All Carluccio’s articles – Page 17
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NewsCarluccio’s opens fourth Manchester site
Carluccio’s, the all-day Italian restaurant chain, has opened in Hale, greater Manchester, making it the fourth for the group in the city
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NewsFive Guys expansion to gather pace
Five Guys, the popular US burger chain, is to ramp up its expansion plans in the run up to the end of the year, after securing a further site in Scotland
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NewsCarluccio’s sets up employee project team
Carluccio’s has set up a project team to address perceived shortcomings about how the company works with its staff that came to light on the TV show Undercover Boss
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Opinion
The restaurant fashion victims
A trip down nostalgia lane beckons for Stephen Evans, development director at Gourmet Burger Kitchen, who looks at the restaurants he visited as a child, remembers how much of a treat they were, and questions why they have been usurped by new national brands
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OpinionMy experience as undercover boss
Carluccio’s chief executive Simon Kossoff talks about his experience on last night’s Channel 4 programme Undercover Boss
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Analysis & Insight
Jamie’s tops customer satisfaction survey
Customer service has been voted more important than food quality and value for money when choosing where to dine out
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News
Albert Roux joins The Clink Charity
High profile chef Albert Roux OBE has joined prison training and rehabilitation charity, The Clink Charity, as group chef ambassador to support the charity across its restaurant kitchens
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News
Intu sees property value uplift
Intu, the shopping centre operator, has reported a 7.6% uplift in the like-for-like value of its properties in the six months to June, with the group seeing profits and revenues grow
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Analysis & Insight
BBC names eating-out brands with best and worst hygiene ratings
Most major national eating-out brands were found to have none or very few sites with unsatisfactory levels of food hygiene, according to analyst of Food Standards Agency data examined by the BBC
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Analysis & InsightNew world order
Forget the recent influx of US restaurant brands planting their flags on UK soil – the Brits are leading a global invasion all of their own
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OpinionBrighton: buying some cool
Brighton has gone from a grubby seaside town to gaining an exclusive status that’s almost on a par with London. Jessica Mason looks at what makes this city tick and how to make a business succeed
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NewsSvenson eyes UK launch for MOD Pizza concept
Scott Svenson, the US-based founder of Seattle Coffee Company in the UK that was later bought by Starbucks, is targeting a UK launch for his MOD Pizza restaurant concept, M&C Report has learnt
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Analysis & InsightOperators use 'exit' food items to grow margins
Operators are continuing to offer very competitive price points for entry level dishes but are charging significantly more for their most expensive ‘exit’ food items, according to the Menu & Food Trends report from Allegra Foodservice
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Hilton to launch new concept Ceru
Barry Hilton, the former operations director at Yalla Yalla and Black & Blue, is to launch a new Mediterranean/Middle Eastern concept called Ceru
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Iberica confirms Manchester for first regional opening
Ibérica Food & Culture has confirmed it will open its first regional site in Manchester’s Spinningfields this autumn
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Carluccio’s names Chef of the Year
Carluccio’s has announced its chef of the Year from 75 entrants across its 83 restaurants
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Analysis & InsightThe story so far
The first half of this year has underlined the feeling that the UK’s eating and drinking-out sector is slowly, but surely pulling itself out of the downturn. Vibrancy has returned to the market, while even pub groups are looking at entering the fast casual market, but will the next six months and beyond cement this position?
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Iberica closes in on Manchester site
Ibérica Food & Culture, the restaurant and deli led by two-Michelin starred chef Nacho Manzano and Marcos Fernández Pardo, is closing in on its first site outside London, in Manchester
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Opinion
Challenging intolerance
While translating new EU allergen rules into practical action is demanding, the FSA’s advice can benefit profits as well as customers, says James England of Fourth
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NewsCarluccio’s returns to Oxford
Carluccio’s, the all-day Italian café chain led by Simon Kossoff, is to return to Oxford, five years after the group pulled out of the city