The Ivy Kensington Brasserie opened 15 December, set in the space previously occupied by Pavilion’s Restaurant and Bar, and almost opposite High Street Kensington tube station. It offers accessible, sophisticated all-day dining for local residents, businesses, shoppers and visitors. The brasserie-style menu features breakfast, elevenses, brunch, lunch, afternoon tea and … [Read more...]
Death of the traditional Christmas Dinner?
The traditional image of a turkey Christmas dinner with all the trimmings could become a thing of the past as research from restaurant booking platform Bookatable.co.uk has found that the meat is falling out of favour with Millennials. Over half of Brits aged 18-34 years old do not like the taste of turkey but force it down at Christmas. An additional third (37%) have had so … [Read more...]
Pizza Hut 6.2% sales growth + huge opportunity
Pizza Hut Restaurants has announced like for like sales growth of 6.2% for the period from 1st December 2014 to 29th November 2015, having achieved nine quarters of consecutive growth. The casual dining business has also outstripped the market in like for like sales growth in 45 out of 52 weeks (Coffer Peach Business Tracker). The results are testament to a successful year … [Read more...]
Foodservice Industry Trends to watch in 2016
The NPD Group has identified five key foodservice industry trends to monitor in 2016: 1. Experimentation and Customisation – less loyalty, more variety. Consumers want new flavours, fusion foods, and premium options. Winners create customisable food, and small sharing dishes to facilitate experimentation and fun. They evolve the menu regularly to drive frequency … [Read more...]
Don Giovanni wins Les Routiers ‘2016 Newcomer of the Year’ Award
Manchester’s longest standing Italian restaurant, Don Giovanni, has won the Les Routiers ‘Newcomer of the Year 2016 award’. The independently owned restaurant was recently given a £400K refurbishment to celebrate its 31 year anniversary and now boasts some stunning new features including a fresh pasta and dessert station, a spectacular new Italian marble bar, new windows, … [Read more...]