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PizzaExpress has reopened 13 of its restaurants for takeaway, some three months into lockdown. The company announced the move earlier this week and following a delivery only trial, relaunched sites in Notting Hill, Camden, Balham, Chiswick, Belsize Park, Dulwich, Ealing, and Shepherd’s Bush, all of which will operate a click-and-collect service. Restaurants on Abbeville Road, […]
The two Michelin-starred restaurant The Ledbury will remain closed indefinitely due to Covid-19-based complications. Owner Brett Graham said it would be impossible to relaunch the Notting Hill restaurant and keep staff and customers safe, even with one-metre social distancing in place. His comments lay bare fears from other top chefs and restaurateurs, some of whom […]
MPs from across political parties have come out in support of calls for tronc, a service that pools tips made on card to bump up the wages of all employees, to be included in furlough pay in the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. Tronc was designed to ensure all staff members are guaranteed a set wage […]
Casual Dining Group (CDG) has appointed financial advisers with all restructuring options understood to be on the table, The Caterer first reported. CDG, which owns restaurant chains such as Las Iguanas, Café Rouge and Bella Italia, and operates around 250 UK restaurants in total, is to work with AlixPartners to look at how best to […]
Marcus Wareing has launched a survey to help restaurants strategise for reopening as lockdown eases, and to help diners feel comfortable and relaxed when out to eat in a new era. The chef’s anonymous survey aims to assess what measures consumers would like to see in place when they return to restaurants, and also asks […]
Wright Brothers, the leading London-based seafood specialists, has launched Wright Brothers At Home, offering home delivery of sustainable fish and shellfish. Since 2002, Wright Brothers has been supplying more than 300 of London’s restaurants, sourcing via Billingsgate and Brixham fish markets as well as local fishermen and markets in Devon, Cornwall, and Scotland. Due to […]
The Government this week announced its ambitions to open some hospitality businesses from July 4. A glimmer of hope, then. Ministers confirmed the news that “foodservice providers, pubs and accommodation” could relaunch in July if its five tests for controlling the spread of Covid-19 are being met. Guidance has been chequered and relatively unclear to […]
A ministerial taskforce has been established by the Government to plan how and when pubs and restaurants will be able to safely open. The Prime Minister last week announced hospitality businesses can begin to relaunch on July 4, but little detail was given as to how. The leisure sector is expecting to have to open […]
Nearly two thirds of diners plan to return to restaurants once lockdown restrictions are lifted, according to a new poll by Square Meal. The numbers are positive, though four in five people also said they would be reassured by widely spaced tables and visible hygiene practices, which is a tricky subject in the sector today. […]
Jeremy King, one half of the restaurant group Corbin and King, has released a video addressing diners about the state of the industry during the outbreak of Covid-19. Mr King has urged members of the public to purchase dining vouchers in order to support the business and his staff. Due to the reliance of the […]
