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24th April 2019   The number of businesses sentenced in court for food safety and hygiene offences have more than doubled since 2013, according to NFU Mutual.   The number of firms convicted of offences rose from about 60 in 2013 to 130 in 2016.  New sentencing guidelines, introduced in 2016, have also seen fines […]

23rd April 2019   Delivery is the foodservice industry’s fastest-growing channel, with the breakfast and lunch segments growing 86% and 99% respectively since 2015, according to research from The NPD Group.   There were 755 million deliveries in the year ending December 2018, an increase of 210 million or 39% since December 2015. In contrast,

22nd April 2019   London-based street food Indian wraps concept Chapati Man is US-bound having sold the master franchise rights for New York.   The Chaat Is Safe, headed by Tejas Vemparala, has purchased the Chapati Man licence rights to open fixed food-to-go sites and food trucks across New York. state.   Chris Rai, owner

21st April 2017   YO! Sushi is to eliminate its conveyor belts from some of its restaurants, to broaden its appeal and highlight that it is no longer a sushi-only concept.   This summer the chain, which opened more than 20 years ago, will establish its first restaurant – at the Westfield shopping centre London –

20th April 2019   Leamington Spa’s Millennium Balti is to host a fund raising event in Coventry to raise money for Plastic Pollution Awareness Action Projects (PPAAP) and This Is Me charities on Sunday 28th April.   Mission Each year the restaurant adopts two charities for little known and taboo causes.   The evening, at the Banqueting

18th April 2019   Spend on delivery services rose 19% in 2018, significantly outperforming the rest of the sector and driving growth in UK dining according to data from Cardlytics analysts.    The report, based on the transactions of more than 2.5 million UK bank customers last year, revealed overall dining grew only 3% year-on-year, compared

17th April 2019   Just Eat has acquired Practi, a software firm providing independent restaurants and small chains with tablet-based point-of-sale (PoS) and restaurant management systems.   The acquisition cost an initial £6.7m with further payments dependent on hitting commercial milestones. Just Eat will provide its restaurant partners with point-of-sale, cash and card payment-handling, inventory

16th April 2019   London-based pop-up vegan Chinese restaurant Mao Chow has opened a permanent site.   Having staged a residency at Dalston cocktail bar Pamela, Mao Chow has moved into a permanent home in Mare Street, Hackney. The venue has just 12 seats for guests to sit at the noodle bar.   The menu

15th April 2019   Royal China will be giving this year’s London Marathon runners a chance to refuel  with a free dim sum dish on Sunday 28th April 2019.   After the strenuous 26 mile trek across London competitors are entitled to one free dish from any dim sum menu when dining in the Baker

12th April 2019         Saffron Summer, the award-winning Indian fine dining restaurant in Chessington in Surrey, is offering free meals to children for two weeks around the Easter holidays.   All children aged 10 and under eat free when accompanied by a minimum of one paying adult.  School kids choose a main