JUST EAT has reported another period of excellent growth in the six months ended 30 June 2014 with revenue up 58% to £69.8m and Underlying EBITDA up 591% to £15.9m. As the infographic above indicates, Just Eat has also taken the opportunity to reveal some insights on the UK’s consumers and their ordering habits over the previous six months! As the world’s largest online … [Read more...]
Albert Roux for The Clink
The Clink Charity welcomes Albert Roux OBE as group chef ambassador to support the work of the scheme across all its restaurant kitchens. Raising the profile and championing the mission With three prisoner training restaurants currently in operation across Her Majesty’s Prison Estate, and a fourth due to open at HMP Styal in Cheshire in 2015, The Clink concept is … [Read more...]
The Great Vegan Bake-Off is on
Following the success of last year's first-ever vegan bake-off, PETA is inviting people who fancy themselves a bit of a master baker to put their skills to the test and share their favourite vegan creations before the 21 August deadline. Winners will have their recipes shared on PETA's blog and will be crowned Great Vegan Bake-Off champion for 2014. "Baking is great fun, but … [Read more...]
OpenTable runs TV ad campaign in London
Open Table, the leading consumer destination site for restaurant bookings in the UK, is launching the company’s first TV advertising campaign, “being choosy just got easy”. Running through September, the TV advertising is part of a larger cross-channel branding campaign in London including tube card panels, print, and social media. “being choosy just got easy” Created … [Read more...]
New restaurants for John Lewis flagship store
Ham Holy Burger (above), an Italian burger restaurant, and its sister company, traditional Neapolitan pizza restaurant Rossopomodoro (below), have opened their first concessions at John Lewis’s flagship store on Oxford Street, London. Ham Holy Burger at John Lewis is the first UK restaurant for the cult Italian burger outlet, which has restaurants in Milan and … [Read more...]