder of Wingstop UK, had no interest in hospitality but sniffed a winner in importing a restaurant franchise from across the Atlantic, The Sunday Times reports
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Weekend PressUK ministers and officials treated to hospitality 3,500 times in five years, study finds
Ministers, senior officials and special advisers were treated to hospitality including lunches and dinners on about 3,500 occasions in five years, according to a new study, The Guardian reports
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Weekend PressDrinks tariffs will hit US jobs, Diageo tells Donald Trump
A letter from the Guinness and Johnnie Walker maker says that it supports 178,000 jobs in America but must be able ‘to compete fairly’, The Sunday Times reports
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Weekend PressWetherspoons drops meat dishes from its menu to save money
The chain ‘appreciates some customers will be disappointed’ with the menu revamp, The Sun reports
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Weekend Press‘The customer isn’t always right’: top chef loses appetite for difficult diners
Andrew Sheridan is one of a number of chefs who say complaints and threats have severed the trust between restaurants and customers, The Guardian reports
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Weekend Press‘A fundamental right’: High street chains and restaurants challenged over refusal to accept cash
As more of us reject tapping and swiping, campaigners and politicians say the law should force retailers to accept coins and notes, The Observer reports
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Weekend Press‘We don’t need a Gail’s’ - the coffee shop boom dividing locals
Gail’s draws crowds and inspires social media memes, but attracts fierce criticism too, the BBC reports
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Weekend PressThe rise of the Ozempic menu and how weight-loss drugs are changing dining out
With more diners skipping mains, drinking less and sharing starters because of weight-loss drugs, the traditional three-course meal could soon be a thing of the past. Hannah Twiggs reports for The Independent
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Weekend PressGreggs is no longer on such a roll
Before last year, the bakery chain had enjoyed three years of double-digit like-for-like revenue growth, Natalie Thomas writes in the FT
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Weekend PressBill’s takes family-friendly dining to the Middle East
The casual restaurant chain made record sales of £96.4m in 2024, paving the way for expansion to Dubai, Riyadh and perhaps even Indian cities, The Times reports
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Weekend PressRegal Cineworld poised to float with or without UK arm
The global cinema group’s is valued at $2.5bn-$4bn but its British business may be treated separately, The Sunday Times reports
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Weekend PressFive Guys: Reeves’s tax raid will cost £4m
The fast food chain’s CEO warns that higher staff costs following Labour’s Budget will impact its ability to invest in new sites, The Telegraph reports
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Weekend Press‘Britain’s draconian taxes mean we’ll open our next restaurant in Dubai’
Sam Morgan, who founded Open Restaurant Group, doubts he ‘has a place any more’ as an entrepreneur in the UK, The Telegraph reports