Hospitality
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Spain restaurant prices rise 4.4% as inflation catches up
Fuel pushed Spain's headline inflation to 4.3%, almost level with menus. Eating out still rises twice as fast as food shopping, and operators say margins are shrinking.
US restaurant menu prices outpace grocery inflation
Full-service meals rose 3.5 percent over the year to August, a point ahead of supermarket food, as BLS data shows the dining-out gap holding firm.
Hospitality VAT cut: 800 businesses press Burnham on 10%
Chefs from Tom Kerridge to Heston Blumenthal and chains from Wagamama to Wetherspoon want the rate halved to 10%. The Treasury says any cut must be fully funded.
TheFork Awards names 48 finalists for Italy's best new opening
Public voting runs until 20 September, with 74 chefs behind the shortlist and a gala set for 27 October at Milan's Teatro Lirico.
Mental health in hospitality: 65% of managers cite work
Hospitality Action's annual survey, run this summer with Agilysys, also reports that 61% of managers were asked to support a colleague in the past year.
Denny's closures add five diners in Minnesota and Wisconsin
The franchisee M15 Inc. shut four restaurants in Minnesota and one in Wisconsin on 3 September and said it intends to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
Los Tacos No. 1 takes an investment from TSG Consumer
The Tijuana-style counter that started at Chelsea Market in 2013 now has ten New York sites and a private-equity partner. The sum was not disclosed.
O'Charley's closes its company restaurants after 55 years
The Nashville casual-dining chain shut its remaining company-owned sites on Wednesday evening, according to trade and local reports; franchised restaurants are operated separately.
50 Best rebrands as The 50 before the Paris hotel list
The restaurant, bar, hotel and vineyard rankings owned by William Reed move under one name, the first change of identity since the first list in 2002.
Gault&Millau Paris hands its gold to La Table du 11
Jean-Baptiste Lavergne-Morazzani takes the 2027 Gault&Millau d'Or for his Versailles dining room, one of eight prizes handed out days before the guide reached the shops.
Double Zero closes after 12 years in the East Village
The plant-based pizza and wine bar on Second Avenue shut this month, four months after reopening next door under its original name and its original chef.
UK hospitality closures ran at 20 a day this spring
Britain lost 1,839 licensed sites between March and June. It also gained 1,794. The net figure is almost flat, and that is the part worth arguing about.
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