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NewsOpenings of the week
MCA rounds up the week’s biggest openings stories, including Wagamama, HOP Vietnamese, Côte Brasserie, Harts Group and more
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NewsCôte appoints managing director
Ashley Hamilton, formerly of Liberation Group, Greene King and Wagamama, will report to chief operating officer Sarah Hills
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NewsLiberation Group chair steps down
Richard Grainger has spent seven years with the pub operator and brewer, overseeing several M&A deals
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NewsCôte posts £145m turnover
The Partners Group-backed French brasserie brand has embarked on major investment to contemporise the brand and enhance the core estate, while also appointing a new CFO
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NewsBurger King, Côte, and Fridays deploy carbon analytics platform
The operators have invested in Zero Carbon Services, a carbon analytics platform from nonprofit Zero Carbon Forum to deliver carbon and cost reductions
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NewsSimon Townsend joins Adnams as NED
The former Ei Group chief exectuive is also a non-executive director at Côte Restaurants
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NewsCôte confirms Sarah Hills as COO
The former Megan’s MD will join the French brasserie brand full-time from March
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NewsPizzaExpress appoints new commercial finance director
Grant Shaw joins the pizza chain this month from his role as head of commercial finance at Côte Restaurants
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NewsCôte reports progress on growth plans
Côte Restaurant Group reported a turnover of £72.7m for the year ended September 2021, plans to open two new venues as well as an in-house butchery and development kitchen
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Analysis & InsightAutumn menu innovation
As the seasons change and the weather begins to turn fresher, MCA rounds-up the latest autumn menu launches from brands including Leon, Pret, Greggs and Costa
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NewsCôte strengthens leadership team
The French brasserie brand has appointed David Murdin as CMA and Richard Tallboy as CIO
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NewsIn pictures: Côte unveils new-look interiors and menu
Marketing director Jo Fawcett told MCA the changes aimed to “better reflect the cultural movement towards informality, creating a more accessible yet still elevated offering”
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NewsNew COO at Bill’s
Bill’s Restaurants has appointed former Côte Brasserie ops director Rebecca Tooth as its new chief operating officer.
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NewsCôte makes raft of new appointments
Côte Brasserie has made a number of new appointments, including Amy Sawbridge as chief people officer, and Keith Lloyd as managing director.
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InterviewsCôte: ‘We want to make this a beautiful thing’
Côte executive chair Jane Holbrook is looking to ‘do a Wagamama’ on the French brasserie brand and make it one of the stand-out performers in the market. Joining last year with new owners Partners Group – an acquisition which won Deal of the Year at MCA’s Retailer’s Retailer Awards – she shares her vision for the restaurant group, and why it must become more relevant and contemporary to win over a new generation of customers.
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NewsJane Holbrook: ‘Cote had lost its way’
Cote executive chair Jane Holbrook has told MCA the new management team and owners are looking to “do a Wagamama” on the French brassiere brand.
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NewsCôte appoints new CMO
Partners Group-backed Côte Brasserie has appointed Erin Roy as its new chief marketing officer.
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NewsCôte sold for £56.5m
Partners Group paid £56.5m for Côte Restaurants in a pre-pack sale, an administrators’ reports reveals.
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EventsRetailer’s Retailer Awards 2021 winners
The best of the best in the hospitality industry were recognised at MCA’s 2021 Retailer’s Retailer Awards, which were broadcast live on 11 March.
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InterviewsHero Award: ‘It’s about taking leadership when few others could’
As part of the new Hero Award category at the Retailers’ Retailer Awards, MCA is profiling five senior managers who have gone above and beyond in steering their business through the crisis. Adelle Taylor of Cote Restaurants was awarded Highly Commended in the category following voting by a panel of judges.