Innovation Challenge Awards: The votes are in!

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Casual Dining visitors were busy casting their votes today at the Innovation Challenge Awards Gallery on the show’s Upper Feature Level.  Their top-picks (14 in all) have now been shortlisted for tomorrow’s Innovation Challenge Live ‘pitching’ session, taking place at 11am in the Executive Suite (located on the ground floor of the Business Design Centre). Exhibitors hoping their products will come away with a coveted ‘Gold Award’ will need to impress this year’s judges first; including big name buyers from Casual Dining Group, Jamie’s Italian, TGI Friday’s, GBK, Young’s and Geronimo Pubs, The Restaurant Group, Nando’s, CĂ´te Restaurants and Anglian Country Inns. The…

Casual Dining 2017 opens today!

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Casual Dining opens for business at 10am today at Business Design Centre in London.  Over 4,500 attendees (representing multiple and independent pubs, bars, restaurants, hotels, wholesalers, distributors, and contract caterers from across the UK) are expected to pack the aisles over two days (Wednesday and Thursday, 22-23 February). Today’s highlights include: Peter Backman, MD of Horizons: Delivery – The big disrupter Exclusive interview with Martin Robinson, chairman of Casual Dining Group (hosted by Peter Martin, VP of CGA Peach) Kate Nicholls, CEO of ALMR: Brexit & four other bumps to prepare for Exclusive interview with Neil Rankin, director of Temper…

Casual Dining 2017 opens in London this week

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The UK’s biggest restaurant chains and pub groups will be out in force at the Business Design Centre in London this week – checking out the latest new products and services on offer from over 200 exhibitors at Casual Dining 2017. The multi-award winning two day trade show, taking place this Wednesday and Thursday (22-23 February), is on target to attract well over 4,500 attendees. Among the pre-registered visitors, to date, are senior decision makers from Jamie’s Italian, TGI Friday’s, wagamama, JD Wetherspoon, Whitbread, Nando’s, Bill’s Restaurants, Marston’s, Revolution Bars Group, Mitchells & Butlers, PizzaExpress, Pizza Hut Restaurants, Carluccio’s, Prezzo,…

Casual Dining announces record Innovation Challenge entries for 2017

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Casual Dining show, which returns to the Business Design Centre, in London, next week on 22-23 February, has announced a record 40 entries for its Innovation Challenge Awards, which recognises the best products and solutions launched in the casual dining sector over the last twelve months. Reflecting the highly competitive nature of the casual dining sector, the number of new product entries – including food, drink, equipment and technology – has almost doubled for the 2017 awards. Kraft Heinz Foodservice, McCain Foodservice, Rational UK, New York Bakery, Moy Park Foodservice, JDM Food Group, and Freedom Brewery are among the 37…

Market-leading drinks brands to exhibit at Casual Dining 2017

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Carlsberg UK, Budweiser Budvar UK, World Beers, Global Brands, Morgenrot, Britvic, Lucozade Ribena Suntory, Perrier & S.Pellegrino, Fever-Tree, Fentimans, Monin UK, and Brita Vivreau, are among the big name drinks brands preparing to exhibit at Casual Dining show, later this month. The multi-award winning event for the UK’s casual dining operators, including restaurants, pubs and bars, returns to the Business Design Centre, in London, on 22-23 February. Flexible, convenient, and affordable, casual dining is one of the fastest growing parts of the UK’s eating out market.  To accommodate rising demand for a high quality, yet good value, dining experience (nearly…

Casual Dining previews its exhibitor show highlights

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Casual Dining – the multi-award winning trade event for the UK’s casual dining sector, has released its exhibitor show highlights for 2017. Returning to the Business Design Centre in London next month, on 22-23 February, visiting buyers will be among the first to see a host of new products, catering equipment and services from 200 leading suppliers. The following is just a taste of what’s new at Casual Dining 2017: Whitby Seafoods is reinvigorating scampi with its new ancient grains crumb.  Being previewed for the first time at the show, it’s made using 100% British caught wild langoustine.  These little…