SquareMeal Announces the Top 100 Restaurants in London and the UK
The UK’s leading independent restaurant guide – SquareMeal – has announced the best restaurants that London and the UK has to offer. SquareMeal’s London Top…
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Food and Drink
Mandatory Display of Food Hygiene Ratings Could Inform Consumers and Raise Standards
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has renewed its call for a mandatory food hygiene rating scheme in England, which would enable consumers to…
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Cost Pressures Intensify After Foodservice Price Inflation Hits Double Digits in February
Year-on-year inflation in the foodservice sector hit 10.2% in February 2022, the latest edition of the Foodservice Price Index from CGA and Prestige Purchasing reveals….
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What Menu Calorie Information Means for Both the Consumer and the Industry
By Johanna Bolinder, Head of Health & Sustainability, Spoon Guru (www.spoon.guru) From April, the UK Government has implemented legislation which requires the out of home…
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Scottish Government Launches Consultation on Calorie Labelling
The Scottish government has launched a public consultation seeking views on the plans to add the number of calories to menus in the out of…
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Northamptonshire Pub Operator Opens Third Site in the County
Pub company Greedy Gordons Pub Group has opened its third site in Northamptonshire. The Snooty Fox at Lowick, near Thrapston, is a private leasehold which…
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Drinks Sales Continue to Trail Pre-COVID-19 Levels
On Premise drinks sales are hovering just below pre-pandemic levels as we enter the second quarter of 2022, CGA’s latest Drinks Recovery Tracker shows. It…
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Government Failure to Tackle Labour Shortages Will Shrink Food Sector Permanently, Warn MPs
A report by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs committee has revealed that COVID19 and Brexit I’ve had a huge impact on the food and…
Read more...Consumer Card Spending Grew 13.7% in February as Return to Offices, Valentine’s Day and Half-Term Holidays Boosted Hospitality
Consumer card spending grew 13.7 per cent in February compared to the same period in 2020 – the highest growth since November 2021 – as…
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What to Consider When Facing Insolvency
By John Bell, Director of licensed Insolvency Practitioners Clarke Bell, which he founded in 1994. (www.clarkebell.com) The food and beverage service sector is going through…
Read more...Larger Operators Must Display Mandatory Calorie Labelling from Today (April 6)
Calories will be labelled on menus and food labels in out-of-home food businesses from today, April 6 April 2022. Large businesses with 250 or more…
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The Fat Badger York Opens After £1m Renovation
The HRH Group has unveiled an exciting renovation of the Lamb & Lion as it evolves into The Fat Badger York, taking on the much…
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UK Beer Sales Up 1.1 Billion Pints Last Year Compared to 2020 as Pubs Recover
Beer sales are set to return to pre-pandemic levels in the UK, with 4.6 billion litres of beer sold in 2021, up 13% from 2020,…
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£330 Million In Omicron Grants Unspent By Councils
Firms in England, which were most impacted by the Omicron variant, in particular the hospitality and licensed on-trade received less than half of the £635…
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Greene King Pub Partners Launches Seventh Hive Pubs Site Following £400,000 Investment
Greene King Pub Partners has launched its seventh Hive Pubs site. The Orb & Sceptre in South Wootton, Kings Lynn has been transformed into a…
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