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Patisserie Valerie brings in turnaround specialist to replace CEO Paul May
16 Nov 18
The announcement comes weeks after stakeholders backed a rescue package to save the company.
HOP Vietnamese to open new flagship store in London
15 Nov 18
This marks as the chain’s fifth site.
Vegan, gluten-free cupcakes among The Hummingbird Bakery's new Thanksgiving items
15 Nov 18
The new offerings are available in-store starting 19 November.
Costa Coffee extends loyalty programme to their express machines
15 Nov 18
The Costa Coffee Club loyalty programme, started in 2010, now has over 5.5 million users.
Takeaways From IGD's Food-to-Go Conference
14 Nov 18
IGD held their annual Food-to-Go conference in London on November 8, attracting a range of high level industry leaders to speak.
Street food brands to launch in The Upper Place food market in Holloway
14 Nov 18
The market will also have their first joint venture with Nags Head Market.
Yard & Coop launches crowdfunding project
13 Nov 18
The chain has five reward packages for those who would participate.
McDonald's partners with UberEats to launch delivery platform in Ireland
13 Nov 18
The UberEats app can determine which fast food outlet has delivery services.
Uber to ‘triple' their food delivery in EMEA
13 Nov 18
Uber aims to have their users make order through their website.
MOD Pizza to launch in Watford
13 Nov 18
They will also open their 9th site in Leicester on December.
LEON trials allergen awareness initiative
13 Nov 18
Two weeks have now passed since staff are asking customers about their food allergies.
Wimpy launches home delivery services
13 Nov 18
The chain also just signed an agreement with Deliveroo, boosting their delivery platform.
Tim Hortons to launch first franchised store in Scotland
13 Nov 18
The news followed after their site opening in Birmingham.
Island Poké opens new site in Shoreditch
13 Nov 18
This is their largest site to date.
Abokado introduces new autumn menu
13 Nov 18
Their new offerings pays homage to Pacific flavours.
Benito's Hat to open two new sites in St Albans and The O2 Arena
13 Nov 18
The news comes following a £1 million investment for a three year growth plan.
Papa John's revenues falls 15.7% to US$364 million
13 Nov 18
The pizza chain saw an 8.8% decrease in revenues for the past nine months.
Momo Canteen to launch new site in Canary Wharf
13 Nov 18
This will be their third site following their Barbican and Commercial Street branches.
Gamification, individualised eating among emerging global dining trends: report
13 Nov 18
Growing consumer expectations continue to put more pressure on the foodservice competition.
Subway, Starbucks, PizzaExpress and Pho unveil their Christmas menus
13 Nov 18
The festive season will see the return of their classic offerings as well as new ones.
Costa Coffee franchisee Goldex Investments sells sites to AM Coffee
12 Nov 18
Sold stores were in shopping centres and high streets in Surrey.
Chopstix launches Westfield site, debuts new design
12 Nov 18
The brand wants to strengthen their image in order to convey their "core attributes".
Bun House to open second site in Chinatown London
12 Nov 18
The steamed bun street café's upcoming outlet will open in February, coinciding with Chinese New Year celebrations.
Carluccio's partners with e-commerce platform BigCommerce to bolster digital presence
12 Nov 18
The Italian restaurant chain said they needed a platform that could strike the balance between traditional ecommerce and a content-rich website....
PizzaExpress inks exclusive deal with Deliveroo
12 Nov 18
The food delivery company now works with over 17,000 restaurants and takeaways in the UK.
Leisure units in GB slips to 2.4% in the first half of 2018, study says
10 Nov 18
The said sector used to see consistent growth up to the second half of 2017.
Tim Hortons to open in Birmingham
10 Nov 18
This will be their first store to open in the Midlands.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: Taco Bell USA pilots party services; why U.S. chains are recruiting senior citizens; Subway USA, FourSquare partner to measure effectiveness of TV ads
9 Nov 18
Here is a summary of the most interesting QSR news stories of the week from around the world.
Social Media Wrap Up: Burger King unveils new Texas BBQ range; Domino's to give away 500 pizzas to those who can challenge Sky Sports' Jeff Sterlings; YO! Sushi's vegan Green Wednesday menu returns
9 Nov 18
Find out what QSRs have been up to on social media this week.
Co-op launches new 'on the go' concept store
6 Nov 18
The new site in Manchester Piccadilly station aims to respond to the growing food-to-go trend.
TGI Fridays forms 12-person tronc committee for even distribution of tips
6 Nov 18
The news followed after their workers performed a series of strikes.
Patisserie Valerie chairman Luke Johnson foregoes annual salary
6 Nov 18
He is looking to concentrate his efforts in continuous efforts to rescue the bakery company.
Pret A Manger launches their Christmas menu
6 Nov 18
New and classic offerings will be included in the seasonal menu.
Wasabi eyes new investor to fuel global expansion
6 Nov 18
The chain aims to have 50 more stores in UK.
Profits of top 100 UK restaurant groups drop by 80% this year, UHY Hacker Young Group says
6 Nov 18
They warned that struggling groups will see worse before it gets better.
Wages of hospitality workers exceed new NLW thresholds, study says
6 Nov 18
The QSR sector has the highest hourly wage that has seen a 4.7% growth from March to September this year.
Coca-Cola set to create venture group for acquisitions
6 Nov 18
Their CEO said that the move is part of their strategy to ‘lift’, ‘shift’ and ‘scale’ their mergers and...
Wagamama set to be sold to Restaurant Group for £357 million
6 Nov 18
The deal will be funded through a combination of cash, debt and the rights issue.
Subway offers buy-one-get-one-free promo for World Sandwich Day
6 Nov 18
Their promotion was supported by their brand ambassador Arron Crascall.
Shake Shack reports pre-tax loss of £7.7 million in FY17
6 Nov 18
The results are said to have been "within expectations".

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