Carlo Distefano’s first experience of the working world saw him work in a barbershop, but fast forward to the present day and his family-owned San Carlo restaurant group is generating a turnover of £60m.
While the likes of Starbucks want consumers to guzzle coffee down like there’s no tomorrow, cleantech enterprise bio-bean is more interested in the leftover grounds that go untouched. The growing firm is working with caffeine merchants, such as coffee shops and factories, to reform the waste into reusable energy.
Deliveroo has bitten into PizzaExpress, bringing in the Italian restaurant chain as its largest partner to date with a deal that will see the delivery service support 206 branches across Britain.
As part of our Business Class section, we’ve spoken with serial entrepreneur Alfie Best, a man who revealed his Romany gypsy upbringing saw him faced with hurdles and stereotypes – a problem he turned into profit by using enterprise to unlock the high-life.
Making its target audience abundantly clear in the company name, Foodie Folk is a catering enterprise delivering cuisine for a variety of sectors – the most lucrative of which is, surprisingly, corporate barbecues.
Small sushi business Maki, a self-proclaimed challenger to chains Itsu and Wasabi, has made the latest step towards expanding the operation as sibling founders Daniel and Anthony Woodcock open a new shop just several months after the previous one.
Acknowledging the changing attitudes of Brits when it comes to healthier lifestyle, t plus is delivering vitamin-rich teas to stores including Tesco, which it hopes will lead to it becoming the number one challenger brand in hot drinks in the UK.
In what marks its largest own food brand launch since 2009, Waitrose has introduced the 1 line, which will provide customers “the very best of Waitrose”.
Rubies in the Rubble founder Jenny Dawson was inspired to start a sustainable food business after a visit to New Covent Garden fruit and vegetable market alerted her to the amount of food thrown away for being the wrong shape or size. Her company has been chosen as one of 2016’s Everline Future 50.
Healthy living is an increasingly popular lifestyle to adopt as people become more aware of artificial content in food and drinks. But not only does Berrywhite want to taste good, it’s designed to do good for communities too, which has sealed its place in the Everline Future 50 2016.
