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Catering and hospitalityMcDonald's: Q1 2021 exceeds pre-pandemic numbers
Consolidated revenue stood at $ 5.12 billion
"Global comparable sales and revenues in Q1 2021 surpassed Q1 2019 levels, although reopening and operating restrictions coexist in many parts of the world. I admire the resilience of all members of our... more
Catering and hospitalityBurger King returns to growth in Q1 2021
The holding company RBI achieved consolidated revenues of $ 7.9 billion
Restaurant Brands International Inc., the controlling holding of Burger King, Tim Hortons and Popeye, with over 27,000 restaurants worldwide, reported the financial results for the first quarter ended... more
Catering and hospitalityPoke House, new round of financing of 20 mln
The chain has an opening plan of 200 restaurants
Poke House, a chain catering brand, has implemented a € 20 million Series B financing round led by Eulero Capital, with the support of FG2 Capital and the reinvestment of Milano Investment Partners, t... more
Catering and hospitalityThe Italian Way for Burger King
Here are the new sandwiches with Parmigiano Reggiano Dop and Nduja of Spilinga
Burger King has chosen Parmigiano Reggiano as the distinctive ingredient of its new The Parmigiano Reggiano Burger. The sandwich, which will enrich the Italian Kings series dedicated to territorial excellence,... more
Catering and hospitalityItalian Exhibition Group opened "The Digital Event for Eating Out"
By Beer & Food Attraction, as part of the International Horeca Meeting
Minister Massimo Garavaglia opened: "Horeca, the leitmotif of tourism". The partnership agreement with Italgrob has been renewed for another three years more
Catering and hospitalityMcDonald's will close hundreds of restaurants in the US
Thirty-year partnership with Walmart in crisis
McDonald's is closing hundreds of restaurants in the United States located within Walmart supermarkets, due to the boom in online shopping and fast food restaurants' growing reliance on drive-through aisles... more
Catering and hospitalityAutogrill exits the motorway business in the US
Assets sold for $ 375 million
HmsHost, a subsidiary of Autogrill, S.p.A. announced an agreement to sell its U.S. motorways business for a price of 375 million dollars to a consortium that is majority owned and led by Blackstone Infrastructure... more
Catering and hospitalityIt is possible to eat kosher on Emirates
Meals procedure started in a certified facility in Dubai
Other signs of detente between the Jewish world and the Arab countries, at least those gathered in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Kosher Arabia, the joint-venture between Emirates Flight Catering (EKFC)... more
Catering and hospitalityThe Piadineria inaugurates three new premises
The chain controlled by Permira reaches 284 points of sale
La Piadineria, the casual fast food chain controlled by the proven equity fund Permira, is continuing with the development plan and opening three new premises in Segrate (Milan), Medolago (Bergamo) and... more
Catering and hospitalityCalifornia Bakery, relaunch with Volpi group
Save the 12 stores with 150 employees
California Bakery, the American specialty coffee and pastry chain created by Marco D'Arrigo and his wife Caroline 25 years ago in Milan, whose parent company was declared bankrupt last year, has definitively... more
Catering and hospitalityDomino's Pizza: retail sales are growing
21.7% for the fourth quarter and 12.5% for the fiscal year 2020
Domino's Pizza Inc., the largest pizza company in the world, announced financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2020, including growth in global retail sales, store sales and earnings per... more
Catering and hospitalityStart up: Offlunch closes financing round for 400k Euros
First investor Cdp Venture Capital Sgr
OffLunch, the start-up specialized in the supply of office meals, has closed a round of financing of 400 thousand euros through Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Venture Capital sgr - Fondo Nazionale Innovazione,... more
Catering and hospitalityArsenale takes over Hotel de La Minerve in Rome
The property will be renovated and entrusted to Accor for management
Arsenale Spa, active in hospitality, has signed a preliminary purchase agreement for the vehicle that controls the historic Hotel de La Minerve in Rome, in the homonymous square behind the Pantheon. An... more
Catering and hospitalityDoppio Malto launches the "sartorial" franchise
Project to help 10 new openings planned for 2021
Doppio Malto foresees 10 new openings in 2021 and launches an innovative sartorial franchising project ideal for those who want to open a place from scratch or intend to convert an existing business. more
Catering and hospitalityDelivery: Foodhub grows in the UK
Overtaken the "rival" UberEats
The threshold of 20 thousand partner restaurants in the United Kingdom has been passed. This is the only delivery platform that asks for a monthly fee instead of a commission on each order. more
Catering and hospitalityFintech. SumUp acquires the digital catering service Tiller
The companies will work in support of Italian and European restaurateurs
SumUp, an English fintech operating in the digital payments sector, today announces the acquisition of Tiller, one of the well-known digital services in Europe for merchants and restaurateurs. The two... more
Catering and hospitalityPellegrini Restauration acquires MyMenu
The food delivery operator will maintain operational independence with its own brand
Following a global trend that increasingly aims at enhancing the distribution of ready meals (see, for example, the acquisition of Mindful Chef by Nestlé ) Pellegrini announces the acquisition of majority... more
