hospitality
Stories tagged “hospitality”

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.

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.

Hospitality staff shortage: 22,000 vacancies are on the floor
Dutch operators describe a chef shortage. The trade body's own figures say the bigger hole is in the dining room, and it is the room nobody has built a career ladder for.

Dutch restaurants struggle to train front-of-house staff
Kitchens have a recognised career ladder. The dining room mostly does not, and Dutch hospitality is starting to feel the cost in turnover and service.
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