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Aiello's voice AI takes over hotel restaurant bookings
The Taipei company's AI Call Agent now plugs into TableCheck, letting hotel guests book, change or cancel a restaurant table by phone in 50-plus languages, any hour.
Common Table Group buys 57 former Whitbread restaurants
Thomas Anderson's new venture is taking over 57 Beefeater, Brewers Fayre and Cookhouse sites plus a Premier Inn hotel, promising 700 new jobs and a mid-November reopening.
Chubby Group raises $50m to absorb GEN Korean BBQ
A Prysm Capital-led Series A at a $500m valuation is bankrolling the Los Angeles operator's takeover of 47 GEN Korean BBQ restaurants.
Savory Fund closes $201.5m third investment fund
The Salt Lake City private-equity firm has already deployed 35% of Savory Fund III across four fast-casual and bakery brands, led by new CEO Clay Dover.
US menu price inflation now outpaces wage growth
Food-away-from-home prices rose 3.5% in September while pay grew just 3%, federal data show — even as quick-service traffic fell 2.6% in the third quarter.
Byron reports £1.5m loss as turnover falls to £10.6m
The six-site burger chain's losses more than doubled in the year to December 2025, as the UK operator cited wage inflation, energy costs and the cost-of-living squeeze.
Gen Korean BBQ sells 47 restaurants to Chubby Cattle Group
Gen Restaurant Group is stepping back from table service in a $100m deal, keeping three sites for training while Chubby Cattle Group takes over the rest in four phases.
Kricket scraps its planned Covent Garden restaurant
The modern Indian group has dropped a 130-seat site in Neal's Yard and is now looking at expanding abroad instead.
KFC Coca-Cola switch ends nearly 40 years of Pepsi in the US
The Louisville chain ends a supply relationship that dates back to PepsiCo’s ownership, as part of a comeback plan built on new drinks, value meals and returning menu favourites.
NLRB files labor complaint against Casa Bonita
The labor board accuses the Denver restaurant of refusing to bargain with its performers' union and cutting over 1,000 hours of shifts.
Darden seeks a UK franchise partner for Olive Garden
The US group behind Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse and The Capital Grille wants one partner per brand to take them into Manchester, Leeds and Bristol within two years.
Scerni winery accident: young worker dies at cooperative
A seasonal worker died while cleaning wine vats at the Cantina sociale San Panfilo in Abruzzo. Prosecutors have ordered an autopsy and the cause is under investigation.
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