Pret’s Long-Serving CEO Stepping Down
Pret A Manger’s Chief Executive Clive Schlee will step down at the end of September after 16 years in the role. He will be...
Marston’s Identifies Major Untapped Beer Opportunity For Convenience Retailers
Pub and brewery firm Marston’s has unveiled its latest Off Trade Beer Report to help retailers grow their beer sales in the year ahead....
Five Held In Patisserie Valerie Serious Fraud Probe
Five people have been arrested and questioned over alleged accounting fraud at the Patisserie Valerie chain, the Serious Fraud Office has said.
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Cash-Starved Patisserie Valerie ‘Stopped Using Butter In Puff Pastry’
New owners say firm back on track after takeover unearthed butter ban, broken ovens and unpaid suppliers.
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Blakemore Foodservice Joins Country Range Group
Blakemore Foodservice, a division of the A.F. Blakemore, has joined Country Range, a buying group made up of 13 independent wholesalers.
Blakemore Foodservice is a...
Visit Frequency For Food-To-Go Outperforming Market
New research suggests that visit frequency for food-to-go (FTG) is growing faster than the total eating out market.
The insight comes from MCA’s Quarterly FTG...
Compass Group To Buy Nordic Caterer
British catering giant Compass has agreed a €475m deal to acquire Fazer Food Services, a business with operations in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
Fazer...
Costa Coffee Names New Local MD
Costa, the coffee business recently acquired by Coca-Cola, has promoted Neil Lake to role of Managing Director of its UK & Ireland business.
Lake joined...
Patisserie Valerie Ex-Chair Says He Was Tricked By False Picture Of...
Luke Johnson, the business guru whose reputation crumbled after the implosion of Patisserie Valerie, the cafe chain he chaired, has broken his long silence...
Fairway Foodservice Achieves Record Sales At ‘Meet The Member’ Event
Fairway Foodservice has revealed that its first ‘Meet the Member’ event since its rebrand achieved record sales of £1.2m.
The buying group also introduced its...
