This week's top news stories include Tom Brown's plans to close his Cornerstone restaurant, Barcelona’s Disfrutar topping The World’s 50 Best list, and Popeyes adopting AI technology for its drive-thrus.
Notting Hill restaurant Dorian has reignited the debate on corkage by introducing a £100 charge and requiring guests to buy a bottle of similar value from its list.
Consumers reined in spending on takeaways and fast food last month with the category recording its first decline since May 2020, according to a new Barclays report.
Less than a third of hospitality businesses are ‘currently compliant’ with the new tipping law set to be introduced later this year, new research warns.
This week's top news stories include Dishoom launching legal battle to overturn the ‘Ruby Murray’ trademark, Bryn Williams closing Odette's after 16 years, and Mitchells & Butlers buying Pesto Restaurants.
Britain’s top hospitality groups saw sales drop 1.7% year-on-year in April 2024 after widespread wet weather, the new CGA RSM Hospitality Business Tracker reveals.
UKHospitality has called for interest rates to come down after figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) showed inflation falling to its lowest level in almost three years.
Fiona McKinnon of Scottish law firm Anderson Strathern on how Glasgow City Council could soon require restaurants to have a plan to get staff home safely.
Inflation as measured by the Foodservice Price Index is 'returning towards more normal levels', according to new figures from Prestige Purchasing and CGA.
This week's top news stories include Adam Handling's plans for a new Cornish pub, David Campbell being appointed chairman at Rare Restaurants, and The Real Greek's move into retail.
A new festival dedicated to food stuffed between bread kicks off in north London today (17 May), proof if ever we needed it that the nation has become even more sandwich obsessed than usual.
Britain’s hospitality leaders remain cautious amid tentative signs of improved consumer spending and relief on some costs, CGA by NIQ’s latest Business Confidence Survey reveals.
Hospitality businesses Dishoom, Dorchester Collection, Valor, and MOTO Hospitality have been singled out in the Sunday Times’ Best Places to Work 2024 list.
This week's top newx stories include James Watt stepping down as BrewDog CEO, the National Restaurant Awards' Opening of the Year shortlist, and The Rum Kitchen closing its entire estate
Closures in Britain’s hospitality sector slowed from eight sites a day in 2023 to four a day in the first quarter of 2024, the latest Hospitality Market Monitor reveals.
This week's top news stories include a new restaurant from chef Alex Claridge, Borough Market’s Turnips slamming the market’s management for closing its restaurant, and Popeyes' annual sales surpassing £100m.
This week's top news stories include a delay to the implementation of the Tips Bill, Niall Keating's new restaurant venture, and Tortilla's plan to accelerate expansion through franchising.
This week's most read news stories include Brad Carter making his London debut, the closure of Borough Market restaurant Turnips and squatters moving into Ramsay's York & Albany restaurant.
Britain’s top hospitality groups achieved above-inflation like-for-like sales growth of 5.2% in March 2024, the latest CGA RSM Hospitality Business Tracker reveals.
This week's top news stories include Monica and David Galetti announcing the closure of their Fitzrovia restaurant Mere, and Michel Roux Jr's new venture at The Langham.
Former PizzaExpress CEO and current boss at YO! owner Snowfox Group Richard Hodgson will take the keynote spot at The Grocer’s Omnichannel Conference this May.
This week's top news stories include Ping Pong scrapping service charge in favour of a discretionary 15% ‘brand charge’, and sustainable restaurant brand Native taking on the former Pensons site.
Hospitality food price inflation remains more than double the rate seen in the retail sector despite steady easing over the last year, the latest CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index reveals.
Londoners will be able to try the ‘world’s best pizza’ for the first time thanks to a partnership between Neapolitan pizza restaurant group Fatto a Mano and Master Pizzaiolo Franco Pepe.
This week's most read news stories include Dishoom taking its Permit Room spin-off to Cambridge and the return of Simon Rogan's seasonal on-farm dining experience.
Plans have been approved to build a monolithic, cubed structure in west London that will be home to hundreds of dark kitchens as well as a huge community food hall.
Britain’s leading managed restaurant groups achieved year-on-year sales growth of 8% in delivery sales in February 2024, CGA by NIQ’s new Hospitality at Home Tracker shows.
The chief commercial officer at specialist hospitality technology company Zonal on a recent survey that analysed the public's perceptions of hospitality and their general attitudes to it.
The closure of Paul Foster's GrassFed, and new projects for The Groucho Club, Des Gunewardena, and Sandwich Sandwich are among this week's most-read stories.
