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The supermarket now joins the sustainability trend of banning disposable plastic items.

Industry cost pressures and turbulent weather conditions reportedly affected the pizza chain’s financial performance. PizzaExpress’ earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) were down 16.3% to £35.1 million, the pizza chain’s half year results for the 26 weeks ended 1 July 2018 revealed. They also reported a 2.5% increase in group turnover to £262.8 million, while like-for-like sales were down by 1.1%. Underlying like-for-like sales grew by 0.9%, which excluded impact from the adverse weather conditions with that figure down at 0.7% if such were included.

Rising costs still continues to damage restaurants in high streets.

The coffee chain’s franchised business partner aims to have 150 stores by 2023.

The decision is said to be made after an increasing demand in late-night orders. Uber Eats has announced that their delivery services are now 24/7 within the Greater London area. The food delivery aggregator also said that the number of orders between 12am-4am rose to 385% in the past few months. Having partnered with 200 restaurants, some brands that are open at late night are McDonald’s, Wok to Walk, VQ, Pret A Manger, Subway, Chicken Cottage and German Doner Kebab.

Learn more about their upcoming London debut and whether their menu will change for the UK market.

An analyst says the beverage giant's acquisition of Costa Coffee provides a route into the lucrative China market.

The coffee chain is now close to reaching its 40th store mark in the UK.

The programme is set to launch in five countries, with plans to expand to other markets in the future.

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The appointment will be effective on September 17.

Prestige Purchasing chairman David Read and Revenue Management Solutions CEO John Oakes lists eight questions for operators to answer.

The system is designed for blind and visually impaired customers and was initially deployed in all McDonald’s outlets in Israel.

The partnership aims to enhancing their product offerings for coffee lovers globally.

A redesign of the brand's digital ordering systems will be a major focus.