QSR & Street Food

Rohit Chugh, founder and chief executive, Roti Chai

Rohit Chugh: Career Profile

By Luke Nicholls

Rohit Chugh landed his first position in the restaurant industry as managing director of Cinnamon Club in 2004. In 2008, he set-up its sister site, Cinnamon Kitchen. Chugh then decided to fulfil a lifelong ambition to run his own Indian street food restaurant,...

Roast founder acquires Indian street food restaurant Moolis

Roast founder acquires Indian street food restaurant Moolis

By Peter Ruddick

Roast founder Iqbal Wahhab has bought Soho's Indian street food restaurant Moolis from administration with plans for menu changes before expansion aspirations for the business beyond the current Frith Street site.

King's Cross concourse restaurant and bars revealed

King's Cross concourse restaurant and bars revealed

By Peter Ruddick

Giraffe, Yalla Yalla, Benito's Hat and the pub operator Fuller's have been revealed as some of the food and drink businesses that are on track to take up residence at the new King's Cross concourse when the 27,000sq.ft retail, restaurant...

Peter's Food Service's new range of pies are 30% bigger and feature new recipes

Peter’s Food Service launches new pie range

By Luke Nicholls

Pie manufacturer Peter’s Food Service has launched a new range of pies that are 30 per cent larger and feature enhanced recipes, but are the same price as the product they replace.

Fifty-six per cent said that pizza was healthy if topped with certain vegetables or fruits, while over 20 per cent thought that pizza was ‘fairly healthy’, regardless of toppings

Customer survey reignites calorie labelling debate

By Luke Nicholls

Two-thirds of pub and restaurant goers want to see more nutritional information - including calorie content - on food menus before placing their orders, new research has found.

Investor interest in fast-casual restaurant chains set to soar

Investor interest in fast-casual restaurant chains set to soar

By Stefan Chomka

A fresh round of investment is expected in the hospitality industry over the next 12 months, in particular in small-to-medium fast casual restaurant chains, with private equity companies and investors acknowledging the sector’s growth potential.

Samosa café opens first site in Reading

Samosa café opens first site in Reading

By Lorraine Heller

An Indian couple have opened their first Samosa café in Reading, with the aim of bringing ‘authentic’ Indian street food to UK consumers throughout the day.

Burger King launches UK dessert bar

Burger King launches UK dessert bar

By Mark Stretton

Burger King has opened its first UK dessert bar at London’s Westfield shopping centre, the fast food chain has announced.

Leon founder launches Flat Planet

Leon founder launches Flat Planet

By Martyn Leek

John Vincent, one of the founders of the healthy fast food chain Leon, is this morning launching his latest venture, Flat Planet, in London

Mexican restaurant chain Chilango to expand in 2010

Mexican restaurant chain Chilango to expand in 2010

By Emma Eversham

Chilango, the fast casual Mexican restaurant chain founded by Eric Partaker and Dan Houghton, will open two more sites outside the capital this year and is planning to open a 'handful' of central London sites

Sustainable Restaurant Association aims for 1000 audits

Sustainable Restaurant Association aims for 1000 audits

By Stefan Chomka

The Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) aims to have at least 1,000 venues audited within its first year of operation and says it has already been in talks with a number of big name chains and independent restaurants about them signing up to its...

Restaurants move closer to displaying calories on menus

Restaurants move closer to displaying calories on menus

By Emma Eversham

Calorie information appearing on menus could soon become commonplace across the UK according to the Food Standards Agency following a trial involving 21 restaurants and other catering businesses

Diners eat out more but spend less

Diners eat out more but spend less

By Emma Eversham

Diners say they intend to eat out more over the next year, but will spend less on alcohol, starters and desserts when they do, according to the quarterly QuickBite survey

Business profile: Leon

Business profile: Leon

By Paul Wootton

Henry Dimbleby and John Vincent set up fast food chain Leon after spotting a gap in the market. And they’ve got some pretty ambitious plans, including going worldwide.

Subway to open 600 new stores by 2010

Subway to open 600 new stores by 2010

By Emma Eversham

The take-away market continues to boom as the sandwich chain announces plans to open more stores and create 7,000 new jobs

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