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Toby Carvery and Miller & Carter sell fewer steak and carvery meals thanks to heatwave

Pub and bar giant Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has reported a slump in food sales recently, attributing the decline to hot summer weather.

The Independent UK

Mitchells & Butlers says hot weather hit demand at carveries and steakhouses

Food sales across the group fell by 2.4% over the period.

Evening Standard

Toby Carvery to fund orchard replanting as settlement for felling ancient oak

Enfield council in north London took legal action against restaurant chain after outrage over damage to tree

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Contractor that cut back 500-year-old oak in London park identified

Document shows partial felling last year, which led to legal action against Toby Carvery, was done by Ground Control

The Guardian - UK

Ancient oak tree felled by Toby Carvery owner was still alive, investigation finds

Felling prompted widespread public anger with restaurant chain now facing eviction from site

The Independent UK

Ancient oak felled by Toby Carvery in Enfield was alive when it was cut down, investigation finds

The ancient tree was standing during the time of the Gunpowder Plot 400 years ago

Evening Standard

Toby Carvery owner faces eviction after felling 500-year-old oak tree

Enfield council accused the hospitality giants of ‘a reckless act’

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London council seeks to evict Toby Carvery over felling of ancient oak tree

The felling of the 500-year-old tree has left locals in the north London town ‘devastated’

Evening Standard

Toby Carvery owner faces eviction from north London site for felling ancient oak

Felling of 500-year-old oak has provoked fury from public and Enfield council, which leases land to Mitchells & Butlers

The Guardian - UK

Pub chain Mitchells & Butlers faces £130m hit from rising wage and food costs

Group, which also owns restaurant brands including Toby Carvery, feels impact of increase in employer NICs

The Guardian - UK

Toby Carvery owner urged to fund ‘life support’ for felled Enfield oak

Sprinklers could save 500-year-old tree that had branches cut off without authorisation in April, says expert

The Guardian - UK

Woman and child injured after ceiling collapses on diners at Toby Carvery

The restaurant has since reopened and has been confirmed as safe

The Independent UK

Toby Carvery owner celebrates results after hot weather brings in bumper customers

Bosses said they were encouraged by the performance ‘despite well-publicised cost inflation challenges facing the sector’

The Independent UK

Toby Carvery owner says sales to hit ‘top end’ of guidance amid hot weather

Mitchells & Butlers, which also runs Harvester and Miller & Carter venues, said like-for-like sales grew by 5% over the quarter to July 19.

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Toby Carvery owner toasts higher sales as pubs lead the way

Mitchells & Butlers chief executive Phil Urban said the company is ‘working hard’ to mitigate higher costs.

The Guardian - UK

Council leader accepted Spurs tickets days before felling of ancient oak

Enfield’s Ergin Erbil under pressure to recuse himself from decisions over football club’s property plans

Evening Standard

Toby Carvery boss apologises for ‘upset caused’ by felling of centuries-old tree

The tree was cut down in Whitewebbs Park, north London on April 3.

The Independent UK

Ancient London oak hacked down by Toby Carvery owners could have lived ‘another few hundred years’

The ancient oak was on the edge of Whitewebbs Park, next to the Whitewebbs House Toby Carvery

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The Guardian - UK

Council plans legal action over ancient London oak felled by Toby Carvery

Enfield council disputes restaurant chain’s claim 500-year-old tree in Whitewebbs Park was ‘mostly dead’

Evening Standard

Toby Carvery owner apologises after ancient oak tree felling in north London

The cutting down of the tree has been compared to that of the landmark Sycamore Gap tree

Liverpool Echo

Look inside Miller & Carter as restaurant opens doors to public

The restaurant has undergone a "complete transformation"

Birmingham Post

PE & VC specialist Alidad Moghaddam named as chief executive of Blue Light Card

In 2022 Blue Light Card saved its 3m members more than £250m at places such as Toby Carvery, Cineworld and Halfords

Liverpool Echo

Miller and Carter confirm opening date for new restaurant in former Toby Carvery

The restaurant has undergone a "complete transformation"

Liverpool Echo

Woman given 'vile' leftover roast dinner at Toby Carvery

Trinity said she "thought the waitress was joking"

Daily Mirror

Woman gobsmacked by Toby Carvery's 'vile' leftovers packing instead of using box

A woman was left horrified when she asked to take her leftovers from a carvery home, and was given not a box - but something 'vile' and a lot more flimsy than she'd anticipated

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