Casual Dining opens for business at 10am today at Business Design Centre in London. Over 4,000 attendees (representing multiple and independent pubs, bars, restaurants, hotels, wholesalers, distributers, and contract caterers from across the UK) are expected to pack the aisles over two days (Wednesday and Thursday, 24-25 February).
Today’s highlights include:
- Peter Backman, MD, Horizons: Casual dining – where next?
- An exclusive interview with Simon Kossoff, co-founder & chairman, Carluccio’s: Interviewed by Peter Martin, Vice President, CGA Peach
- David McDowall, MD of Bars, BrewDog: The Brewdog charter and our retail strategy
- Mark McCulloch, founder & group CEO, WE ARE Spectacular: Market to hoodies or die – how to engage generation ‘me’ as customers and as employees
- Fair pay – are we at a tipping point? The Sustainable Restaurant Panel: Chaired by Mark Linehan, MD, The SRA, featuring Joseph Evans, finance director, Oakman Inns & Restaurants, and Harry Cragoe, owner, The Gallivant
- Kate Nicholls, chief executive, ALMR: Murder on the high street
- Mark McQuater, chief executive, Revolution Bars Group plc: Adapting, changing and growing
- The training in pubs panel featuring James Nye, MD, Anglian Country Inns & Joycelyn Neve, MD, The Seafood Pub Company: Chaired by Anthony Pender, chairman, BII & MD, Yummy Pubs
- Keith Bird, chief operating officer, Gourmet Burger Kitchen: The win win of the better burger market
Casual Dining 2016 boasts over 170 sector leading exhibitors showcasing a vibrant choice of food and drink, equipment, interior design, furniture, technology and table top supplies.
The full exhibitor list is available at https://www.nrpbs.co.uk///exhibitor-list.
Casual Dining is open from 10am until 5pm today and tomorrow at the Business Design Centre, in Islington, London (last entry 4pm).
