GoKart, a the new mobile app ordering solution for time-poor food and drink businesses looking for quicker, easier and more convenient ways to order from their suppliers, claims it’s set to be the food business’s best friend. The app will allow food and grocery retailers,
RedBlack Software has teamed up with Matchbox Mobile to create CyBake Loyalty, a state-of-the-art customer loyalty solution for retail bakers that runs on customers’ smartphones and is launched at Foodex 2014, 24-26 March 2014. CyBake Loyalty represents the ultimate in
Greggs is transforming its business from being a bakery retailer to a food on-the-go operation and workforce management is a key cog in the process. Speaking at RBTE 2014, Neil Parrish, retail productivity manager at Greggs, said: “Without the right
Pizza GoGo, the national pizza delivery company, has teamed up with Quorn to launch a new Quorn pizza menu featuring favourites such as BBQ Quorn, Quorn Feast and Quorn Spicy Wings. In the first week of the menu going live,
Coast to Coast, Gourmet Burger Kitchen and Pizza Express are taking sites in Bracknell town centre as part of the Bracknell Regeneration Partnership (BRP), a 50:50 Joint Venture between Legal & General Property and Schroder Property. Coast to Coast, the
Green Lane Chippy in Leigh, Wigan, has battered it out with some of the UK’s best North West chippies to be crowned Chippy Of The Year 2013, in association with Holland’s Pies. After months of voting, Green Lane Chip Shopin Leigh steamed ahead and claimed
Trinity Leeds – the only major shopping, dining and leisure destination to open in the UK this year is pioneering a new take on eating out with the opening of a 20,000sq ft indoor foodhall called Trinity Kitchen. Opening on
London-based coffee chain, Coffee Republic, reports it is gearing up for growth by consolidating its ICT infrastructure to reduce costs and improve availability, security and business continuity with a cloud backup and physical estate. The move sees IT solutions provider, Icomm
Verismo 580 from Starbucks: tapping in-home coffee market Starbucks is taking on the in-home coffee market with the launch of a pod-style, single cup coffee machine in the UK plus a shopping site to allow customers to order the system
Sandwich chain, EAT, has launched a website, which enables its customers to order their sandwiches online. The retailer has teamed up with cloud hosting expert, NaviCloud, to provide the Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) for the new web system. EAT is now able
Burger King UK is launching a new summer menu featuring classics inspired by fond childhood memories of British summers, including a Fish Finger Sandwich for grown-ups, Angus XT Ploughman’s and traditional Jelly and Ice Cream. The new limited edition menu will be
Burger King UK is celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee with the launch of a snack that combines the flavour of coronation chicken with a Burger King classic. The Coronation Chicken Royale will be available at Burger King restaurants nationwide from
Burger King is putting lamb on its menu for the first time with the launch of a Lamb Flatbread in its flame-grilled range this Easter. The launch will be supported by an integrated marketing campaign, based around the creative of
Roadside restaurant chain, Little Chef, is rolling out electric vehicle (ev) charging points across its UK estate and has appointed Graham Sims, formerly retail managing director of BP, as its new chairman. According to the company, it will be the
UK sandwich chain EAT is investing in a business intelligence solution from QlikView, which is designed to help management make informed decisions in real-time by understanding product, store and staff performance and consumer purchasing behaviour. The retailer is also equipping
Waitrose is re-launching its flagship store in Canary Wharf today (8 September 2011) as Waitrose, Food, Fashion & Home. The £15m revamp of the three-storey 74,000sq ft store introduces men’s and women’s fashion to the Waitrose brand and a beauty
POD, a healthy fast food chain, set up in London in 2006 is expanding. POD is now trading at 12 locations, from the City to mid-town; and has 16 more units planned for 2011 following a £3.5m capital injection earlier
Starbucks has signed a deal with Barclaycard, in partnership with Visa Europe, to bring contactless payments to its coffee shops. From spring 2012, customers in selected stores will be able to pay for their coffees by holding their contactless credit
Independent Birmingham coffee shop, Urban Coffee Company, is serving Kopi Luwak coffee or civit coffee this week and donating money from sales to Project Waterfall, which delivers development projects in coffee-producing countries. Kopi Luwak is made from the beans of
Coffee company Green Cauldon has opened a coffee house in Liverpool, selling handcrafted coffees made from beans grown on its 100-acre coffee farm in Byron Bay, Australia. The Green Cauldron branded coffee house is the first in a planned chain
Menus around the US are getting a makeover to comply with the new health care bill, which requires all restaurants, with 20 or more locations, to include calorie counts on menus, menu boards and drive-thrus. The rule will also apply
