PAUL UK reports revenue rise in 2016: PAUL UK, the 36-strong French bakery and café brand, has reported sales rose 12.3% to £32.3m for the year ended 31 December 2016. Sales were up 3% on a like-for-like basis. Group Ebitda (before head … view

Finance Kitchen to launch food and drink investment platform in September: Bespoke finance house Finance Kitchen is to launch its own crowdfunding platform specifically for the food and drink industry in September. The platform will promo … view

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Arc Inspirations reports Ebitda up 88%, sales up 18%, appoints new managing director: Arc Inspirations has reported record financial results as Ebitda increased 88% to £2.6m and total sales rose 18% to £22.5m. The company has also appoi … view

M&B reports like-for-like growth of 2.6% in most recent ten weeks: Mitchells & Butlers has reported like-for-like sales growth of 2.6% over the ten week period ending 22 July continuing ‘both the momentum reported at the half year and o … view

Steve Easterbrook – McDonald’s delivery is ‘meaningful opportunity’, check sizes are ‘1.5 to two times overall restaurant average’: McDonald’s chief executive Steve Easterbrook has told analysts delivery is proving to be a � … view

Steve Easterbrook – McDonald’s UK saw highest sales volume in 43 year history in April: McDonald’s chief executive Steve Easterbrook has reported sales and guest numbers grew in all of its top nine markets in its Second Quarter – … view

Late-night food delivery service Feast launches £150,000 crowdfunding campaign for expansion: Late-night food delivery service Feast has launched a £150,000 fund-raise on crowdfunding platform Crowdcube. The company is offering 3.61% eq … view

Krispy Kreme UK reports turnover and Ebitda boost: Krispy Kreme UK has reported sales in the UK rose to £66,689,000 in the 11 months to 1 January 2017, up 8% on 12 months ago. As of 1 January 2017, the company operated 80 retail location … view

Mayor unveils first ever 24-hour vision for London: Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has launched his vision for London to become a leading 24-hour global city as he pledged to plan for life at night in the same way the city does for the day. S … view

Fuller’s reports like-for-likes up 6.6% in managed division: Fuller’s has reported ‘a very good start’ to the year, in the 16 weeks to 22 July, with like-for-like sales in its managed pubs and hotels rising 6.6% during the period. … view

Diners reduce restaurant visits as delivery apps soar: More than two-fifths (43%) of consumers are eating out less often as online delivery companies transform the restaurant sector, according to new research from loyalty scheme Nectar. T … view

Eataly reports sharp turnover and Ebitda drop, Eataly World to open in September: Italian food emporium Eataly Distribuzione, which operates the Eataly franchise worldwide, has reported a loss of €11m in 2016, compared with a profit of … view

PCA – Pubs Code will ‘come into its own in second year’, updated figures to be published on Wednesday: Pubs Code Adjudicator (PCA) Paul Newby has said he is convinced the Pubs Code will come into its own in its second year of operat … view

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CAMRA calls for ‘change of approach’ on Pubs Code: Ministers must act to deliver a change of approach from the Pubs Code Adjudicator following 12 months of confusion and delay, the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has argued, exactly one … view

CAMRA calls for ‘change of approach’ on Pubs Code: Ministers must act to deliver a change of approach from the Pubs Code Adjudicator following 12 months of confusion and delay, the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has argued, exactly one … view

Subway opens 100th Northern Ireland site: Subway has opened its 100th store in Northern Ireland. Franchisees Muhammad Aamir and Akhlaq Akhtar have opened the site, which is their third in total, in Upper Lisburn Road, Belfast, with seatin … view

Domino’s Pizza Poland reports like-for-likes up 17%: Domino’s Pizza Poland has reported like-for-like sales increased 17% in the first half of 2017. System sales were up 50% to PLN27m compared with PLN18m the year before. It was the 1 … view

Gourmet Burger Kitchen reports ‘strong’ like-for-like growth: Gourmet Burger Kitchen has reported turnover grew 16% to £77.9m in the year ended 26 February 2017 (2016: £67.4m) as it opened 13 new restaurants, four more than the year … view

Airbnb bookings in London climb 130% despite ‘lack of regulation’ concerns: The number of nights booked in London with Airbnb climbed 130% last year, despite concerns over the company’s “lack of regulation”. The growing populari … view

BII partners with Propel for industry-wide training awards: The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) has partnered with Propel and CPL Training Group for the industry’s premier awards night for training achievement in the pub and resta … view

