The Clink Training Restaurant, operating from HMP Brixton, has announced it is launching Clink@Home for its customers from today. Delivering to homes within a five-mile radius of HMP Brixton covering Brixton, Crystal Palace, Mitcham, Camberwell, Putney, Battersea and over the river into Westminster, Fulham and Mayfair. Serving customers a delicious range of dishes via a new … [Read more...]
Casual Dining Group sale in final stage showdown
The casual dining sector has possibly been impacted from Covid-19 more than any other, and many brands that were synonymous with casual dining are no more. Casual Dining Group owns and operates Bella Italia, Belgo, Café Rouge, Huxleys, Oriel and Las Iguanas, and prior to the current crisis employed circa 6,000 people across its diverse restaurant portfolio. Nearly one third … [Read more...]
Eat Out to Help Out – goes LIVE
Restaurants and other establishments serving food for on premises consumption can now sign up to a new government initiative aimed at protecting jobs in the hospitality industry and encouraging people to safely return to dining out. The Eat Out to Help Out registration page went live this morning on GOV.UK, allowing businesses to join the scheme announced last week by … [Read more...]
No Shows survive Covid-19 while restaurants may not, unless things change
Booking anything and expecting the provider to reserve a place, expecting them to spend time preparing for your booking, and then not showing up shows a lack of honesty that cannot and should not be tolerated any longer. This applies to the booking of anything including restaurant seats and tables. In the past three to four months the restaurant industry has been decimated, … [Read more...]
Uber acquires Postmates for $2.65 billion
Uber has announced a deal to acquire Postmates for $2.65 billion that is expected to complete in Q1 2021. Uber strategy is to run the Postmates app separate from its Uber Eats app and keep both brands operating. The acquisition announcement follows quickly after Uber's failed deal with Grubhub, enabling Just Eat to make the $7.3 billion acquisition announced last … [Read more...]