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Patisserie Holdings' gross profit soared 8.7% to £47.1m in Q1

It also reported an EBITDA of £13.6m, up by 11.6% and an EBITDA margin of 22.5%.

Jamie's Italian rolls out its new vegan and vegetarian menu

It was launched to celebrate National Vegetarian Week which is taking place across the UK between 14–20 May.

KFC introduces bone china buckets to commemorate the royal wedding

It has created specially-designed buckets made of bone china to celebrate the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

Hummingbird Bakery unveiled its royal wedding-inspired cake collection

It has introduced its hand-decorated royal wedding cupcakes in three flavours.

Papa John's reaches milestone with 50th restaurant opening in Spain

The franchise, PJ Espana Pizzerias S.L. (PJ Espana) is owned by Drake Enterprises AG. Drake opened its first Papa John’s restaurant in Madrid in May 2016. Drake is currently present in Madrid, Barcelona, Gijón, Bilbao, Toledo, Valladolid, Zaragoza, León and Burgos.

London mayor bans junk food ads to tackle rising levels of obesity

The city may also ban new hot food takeaways close to schools.

Le Pain Quotidien opens new Irish restaurant in Dublin

The new location on Molesworth Street covers over 243 square meter and can hold 104 diners.

McDonald's announces its English breakfast muffins may now contain traces of nuts

It has placed signposts in front counters, self-order screens, drive-thru, click & collect, and McDelivery app.

Chipotle launches flat screen panels to speed up off-site process

It is spending almost $10,000 a restaurant to add flat-screen panels that will allow workers to fulfill off-site orders more quickly.

Sourfire Limited seeks £500,000 equity fund

The loan is driven to fund the roll out of its artisan pizza format from its existing Winchester base to three additional sites in South London.

Greggs rolls out new salads and snack pot range

The new range include chicken skewers and yogurts, as well as three new vegetarian options.

Costa Coffee extends lunch time meal deal

The brand extended the promotion with an additional two months, until the 4th of July.

Pure wins food-to-go innovation award for the second year

Pure’s Halloumi Super Bowl Salad has been named as the most innovative food-to-go product at the 2018 British Sandwich and Food-to-go awards.

Yolkin finally unveiled its Chinatown London site

The 450 square feet store serves Yolkin’s signature ice cream macarons inspired by South East Asian flavours.