Catering and hospitalityAutogrill: capital increase marks a turning point
Tondato: "Investment to grow and create value"
"It was not easy to keep the bar straight with empty motorways and airports. For those who, like Autogrill, base their turnover on mobile consumption, the group has over 4,000 points of sale and 60,000... more
Catering and hospitalityMercato Metropolitano: 10 more openings by 2025
£ 35 million expansion in London, Europe and US
The £35m expansion will focus on major cities around the world and is expected to create around 2,000 jobs. Mercato Metropolitano was founded by Andrea Rasca, a former vice-president of Italian food hall... more
Catering and hospitalityMcDonald's under expectations, -12% 4th quarter profit
Covid continues to weigh, it holds up only in the USA
McDonald's below expectations in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year. The Covid-19 pandemic continues to weigh on the American fast food chain, which recorded a 12% drop in profit compared to last year,... more
Catering and hospitalityFabbro Food is financed by Cdp
5 million euros with Sace assurance
Fabbro Food, a company operating in collective catering for public entities, public and private hospitals, has obtained a loan of 5 million euros with a duration of 72 months from Cassa Depositi e Prestiti.... more
Catering and hospitalityMaredo at the end of an era
The German steakhouse chain dismiss all employees
This is the end of an era: the traditional steakhouse chain Maredo has given notice to all employees in an internal letter. "For insolvency-related reasons, we are forced to terminate all employees as... more
Catering and hospitalityLa Piadineria, 2021 development plan launched
The opening of another 50 restaurants is in pipeline, 5 only in January
La Piadineria has launched the development plan for the year 2021, which has the opening of another 50 restaurants in the pipeline. Five new ones will be opened in January: those at Carrefour in Pavia,... more
Catering and hospitalityMcDonald's will open 30 restaurants in 2021 in Italy
17 premises opened in the last 6 months, despite Covid
Despite the crisis that has hit restaurants due to the pandemic, McDonald's in recent months has continued to invest in Italy by opening new restaurants throughout the peninsula. And on social networks... more
Catering and hospitalityCrowfunding: Feat Food raises 152,000 euros
Part of a € 1.8 million round
Feat Food, the startup that created the algorithm cook, has successfully concluded an equity crowdfunding campaign on CrowdFundMe with a collection of almost 152,000 euros, compared to a minimum target... more
Catering and hospitalityFoodtech: Deliveristo closes a 4.5 million Euro round
Agreement with United Ventures to digitally connect suppliers and restaurateurs
Deliveristo, the company that connects Italian producers and distributors with the world of restaurateurs through a virtual market, has closed a Series A investment round of 4.5 million euros with United... more
Catering and hospitalityQatar, focuses on the kitchen pending the reopening of the borders
Online video series featuring some of the most renowned chefs in the country
Qatar is preparing to welcome again tourists from all over the world and the Qntc (Qatar National Tourism Council) is working closely with the Ministry of Public Health and the entire hospitality sector... more
Catering and hospitalityThe expansion of Kfc Italia continues, with today's opening in Palermo
46th restaurant of the chain in the peninsula and 5th in Sicily
Is opening today Kfc restaurant in Palermo, in via Notarbartolo 1. This is the 46th restaurant of the fast food chain known for fried chicken, in Italy, and the fifth in Sicily. The new store has generated... more
DistributionPartnership Ip and Domino's, the stop for refueling at "pizza taste"
From the agreement the first joint openings in Rome, Milan and Parma
"A new model that combines mobility and catering, combining the stop for refueling with the possibility of tasting on the spot, picking up or requesting a pizza at home": this is the result of the partnership... more
Catering and hospitalitySirio opens first Carrefour Bistrot
Inside the Shopville Gran Reno in Casalecchio di Reno (Bologna)
Sirio SpA, an Italian company engaged in the management of commercial catering in the hospital sector, listed on Aim sector of Italian Stock Exchange, announces the opening of the first Carrefour Bistrot... more
Catering and hospitalityThe development of Rossopomodoro in the world continues with Eataly
The eighth restaurant in North America opens in Dallas
Eataly, despite the critical moment that the whole world is experiencing, respects the calendar and cuts the ribbon in Dallas, Texas: 4300 square meters on 3 floors, in the NorthPark Center shopping mall.... more
Catering and hospitalityThe 100 most popular dishes in Italy and in the world, according to Deliveroo
Poke is confirmed as a champion specialty at home, in front of hamburgers and pizza
The end of the year is approaching and, as always, it is time to take stock, even for food at home. Deliveroo, a food delivery platform, took a photograph of the most popular dishes, in Italy and around... more
Catering and hospitalityWagamama brings Pan-Asian cuisine to the largest European Outlet
The 5th restaurant in Italy opens
The pan-Asian specialties of wagamama arrive in the heart of the Serravalle Designer Outlet (the largest in Europe), in the northern of Italy, near to Milan, with the opening of the fifth restaurant in... more
Catering and hospitalityIn 2019 McDonald's Italy created 1.4 billion in value
+ 14% y/y, over the next 2 years 70 new openings and 2,800 jobs
