All Byron articles – Page 15
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News
Byron launches lighter bites lunch menu
Byron has launched a lunch menu of lighter bites at some of its restaurants
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Byron and Wagamama set for Eastbourne
Byron, Wagamama, Chiquito and Frankie & Benny have all signed up to open in the Arndale Cente in Eastbourne.
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NewsRetailers’ Retailer of the Year Awards 2016 finalists announced
The finalists for next year’s Retailers’ Retailer of the Year Awards (RROTY) have been revealed, with the Bridgepoint-backed Azzurri Group leading the list of nominees, closely followed by Wagamama
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Byron plans four Scottish openings
Byron is set to expand its presence to four sites over the next few months, after securing a second site in Edinburgh
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Analysis & InsightAzzurri hails transformational year
The Azzurri Group, operator of ASK, Zizzi and Coco di Mama, has hailed 2015 as a transformational 12 months for the group, after reporting a 16.5% increase in EBITDA to £31.8m for the year to 28 June
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Opinion
The grill seeker
In the face of competition, Gourmet Burger Kitchen, the original better burger concept could have become the forgotten man of the sector. But chief executive Alasdair Murdoch and his team have refreshed the company and are ready to push on. Mark Wingett reports
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InterviewsFive-minute interview: Morgan Davies – Barburrito
M&C takes five minutes to talk to Morgan Davies, chief executive and co-founder of Barburrito, about Byron’s marketing, his concerns over the National Living Wage and wanting to run car parks
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Analysis & InsightIs Signature a sign of the times?
It might be the fast food restaurant brand, but McDonald’s certainly can’t be accused of moving too quickly with its latest menu launch
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Analysis & InsightAre feathers about to fly?
Joe Lutrario, deputy editor of Restaurant magazine, reports back on his visit to Reys and says that PizzaExpress has made a play for Nando’s territory with a more grown-up chicken concept in Cambridge city centre.
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NewsByron to make Scottish debut
Byron, the Hutton Collins-backed better burger group, is making its Scottish debut with a site opening in the coming months at Aberdeen’s Union Square
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NewsFive minutes with… Charlie Gilkes, Inception Group
This week, M&C takes five minutes with Charlie Gilkes, co-founder of Inception Group, about how Byron creates a buzz, his fears over diminishing property targets in the capital and his dream of running a hotel
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Booker 10% profit growth is sustainable
Charles Wilson, chief executive of Booker, said there is no reason the company’s like for like growth in profits of 10% should not be repeated next year as it continues to improve its offering and grow customer base in the hospitality and catering sector
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Byron provides more than 80,000 school meals for children in poverty
The new partnership between Byron and the charity One Feeds Two saw the better burger operator’s customers provide over 40,000 school meals for children living in some of the poorest parts of the world
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NewsPizzaExpress: Delivery, Reys, acquisitions, overseas concepts
M&C talks to Richard Hodgson, chief executive of the Hony Capital-backed PizzaExpress, about the group’s move into the delivery market; the potential for its chicken-led concept Reys; scope for acquisitions and introducing Far East-based brands into the UK
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Interviews
Five minutes with…Jonathan Downey
M&C takes five minutes with Jonathan Downey, co-founder of London Union, and talks about Jonny Wilkinson ads, frequenting Lyle’s in Shoreditch and why some of our brands-only high streets already represent the British equivalent of the USA’s ‘Generica’
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Analysis & InsightBrisket cases
With their hot sauces in retail, a cookbook under their belts and a sixth site about to launch, Red’s True Barbecue’s James Douglas and Scott Munro are fired up for further growth
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Byron in charity partnership with One Feeds Two
Byron is joining forces with an innovative new charity partner - One Feeds Two, which aims to use hunger to end hunger
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NewsOliver to take self-funded route with restaurants
Jamie Oliver has decided not to sell a stake in his restaurant business but continue its expansion through a self-funded model
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Ashford first council to ban selected operators from development
Ashford Borough Council, in Kent, has become the first local authority to ban specific bars and restaurants from securing sites at its expanded Designer Outlet centre.
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Analysis & InsightIn the market
It is fair to say that the Kaye family knew the value of trading in a market town. Fast forward 10 years and with central London’s property market running too hot for the majority of sector businesses, a new generation of operators are increasingly finding comfort in the UK’s market towns.