Beech’s Fine Chocolates has launched a brand new range of gluten-free tasty treats, which are available exclusively from its website. All Beech’s chocolates are: Suitable for vegetarians Gluten free Made using natural flavours and colours Sustainably sourced The mouth-watering chocolates from this luxury manufacturer include a selection of Chocolate Bars, which … [Read more...]
Ed’s Easy Diner: rapid growth to continue
Ed’s Easy Diner results for the year ended 30 September 2013 show it achieving rapid growth with a strong pipeline as it delivers its strategy to operate and open new diners in high footfall premium shopping centres, transport interchanges such as railway stations and airports, and busy tourism centres. The company anticipates continued growth of a financially successful … [Read more...]
New restaurants planned for Castle Mall, Norwich
Castle Mall, Norwich has announced exciting redevelopment plans for a new Restaurant Quarter, next to the existing Vue Cinema. 6 new restaurants The multi-million pound investment will bring major improvements to the existing retail and catering offer of the shopping centre for the benefit of shoppers and tourists alike. The revamped Mall will provide six new restaurants … [Read more...]
Waitrose plans for casual dining?
In light of Tesco’s recent results, and statement that they plan to expand their casual dining offer by opening over 100 Giraffe, Decks and Harris+Hoole outlets next year, it’s understandable that there is press speculation about Waitrose’s plans. H&C News understands that the weekend story about plans for ‘grazing areas’ has its origins in an old, unrelated press … [Read more...]
Pub and restaurant groups enjoy 4.6% March sales surge
Britain’s pub and restaurant groups saw collective like-for-like sales grow 4.6% in March against the same month last year, according to latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker. Total sales, including the impact of new openings, were up 7.1% on this time last year. The results mark 12 consecutive months of positive growth for the sector. Better weather “Much … [Read more...]