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Have you ever wanted to be a chef but lack the skill? Cook for the less discerning! Have you ever watched Come Dine With Me and thought, ‘I want to do that but without the cameras’? You’ve ruined the TV show but stumbled across the premise of WeFiFo. Kind of. WeFiFo, rather than something an angry giant might say, is short for We Find Food. The idea is that anyone, of any cookin...
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With the UK's love of street food showing no sign of slowing down and the great British summer finally upon us, it's the perfect time to take your restaurant on the road. Serving your food at local business parks, on highstreets, and in shopping centres is one of the best ways to build your brand and get more guests through the doors of your restaurant. If you land a pitch at a festival, it will ...
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The UK’s first halal food delivery provider, HalalEat, launches equity crowdfunding campaign & reaches nearly 50% of its £100k goal in just the first day. HalalEat, the British startup with a mission to bring halal food to the masses, has launched a campaign on equity crowdfunding platform, Seedrs. Launched on Tuesday, the campaign has already raised over £49k is well on its...
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International food retailer DIA (Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentación) has launched a new innovation programme, Nexus by DIA, for startups that are developing ideas and innovative solutions in the food retail sector. Hungry to find out more, Startacus took a look over all the details... International food retailer DIA is opening it’s doors to work with startups on a number of ...
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Wayra Fair By Design is a new acceleration programme that will tackle the poverty premium: where people in poverty pay more for many everyday goods and services – such as energy, insurance, borrowing, transport and food – than those who can more easily afford them. The programme, which will be based in Wayra’s Open Future_ North facility in Oldham, will support up...
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We’ve all been there. The quick dash to grab a lunchtime sarnie becomes an ordeal when we’re met with a huge queue. Of course the same applies with the all-essential morning coffee. Everyone else always seems to get there first. If that all sounds pretty familiar, then we reckon that our latest Startup of the Week ought to be right up your street. Ordoo is a mobile ordering app desi...
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If you've ever considered turning your passion for food and cooking into a business, chances are the initial startup costs may be somewhat prohibitive. Your own kitchen may suit fine initially but when it comes to batch or bulk cooking, nothing compares to a commercial setup. Help is now at hand though thanks to our latest startup of the week. Kitchup is an online marketplace to list and hire k...
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GHOGY is an online personal training service that provides interactive personalised fitness plans via instructional videos and customisable meal plans.The startup venture set up by entrepreneur Samuel Abbott and Personal Trainer David Hogan went live at the start of 2017, so we thought wise to find out more about this subscription service and how it plans to create a healthy turnover (sorry). Over...
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If you’ve ever had to organise an event or function, you’ll know only too well that getting the catering right is an absolute must. However as we all know, finding the right caterer can be a bit of a chore - whether you’re organising an intimate little gathering or a full blown business conference. Our latest startup of the week is on a mission to make the entire process easy an...
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We’ve all been there - called our fave restaurant to book a table only to be told that there are none available. So we try another one. If it’s a similar story there, we’re generally faced with two options - keep going until we do find a table or give up entirely and try for a different date! If that’s a scenario that you’ve faced and been frustrated by, then we reck...
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