Increased consumer exposure during lockdown is set to provide a 'long-lasting boost' to the foodservice delivery market, according to Lumina Intelligence’s new Foodservice Delivery Market Report Update 2020.
PizzaExpress' company voluntary arrangement (CVA) proposal, which will see 73 of the group's restaurants closed and 1,100 jobs put at risk, has been approved by creditors.
A round-up some of the main hospitality news stories from the past week including the closure of pioneering vegetarian restaurant Vanilla Black, and Mark Jarvis joining Liv in Belgravia.
Quality Chop House co-owner Will Lander has rejuvenated the Hoxton Holborn’s ground floor dining area with Rondo, a neighbourhood-style restaurant and wine bar that’ll have oenophiles salivating.
Nearly 60,00 hospitality and tourism jobs are at risk in Scotland because of the economic downturn as a result of Coronavirus, according to a new report.
The Government’s Eat Out to Help Out (EOHO) scheme has been hailed a success by the hospitality sector, with a large majority of businesses saying it led to a boost in trade.
Robin and Sarah Gill's highly influential The Dairy restaurant, which permanently closed the doors to its original home in Clapham last month, is to reopen in London's Bermondsey next week.
Pret A Manger is launching what it claims will be the UK’s first in-shop coffee subscription as part of its strategy to attract more customers post lockdown.
West Country-born chef and recent Great British Menu contestant Harriet Mansell is to relaunch her Lyme Regis pop-up Robin Wylde as a permanent restaurant venture next month.
The co-founder of Corbin & King discusses reopening most of his estate, trying to launch a restaurant during the pandemic; the mixed bag of dealing with landlords and what he hopes the positive sides of the pandemic will be.
Diners spent 34.2% more at restaurants on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays in August than they did in July thanks to the Government’s Eat Out To Help Out Initiative but the industry is still down on last year.
YO! has confirmed it is to permanently shutter 19 sites after its Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) proposal was approved yesterday (1 September) by creditors.
This month's radar features many long-awaited openings including chef Mike Robinson's latest venture, The Elder; the inaugural London outpost for French-based group Paris Society; and Club Mexicana's first permanent site.
Speciality Welsh coffee company Kin+Ilk has launched a café at the Intu-operated St David’s following a successful pop-up at the Cardiff shopping centre.
The Government scheme undoubtedly put bums on seats in August, but it has also encouraged an unwelcome return to discounting. So where does this leave the sector now?
Restaurateurs Andrew Dargue and Donna Conroy have announced that their innovative vegetarian fine-dining restaurant Vanilla Black will not reopen on it’s current site in London's Holborn.
Hospitality business leaders operating in London have warned that the sector is at 'real risk of failure' unless there is a coordinated campaign to encourage tourists and office workers back.
A round-up some of the main hospitality news stories from the past week, including The Estrella Damm National Restaurant Awards Top 100 Auction going live, Wahaca's restaurant closures and Native's move eastwards.
The majority of restaurant and pub operators have no plans to offer their own form of the Government's Eat Out to Help Out discount scheme past August, according to the latest Hospitality Leaders Poll.
The government’s Eat Out to Help Out (EOHO) scheme has led to footfall in Liverpool’s city centre streets increasing by more than a quarter, new data has shown.
The majority of UK consumers still feel uncomfortable with eating out, with more than half believing it will take a matter of months before they will return to restaurants, according to findings of a new poll.
More than a third of people will dine out less often in September once the government’s Eat Out to Help Out (EOHO) scheme has ended, according to the latest findings from a YouGov poll.
Restaurant group Big Mamma is to go ahead with its plans to open a third London restaurant, in Covent Garden, despite the current challenging trading environment.
Filipino fast food chain Jollibee is to open its second UK site early next month in Liverpool, and says it has 'ambitious plans' to rapidly expand across the country.
Wahaca is to permanently close more than a third of its estate and is considering a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA), as it works to secure its future.
Commercial landlord Grosvenor will fund an extension of the Government's Eat Out to Help Out scheme into September by offering rent reductions to its tenants in London’s West End.
The total number of individual restaurant premises signed up to the Government's Eat Out to Help Out scheme has fallen by 1,000 between the second and third week.
