Food and Drink
The latest news and updates on food, from the business journalists at Catering Today. We bring you the latest on what’s happening in the restaurants, bars and catering industry, with exclusive stories, analysis, best practice and industry comment.
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Nov- 2020 -20 November
Consumer spending set to fall by 14.9%
Total UK consumer spending is expected to fall by 14.9% to £183.6bn this year in light of Covid-19-induced lockdowns, according…
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19 November
Wigton takeaway ordered to close following regulations breach
A takeaway site in Wigton has been ordered to temporarily close after it was found to have breached coronavirus regulations.…
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12 November
Casual Dining show postponed until September 2021
The Casual Dining trade show, which was set to take place in March next year, has been postponed amid the…
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12 November
Oddfellows in Chester fined for food safety allergen offence
Oddfellows restaurant in Chester has been ordered to pay over £4300 after a customer was hospitalised for a “severe” reaction…
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9 November
Sbarro opens first UK restaurant
Sbarro has announced its partnership with EG Group and its first restaurant opening in the UK. The pizza chain’s first…
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6 November
Papa John’s revenues surge 17% in Q3
Papa John’s has announced that total group revenue increased 17.1% to $472m (£360.4m) in the third quarter ended 27 September,…
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3 November
Deliveroo pledges free meals to NHS workers
Deliveroo has relaunched its ‘Supporting the NHS’ campaign, with a new commitment to deliver “hundreds of thousands” free, hot meals…
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2 November
Q&A with Jonathan Dockrell
What difficulties were there in opening the shop in Canary Wharf, especially during the pandemic? I suppose that the initial…
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Oct- 2020 -30 October
Pizza Express to axe a further 1,300 jobs
Pizza Express will reportedly cut 1,300 additional jobs across its 370 UK restaurants attributed to poor sales and the continued…
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27 October
Delivery services saved 100,000 restaurant jobs, study finds
A new study by Capital Economics has reported that delivery services such as Deliveroo protected around 100,000 restaurant jobs in…
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