Just Eat puts loans on takeaway menu: Just Eat, the global market place for online food delivery has joined forces with Britain’s biggest peer-to-peer lender to offer loans to the 30,000 UK restaurants servicing its takeaway app. It has … view

Oakman reports like-for-likes up 12.4%, updates on pipeline: Oakman Inns & Restaurants has reported like-for-like sales were up 12.4% for the quarter ending 2 July 2017 with trading “significantly ahead of expectations”. Three major f … view

Douglas Jack – ‘we’d recommend buying Domino’s shares for the long term’: Peel Hunt leisure analyst Douglas Jack has recommended buying Domimo’s UK shares for the long term. He suggested, however, that the rate of expansion of … view

Eating out remains at heart of UK spending even as financial pressures grow: Eating out has remained at the heart of UK spending in the second quarter of the year even as financial pressures grow, according to the latest Cardlytics Spendi … view

Sector like-for-likes bounce back with 0.6% growth in June, pubs outperform restaurants: Managed pub and restaurant groups were back in growth in June with collective like-for-like sales up 0.6% compared with the same month last year, acc … view

JD Wetherspoon reports like-for-likes up 5.3%: JD Wetherspoon has reported like-for-like sales increased by 5.3% in the 11 weeks to 9 July and total sales increased by 3.6%. In the year to date (50 weeks to 9 July 2017) like-for-like sale … view

ALMR Christie & Co Benchmarking Report – operating costs pass 50% as margins tighten, rooms and nightclubs the success stories: Increased operating costs and tightening margins have highlighted the importance of support for the sector a … view

Hot weather boosts Young’s like-for-likes by 8.6%: London pub retailer Young’s has reported like-for-like sales up 8.6% at the start of its financial year thanks to hot weather. Stephen Goodyear, chairman of Young & Co.’s, said: “ … view

Goodbody – Greene King will have to offset cost headwinds via growth and increased pricing in Pub Company division to maintain profitability: Goodbody leisure analyst Brian Devitt has said Greene King will have to offset cost headwinds … view

Takeaway sector unites to call on government to back £9.4bn industry: The British Takeaway Campaign (BTC), a new industry umbrella body led by Just Eat that launched today (Monday, 10 July), has urged the government to recognise its econ … view

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Handmade Burger Co falls into administration: The Handmade Burger Co has fallen into administration. Leonard Curtis Recovery administrators closed nine of the company’s 29 restaurants yesterday with remaining outlets trading as normal p … view

Bird reports first-half turnover tops £2m as menu changes ‘pay off’: London-based fried chicken restaurant group Bird has reported net turnover of £2m in the first six months of 2017, posting its third consecutive £1m quarter. The … view

Just Eat appoints new chief executive: Just Eat, the global market place for online food delivery, has appointed Peter Plumb as its new chief executive. Plumb, who was chief executive of Moneysupermarket.com Group until May when he steppe … view

Booker to report like-for-likes up 4.2% at AGM: Booker Group, the food wholesaler, is holding its Annual General Meeting at 11am today. At the meeting, chief executive Charles Wilson will read out the following trading update: “Overall … view

Plant-based burger concept The Vurger Co hits £180,000 crowdfunding target to open permanent site within 30 hours of launch: Plant-based burger concept The Vurger Co has hit its £180,000 crowdfunding target to open a permanent site with … view

Aprirose acquires 73 M&B pubs and forms new pub company: Real estate investment company Aprirose has exchanged to acquire a 73-asset portfolio from Mitchells & Butlers. The portfolio will operate under new pub company banner Milton Pubs a … view

Joseph Holt reports turnover nears £60m as Ebitda increases 4.2%: North west brewer and retailer Joseph Holt has reported turnover has grown to almost £60m following a year of investment. The company, which operates about 130 pubs, saw … view

Carlsberg UK acquires London Fields Brewery: Carlsberg UK has acquired London Fields Brewery and will operate the business as a joint venture with Brooklyn Brewery from Brooklyn, New York. London Fields Brewery will operate as an independ … view

Multi-site operators blast PCA and MRO process: Leaders of 12 multi-site operators have put their names to a letter to the government blasting inaction by the Pubs Code Adjudicator (PCA), Paul Newby, which they say is failing the Market R … view

Bottle Shop smashes £350,000 crowdfunding target, signs first online partner: Craft beer bar and wholesaler The Bottle Shop has closed its campaign on crowdfunding platform Crowdcube after smashing its £350,000 target to double its reta … view