Clare Nicholls

London

Products and Suppliers Reporter at The Caterer

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Articles

Deliveroo accelerates growth in Q1 2025

1 week ago | thecaterer.com | Clare Nicholls

Deliveroo has posted strong performance in Q1 2025, with gross transaction value (GTV) up 9% year-on-year in UK and Ireland, building on the same increase rate in Q4 2024. The food delivery platform’s UK and Ireland order growth accelerated to 7% (5% in Q4 2024) with both GTV and orders growing ahead of the market. Internationally, GTV growth was also 9% year-on-year in constant currency (10% in Q4 2024).
Apetito cuts carbon emission intensity by 9%

2 weeks ago | thecaterer.com | Clare Nicholls

Apetito has revealed it is on track to meet its 2025 Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)-validated carbon reduction targets. The healthcare sector meal provider is aiming to reach carbon net zero by 2040. Against its 2020 baseline, Apetito has achieved a 4.6% absolute reduction in carbon emissions with decreases seen across Scope 1, 2 and 3. From an intensity perspective, which accounts for increases in business volume, this equates to an overall 9% reduction across Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions.
Loughborough College triumphs in Zest Quest Asia 2025

2 weeks ago | thecaterer.com | Clare Nicholls

Loughborough College has been crowned the winner of Asian cooking competition Zest Quest Asia 2025. It is Cyrus and Pervin Todiwala’s 12th annual Zest Quest Asia competition, held to raise the profile of Asian cuisine and cookery as a future career for budding chefs. The competition on 4 April concluded with a gala dinner and awards ceremony at the Hilton London Wembley hotel. Eight shortlisted catering college teams completed a live cook-off at the University of West London.
Hilton, Whitbread and Vacherin head the Springboard Awards for Excellence 2025 winners

2 weeks ago | thecaterer.com | Clare Nicholls

Hilton, Whitbread, Greene King, Dorchester Collection and Vacherin were among theSpringboard Awards for Excellence 2025 winners, crowned at Wembley Stadium on 2 April. Across 18 categories, the event honoured innovative and dedicated professionals in the hospitality sector who are setting a new benchmark for excellence in the field. Hosted by sports broadcaster Geoff Shreeves, the awards ceremony featured a performance by M People’s Heather Small.
Watergate Bay hotel: Constant innovation at the ‘ski resort on the beach’

2 weeks ago | thecaterer.com | Clare Nicholls

Like its surroundings, Cornwall’s Watergate Bay is in constant motion. Executive director Will Ashworth outlines how its waves of upgrades add value to guest experience Evolution has been the watchword of the Watergate Bay hotel near Newquay for the last 25 years since executive director Will Ashworth took over the premises from his parents John and Mary in 2000.
Bidfood’s Tim Adams takes on charity bike ride to combat blood cancer

3 weeks ago | thecaterer.com | Clare Nicholls

Tim Adams, sales and marketing director at Bidfood, is to participate in charity bike ride the Tour 21 – cycling all 21 stages of the Tour de France route one week ahead of the professional race. The event aims to raise over £1m for Cure Leukaemia, funding the Trials Acceleration Programme (TAP) Network, which facilitates pioneering clinical trials for blood cancer patients across the globe. Each rider in The Tour 21 commits to raising £30,000.
Unox partners with ImpactLoop to make carbon footprint transparent

3 weeks ago | thecaterer.com | Clare Nicholls

Unox has joined forces with third-party environmental agency ImpactLoop to calculate the carbon footprint of its cooking equipment. ImpactLoop has analysed that Unox’s Cheftop Mind.Maps Countertop Plus XEVC-1011-EPRM combi-oven has an embodied carbon footprint of 829kg CO2e and an operational carbon footprint of 3,419kg CO2e.
Watergate Bay hotel recruits Sara Alexander as general manager

3 weeks ago | thecaterer.com | Clare Nicholls

Sara Alexander is the new general manager of Watergate Bay hotel near Newquay, Cornwall. Her appointment comes after 10 years at the Rick Stein Group, latterly as head of operations, with previous roles there being operations manager and hotel manager. Prior to this, Alexander worked at Red Carnation Hotels between 2004 and 2014 as deputy general manager, overseeing revenue generation, cost control and service standards, along with direct management of multiple department heads.
179-bed hotel plans for London’s Custom House

3 weeks ago | thecaterer.com | Clare Nicholls

The owners of London’s Custom House have submitted plans to turn the Grade I-listed building in the City into a leisure destination incorporating a hotel. The design would see the neo-classical landmark on Lower Thames Street refurbished and redeveloped as a 179-bed hotel with dedicated spa and health facilities. A diverse food and beverage offer would be featured in the former King’s Warehouse and the Long Room would become an event space.
Croissant customisation and all-day offerings could boost sales

3 weeks ago | thecaterer.com | Clare Nicholls

Hospitality venues selling pastries can uplift croissant sales by offering personalised or ‘reinvented’ versions, according to bakery product supplier, Bridor. Within the firm’s latest Croissant Revolution report, it found that as more than two thirds of 800 surveyed consumers are interested in trying hybrid pastries such as cronuts, croffles, cruffins and crookies, operators should provide a selection of croissant options, including gluten-free or vegan versions.