There are numerous benefits to making sure your business is an active part of your local community, from improved visibility and brand image to a boost in customer numbers and easier recruitment and retention. In this article, The Sustainable Restaurant Association suggests just some of the many possible ways your restaurant can get involved. Sponsor […]
Over the past 25 years, one charity has used a simple opt-in method at some of the UK’s best restaurants to raise over £12 million in aid of targeted homeless support across Britain. The StreetSmart formula is simple enough: one pound per table is added to a diners’ bill during the months of November and […]
For many, Turkish cuisine in London was confined to classic kebabs or fast casual pide. Esra Muslu became a force to change that when she opened Zahter. Muslu has been described as a visionary talent. Hailing from Istanbul, the 44-year old had a hugely successful and diverse career, quietly showcasing how diverse and impactful the […]
Krowd supports hospitality brands with acquisitions for new and lapsed customers by promoting them to 20m+ UK consumers through partnerships with banks, airlines and more. Krowd’s publishing partners include American Express, Airtime Rewards (EE & O2 rewards), British Airways Executive Club, Next Jump, Curve, Zilch and MasterCard B2B. Krowd x Amex Dining American Express Dining, […]
The Sustainable Restaurant Association on why restaurants should place a high importance on the role within their communities Gathering together to eat has been a fundamental part of what it means to be human since our earliest days. While we shared handfuls of foraged berries while sheltering from the rain or hunkered together around a […]
The Sustainable Restaurant Association shares tips on how restaurants can support more sustainable consumer choices by adjusting menu language Building a sustainable menu Restaurants have both the power and the responsibility to serve food that is nutritionally beneficial and environmentally friendly – and of course, tastes good, too. Designing menus with this in mind will […]
Fresh off the furore around solo dining comes another headline grabbing restaurant drama. Last week Thomas Straker posted an image of the kitchen brigade at his eponymous Notting Hill restaurant, a move which drew swift criticism over the lack of diversity among his kitchen team. Takes and counter-takes were quick to pile up. We know […]
A group of restaurant industry veterans have launched the Jupiter Restaurant Scholarship, a new program which aims to attract and develop young talent in the hospitality industry. Created by Neville Abraham, founder of Groupe Chez Gerard, with Michael Gottlieb of My Kinda Town and Smollensky’s, Deborah Jelffs also of Groupe Chez Gerard, John Lederer of Brasserie […]
How is business going generally, and how has the new restaurant at Canary Wharf been received? Business is good but everyone is sailing through choppy waters, so it feels like the hands need to be on the wheel making small adjustments to the course at all times and having people looking far ahead for calmer […]
The Sustainable Restaurant Association explains why, for the hospitality industry, sustainability and nutrition must go hand in hand. “Human health and planetary health are deeply interconnected.” – WHO, 2021 The global food systems in place today are unsustainable. Modern agriculture has become both a deeply destructive driver of the global climate crisis, and itself a […]
