More news this week on the hospitality industry’s tipping scandal – but this time it’s actually good. It seems NYC-restauranteur Danny Meyer (Shake Shack, Gramercy Tavern, Maialino, Union Square Cafe) agrees with Harden’s on this one as he’s banned the practice at his New York restaurants. We stated months ago, when this whole furore began, that […]
Love them or loathe them, the mobile phone is now an integral part of dining out. From browsing the latest food trends on the Harden’s app, to sharing the latest #FoodPorn pictures on Instagram, the humble mobile phone has certainly helped to spread the word of restaurants far and wide, beyond a simple advertisement in […]
Alex Macdonald is co-founder and co-CEO of the leading hospitality and technology mobile app, Velocity. The company has partnered with the most prestigious names in dining and continues to pioneer the world’s best dining experience. Alex was a Turnaround CEO in his previous career at privately owned industrial group AIAC. From the age of 23 […]
The Good Egg, a street food startup that crowd-funded £250K to acquire a plum spot on Stokey’s Church Street, will open its first standalone site on 25 September. Sign up for The Good Egg newsletter to be sure of an invite to their soft launch, running 25-27 September. Throughout the summer The Good Egg has remained true […]
Home delivery used to consist of a few local pizza parlours and maybe Domino’s if you had one near-by. Then along came Just Eat and changed all that, creating a one stop shop for a plethora of local take-aways. After that Deliveroo and their ilk stepped things up again by offering deliveries direct from restaurants. […]
Renewed calls have been made this week by the Royal Society for Public Health to set up a smoking exclusion zone so that punters are unable to light up outside restaurants and pubs. Could this be a boon for non-smokers and a deterrent for the addicted, or will it be the final nail in the […]
Yet another slice of Americana arrives in London as legendary Chicago sandwich shop Potbelly opens its first European restaurant in Stratford’s Westfield shopping centre. A signature selection of deep-filled sandwiches are made to order at the counter, served with hand-dipped milkshakes, soft drinks, cookies and live music. Founded in the Windy City back in 1977, Potbelly […]
According to recent research independent restaurants are rapidly losing ground to chains – news that will not shock many restaurateurs. Over the last six years visits to standalone dining spots have dropped by 1.4 billion, while trips to branches of some of the UK’s growing groups soared by 900 million. The new figures, from NPD […]
New insight into the way in which diners choose where to eat suggests that, much like high street shopping, many consumers do their research online before heading ‘in-store’ (so to speak). At Google’s first UK digital marketing event for restaurants attendees were told that 31% of all restaurant sales are driven by online research and that […]
Soho recently witnessed the arrival of grilled cheese sandwich café Melt Room; now W1 is about to gain another venue specialising in sourdough bread, vintage cheddar and dill pickle. Pickle & Toast will open in Wardour Street on 25 July. The sourdough will come from an artisan bakery while the cheese is Somerset’s finest aged cheddar. […]
