Food Services

NPD Group sees growth in delivery in 2018

NPD Group sees growth in delivery in 2018

The delivery service has seen a boom, despite the high inflation and stagnant wage growth.

HMRC imposes sugar tax on the soft drinks industry

This new levy will apply to the production and importation of soft drinks containing added sugar.

Starbucks appoints new creative account in EMEA region

Iris' first work for the coffee brand will launch next year and run across 41 markets.

Global News Wrap Up: KFC's Escape Pod; McDonald's Korea novelty building; Coffee retailers supermarket ambitions

Here is a summary of the most interesting QSR news stories of the week from around the world.

Sainsbury trials pizza pre-ordering service in three sites

Customers can order a personalised takeaway pizza by telephone and pick it up in-store 30 minutes later.

Deliveroo raises almost $500m in new funding

Deliveroo is now valued at over $2 billion dollars.

Deliveroo, Dubai Airports launch the region's first airport food delivery

DeliverooDXB enables passengers to order food straight to their boarding gates.

Nando's partners with Waterscan for water procurement work

Waterscan will conduct margin analysis to assist in the bid evalution.

Burger King UK set for rapid expansion following Bridgepoint investment

It will simultaneously acquire Caspian UK Group, one of the UK’s Burger King franchisees with 74 restaurants.

New York stock listing for Pret A Manger faces delay

A spokesman for Bridgepoint however insisted that work on a float is still underway.

Zing Zing plans suburban London strategy to take bite out of £1.5 bn Chinese market

The brand looks to take on an industry that is hugely popular in the UK, with their principles of great quality food, fresh flavours and simplicity...

CMA clears Just Eat/Hungryhouse transaction

Just Eat expects the transaction to be completed on the 31st of January 2018.

Chopstix concludes first acquisition

It purchased the Yangtze chain of restaurants from The Wok Ltd for an undisclosed sum.

Busaba Eathai report £18m pre-tax loss

The loss was 239% up on last year’s figure of -£5 million.

Key takeaways from the IGD Food-to-Go Conference

IGD estimate the out of home market will be worth £17.4b in 2017, growing to £23.5b in 2022.