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Majestic Wine: Tesco joins the auction, Sky News reports
Fortress Investment Group is selling the UK wine retailer it bought for £95m in 2019. Tesco is reportedly among the bidders, but nobody has confirmed it.
What to eat in London: 10 dishes and where to find them
From pie and mash at M. Manze to roast bone marrow at St. John, ten dishes that define London, with addresses, opening hours and prices in pounds checked in October 2026.
Jersey Mike's confirms four London sites for its UK debut
The US sub chain, Subway's closest rival with 3,300 North American stores, opens its first UK restaurant on Soho's Argyll Street this November.
Ten chefs reach the National Chef of the Year 2026 final
The Craft Guild of Chefs holds its grand final at the University of West London on Tuesday, with finalists ranging from a Yorkshire pub to a Highland hotel.
Ivy Collection sales grow to £348m as profit nearly doubles
Ivy Collection sales reached £348m at Troia UK Restaurants, chaired by Richard Caring, with pre-tax profit nearly doubling to £40m even as staffing costs rose across the industry.
Gordon Ramsay Restaurants passes £100m as Bishopsgate leads
The chef's 34 UK restaurants took £100.7m in 2025 and posted record earnings, but the British business still made an operating loss of £5.8m.
Forbici London opens at 120 Tooley Street on 27 October
The Manchester pizzeria that cuts every pie with scissors brings its biga dough to London Bridge, three months after a Milan ranking placed it among the world's top 100.
Gennaro Contaldo opens Bolo, a six-pasta trattoria in Soho
Jamie Oliver's mentor is running a London restaurant again for the first time since 2009, with 32 seats, a daily list of six pastas and bolognese at the centre.
Diageo cuts nearly 2,000 jobs to hit its $1bn target
The Guinness and Johnnie Walker owner shed more than 6% of its workforce in the year to June as chief executive Dave Lewis pushes through a three-year cost overhaul.
Gabriel Waterhouse opens Waterhouse off Columbia Road
The successor to The Water House Project seats 24 in a Victorian workshop off Columbia Road, with an 11-course Northumbrian menu at £125 and a new wine bar.
Restaurant delivery sales lift UK at-home trade 9.6% in August
New sites and first-time delivery listings drove the headline figure; on a like-for-like basis the at-home business of Britain's restaurant groups grew just 0.2%.
Chapel Down raises profit outlook as sparkling sales grow
Net sales rose 19% to £9.4m in the first half and margins widened. The Kent winemaker is still loss-making, but expects profits above forecasts and a high-quality 2026 vintage.
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