The home of the Cateys Three2 things we learned this week 1


rose by 900 million. Over the six-year period, visits to the British foodservice sector in general fell by 500 million.


Independent restaurants are rapidly losing ground to casual dining chains, with visits to the former dropping by 1.4 billion over the past six years, while visits to the latter


Quote of the week


All of a sudden a load of people you don’t know have given


you a hundred grand. Gary Usher explains how he raised the cash for his second venture, Burnt Truffle, page 44


Comment


with one in three eating the first meal of the day on the move at least once a week, according to research by purchasing firm Beacon.


The British public spends an average of £7.31 on breakfast out of home,


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an increase of 9% compared with 2014. Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures revealed they spent £1.9b.


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Great assets Hugh Taylor, CEO of Michels & Taylor, on backing a brand


Some 3.6 million international visitors came to the UK in May,


Social animal


Chef and Twitter star Gary Usher on his second restaurant, Burnt Truffle


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