Casual Dining
Jamie Oliver’s restaurants fall into administration
Jamie Oliver’s restaurant chain has fallen into adminstration. The British chef’s group is the latest in a long line of…
US restaurant industry growing amid groundswell of change
If the headline figures are to be believed, there’s a good year ahead for the US restaurant industry. By the…
In focus: casual dining sector struggles as fast casual races ahead in the US
In September, FCSI reported the UK’s casual dining sector was buoyant despite some notable scalps over the course of the…
UK food-to-go market in rude health
Shrinking lunch hours, longer commutes and tightened purse strings are all contributing factors in the food-to-go market seeing a dramatic…
Out of the gloom? UK casual dining surges ahead of eat-out market
While some fast casual brands continue to buck the trend, UK headlines have been teeming with casual dining casualties in…
The UK’s top operators in casual dining sector revealed
There were awards for a wide and varied range of operators at the event, held at the Marriott London Grosvenor…
A casual future for fine dining?
Taking place at London’s Hurlingham Club, the second Estrella Damm Gastronomy Congress saw cooking demonstrations from some of the best…
There's still profit in casual dining
In the US, the blurring of traditional segments and consumers’ appetite for new and different dining experiences are among the…
All-day dining: a change in the way we eat out
A survey, published in January by Horizons, said that of those who had eaten out recently, one in 10 had…
Why small changes can mean big profits
At the final talk of the Casual Dining Show in London this week, Alan Kay, a chartered accountant, said that…