Ditto Coffee, the café and independent music specialist, is set to open its second outlet in May in Manchester’s West Village district.

The talented 16 will produce their trademark dishes for the chance to win £1,000 and a week of free trading at Boxpark Shoreditch or Croydon.

Almost half of coffee drinkers now regularly drink plant-based options out of home, with the figure set to continue rising, according to new research commissioned by Alpro For Professionals.

A new age of automation is approaching, as UCC Coffee UK & Ireland prepares to launch the latest innovation in super automatic coffee – the Black&White4.

Barney Smyth, partnership manager, Fairtrade Foundation.

Increasing rents are among the top concerns for many in the QSR industry. Emily Wright, of law firm Cripps, incorporating Pemberton Greenish, suggests some ways to get a better outcome from your next review

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This recipe comes courtesy of Tabasco…

Chairman Steve Slark tells us what’s brewing at the Beverage Standards Association…

Henry Norman samples the most hyped dishes on the high street – are they more than just a flash in the pan?

With our apparently interminable exit from the EU finally approaching its end game, editor Henry Norman finds out who in the industry can actually stick their head above the parapet and advise on what may (or may not) lie ahead.

High street trends.

The entry deadline for the inaugural StrEAT Food Challenge has been extended to 22nd March, so there is still time to win a free Boxpark unit and £1,000!