23+ hour, 57+ min ago   (451+ words) Several major UK businesses have taken the difficult decision to shut their doors this week. It represents a testing period for companies nationwide amid shifting consumer behaviour and rising costs. This week, major restaurant chains and well-known retail outlets have…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (213+ words) First openings are planned for Egypt and Kuwait later this year. Sides has signed a master franchise agreement with Element F&B for Restaurant Management, part of the Al Kharafi Group, to open 51 restaurants across the Middle East. The agreement…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (414+ words) A family-run Italian deli has confirmed its closure due to retirement after 35 years serving the people of Hampstead. Giacobazzi's in Fleet Road served sandwiches, authentic Italian products and homemade takeaway dishes including pasta, lasagne and aubergine parmigiana. But owners Raff,…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (32+ words) The Connecticut Scoop CHESHIRE SCOOP: Mercato Italian Kitchen opens at The Shops at Stone Bridge More New Haven County News:...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (637+ words) A new Afro-Caribbean restaurant promising to “bring something new” has been granted a late-night licence despite objections from neighbours The decision came despite neighbours arguing the new venue, named Ola Hola, could lead to increased “disorder” in Canterbury. The unit…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (158+ words) Slim Chickens has opened a 3,000-square-foot quick-service restaurant at 5115 Road 68 in Pasco, in a building formerly occupied by an Arby’s restaurant. The restaurant opened July 27 and is the second Slim Chickens location in Washington. The menu features a variety of…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (271+ words) A Yorkshire Wolds poultry company is celebrating the anniversary of a prestigious business gain. Last year, Middleton on the Wolds business Soanes Poultry was invited to supply Slimming World Kitchen with award-winning Yorkshire chicken for its subscription-based recipe boxes. “A…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (469+ words) A Swindon father spent three years getting a small business off the ground with his daughters. Bilal Kartalkanat, known as "Billy", from Abbey Meads, spent three years fighting for a vacant unit near Tesco before launching El's Corner, serving fresh…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (646+ words) The Beefeater brand has been part of many families’ lives for generations but will now disappear from British life – so I tried one last meal at the Swindon site before it closed. I strongly associate the chain with fond memories…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (315+ words) All 106 Beefeater restaurants across the UK are set to close their doors today. Following the closure of 89 Brewers Fayre restaurants on Monday, 106 Beefeater locations are expected to shut today as Premier Inn owner Whitbread continues closing off its independent restaurants....