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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.

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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.

IGD held their annual Food-to-Go conference in London on November 8, attracting a range of high level industry leaders to speak.

The market will also have their first joint venture with Nags Head Market.

The chain has five reward packages for those who would participate.

The UberEats app can determine which fast food outlet has delivery services.

Uber aims to have their users make order through their website.

They will also open their 9th site in Leicester on December. MOD Pizza has announced that they will open a new store in Watford on November 15. The pizza chain will serve their classic offerings and also allows customers to create their own pizza and salad where they can choose over 30 toppings. They will also feature sides, desserts and hand-spun milkshakes. “We are extremely excited to open in Watford and bring MOD to this fantastic community. We are delighted to be able to spread even more MODness in the heart of the town centre with the opening of our 8th restaurant in the UK,” John Nelson, CEO of MOD Pizza UK, said.