Nando’s is the latest high street restaurant chain to aid visually impaired and dyslexic customers by partnering with the Good Food Talks app. Alongside chains like Carluccio’s, Pret A Manger and a number of independent outlets, it's ensuring anyone has the option to shop in its restaurants.

In 2011 Burger & Lobster took the UK by storm. Now, its creators are rolling out the same affordable luxury in the form of Rex & Mariano, a fish restaurant that cuts out the middle man. Aiming to serve quality plates at palatable prices it replaces waiters with iPads. Will it be as successful?

As McDonald’s sees sales slump, new reports suggest the brand is losing relevance with younger diners, as fast casual chains like Chipotle and Five Guys are seen as delivering better quality, fresher and healthier fare. Are Millennials over McDonald’s?

With luxury under threat by those lower down the ladder, is there an opportunity to blend high and low culture? Enter London’s Bubbledogs and its adventurous solution: the unlikely marriage of hotdogs and champagne.

Shake Shack or Sheikh Shack? Ranked as the favourite premium burger joint in the UAE, the New York-based chain has taken the region’s fast casual food market by storm. But Shake Shack’s status as a mainstay of Middle Eastern malls has to do with a whole lot more than how its product tastes.

The American appetite for fast food is waning. Instead, people are hungry for experiences. In response, fast food chain Taco Bell has launched an upmarket Mexican-American restaurant brand, aimed at a Millennial demographic demanding fresh, gourmet food in a casual setting.

It's a format pioneered by Subway and perfected by Chipotle. Now, the build-your-own meal is reshaping restaurants across the US. As fast food giants like McDonald's struggle to boost sales, fast casual restaurants are flourishing by letting people choose their own ingredients.

Just under a quarter of children in London are obese, and with over 8,000 fried chicken shops spread across the capital, junk food is a major contributing factor. Tottenham-based Chicken Town offers up a healthy alternative to the greasy meal, but will school kids be able to stomach it?