Foodservice price inflation dropped back to 0.5% in February 2018—the lowest point since the EU referendum. That is the headline finding of the latest edition of the CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index.
As customer tastes and habits continue to evolve, the big challenge for those working in food and drink market is how best to stay in tune with them. That will be one of the key themes for CGA’s new Insight 2018 conference in London on April 19.
Turtle Bay, BunCo, Stem & Glory, Texas Rocks and Yolkin are several of this week’s new openings.
Recruiting, motivating and training employees will be vital if pub, bar and restaurant brands are to carve out growth in 2018, CGA’s Business Leaders’ Survey shows.
The full line-up for the CGA Insight 2018 conference in London on April 19 has now been released – with thought-provoking sessions on consumer influencers, the new role of drinks, brand momentum and next-generation tech all on the agenda.
Loungers, El Pastor, Kanada-Ya, Patisserie Valerie and The Vurger Co. are a few of this week’s new openings.
Food and drink is an important consideration for three in five festival-goers—and there are big opportunities to convert them to new drinks brands.
CGA Group today completed the acquisition of CPL Online, the specialist provider of e-learning, business solutions and interactive services from CPL Training. The deal extends CGA’s product portfolio and technical capabilities with opportunities to develop further products and services for both its core UK hospitality customers and beyond into new sectors.
The way technology is shaping the future of eating and drinking-out was put under the full spotlight this week with the launch of the wagamamago pay-and-go app.
The new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will put strict new responsibilities on all businesses handling people’s data. The changes, which come into force on 25 May, are accompanied by significant new fines for those infringing consumers’ rights, amounting to as much as 4% of turnover.
Rosa’s Thai Café, Mowgli, Homeslice, Flesh & Buns and The Hero of Maida are just a handful of this week’s new openings.
The British public continued to go out to eat and drink in February – in spite of the cold weather and the negative media stories around restaurant chain closures.
Boss of the award-winning Alchemist bar group Simon Potts is the latest big name to join the speakers’ roster for CGA’s new Insight 2018 conference in London on April 19.
Second Cup, Krispy Kreme, Baygo, Lahpet and Salt n Sauce round out this week’s list of new openings.
Healthy lifestyles are transforming the way consumers eat out, while hospitality is facing a post-Brexit crisis in recruitment. Read the latest findings from the third edition of Future Shock, the exclusive series of insights into the UK’s eating and drinking out sectors from CGA and UKHospitality (formerly the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers – ALMR).
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