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11th January 2016 Wholesaler Booker Group has reported non-tobacco like-for-like sales grew 5.1% in the 16 weeks to 30th December 2016. Group non-tobacco sales rose by 4.8% as tobacco sales fell by 1.3% with tobacco like-for-likes down 1.0%. Total sales were up 2.9% and like-for-likes were up 3.2%. The company reported that: “Both the catering […]

10th January 2017   A legal firm Leigh Day is talking to Deliveroo delivery riders about a “potential legal action” against the food delivery firm, attacking its current business model as “absurd”. Deliveroo deems its delivery staff to be “self-employed”, but solicitors Leigh Day suggests they should be entitled to further rights like a minimum

9th January 2016 The Whitbread pub and restaurant chain has issued an apology for adding pork to its ‘beef lasagne’ without informing customers. Hundreds of Brewers Fayre, Table Table and Whitbread Inn restaurants have been serving up the altered dish for months. But menus at some outlets had not been changed. The revelation has angered

4th January 2017   Indian small plates concept Kricket, which launched at Pop Brixton, Lambeth Council’s space dedicated to startup businesses, has opened in Soho. The new 70-cover split level restaurant in Denman Street, has an open kitchen and counter dining for walk-ins. There is also a communal dining area for 14 people downstairs that can be hired for

3rd January 2017 Two Michelin-starred chef Atul Kochhar, a pioneer in Indian fine dining, is to open his first restaurant focused on British gastronomy. He will open 50-cover venue Hawkyns at the Crown Inn in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, on 15th January, championing locally sourced and seasonal produce. The menu will combine British classic cuisines with aspects of Kochhar’s

23rd December 2016   Goa Premium Beer is supporting Shish Turkish restaurant in Sidcup in Kent, with its move to feed single homeless and elderly people for free at Christmas.   The restaurant expects to host up to 400 diners with a full three course meal of authentic Turkish soups, casseroles and rice puddings, between

20th December 2016     The founder of the World Curry Festival, Zulfi Karim, is to open a South Asian restaurant concept at the end of December, in Saltaire, West Yorkshire.  Karim is launching Curryosity in Bingley Road, which he hopes will become a destination eatery in the World Heritage Site village.     The casual

14th December 2016   Maliks Tandoori in Cookham, Berkshire has been the target of an arson attack.  Fire at the restaurant who customers include the Prime Minister Teresa May and actress Barbara Windsor, broke out on 6th December, after a flammable liquid was poured through the letterbox.   Seven members of staff living above the

7th December 2016 Shish Turkish restaurant in Sidcup has posted adverts inviting homeless and elderly people to eat free on Christmas Day. The move has been widely applauded as a “selfless gesture” on social media. Irfan Can Genc, co-manager, said the idea came to him after an elderly neighbour told the staff she would be

21st November 2016   In response to growing customer demand, the award-winning Tarana Indian restaurant in Rainham, Kent is to launch a new gluten-free menu.   Having been open for just over a year, with the focus on fine Indian dining, with authentic regional dishes using prime ingredients, Tarana was named ‘Newcomer of the Year’