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16/08/2021

Q&A: Amy James, Category Planning Manager, Greggs

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Ahead of her appearance at lunch! 2021, we caught up with Amy James, who has been with Greggs for 20 years, working her way up from Area Manager to Category Manager. About Amy… Amy has 20 years of experience in the food and drink industry, with roles spanning retail management, product development, brand marketing management and category management. In her current role, she translates customer insight and category drivers through to product ranges. Her recent, most notable achievements were introduction of Vegan products such as Vegan Sausage Roll and Vegan Steak Bake. Amy is also a Non-Executive Director on the […]

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29/07/2021

Q&A: Hannah McKay, Head of Food & Beverages UK & Ireland, Caffè Nero

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We caught up with Hannah McKay, Head of Food and Beverage at UK & Ireland at Caffè Nero, who is looking forward to reconnecting with her “foodie network in person” at this year’s lunch! show. Hannah is returning to the Keynote Theatre stage with a talk about how the company is “building back to delivering innovation”.   How has your business adapted to the challenges of these uncertain times? Understanding and investing in covid-secure measures to ensure our teams are safe that that our customers can visit us with confidence. We have also had to push forward at a faster […]

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28/06/2021

lunch! announces big name Keynote speakers for comeback show

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Keynote speaker line-up includes leaders from Greggs, Costa, itsu, Burger King, Gail’s Bakery and Pure The organisers of lunch!, the definitive event for the café, coffee shop and food to go sector, have revealed the first batch of industry leaders joining the Keynote speaker line-up at the show, which is taking place live 23-24 September at ExCeL London. Taking place throughout the two days over three stages, lunch!’s Keynote speaker programme is free to attend for all trade visitors and offers remarkable access to some of the biggest names and operators in the industry. The organisers have confirmed exclusive interviews […]

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11/06/2021

Visitor registration now open for lunch!, Casual Dining and Commercial Kitchen

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Support surges for industry supershow The organisers of lunch!, Casual Dining and Commercial Kitchen have announced that visitor registration is now open. The three shows will run alongside one another this year for a comprehensive hospitality supershow, taking place on 27-28 September 2023 at ExCeL London. “There’s no denying it’s been a tough year for everyone in the hospitality industry,” says the shows’ Group Event Director, Chris Brazier. “So, as the sector begins to reopen its doors, we’re incredibly excited to be preparing to welcome our visitors back in person this autumn for three fantastic shows, two unmissable days, one […]

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Pure
14/04/2021

Q&A: Spencer Craig, Founder & CEO, Pure

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Next up in the lunch! Industry Leaders Q&A series is Pure Founder & CEO, Spencer Craig About Spencer… Spencer ​​founded Pure, the healthy food to go group in 2009. ​​​​Spurred by a strong entrepreneurial vision, Pure has grown to 20 shops across London. ​​​​​​Pure was twice named in The Sunday Times Fast Track 100 as one of the ‘fastest growing companies in the UK’ and in 2020 was named in the London Stock Exchange ‘1,000 Companies to Inspire Britain’. How is your business adapting to the challenges of these uncertain times? We have taken the saying “don’t waste a crisis” […]

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Greggs
24/02/2021

Q&A: Roger Whiteside, CEO, Greggs

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In lunch!’s NEW Industry Leaders Q&A series, we’ll be speaking to some of the biggest names across the cafe, coffee shop & food-to-go sector. We’ll be finding out how they are adapting to the current climate, their thoughts on the challenges and opportunities ahead and what they are doing to support their teams and local communities.  First up is Greggs CEO, Roger Whiteside: About Roger… Roger has worked in retail and leisure for over 40 years. He began his career at Marks & Spencer where he spent 20 years and has since worked for Ocado, Thresher Group and Punch Taverns. […]

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DELI LITES Ireland
05/08/2020

DELI LITES – how we adapted our business model to continue meeting our customer’s needs

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Written by Sian Mcveigh, Deli Lites. The global Covid-19 Pandemic and the resultant lockdown in the UK, Ireland and across Europe had an immediate impact on our sales revenue and how we serviced our customers. The nature of our Food-To-Go business – delivering fresh daily to every part of Ireland and exporting frozen to GB and European markets; meant we had to act fast and with clarity. In the initial days of the crisis, acting on government and expert guidelines, we straightaway communicated to our partners the measures we were putting in place to safeguard customers, staff and our supply […]

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03/08/2020

Nestlé launches new YES! PLANT PROTEIN BARS powered by nuts & peas

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Written by Helen Bailor, Nestlé Today, Nestlé UK & Ireland is launching a new range of YES! snack bars, with each bar containing 10 grams of plant protein, sourced from a delicious combination of peas and nuts. Recent Nestlé research has shown that most people buying protein bars are now looking for more innovative protein sources. Plant protein is a preferred option to help support an active lifestyle. The new YES! bars pack in 10 grams of plant protein from peas and nuts, giving consumers power on the go. Like other YES! bars, the new protein bars are made of […]

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Glebe Farm Foods
09/07/2020

Glebe Farm Foods’ PureOaty Lends a Helping Hand to Cafes And Coffee Shops

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The Foodservice Industry has been hit hard recently, and businesses will need the help and support of their local communities to get their sales back on track. As the high street starts to re-open, Glebe Farm Foods has launched a special initiative to offer a helping hand to coffee shops and cafes who are opening their doors for the first time in many weeks. Rebecca Rayner, Director of Glebe Farm Foods appreciates how hard it is going to be for high street businesses to re-open their doors, “As a British Business, we want to support our colleagues in other British […]

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Drinks Cubed - Milton Keynes University Hospital
14/05/2020

Drinks Cubed’s 30,000 Thanks initiative helps frontline NHS workers

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Written by Sukhi Sindhu: At Drinks Cubed (DRINKS3) one of our core values is to be part of a strong community and to bringing change, support and sustainability.  In unprecedented times such as these, we realised early on that we needed to help our community.  Knowing the importance of hydration, we switched our efforts and energy away from our day-to-day commercial activities to finding ways in which we could help those fighting the virus. So, on 22 March 2020 we launched the 20,000 Thanks initiative. We set out to give away 20,000 WATER3 carton bottles (all of our available stock at […]

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lunch! 2019
11/10/2019

“It just gets better and more unmissable every year” – lunch! 2019 wows food-to-go sector

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400 exhibitors, 62 speakers, 36 Keynote sessions in three theatres, and 6,733 attendees – that’s the top line figures from lunch! 2019, which won rave reviews from across the café, coffee shop and food-to-go sector. The only UK event that annually attracts so many of the industry’s leading innovators, influencers, trailblazers and decision makers together in one place at one time – lunch! was at the centre of the food-to-go world last month.  Held over 19-20 September at ExCeL London, the aisles were packed with buyers and buzzing with business being done. “lunch! 2019 was by far the best one […]

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