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The brand will be offering customers a 10% discount on their freshly baked Gluten Free range in support of Coeliac UK’s Awareness Week (9th-15th May).

Franco Manca, with its UK leisure property agency, Shelley Sandzer, announced that it has secured two new London sites.

New research from UK coffee provider rijo42 has analysed the habits of 1,000 British workers, finding that over 95% of professionals have access to a cup of coffee in the workplace.

The pizza brand puts EUR1,000,000 up for grabs in its new promotion.

The company reported that total orders in the First Quarter ended 31 March 2016 were 31.5 million, up 57% year-on-year, up 41% on a like-for-like basis.

The brand launched its newest range of gluten-free and dairy-free pasties. 

The Great Tastes of America promotion is back at McDonald’s for a tenth year, with authentic new flavours.

UK consumers are united in not tolerating poor food hygiene ratings and simply won’t visit places that have had food safety issues, no matter what type of restaurant they are. 61% won’t eat at a restaurant, takeaway, coffee shop or pub that has a low Food Standards Agency (FSA) Food Hygiene Rating while three quarters (75%) said they wouldn’t risk dining at a restaurant that had been implicated in a food hygiene incident, even if recommended by someone that they trust.

A survey by the FSA and Allergy UK has shown there have been improvements for those with allergies since new labelling rules came in, but more needs to be done.

According to a story by The Connexion, the brand is set to open its first restaurant at Cour Saint-Emilion in Bercy Village in Paris in July, and a second venue is slated for Gare du Nord in 2017.

According to a story by Reuters, the fast food chain said its lawyers were investigating after entrepreneurs in eastern Ukraine started selling McDonald's-style hamburgers out of a restaurant that the company shut down two years ago.

The bakery chain launched a new balanced choice menu for lighter and healthier lunchtime options.

Levant Restaurants Group, the company behind Lebanese restaurant chain Comptoir Libanais, announced its plans to float on the stock exchange.

Pret A Manger announced that a new store is scheduled to open in Terminal One at Manchester Airport on Friday 29th April.

According to a story by the Crain's Chicago Business, the fast food chain is rolling out a new 'simpler recipe' for its Chicken McNuggets that will remove artificial preservatives.

The casual dining steak house group announced Middle Eastern expansion plans, starting with six restaurants by the end of 2017.