3rd January 2023 London-based wine startup, NICE has launched its first lower ABV Session Wine in time for ‘Dry January’: a 3.4% ABV NICE Session Sauvignon Blanc and NICE Session Merlot, developed to taste like a full-strength wine Other alcohol categories such as beer and spirits, have successfully developed No and Low ABV options that […]
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29th December 2023 Meet Bros in Paddington, an Asian-inspired steakhouse opened in May by the the Serai Group that owns the Malaysian chain Me’nate Steak Hub, one hoping to benefit from the restaurant-goers taking part in ‘Dry January’. A semi-fine dining experience, Meet Bros is a fully halal, alcohol-free, Asian-inspired steakhouse that celebrates the “meeting”
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28th December 2023 A new sparkling wellness drink, inspired by Sri Lankan “plant alchemy” is now available. Unlike “added vitamin” brands which often using synthetic lab-made powders to fortify their drinks, humble warrior delivers its vitamins naturally sourced botanical ingredients like acerola cherries, ginger and turmeric. The brand was inspired by co-founder, Rosh Amarasekara’s, experience of learning
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12th December 2023 Restaurateurs looking to tap into Dry January can serve the month’s “official” drink, CBD rich TRIP. In 2023, 9 million UK adults participated in ‘Dry January’ according to the Alcohol Change UK) charity, with similar numbers of participants expected this year. However, one in three fail to make it to the end of
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8th December Zula, the Istanbul-based burger concept, has partnered with Wagamama founder Alan Yau to launch in the UK. The concept, which is the brainchild of Üryan Doğmuş and Cihan Kıpçak, is set to launch its first site in the UK next spring after securing a site near Marble Arch. It has acquired a site
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1st December 2023 Gong Cha, the fast-growing bubble tea brand headquartered in the UK, has appointment Justin Goes as UK & Ireland development director. For nearly two decades, Goes worked at Subway and held several senior European roles including regional director Europe, where he helped grow Subway stores from 150 to more than 5,000. He
28th November 2023 Indian restaurant group Kricket has secured new funding ahead of opening a fourth London site and further UK expansion. The business, which was founded by Rik Campbell and Will Bowlby in 2015 as a pop-up in a shipping container at Pop Brixton, is due to launch a new site in Canary Wharf
26th November 2023 Ajmal Mushtaq, founder of franchise pizza concept Boss Pizza, has sold his award-winning Indian restaurant in Scotland, which he claims has the “largest takeaway kitchen in the UK”. Mushtaq, whose family have been operating in the area since the early 1970s, said the kitchen at Mushtaqs in Hamilton, serves thousands of meals a
23rd November 2023 London-based Vietnamese street food operator, HOP, has opened a site in the City, at London Wall. The company, which recently appointed Richard Franks, formerly of Chilango, as its new MD to aid plans to open up to 20 new locations in the capital over the next five years, has opened at 60
22nd November 2023 Itsu, the Asian food chain, has opened its “biggest and boldest site so far”, in London’s Bishopsgate. Itsu, the healthy Asian food chain, has opened its “biggest and boldest site so far”, in the City of London. The group has opened a 2,200 square-foot, 60-cover site at 150 Bishopsgate. Itsu founder Julian
