Rapid results: Travelodge, Gondola, The Ritz and Caprice It’s been a busy few days, with a number of major players releasing their results, though not necessarily in detail. H & C News will publish further detail when available, and if it contains material of value to readers. Meanwhile, here’s some of the news. Travelodge For the year to 31 December, revenues … [Read more...]
Buyers demonstrate their appetite for lunch!
The lunch! show confirmed its position as the leading trade event for the UK’s food-to-go market last week, after its sixth, and biggest, edition attracted a record 5,929 industry professionals. The two-day show, which took place on 26-27 September at Business Design Centre, London, enjoyed a 37% increase in unique attendees (excluding revisits) compared to 4,314 in … [Read more...]
How Britain Eats: more ‘Aspirational Gourmets’, more provenance and transparency
The 2013 How Britain Eats!™ report from Allegra Strategies surveys over 1,200 nationally represented UK consumers, exploring shopping, cooking and eating behaviours, and making essential reading for all food industry leaders. The report delivers insight into influences and trends that are key to understanding consumer behaviour on what food is eaten at home and when deciding to … [Read more...]
Leon Restaurants set to land at Heathrow T2
The Autogrill Group, through its subsidiary HMSHost, has announced the extension of its partnership with UK-based Leon Restaurants, the taste good and do good healthy fast food chain, by securing a feature site at the new Heathrow Terminal 2: The Queen’s Terminal. This will be the second and largest airport opening for HMSHost and Leon Restaurants, and follows the successful … [Read more...]
How do you build a social hospitality brand?
Marketers working in the hospitality industry today who think that social media is a quick and easy solution are operating under a misconception because it can be difficult and very expensive. Speaking at the HMA’s ‘Digital Trends for 2014’ meeting last night, Jeremy Waite, an expert on digital marketing and Head of Social EMEA said that there was little value in companies … [Read more...]