All Café Rouge articles – Page 9

  • News

    The Ivy Café set for St John’s Wood

    2016-02-17T08:29:17.267Z

    The Ivy Collection has further strengthened its pipeline in the capital, with an acquisition in north west London

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    Opinion

    Putting spotlight back on brands

    2016-02-12T16:21:00Z

    Casual Dining Group is gearing up for substantial growth over the next few years, fuelled by seemingly unstoppable growth from the Bella Italia brand. CDG property director Phil Derbyshire talks to James Wallin about the evolution of brands, cannibalisation and how landlords are continually raising the bar for operators

  • News

    Belgo heads to the regions

    2016-02-03T08:38:00Z

    Casual Dining Group is to launch its first regional Belgo site in Nottingham later this spring

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    News

    Rhubarb to assess options

    2016-01-29T08:20:00Z

    ECI Partners, the private-equity backer of Rhubarb, is believed to be close to appointing advisers to assess its options for the event caterer and restaurant operator

  • Analysis & Insight

    The empire grabs back

    2016-01-20T08:08:19.970Z

    The debut last year of YO! to Go and the upcoming launch of a grab and go format by Carluccio’s highlights the fact that the sector’s established companies are set to fight back, challenging the existing coffee shop/café model in the process

  • News

    Red’s confirmed for Sheffield

    2016-01-19T08:27:57.123Z

    Red’s True Barbecue has confirmed it will open its latest site in Sheffield this spring

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    News

    Busaba Eathai confirms Liverpool opening

    2016-01-15T16:03:00Z

    Busaba Eathai has confirmed it will open its second site in the north west, in Liverpool, at the end of next month

  • News

    Forster swaps Bella for Wagamama

    2016-01-14T08:27:51.480Z

    Lisa Forster is to step down as operations director of the 95-strong Bella Italia to join Wagamama as a regional director

  • News

    CDG looking to operate Bella and LI together

    2016-01-14T08:20:00Z

    Casual Dining Group (CDG) is looking at opportunities to operate its Bella Italia and Las Iguanas brands in joint schemes, M&C understands.

  • News

    Joe Allen owners plan “collection” of Mustard restaurants

    2016-01-13T08:38:00Z

    The owners of Joe Allen in Covent Garden have told M&C that they are planning a “collection” of restaurants under new “British brasserie” concept Mustard

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    Analysis & Insight

    Who will blink first?

    2016-01-11T08:32:00Z

    It felt like the majority of the sector was running to a standstill last year as it continued to wait to fully reap the rewards of the hard yards put in post downturn. The sobering thought is that it looks like the industry will have to provide more of the same over the next 12-18 months to stay ahead

  • News

    CDG set to open further Rapide site

    2016-01-08T16:11:10.027Z

    Casual Dining Group (CDG) is set to open a further site under its new Rapide by Café Rouge format next month in London

  • News

    Tindall set to become CDG FD

    2016-01-05T08:20:00Z

    Zoe Tindall is set to step down as group finance director at Soho House to become finance director at the Casual Dining Group

  • News

    JDW and CDG urged to use sustainable seafood

    2015-12-17T07:17:00Z

    JD Wetherspoon and the Casual Dining Group have been urged to commit to using only responsibly caught fish on their menus.

  • News

    KKR makes CDG investment

    2015-12-11T16:27:00Z

    KKR, the US private equity group, has supported a debt refinancing of the Casual Dining Group

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    News

    Strada appoints head of sales & marketing

    2015-12-10T08:30:00Z

    Strada has appointed Victoria Searl, formerly of Tragus, as its new head of sales and marketing

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    News

    Five new Bella Italias to open by Christmas

    2015-11-20T16:07:00Z

    Casual Dining Group is set to open five new Bella Italia restaurants between now and Christmas.

  • News

    Restaurant chains criticised for seafood sourcing

    2015-11-18T14:18:16.260Z

    The majority of UK restaurant chains use unsustainable fish or fail to give transparent information to diners about the origins of their seafood according to findings from the Marine Conservation Society (MCS). It found more than half of the restaurants assessed served seafood from overfished supplies with sea bass, whitebait, ...

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    Opinion

    Who is winning the battle for consumer loyalty?

    2015-11-09T08:06:00Z

    Consumers taking part in this month’s M&C Allegra Foodservice’s research programme, the Eating Out Panel, have rated Côte top for both quality and freshness. The results also show pubs and fast food operators challenging the restaurant sector in a number of areas. M&C director of insight, Steve Gotham, explains what the responses can tell us about the eating out market.

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    News

    Jamie's Italian tops child-friendly restaurants league table for second time

    2015-10-21T16:17:00Z

    Jamie’s Italian has topped a league table ranking the health of children’s food in 21 of the UK’s restaurant chains for the second time.