McDonald’s UK launches fun new festive campaign with a twist
McDonald’s UK marks the beginning of its festive promotion with a fun new campaign that’ll see the British public encouraged to dust off their vocal chords and embrace the festive spirit.
Articles in category: Food service
Canterbury restaurant triumphs at second national FreeFrom Eating Out Awards
Antony Worrall Thompson presented the FreeFrom Eating Out Awards silver salver of excellence to Sarah Ormond Smith of the Canterbury restaurant, Oscar & Bentleys at a presentation ceremony at Food Matters Live. The awards are sponsored by Sodexo. Oscar & Bentleys, second time winner of the Restaurant category at the FreeFrom Eating Out Awards, was praised
New Delisanté pastry, roll and wrap range launches in Costco
British artisan food manufacturer Delisanté is launching a new range of premium, artisan-style hand-held snacks. The Beef and Onion Pasty, Cheddar & Smoked Bacon Wrap and Pork and Apple Sausage Rolls make their debut in the deli department of Costco
TGI Fridays deploys NetSuite OneWorld for worldwide finance transformation
NetSuite, a leading provider of cloud-based financials / ERP and omnichannel commerce software suites, has announced that global restaurant chain TGI Fridays has deployed NetSuite OneWorld for finance management. TGI Fridays went live on NetSuite OneWorld with a rapid six-month deployment, after realising the advantages of
Starbucks and POD extend partnership to offer freshly made food in-store
Starbucks and POD are extending their partnership to bring POD’s seasonal, nutritious food to more Starbucks stores following the success of an initial trial. Now, for the first time customers will be able to enjoy fresh food made in-store at
Online marketplace, Just Eat, delivers 62% sales growth
JUST EAT, a leading online marketplace for restaurant delivery, connecting 8.1m Active Users to over 45,700 takeaway restaurants, today reports another year of excellent growth with revenues for the year ended 31 December 2014 up 62% to £157.0m and Underlying EBITDA
Tex-Mex food brand Chimichanga opens restaurant in Silverburn centre, Glasgow
Tex-Mex food brand Chimichanga has opened a restaurant in Glasgow at Silverburn, Hammerson’s flagship regional out-of-town shopping centre. The 290sq m (3,120sq ft) restaurant is only the second site for Chimichanga in Scotland and is located in between TGI Friday’s and handmade
Wagamama and MasterCard launch Qkr! with MasterPass for customers
MasterCard has partnered with wagamama to bring restaurant customers a more convenient, quicker and fuss-free way to pay for their meals via an app on their phone. The Qkr! app with MasterPass will allow customers to pay their bill as and when ready
CBRE advises T4 in opening first UK tea bar and store at Westfield Stratford City
CBRE, the commercial property and real estate services advisor, is advising on the opening of the UK’s first T4 Taiwanese tea store in Westfield Stratford City, London. T4 is one of the largest Taiwanese tea brands with locations globally that
Paul Nulty Lighting Design illuminates new Chilango restaurant in Camden
Paul Nulty Lighting Design (PNLD) has completed the interior lighting for Chilango’s new Camden restaurant. In response to the brief, PNLD said it has helped drive the burrito brand’s iconic interior design evolution, moving the theme from back street Mexico
Leisure property specialist, Shelley Sandzer, secures first UK site for juice and salad concept, Maple & Fitz
Leading leisure property specialist, Shelley Sandzer, has secured the first UK site for Maple & Fitz, the cold-pressed juice and salad concept, at 36a Berners Street, Fitzrovia. The 450sq ft site is split over two levels, ground floor and basement, and
M&S cafes go digital with new mobile coffee stamp card from Eagle Eye
Multi-national retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) has today announced it will be trialling a digital coffee stamp card app in 58 of its Hot Food on the Move counters and Cafes in the Greater London area to reward customers for their
Online and mobile marketplace for takeaway food, JUST EAT, posts 50% increase in like-for-like orders
