Fast Food

Burger King launches UK dessert bar

09-Dec-2010 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

23-Nov-2010 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

Michelin-starred takeaway wraps from Benares and private karaoke in Paradise

13-Aug-2010 By Becky Paskin

Restaurants, hotels and pubs, including Benares and Paradise by way of Kensal Green, tell us about the extra activities they're planning to attract customers

Restaurant operators 'abandon' FSA calorie labelling

27-Jul-2010 By Martyn Leek

A clutch of operators that took part in a Food Standards Agency trial of labelling menus with calorie information have decided not to continue with the scheme

Russian restaurant group Novikov to enter UK

27-May-2010 By Joe Lutrario

A Russian restaurant group has snapped up the lease of the vacant London site slated for Hakkasan’s second outpost in the Capital

Mexican restaurant chain Chilango to expand in 2010

24-Feb-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

27-Jan-2010 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

04-Dec-2009 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

Pod continues expansion as fourth London restaurant opens

13-Nov-2009 By Becky Paskin

Healthy fast-food restaurant Pod has opened its fourth site in London’s New Street Square, and has announced plans to launch a further ten sites in 2010

Diners eat out more but spend less

23-Jul-2009 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

Eighteen calorie labelling restaurants and caterers named

06-Apr-2009 By Becky Paskin

The Food Standards Agency has named the first eighteen restaurants and catering companies to publish nutrition information on their menus

Restaurants hit by supermarket meal deals

02-Feb-2009 By Becky Paskin

Supermarket offers have helped cause the decline of the UK’s restaurants, inspiring amateur chefs to stay at home

Subway to open 600 new stores by 2010

30-Jan-2009 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

Barny’s healthy fast food restaurant opens in London

28-Jan-2009 By Becky Paskin

A restaurant serving ‘healthy fast food’ has been opened in London by playwright Tom Stoppard’s son Barny

Rise of smaller hotel groups predicted

16-Jan-2009 By Emma Eversham

Christie & Co predicts the rise of smaller hotel operators and strong brands as struggling hotel groups sell off individual sites and smaller packages