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The news comes following the launch of their limited-edition Millionaire’s Latte. McDonald’s has launched their #ReindeerReady campaign for the Christmas season. It includes a new TV ad, carrot snack Reindeer Treats, a new interactive Snapchat game and giveaways which include McCafe Keep Cups, Chicken McNugget baubles and Reindeer Christmas jumpers. Two weeks ago, the fast food giant launched the the Millionaire’s Latte that has a shot of espresso with steamed milk, a caramel biscuit flavour syrup, topped with a swirl of chocolate cream and a caramel drizzle.

Both chains will showcase classic and new offerings.

Results rose by 2.6% as compared to the same month last year. Britain’s pub and restaurant groups have gained a collective like-for-like sales growth of 0.2% in October, according to a report by Coffer Peach Business Tracker. However, restaurant sales saw a decline of 1.4% whereas pubs and bars went up by 0.6%. London is reported to have a like-for-like sales growth of 2.5% while outside the capital saw a 0.5% increase. Restaurant chains in the capital and outside London had a 0.9% increase and a 0.7% decrease respectively. “People are still going out to eat and drink, but there is little or no growth in the market – and stronger London trading is making up for poorer sales outside the M25,” said Phil Tate, chief executive of business insight consultancy CGA, said. “Restaurants saw volume sales, measured by covers, down 1.4% for the month – which is worrying, although spend has remained essentially static. But the really big problem for the sector, and restaurant brands in particular, is continuing fierce competition, added to the burden of increasing business costs that are squeezing both margins and profits.”  

The site offers prepared lunch choices, breakfast pastries, mini tarts, juices and smoothies. Soho has opened their Brew Bar concept in Westfield, London with a new look and new menu offerings last November 13. Aside from their classic coffee offerings, they added Nitro Cold Brew, Botanical Coffee & Tonic, and cold-brewed Apple and Rosebud & Mint tea over ice. Also included is their golden campagrain muffin that is composed of Scottish smoked salmon, cream cheese and cucumber. Their vegan brioche features tomato, roquito peppers and sweet potato.  

The food aggregator promises to deliver the chain’s items under 30 minutes. Greggs has announced that they have partnered with Deliveroo to trial delivery services in their Newcastle and Bristol stores in London. Customers can now order the bakery chain’s breakfast options, sandwiches, coffee, sausage rolls and salads through the delivery platform’s app and website. “We’ve been working on our delivery services over the past year and, following a successful trial in Birmingham, we’re excited to launch a Deliveroo trial for our customers in London. This will enable customers to enjoy our great tasting, good value food wherever they are, offering them the ultimate convenience,” Roger Whiteside, chief executive at Greggs, said. “Greggs is an icon of the British high street, so we know Deliveroo customers are going to love getting their favourite bakes and bites delivered to them in under 30 minutes,” Joe Groves, head of consumer communications at Deliveroo UK & Ireland, added.  

The pizza chain said that this enables them to further encourage buying behaviour. Papa John’s has announced that they launched a new mobile app, aiming to make ordering more accessible and convenient. Customers will be able to see their record of previous orders and create their own pizzas. There will also be reward points given where they can redeem various offers. “Online orders have increased dramatically in the past few years. It is now important to ‘be where our customers are’ and so better mobile access means we are now more open for business than ever before,” Neil Swanston, senior manager for digital product, said. The chain also said that they are seeing higher conversion rates and increased sales volumes since launching the app. “The technology enables us to push marketing notifications and special offers plus information about new products to encourage buying behaviour which will feed into our sales strategy in both the short and long-term,” Swanston added.  

This is their tenth opening in the UK. Tonkotsu has announced that they will be opening a new site in Dickens Yard, Ealing on December 1. The 50-cover store has two floors that both feature open kitchens as well as a bar top created from recycled chopsticks. “It’s staggering to think we’re opening our tenth site here – home to thousands of Japanese people and in the heart of a beautiful new development. Ealing is our most neighbourhood site to date, and there is already so much support for our arrival,” Ken Yamada, co-founder of the group, said.

Consumers are demanding for better quality and service across the sector.

The trade body stressed that restricting potential applicants will be a “disaster” for the sector. Restricting migrant workers will likely impact businesses in the hospitality sector, UKHospitality has warned. The trade body is against the further consequences of restricting the number of migrant workers in the UK after non-UK-born workers decreased by 58,000 during April to June from the same period last year. Concerned with the shrinking numbers before Brexit, they stressed that the country’s low unemployment rate drives them to hire workers from other areas. “We have already voiced our concerns about the ability of employers to recruit post-Brexit, but the worrying reality is that numbers of non-UK workers are dwindling, and we haven’t even left the EU yet. If the talent pool continues to shrink, then businesses will be unable to invest and grow their businesses,” UKHospitality Chief Executive Kate Nicholls said. “Even more concerning for hospitality businesses is the Government’s intention to implement an immigration policy that favours higher-skilled technical jobs at the expense of others. Restricting potential applicants into the hospitality sector further, when the number of non-UK workers is already shrinking, will be a disaster for the sector.”  

The news came after their CEO Paul May resigned.

The Mexican chain also teased of a new campaign in January with range of dishes below 498 calories.

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This marks as the chain’s fifth site.

The new offerings are available in-store starting 19 November.

The Costa Coffee Club loyalty programme, started in 2010, now has over 5.5 million users.