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The owner and founder of ‘organic, radical and ethical’ Totnes pub The Bull Inn on growing up in a Midlands commune, greenwashing, and why her guests should think twice before turning the heat up.
Cult sandwich sellers Jack Macrae and Viggo Blegvad have finally gone permanent with a site on Camberwell’s Peckham Road.
Food-led operators reported a ‘relatively strong performance’ in the run-up to Christmas with like-for-like growth of 3.4% in the on-the-go sector and 2.1% in restaurants.
Staffordshire-based restaurant and pub operator Parogon Group will bring its Mediterranean-inspired brand Willow to Sutton Coldfield next month marking its first site in the Birmingham area.
Casual dining operator Tasty has agreed an insurance claim relating to losses in 2020.
Persian restaurant brand Berenjak is to open a third London site later this year in Mayfair.
Pizza Hut’s biggest UK franchisee is ‘in advanced talks with potential buyers’ as it looks to secure a sale for the business this month.
Two of the founders of kebab restaurant group Le Bab will launch a ‘brand new old fashioned boozer’ on the former site of Camden Market pub The Farrier early next year.
Samyukta Nair’s latest Mayfair restaurant is her most casual yet offering simple Italian food at surprisingly approachable prices.
High-profile Leeds restaurant Swine that Dines will move from the city centre to a larger site in the suburb of Headingley next month.
Hampshire’s Hambledon Wine Estate will launch a new restaurant and tasting room early next year.
D&D London operator CGL Restaurant Holdings has said it is continuing to assess ‘the performance and viability’ of its estate after losses rose in its latest financial results.
St Pancras Bar & Brasserie will launch a Kitchen Bar that will offer a separate menu that is focused on raw food early next year.
Pizza Express will make its US debut in 2025 with a restaurant in Florida as it looks to ‘fill a gap in the premium pizza market’.
Kevin Styles is to step down as CEO of the Jamie Oliver Group after nearly two and a half years with the business.
Azzurri Group has delivered an 18% increase in revenue to £303.1m for the year ended 30 June 2024.
Britain’s leading hospitality groups recorded year-on-year sales growth of 2.7% in November 2024, the latest edition of the CGA RSM Hospitality Business Tracker reveals.
Chotto Matte has closed its Marylebone restaurant to focus on its Soho flagship and its upcoming Manchester site.
Nando’s is plotting further expansion in the UK following a ‘strong sales performance’ in its latest financial results, which saw sales rise and losses reduce.
Alex Peffly and Z He’s latest London restaurant is an ode to ‘the hedonistic era of 1980’s Hong Kong’
Ibérica has shuttered three of its five sites as part of an administration process with the group’s other two restaurants acquired by rival London-based Spanish operator Camino.
Rosa’s Thai has reported a significant increase in sales and adjusted EBITDA For the 53 weeks to 31 March 2024, but has swung to a loss after tax.
Having set up a new limited company to save the business, the Erst founders are doubling down with a series of investments planned for the Ancoats site.
The team behind Angelina Dalston will launch a pasta and grill restaurant in East London’s Norton Folgate development early next year.
Pachamama Group’s flagship Pachamama Bar + Kitchen restaurant in Marylebone will close at the end of the year to make way for a new as-yet unnamed Italian concept.
Fast-growing Africa-inspired casual dining group Afrikana will open a restaurant within Wembley’s London Designer Outlet next year.
Hotel brand GuestHouse has brought its steak and seafood-focused in-house restaurant brand to the South Coast.
D&D London will close its Angelica and Crafthouse restaurant at the top of the Trinity Leeds shopping centre this month, bringing an end to the group’s presence in the city.
Fast casual vegan brand PLANT SHACK, which operates six sites across Spain, has signed a franchise agreement to open its first UK outpost in London.
US restaurant group Chuck E. Cheese is looking to expand into the UK market, targeting locations in cities including Glasgow, Manchester and Bristol.
The team behind Sheffield-based bar, kitchen and bottle shop Two Thirds Beer Co. is to open a Euro-inspired beer hall and restaurant in the South Yorkshire city next year.
History suggests that casual dining side hustles are doomed to fail but that hasn’t stopped operators looking to replicate the success of their original concepts.
Anthony ‘Murf’ Murphy, co-founder of burger quartet The Beefy Boys, on almost claiming the title of World’s Best Burger, the rise of the Oklahoma-style patty, and his group’s future plans.
Pizza Express has renewed its partnership with tastecard and Gourmet Society owner Ello Group following a five-year hiatus.
Whitbread has appointed former Boparan CEO Joe Texeira as managing director for its restaurants division.
The restaurateur and co-founder of the Delamina group on the business lessons of his father and grandfather, working alongside his wife, and the importance of leading by example
Spanish restaurant group Ibérica has filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators.
A decade and a half on from launching in London, the distinctive Indian dining brand is heading Stateside – just don’t expect any American chutzpah.
The Ottolenghi group says it is continuing to explore expansion outside of Zone 1 and 2 in London, with a new site in Richmond set to open next year.
Gail’s is aiming to open between 30 and 40 new sites in 2025, according to CEO Tom Molnar.
More shareholders have said they will vote against Fortress Investment Group’s acquisition of Loungers, with one saying they are ‘furious’ about the proposed deal.
As Brindisa celebrates the 20th anniversary of its first tapas restaurant, the group’s co-founder reflects on the business’s evolution, the impact of Brexit, and its future plans.
Individual restaurants has opened its latest Italian restaurant on the South Coast
Two of Loungers’s biggest shareholders are to vote against Fortress Investment Group’s acquisition of the all-day café and restaurant group.
Chinese restaurant Noodle & Beer will open its second London restaurant in the new year.
Britain’s leading restaurant groups extended a long run of inflation-beating growth in delivery and takeaway sales last month with a like-for-like increase of 4.8%, new research show.
Loungers is to be acquired by US-based investment firm Fortress in a deal that values the all-day café and restaurant group at approximately £338.3m.
Temper has closed its restaurants in Shoreditch and Paddington, as well as its smash burger offshoot in White City, with its operating company understood to have entered administration.
Italian restaurant group San Carlo has rebranded its Cicchetti site in Knightsbridge to its flagship San Carlo brand.
Husband-and-wife duo Amir and Limor Chen have chosen Covent Garden for their largest restaurant project to date.