In 2019 McDonald's Italy injected 1.4 billion euros into the country system, equal to 0.1% of GDP, up 14% compared to the previous year. This is what emerges from the analysis carried out by the Althesys... more
Catering and hospitalityDomino's Pizza, first time in Rome
The chain arrives with its products in central Italy
Domino's Pizza lands in Rome with the opening of three new pizzerias, the first of which today is in the Marconi area, in via G. Cardano, 82. The new restaurants represent a continuous expansion in the... more
Catering and hospitalityAutogrill leaves Spain
Motorway activities sold to Areas for 12 million
Autogrill Europe, controlled by Autogrill Spa, has sold to the Areas group 100% of its Spanish operations managed through Autogrill Iberia Slu. This is - explains a note - an operation that is part of... more
Catering and hospitalityLa Piadineria: Andrea Valota is the new CEO
The chain has over 270 locations in Italy
As anticipated by EFA News ( see article ), Andrea Valota becomes General Manager of the italian Group La Piadineria Spa, alongside the current CEO, Donato Romano . Milanese, 48, with a degree in Physics... more
Catering and hospitalityCirfood promotes the new Position Paper 2020
The road map towards a circular economic model for the relaunch of Italy
Cirfood, part of the Alliance for the circular economy, promotes the new "Position Paper 2020" which presents the road map towards a circular economic model for the relaunch of Italy. Five objectives and... more
Catering and hospitalityFood & Beverage after the pandemic
A research conducted by Coqtail Milano and Augusto Contract
What will be the new trends in the world of catering in 2021 after the pandemic? This is the question that "Coqtail Milano", the first community on Italian mixology specialized in researching trends in... more
Catering and hospitalityWagamama: new opening in City Life Shopping District
Second opening in Milan, the fourth in Italy
Wagamama, a concept managed in Italy by the company C&P (Chef Express and Percassi), opens its second restaurant in Milan. In the heart of City Life, inside the Food Hall of the Shopping District, a space... more
Catering and hospitalitySirio: new refreshment point at Sant'Anna Hospital
The company has 3 catering points managed within the City of Health and Science of Turin
Sirio Spa (AIM: SIO), an Italian company specialist in the management of commercial catering in the hospital sector, is awarded the concession for the administration of the bar and restaurant service of... more
DistributionMareblu (Thai Union): a new 'drop-proof' tuna adv campaign in Italy
The new spot emblem of authenticity, practicality and Italian style
The new Mareblu Tuna in Oil arrives on Italian tables thanks to a new commercial spot broadcast by the main national televisions, a sequel to the advertising campaign launched in July 2020. Mareblu, a... more
CoffeeArla and Starbucks celebrate successful 10 year partnership
The partnership has been a success from the start
2020 marks 10 years since European farmer-owned dairy cooperative Arla Foods and the American coffee company Starbucks partnered up to combine chilled coffee and milk for the ready to drink (RTD) market. The partnership has been a success from the start, securing continuous growth in a high pace global market, in which unit production has increased by no less than 1700 per cent. more
Catering and hospitalityAutogrill: FY2019 preliminary revenue up by 6.4% to €5.0bn
Strong revenue growth and results in line with guidance
The Board of Directors of Autogrill S.p.A. reviewed and approved on the 6th of February the preliminary consolidated revenue performance for the twelve months ended 31 December 2019.Revenues were €5.0bn, +... more
Catering and hospitalityAutogrill strengthens at North American airports
New contracts and openings in Texas and Florida
Italian Autogrill announced on 10th of January the winning of new contracts and new openings in North America in the airport channel through the subsidiary HMSHost. A new 10-year contract worth $ 186... more
Catering and hospitalityCremonini and Percassi sign an agreement to develop catering activities
Chef Express acquires 60% of Percassi Food & Beverage, which becomes C&P
Chef Express, the company that manages the Cremonini Group's catering services, and Percassi, a leading company in real estate development and the management of important brands’ commercial networks, h... more
Catering and hospitalityRestaurant Brands International Reports 2Q 2019 Results
Global system-wide sales increased 7.9%
Restaurant Brands International reports global system-wide sales increased 7.9% in Q2 to follow on last year's 7.3% increased. Comparable sales were up 0.5% for the Tim Horton's chain, 3.6% for Burger... more
Catering and hospitalityStarbucks reports strong quarterly sales (+6%)
EPS of $0.78, up 26% over the prior year
Starbucks Corporation reported financial results for its fiscal third quarter ended June 30, 2019. “Starbucks delivered strong operating performance in the third quarter, further demonstrating that our ‘... more
Catering and hospitalityMcDonald's Reports Second Quarter 2019 Results
EPS of $2.05 and revenue $5.34B (-0.2% Y/Y) in-line
McDonald's Corporation announced results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2019. Results for the quarter and six months in constant currencies reflected stronger operating performance primarily due... more
Catering and hospitalityKura Sushi USA files for IPO on Nasdaq
American subsidiary of Japanese chain plans to operate 290 restaurants (from current 22)
Japanese sushi restaurant chain Kura announced that its American subsidiary, Kura Sushi USA, has applied to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for permission to list shares on the Nasdaq composite.... more