Tag Archive: fast casual

1. How Burgers Came to Dominate the London ‘Fast Casual’ Market

   20/12/2016

   Burger restaurants are nothing new in London. Wimpy first opened in 1954 at the Lyon’s Corner House in Coventry Street and on November 13th 1974, the first McDonald’s in the UK opened in Woolwich. Burger King followed in 1977 on Coventry Street, the same street as the first Wimpy. Since then the UK burger market has gone on to be worth an estimated £3.28b in 2016… Read more

2. Fast-casual diversity in London’s restaurant property market

   30/07/2015

   Fast-casual restaurant operators in the UK work in one of the most diverse markets in the world. Food from hundreds of cultures is sourced, cooked and served in the UK, in endlessly novel and innovative ways, providing restaurateurs with new ways to enter the market. Consumers are endlessly told about the next big thing: that hot dogs are the new burgers or that Canadian food… Read more