All Café Rouge articles – Page 12
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NewsTragus enters new era as Casual Dining Group
Tragus is set to enter a new era under the name the Casual Dining Group (CDG), which will see it open 70 restaurants over the next few years
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NewsGiggling Squid sets Surrey expansion target
Giggling Squid, the rapidly-growing Thai restaurant group, has set out plans to have four Surrey restaurants by the end of 2015 as part of plans to form a national Thai restaurant group
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Analysis & InsightByron and Browns named most satisfying brands
Byron and Browns have been named the most satisfying eating-out brands and Five Guys the best quality in CGA Peach’s BrandTrack survey.
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NewsWildwood strengthens pipeline
Wildwood, the Tasty-owned restaurant brand, has secured further sites for its core brand and sub format Wildwood Kitchen
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NewsPatisserie Valerie secures Café Rouge in Glasgow
Patisserie Valerie has secured a further site in Glasgow, after taking a former Café Rouge unit
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Analysis & Insight‘Grandad’ of the burger sector
Paul Campbell has been involved in the creation, development and sale of leisure businesses including trailblazing restaurant chains and health and fitness clubs. Mel Flaherty finds out more about the man who has gone on to establish private investment company Hill Capital Partners
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NewsFive Guys UK to launch breakfast offer
Five Guys will launch a breakfast offer in the UK tomorrow morning (7am) at its site in London’s Argyll Street.
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NewsFive Guys set for Irish expansion
Five Guys, the popular US burger chain is to launch in Ireland after signing a franchise deal with Brett, Ross and Derry Desmond, the sons of financier Dermot Desmond.
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NewsFive Guys secures Charing Cross Café Rouge
Five Guys has secured its third flagship site in central London, after acquiring the Café Rouge restaurant near The Strand from Tragus
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Analysis & InsightCaught in the maul
It is not a technical term, but the word that many operators have used to some up their thoughts on the next 12 months is mental. Competition will continue to be fierce with all the on-going challenges that brings with it
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Diary
Diary: PizzaExpress, La Tasca, BII, Columbo Group
In this week’s Diary we report on a worrying decline in customer satisfaction, La Tasca taking further digital steps, Neil Morrissey prepares another pub venture and fashion tips with the BII
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NewsPizzaExpress appoints new international MD
PizzaExpress has promoted Luke Davies to international managing director
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Wildwood takes Chichester Café Rouge
Wildwood has moved closer with its plans to opening in Chichester after securing planning permission to make changes to the town’s former Café Rouge site
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NewsCote secures three new sites
Cote has further strengthened its openings pipeline for this year after securing sites in Cirencester, Fulham Broadway and Norwich
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ASK secures Giggling Squid site
Giggling Squid has sold the Maidstone site it acquired a year ago but never opened, to ASK Italian, after receiving “an offer we couldn’t refuse”
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Irving St site let to Caffe Concerto sold for £14.4m
A private Qatari investor has acquired 17-18 Irving Street, near Leicester Square, which is set to house a new Caffe Concerto, for £14.4m
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OpinionMRO leads changes for 2015
The last 12 months has witnessed some seismic changes in the UK’s eating and drinking-out market, probably the most significant and far reaching will be the Parliamentary vote for a market rent only (MRO) clause for tied tenants in the pubs code.
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OpinionHugh in for the long haul
Hugh Osmond talks to Mark Wingett about why there is no limit to what Strada can achieve, competing brands, the consumer environment and creating a business that stands for something
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Cafe Rouge manager collects top award
Cafe Rouge manager Alper Zan has been named the Academy of Food & Wine Service’s UK Restaurant Manager of the Year 2014
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NewsTragus to explore franchise route
Tragus, the Steve Richards-led group, is to explore expanding both its Café Rouge and Bella Italia brands internationally, M&C Report understands.