The diversity of London’s restaurants and bars makes it one of the world’s greatest cities for eating and drinking out – but it is the growth in food-led establishments, at the expense of drinking venues, that is changing the shape of the market and leading the expansion into new areas.
Brands including Albion, Carluccio’s, Café Rouge, Hollywood Bowl, Revolucion de Cuba, Little Chef, Yo! Sushi, Pret a Manger, EasyCoffee, Dominos and Gourmet Burger Kitchen are among those with new opening plans to report this week.
Birmingham bar and restaurant entrepreneur Matt Scriven is the latest name on the speakers’ roster at next month’s CGA Peach Future of Finance & Development seminar in London. The Bitters’n’Twisted founder joins Living Ventures boss Jeremy Roberts to bring a regional city perspective to the day’s debate
Catering equipment buyers, specifiers, distributors, and consultants from across the UK will be out in force at the NEC Birmingham next week – checking out the latest new products and services on offer at Commercial Kitchen.
London remains the indisputable hotbed of eating and drinking out in the UK, but more and more restaurant and bar operators are putting their focus on the nation’s other big cities for their openings.
Casual dining restaurants and food-led pubs continue to open up around the country – a trend being led largely by a crop of ambitious, aspiring branded chains.
Brands including Burger & Lobster, Cote, Giggling Squid, Prezzo, Redcomb Pubs, White Horse, Mu Mu, Gusto, Gourmet Burger Kitchen, Zizzi and ASK Italian are among those with new opening plans to report this week.
Jeremy Roberts, who alongside the late Tim Bacon helped create and build the Living Ventures restaurant and bar business, will be joining the speakers’ roster at next month’s CGA Peach Future of Finance & Development seminar in London.
Around a third of British football fans plan to watch the forthcoming European Championships in pubs or bars—and CGA Peach stats from previous big sporting occasions indicates the tournament could give operators a major lift.
Brands including Leon, Boxpark, Meatliquor, Craft Beer Co., The Breakfast Club, Chilango, CAU, Pho, Patty & Bun, Viva Brazil and Oriel are among those with new opening plans to report this week.
Leicester City’s Premier League triumph has been the sporting story of the year—and it has had a big impact on the city’s licensed trade too.
Half of the British population has been on a night out without drinking in the last six months, CGA Peach data reveals—proof of the trend of healthy living and the rising popularity of soft drinks.
Britain’s eating and drinking-out market continued to slow-down in April, according to latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker. Collective like-for-like sales across managed pub and restaurant groups were down 0.8% against the same month last year, and follow a modest 0.6% increase in March.
Brands including Prezzo, Byron, Coast to Coast, Wagamama, The Ivy, Notch, Sticks ‘n’ Sushi, Bitters and Twisted, EAT, Thaikhun and Dirty Martini are among those with new opening plans to report this week.
Law firm Bird & Bird is hosting a seminar on digital strategies and mobile apps in the food and drink sector on Wednesday 25 May.
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