All Bella Italia articles – Page 3
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Analysis & Insight
Hybrid approach needed in challenging times
The continuing blurring of retail and foodservice, more M&A activity and the unstoppable march of food to go and healthy eating – these are just some of the predictions from MCA and HIM’s latest Top of Mind Survey.
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NewsRooney Anand to chair CDG
Rooney Anand, the outgoing chief executive of Greene King, has been appointed non-executive chairman of the Casual Dining Group, the Café Rouge and Bella Italia operator.
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Las Iguanas makes supermarket debut
Las Iguanas, the Casual Dining Group-owned, casual dining chain, has made its grocery debut with a chilled ready meals range.
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OpinionIt’s all White now
Earlier this year, Nick White, former MD of Bella Italia, Chiquito and Garfunkels, was named as new chief executive of Bistrot Pierre. White and co-founder Robert Beacham speak to Mark Wingett about how the business is evolving and how it is cutting its cloth in more austere trading conditions
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Disaronno and Bella Italia partner for new promotion
Italian liqueur brand, Disaronno, has linked up with Bella Italia for as new promotion Bottles of Disaronno sold in 147 Tesco stores will offer £10,000 worth of vouchers to use at all Bella Italia restaurants. Every bottle purchased will also guarantee that the customer automatically wins a Disaronno cocktail at ...
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UKH Ops Managers Awards finalists revealed
UKHospitality has announced the finalists in the 2018 Operations Managers Awards (formerly ALMR Ops Managers Awards).
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NewsCDG £30m refinancing package
Casual Dining Group, (CDG) the operator of Las Iguanas, Café Rouge and Bella Italia, has announced a new cash investment of £30m as part of a refinancing of the group.
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Analysis & InsightGreater use of psychological pricing expected
The use of psychological pricing is expected to increase, as market conditions remain tough and operators try to tempt customers through their doors, according to new MCA research.
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NewsCDG to build hotel-based estate
Casual Dining Group (CDG), the operator of nearly 300 mid-market brands including Café Rouge, Bella Italia and Las Iguanas, to become the latest sector operator to eye expansion in the hotel F&B market, after signing UK franchise agreements to operate restaurants at two UK hotels.
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NewsCDG signs partnership deal with Cineworld
Casual Dining Group, the operator of Bella Italia, Café Rouge, Las Iguanas, Belgo and La Tasca, has announced a new three-year restaurant partnership deal with Cineworld, which will offer the UK’s leading cinema chain’s Unlimited cardholders a 25% discount on food and drink across the restaurant company’s brands.
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Bella Italia launches new menu
Bella Italia has unveiled a new menu, inspired by classic Italian dishes but taking into account the rising popularity of vegetarianism and veganism.
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Analysis & InsightPromotional activity up 75% in branded restaurants
Promotional activity at branded restaurants has increased by 75% in the last five years, MCA research reveals. Meanwhile promotions in pub restaurants have increased by 39% during the same period, according to a comparative study of the top 25 eating out brands in Q2 2018, with the top 13 in ...
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NewsWhite promoted to Bistrot Pierre CEO
Nick White has been promoted to chief executive at Bistrot Pierre, with co-founder, John Whitehead, moving to a non-executive director role, MCA has learnt.
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Analysis & InsightTalking Italian
Pizza and pasta offers have been vital to the expansion of the casual-dining scene over the past few years. As a result, this segment is hugely competitive and standing out has become increasingly important. MCA’s Steve Gotham looks at data from the Eating Out Panel to assess how key players are performing
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News
Simmons appoints Henry as CFO
Simmons, the Lonsdale-backed cocktail bar group, has appointed Tom Henry, formerly of Casual Dining Group, as chief financial officer, MCA understands.
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Opinion
Perhaps they are on to something
Unsolicited bids for the Azzurri Group, a tenanted pub sector rife with M&A speculation and an acquisitive BrewDog, sector consolidation is back on the agenda, and not just for those looking to pick up the fallout from the current round of Company Voluntary Arrangements
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Analysis & InsightSing when you’re winning
Press coverage of the eating out sector has not made the easiest reading of late, however beyond the much-debated headwinds and the travails of selected brands, the sector remains replete with success stories. Ahead of this week’s Retailers’ Retailer of the Year awards, James Wallin highlights just a few.
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NewsPrezzo FY lfls fell 8%
The Company Voluntary Proposal proposal document put forward by Prezzo has laid bare the decline in trading the company experienced during 2017
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OpinionCDG looks to spread the risk
Experience counts and judging from the latest trading update from the Casual Dining Group (CDG) it is helping the business combat the current nervousness spreading across the market. Its latest trading update paints a picture of a resilient business diversifying to spread the risks thrown up by a soft market and producing an impressive EBITDA performance when put up against the barrage of costs it has had to absorb. Mark Wingett looks at what else it has up its sleeve.
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NewsDiversification underpins CDG lfl growth
Casual Dining Group has said that its current trading is ahead of the market, as it reported “positive low-digit” like-for-like sales growth