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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Aug- 2018 -9 August
AccorHotels reports ‘success’ with UK urban gardens initiative
AccorHotels has reported successful growth in its sustainable food initiative, with 26 of the group’s UK properties now containing an…
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7 August
Pret A Manger introduces genderless gingerbread men
Pret A Manger has decided to make its gingerbread men genderless and call them gingerbread biscuits instead. The decision was…
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1 August
Food operators hit by 75% heatwave vegetable price hike
Food operators face a price increase of up to 75% for high quality root vegetables, due to the recent heatwave…
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Jul- 2018 -30 July
Chipotle launches first vegan protein item
Mexican restaurant chain Chipotle has introduced its first ever vegan protein item to its menu, available at all six of…
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20 July
Frozen food sector warned against listeria outbreak
UK retailers and suppliers have been advised to protect their businesses as a dozen more frozen food products feel the…
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20 July
London ice-cream restaurant kicks out Unilever scouts
London ice-cream restaurant Chin Chin Lab has kicked out a Unilever ‘inspiration team’ after they were found to be writing…
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19 July
Temper City to change entire menu after Indian grill sees ‘sluggish’ customer response
Chef Neil Rankin’s Temper City restaurant is to change its entire menu as a result of what Rankin calls a…
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18 July
KFC fined £35,000 for selling undercooked chicken
A Welsh branch of KFC has been fined £35,000 after it was found to have sold under-cooked chicken. Environmental health…
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16 July
Scotts chefs to introduce new summer menu
Food and cocktail service Buzzworks Holdings has announced a summer menu at its Troon and Largs venues. Chefs at Troon…
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16 July
BPC head says UK will need to build more chicken ‘mega-farms’
The CEO of the British Poultry Council (BPC), Richard Griffiths, has said that more chicken ‘mega-farms’ are “the way that…
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