Friday five: the week’s top hospitality stories
Wingstop’s bold plans for 2025 and news of an all-you-can-eat lasagna restaurant coming to Shoreditch were among this week’s most read stories.
Archives for January 31, 2025
Brother Marcus heads to Canary Wharf for summer opening
Eastern Mediterranean restaurant group Brother Marcus will open a new restaurant in Canary Wharf this summer.
Jackson Boxer: “Why are we making it so hard for ourselves?”
The London-based chef has relaunched his specialised seafood restaurant Orasay in Notting Hill as Dove, a neighbourhood venue he says is more suited to today’s economy.
Mission Mars sees ‘strong’ revenue rise in final quarter of 2024
Mission Mars saw year-on-year revenue rise 43% in the final quarter of 2024, boosted by the continued expansion of Rudy’s Pizza and the opening of Albert’s Schloss’s first London site.
Lidl is opening a pub in one of its supermarkets
Lidl has been given the green light to open a pub in one of its stores.
Loungers takeover completes for £354m
All-day dining group Loungers has been sold to Fortress Investment Group for £354.4m.