JUST EAT, a leading online and mobile marketplace for takeaway food, today issues a full year order update for the year ended 31 December 2014. The strong momentum reported during the year has continued enabling management to remain highly confident
Krispy Kreme launches into leisure sector with Center Parcs partnership
Premium doughnut retailer, Krispy Kreme UK, has secured a contract with Center Parcs to provide self-service cabinets in its five sites across the UK from 9 December. This partnership will be Krispy Kreme’s first bite into the leisure sector and will
Starbucks promises “Willy Wonka coffee experience” with launch of Reserve Roastery and Tasting Room
Starbucks has announced the opening of its first Reserve Roastery and Tasting Room in the Capitol Hill neighbourhood of Seattle, nine blocks away from its original store in Pike Place Market. This interactive Roastery and Tasting Room is claimed to be
Five Guys, Bella Italia and Prezzo to open at Legal & General Property’s Ashton Leisure Park
Legal & General Property (LGP) announces that works have started on site on the development of 10,750sq ft of new restaurant space at Ashton Leisure Park, bringing up to 120 new permanent jobs to the local area. Due to reach
Starbucks launches competition to win a lifetime of free coffee
Throughout December Starbucks is inviting customers to use their Starbucks card or mobile app to pay in store for the chance to win a lifetime of free Starbucks coffee. The ‘It’s a Wonderful Card’ giveaway is claimed to be the ultimate
Online takeaway platform, JUST EAT, delivers 100 millionth UK order
JUST EAT, a leading online takeaway platform, is today celebrating its 100 millionth UK order. CEO David Buttress said: “Reaching the 100 millionth order milestone is fantastic – we couldn’t have done it without our incredible teams and restaurant partners. I’m so
Pret A Manger taps The Logic Group to satisfy consumer hunger for contactless payments
Payments, insights and loyalty specialist, The Logic Group, has announced retailer Pret A Manger has chosen its Solve Centurion Managed Service platform for quick and secure payments in its European stores. The company will be able to support the latest contactless payment cards,
Pub chain and ale specialist, Nicholson’s, partners with Eagle Eye to launch digital loyalty card
One of the UK’s leading pub chains and ale specialist, Nicholson’s pubs, has partnered with digital consumer engagement specialist, Eagle Eye Solutions, to launch an application with an in-built digital stamp card. Nicholson’s currently has a cask ale club, known
Series of new openings mark Trinity Kitchen’s first anniversary
Trinity Leeds’ award-winning street food concept, Trinity Kitchen, reports it has celebrated a hugely successful first year trading with a new opening. Located in the heart of Leeds city centre, the shopping centre has welcomed Indian street food vendor, Rola
Moving Tactics introduces digital signage at the Keg chain of restaurants and pubs
The Keg, a South African-based chain of restaurants and pubs, has deployed in-store digital signage powered by X2O Media throughout its network of restaurants. Working with Sauce Advertising, the Keg realised the need for a dynamic platform on which to
Holland’s ties with Central Foods to distribute frozen range to wholesalers and caterers across UK
Holland’s, one of the UK’s best-known producers of pies and pastries for over 160 years, and Central Foods, a dedicated, frozen food specialist, offering a ‘one-stop-shop’ exclusively to the foodservice sector, have come together to increase distribution of Holland’s frozen foods to wholesalers and caterers
The Co-operative Food launches food-to-go range for breakfast, lunch and dinner
The Co-operative Food has launched a range of fresh, hot ready-to-eat meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner. With more people eating on the go or ‘al-desko’ at work, the convenience retailer reports its food-to-go additions are available in city centre-based food
Healthy fast food-to-go retailer, Pod, to expand outside of City of London heartland
Following the recent announcement of a trial partnership with Starbucks – pod, the 23-strong healthy fast food-to-go chain, has revealed further expansion plans into 2015 to extend its footprint outside of its City of London heartland. Plans will see further investment deliver a
