Pizza Hut is revamping its London stores to feature in-house cocktail bars, as it seeks to claw back sales from more trendy restaurants such as Nando’s and Pizza Express. The pizza chain is ploughing a multimillion-pound investment into turning around its fortunes, beginning with the revamp of its store on The Strand, in a bid […]
Fitness fanatics, nutrition nuts and beet-lovers in the U.S. can now drink their way to a healthier lifestyle. Love Beets – a line of premium, all-natural, ready-to-eat beets – has expanded its growing product line with the introduction of a new, thirst-quenching Organic Beet Juice, which will hit grocery store shelves nationwide later this month. […]
Zomato, a leading restaurant search app, announced it has acquired Urbanspoon in one of the largest purchases ever of a U.S.-based consumer Internet company by an Indian startup. The strategic deal marks Zomato’s entrance into North America and strengthens its position as a premiere destination for millions of people around the world who want a better […]
Dunkin’ Donuts, one of the world’s leading baked goods and coffee chains, is continuing its rapid development across India with its master franchisee, Jubilant FoodWorks, where it’s on track to meet its previously announced development target of 500 Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants over the long-term. Since signing its master franchise agreement with Jubilant FoodWorks in 2011, […]
M&M’s, the world’s biggest chocolate brand, celebrated the grand opening of its first M&M’S World store in Asia – M&M’s World Shanghai – on vibrant East Nanjing Road. Creating 130 new jobs, the 1,600-square-meter ‘retail-tainment’ destination is the first in Asia – showcasing the strong growth of the M&M’s brand in China and throughout Asia. […]
Gordon Ramsay will be taking his London restaurants to Asia with the announcement that Bread Street Kitchen will be opening in central Hong Kong in September followed by further restaurants in the area and across the region later in the year and in 2015. Operating as a consultancy and licensing arrangement, the Gordon Ramsay Group […]
The Munich-based traditional brewing company Paulaner has increased its sales in the CIS region by around 15% during the last three quarters. As a result, the Soviet Union’s successor states are now among Paulaner’s most dynamic export markets. Russia is still Paulaner’s most important market in the CIS region. In Moscow and St Petersburg, customers […]
Mondelez International, the world’s second largest coffee company, will expand its global coffee footprint, entering the Dutch and Australian markets through the Carte Noire and Velours Noir brands. In addition, the company will further expand its new Nespresso-compatible espresso capsule offering to Spain. In the Netherlands, Mondelez International will launch a full range of coffee […]
Unilever announced the opening of a new ice cream factory in Konya, Turkey; following an investment of over €95 million. The new factory, which aims to be the first Unilever ice-cream factory in the world with LEED Certification, is another example of how sustainability is at the heart of Unilever’s business model. It reuses rain […]
Nestlé Purina Petcare has announced plans to build a new factory and distribution centre in Poland. The factory, an investment of CHF 93 million, will be constructed near the city of Wroclaw, in Poland’s south-west, becoming the tenth Nestlé factory in the country and creating 200 jobs. Work will begin on the building towards the […]