A cultural divide is emerging in Europe’s culinary scene, reshaping the restaurant experience. While gathering around a table remains a deeply rooted tradition, a new habit is steadily gaining ground across the continent: dining alone.

Despite the surge in coffee prices, which the Belgian coffee service specialist was forced to pass on to its own pricing several times, Miko reported both increased volume and revenue for the first half of the year. Enough to slow the erosion of net profit and help safeguard the company’s performance in an unpredictable market.

In Gentbrugge, the Dutch charging station giant Fastned is offering a full-scale demonstration of what “service areas for a sustainable mode of transport should look like.” Charging stations, of course but ones harmoniously integrated into an environment designed with users in mind. Guided tour.

As Poppies Bakeries approaches its 50th anniversary, the industrial pastry specialist is deepening its expansion by strengthening its presence in the waffle sector. The family‑run business based in Zonnebeke has now joined forces with Milcamps, the well‑known Walloon brand under which France’s Jacquet Brossard had until now marketed its waffle activities.

Hotel chains are rethinking their business models in an attempt to maximize the value of every square meter. Components of the experience that were thought to be unshakeable are disappearing, such as minibars. This is merely a diversion, to redirect customers' attention and, more importantly, their consumption elsewhere. Abracadabra...

Meet John-John Dohmen, iconic Red Lions player, on how data collection has profoundly changed top-level hockey... A sporting world that is ultimately very similar to the business world.