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Red Robin's activist investors leave the board after turnaround
James Pappas and Chris Martin joined in 2024 to force a balance-sheet fix. Two years, 108 sold restaurants and a refinancing later, they're stepping down.
TikTok turns its food feed into a dining guide
Must Eat ranks restaurants in New York, Los Angeles and the Bay Area by what the platform's own community posts about, not by inspectors.
National Living Wage set to pass £13 an hour
Hospitality groups warn of a fresh cost squeeze as the UK's adult minimum wage is tipped to rise close to 4% from April 2027, ahead of Wednesday's Budget.
Wingstop cuts its outlook as the sales slump drags on
Same-store sales fell 5.4% in the third quarter, a sixth straight quarterly decline, and the chicken wing chain now expects a drop of up to 7% for the year.
Crazy Bear hotel group enters administration again
BDO LLP has been appointed administrator to Crazy Bear's Stadhampton and Beaconsfield hotels, both shut as of 27 October, the second filing in under two years.
Wendy's takeover bid: Peltz and Flynn offer $7.35 a share
Nelson Peltz and franchisee Greg Flynn offer $1.4 billion for the burger chain, as Wendy's reports its sixth straight quarter of falling sales.
Estiatorio Milos looks for a partner to fund its next phase
The family-owned Greek seafood group, founded in Montreal in 1979, has hired Moelis & Company to find capital for expansion across its 12 restaurants in seven countries.
67 Pall Mall opens a Shanghai wine club in a 1925 mansion
The London private members' club takes over a century-old French Concession villa in December, with more than 5,000 wines and a cellar of Chinese labels.
Weight-loss jabs push Heineken to rethink pub menus
A Heineken presentation seen by Reuters tells UK hospitality customers to promote half-pints and low-alcohol drinks as GLP-1 use grows.
Michelin Dubai 2026 keeps stars on four closed restaurants
Four one-star venues sit shut while Michelin Guide Dubai hands out new honours at Atlantis The Royal, and a prominent food writer wants to know why.
Sodexo revenue slips as UK arm reports real momentum
Group revenue fell 0.5% to €24bn and margins narrowed in 2026, even as Sodexo UK & Ireland signed new hospital and school contracts.
Meritage Hospitality: 33 Wendy’s closed, 60 more at risk
A US Bankruptcy Trustee calls the pace of Meritage’s closures extraordinary, as Wendy’s argues its biggest franchisee has no right to keep running the restaurants at all.
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