The Lowdown
The restaurantification of retail
Restaurants brands are slowly taking over supermarket shelf space. What’s behind the rush into retail?
Archives for October 25, 2024
Friday five: the week's top restaurant stories
Brian Trollip's promotion to Dishoom CEO, a dip in profits for the UK's biggest restaurant groups, and Michelin's plans for 2025 lead this week's top news stories.
Latest opening: Osip
Farm-to-fork chef Merlin Labron-Johnson is doubling down by moving his Osip flagship to larger and far more flash digs just outside the Somerset town of Bruton.
Pizza Pilgrims looks to relaunch Slice concept as it appoints advisors to assess strategic options
Pizza Pilgrims has appointed advisors to explore strategic and investment options for its next stage of expansion, which includes a relaunch of its spin-off QSR brand Slice.
Martin Williams departs Gaucho operator Rare Restaurants
Martin Williams has stepped down from his role as CEO of Gaucho and M and its holding company Rare Restaurants.
Bristol’s Casa closes its doors
Peter Sanchez-Iglesias’s Bristol restaurant Casa appears to have ceased operating.
Smoking ban for pub gardens and restaurant terraces to be dropped
Plans to extend the smoking ban to restaurant terraces and pub gardens are set to be ditched following an outcry from businesses across the sector.
How Netflix star chef Guirong Wei is taking Xi’an cuisine global
The Shaanxi-born chef behind Master Wei and the more recently launched Dream Xi’an has been head hunted by Netflix’s Chef’s Table series to explore the noodle dishes of her home province.