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COVID-19 has caused a monumental shift in consumers’ food and drink habits. The boundaries between eating at home and out-of-home, once blurred, have now broken down, resulting in unprecedented changes
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Brewer Carlsberg UK has launched a new digital platform called ‘Love My Local’ to support food and drink operators who are either closed or facing restrictions, due to COVID-19. The
The latest CGA Business Confidence Survey reveals that UK operators remain deeply pessimistic about both market prospects and the future of their own businesses, with a third (32%) of senior
Britain’s managed pub, restaurant and bar sector saw collective like-for-like sales drop 57.6% in March as the country moved into lockdown, latest data from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker show.
With Britain in lock-down, hot food delivery services from restaurants and takeaways are set to have an increasingly important role in keeping the nation fed. The public’s appetite for delivered
Starbucks will invest approximately US$130 million in China to open a state-of-the-art roasting facility in 2022 as part of its new Coffee Innovation Park (CIP). As Starbucks largest manufacturing investment
The scale of the impact of the developing coronavirus crisis plus the effect of floods earlier in the month on Britain’s managed pub, bar and restaurant sector in February is
CGA’s latest Business Leaders’ Survey reveals that optimism among business leaders in the UK out-of-home eating and drinking sector was at its highest level for nearly four years when the survey
Kerry Taste & Nutrition recently hosted a first of its kind conference exclusive to the UK foodservice sector, sharing knowledge and insights on an area that is key to future
Irish chicken producer Manor Farm has won the IFSA (Irish Foodservice Suppliers Alliance) Best Sustainable Food Product Award 2020. Manor Farm, received the award for the company’s ‘Farmers to Market’
Britain may have fallen out of love with shopping on the High Street over the festive period, but consumers continued to go out to eat and drink over Christmas and
Optimism in the eating and drinking-out market has risen to its highest point for 18 months, the latest Business Confidence Survey reveals – but senior executives remain wary of squeezed consumer spending
UK-based pubs group JD Wetherspoon is to invest more than £200 million on its estate over the next four years. It will invest the money developing new pubs and hotels
Supply issues are driving up the wholesale prices of Christmas dinner essentials, leaving UK operators and consumers facing higher costs over the festive period. The exclusive monthly Foodservice Price Index
Unilever’s The Vegetarian Butcher has partnered with the Burger King brand to launch the plant-based Rebel Whopper. In the initial phase, the Rebel Whopper powered by The Vegetarian Butcher, is
Software business, Touch2Success, has announced a multi-million pound acquisition of Big Foodie. Touch2Success is the parent company of popular UK online food portal, Foodhub. Big Foodie’s staff, infrastructure, website and
Kepak Group, a family owned Irish company and one of Europe’s leading food innovators, has become the first ever European meat processor to be awarded United States Department of Agriculture
Business confidence among the leaders of Britain’s pub and restaurant groups has taken a hit amid fears about the long-term impact of Brexit – pushing market optimism to its lowest
Britain’s managed pub and restaurant groups saw collective like-for-like sales grow 1.6% in August against the same time last year, with drink-led pubs, and especially those in London, being the
Britain’s restaurant numbers have fallen for the sixth quarter in a row, the new edition of the Market Growth Monitor from CGA and AlixPartners reveals. Independent operators have borne the brunt of the closures
Bidfood, the UK foodservice wholesaler supplying fresh, frozen, ambient and non-food related products to customers in a wide range of sectors within the foodservice and catering industries, has announced the
The number of restaurants in Britain fell by 2.8% in the year to March 2019, the latest edition of the Market Growth Monitor from CGA and AlixPartners reveals — with
A bold new industry campaign has been launched to tackle nearly £3 billion worth of food that is wasted every
The hot Easter weekend delivered starkly different outcomes for Britain’s managed pub and restaurant groups, latest figures from the Coffer
McDonald’s Corporation, the world’s leading global food service retailer with nearly 38,000 locations in over 100 countries around the world,
A national board has been brought together to oversee the delivery of an ambitious plan to boost food tourism in
Britain’s supply of casual dining restaurants dipped for the first time in nine years in 2018 as a sustained decline
The number of restaurants in Britain slipped by 2.0% over the year to September 2018, the new edition of the
Bord Bia (Irish Food Board) has released the findings of its 2018 Irish Foodservice Market Insights Report which shows that Ireland’s foodservice
Research by a leading software company has been shared with UK food manufacturers in a bid to improve the UK’s
July’s heatwave was good news for Britain’s pubs but heaped more pressure on the country’s restaurant chains, latest figures from
Four of Ireland’s top food companies will benefit from a significant boost to their businesses as Center Parcs announces the
New figures from Public Health England (PHE) reveal England’s poorest areas are fast food hotspots, with 5 times more outlets
JAB, a global investment firm with a proven track record of investing in premium brands, is acquiring Pret A Manger,
Irish and international food group Dawn Meats has been awarded the McDonald’s Global “Scale for Good” Award. This Global award
South and East England-based franchise business, Caskade Caterers, has secured a £29.4 million funding package from HSBC to support its
Many casual dining brands continued to expand on British high streets over the last year, despite the host of challenges
A food service delivery operation supplying fresh milk and other products to 3,000 non-residential customers in England and Wales which
The 900g Euro Squeeze multilayer polypropylene bottle from RPC Corby has been selected by leading Greek food manufacturer Provil for
With casual dining brands closing sites and scaling back expansion in the UK, well-run independent operators have an opportunity to
More flexible menus and an increase of meal occasions from breakfast and all day brunch through to dinner has led
Lamb Weston, a leading supplier of frozen potato, sweet potato, appetizer and vegetable products to restaurants and retailers around the
Sysco Corporation is to acquire Kent Frozen Foods, a successful UK-based food service distributor with revenue in the year ended
Bord Bia released the findings of its 2017 Irish Foodservice Channel Insights Report in advance of its annual foodservice seminar
The latest edition of the CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index reveals that in some categories actual prices are starting to
McDonald’s Corporation has announced a major acceleration of its expansion plans in China following the successful completion of a strategic
The Subway® brand has opened its 2,500th store in the UK at Keynsham, Banes. The new outlet features the new Subway®
TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site, and Deliveroo, the on-demand food-delivery service, have announced the integration of Deliveroo’s restaurant network into
Around Noon, the Northern Ireland-based food-to-go manufacturer, has expanded its presence within the UK. The Newry headquartered company, which already
From July 2016 to July 2017, SUBWAY® stores will have removed around 3.7 billion calories from Great British diets, after
Deliveroo has launched Deliveroo Editions, a revolutionary platform that will enable hundreds of restaurants to reach new customers in cities
Investment group JAB is acquiring Panera Bread Company, the US-based restaurant chain, for transaction value of approximately $7.5 billion (including
Gluten-free is a growing challenge for the Irish foodservice industry, both as a dietary lifestyle choice but more significantly as
After almost two years in the making, Deliveroo Extreme Delivery, the innovative new concept taking the food delivery industry to
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