Starbucks Is Going Cold On The Capital
Starbucks' loss-making UK chain has closed dozens of outlets in London, marking a retreat from a city where it once dominated the coffee shop...
Stonegate To Buy Larger Pub Rival In £3bn Deal
The private equity-owned company behind the Slug & Lettuce, Yates and Walkabout chains, is set to increase the size of its estate by more...
Bidfood Makes Another Acquisition
Foodservice giant Bidfood has acquired Brighton-based catering supplier Elite Fine Foods, adding to its growing portfolio of businesses which includes Caterfood, South Lincs Foodservice...
Gousto Secures Funding To Support Expansion Plan
Meal-kit firm Gousto has secured £30m in a funding which it plans to invest in technologies such as artificial intelligence to help grow its...
Fairway’s Begins ‘Digital Transformation’
Buying group Fairway Foodservice has kick-started its digital transformation to shake up how foodservice companies interact online.
Fairway recently launched an innovative website, which includes...
MD Of Caterforce Stepping Down
Nick Redford, the Managing of Caterforce, has announced that he is stepping down from the position at the end of the year.
He has been...
Heineken’s Pub And Bar Business Investigated By PCA Over ‘Beer Tie’
Heineken’s pubs and bars business is to be investigated over whether it imposes unfair terms on publicans who try to cut the “beer tie”,...
Marston’s Mulling Pubs Sell-Off
Pub and brewery firm Marston’s is reported to have appointed advisory firm Sapient Corporate Finance to evaluate a potential £30m sale of its Pitcher...
Chief Executive Of British Beer & Pubs Association Steps Down
Brigid Simmonds, Chief Executive of the British Beer & Pubs Association (BBPA), is stepping down after 10 years in the role.
She leaving the organisation...
Heineken Offloading 150 Pubs
Heineken, the brewer that now owns the UK’s third-largest pub estate, has revealed plans to sell 150 of its sites.
The pubs were originally acquired...
