Miller & Carter has announced it will open a new steakhouse in the former Post Office on St. Vincent Street, Glasgow and will be open from Friday, 4 March, just in time for Mother’s Day. This is the second restaurant the group has opened in Scotland, the first in Edinburgh. The works involve a five- month refurbishment of the old Post Office which was the former National … [Read more...]
Whitbread Launches Beefeater Bar + Block Concept in Birmingham
Whitbread, the UK’s largest hotel, restaurant and coffee shop operator, is launching a brand new restaurant concept, Beefeater Bar + Block in Birmingham city centre this March. Located on Waterloo Street, Bar + Block will be an evolved, contemporary version of its Beefeater brand and has been specifically designed to thrive in high street locations. Birmingham based agency … [Read more...]
Notting Hill’s Kensington Place to re-launch its Fish & Chips Pop-Up
After last year's success, Kensington Place is set to re-open The Notting Gill Chippy on Thursday 3rd March. Located on Kensington Church Street, adjacent to the main restaurant, the pop-up will once again tempt Londoners and tourists alike with Chef Tim Peirson’s novel interpretations of the best loved of British classics alongside traditional fish and chips dishes. This … [Read more...]
Restaurants drive growth in Oriental food consumption
Wing Yip’s Oriental Food Report launched for Chinese New The explosion in the number of Pan-Asian restaurants is driving the growth of Oriental food in the UK, according to a new report published today to coincide with the start of Chinese New Year. Wing Yip, the UK’s leading Oriental grocer, commissioned the Oriental Food Report, a comprehensive study of the growing … [Read more...]
Acquisition of takeaway businesses Rocket Internet in Spain and Italy, and Foodpanda in Brazil and Mexico
JUST EAT plc (LSE: JE.), the world’s leading digital marketplace for takeaway food delivery, today announces that it has agreed the acquisition of four businesses from Rocket Internet and foodpanda for €125.0 million in aggregate (£94.7 million) (the “Acquisition”), to be funded from existing cash resources. The businesses acquired are online takeaway food businesses trading … [Read more...]