Category: The Caterer

Staff shortages across the supply chain are continuing to cause disruption for hospitality and foodservice businesses, forcing some kitchens to contend with a lack of ingredients.

Some of us may have lost our networking skills, so it’s a good time to start exercising, says Wendy Bartlett.

Despite restrictions on indoor service lifting, deliveries and takeaways are set to maintain a significant share of restaurant and pub groups’ operations, the latest CGA & Slerp Hospitality at Home Tracker reveals.

Sacha Lord, night-time economy adviser for Greater Manchester, is investigating the introduction of a salary policy for hospitality operators in the city-region.

Drake & Morgan’s the Refinery bar and restaurant on Edinburgh’s St Andrew Square is closing on 12 September after its landlord served the operator notice.

New Welsh pub company Red Dragon Pubs launched last week following the acquisition of eight pubs in eight months in the Swansea and Gwent valleys, with plans to open four more by the end of October.

Chef-restaurateur Gordon Ramsay will take on operations of the River restaurant at the Savoy, due to open next month following a renovation by designer Russell Sage.

A UKHospitality survey, supported by data from CGA, has found that that 56% of consumers visited a hospitality venue in the first 10 days after reopening in July – a much faster return compared to last summer’s reopening when just 35% returned in the same timeframe.

Data from the government’s Event Research Programme (ERP) has shown that mass participation events can be conducted safely, with case numbers largely in line with or below community infection rates for the duration of the programme.

Nationwide strikes by 1,000 GXO drayman who deliver top beer brands have been suspended following an improved pay offer from the company, union Unite said on Friday.