UK

Pizza Hut Restaurants unveils major refurbishment at Swindon site

The £337,000 restaurant makeover will create 10 new jobs for the area.

Restaurants with poor lighting deter repeat business, study says

Guests who experienced poor lighting are less likely to return.

Pret a Manger's Chief Operating Officer steps down

Nick Candler left Pret in September after almost 12 years with the business.

KFC franchise owner in Romania to list shares on Bucharest Stock Exchange

The shareholders want to sell a 25% stake in the company via the IPO by the end of 2017.

SSP enters the Indian travel food and beverage market

SSP will own a 49% stake in Travel Food Services Private Limited in India.

Bill's Restaurants relaunches app with loyalty scheme

The app features a new look, as well as a Click & Collect function.

A fifth of Brits order Domino's through Amazon's Alexa

The company estimated that voice payments will increase in use by four times.

Naspers increases stake in Delivery Hero to 23.6%

It acquired 22,359,857 shares that were previously held by Rocket Internet.

EasyJet founder to launch a takeout delivery service to rival Just Eat

According to Bloomberg, EasyFood is set to start service in 6-8 weeks.

Telepizza converts all Forty's Pizza stores into Telepizza's

The brand’s plans for Czech Republic include launching 25 stores in 3 years.

J&J Restaurants Ltd. acquires two KFC stores

Another four outlets are set to launch in the same area over the next three years.

McCafe removes Mocha from its offerings

It has been discontinued on October 3rd.

Greggs trials new home delivery service with UberEATS

The service launched in Newcastle on 2 October, and is available exclusively on the app.

HOP Vietnamese trials cashless payment

The brand aims to be part of the cashless economy in its in Coleman site.