All Ed’s Easy Diner articles – Page 10
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Diary
Diary: Giraffe, Five Guys & Giggling Squid
This week’s Diary includes Russel and Juliette Joffe’s plans after stepping down from Giraffe, Five Guys’ anniversary, Alan Yau on the streets of London and Ed’s scaled-down concept
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NewsEd’s lines up another six openings
Ed’s Easy Diner, Andrew Guy-led chain, is planning a further six openings before the end of year
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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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NewsCaffe Nero doubles up at Liverpool One
Caffè Nero is to open a 3,097sq ft café on Liverpool ONE’s Lord Street, a sister site to its existing unit on Peter’s Lane at the scheme
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News
Cineworld to anchor £100m Watford scheme
Intu has signed leading cinema operator Cineworld as the leisure anchor for its £100m retail and leisure development in Watford town centre
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NewsEd’s appoints advisor as it looks at financing options
Ed’s Easy Diner has appointed corporate advisory firm McQueen to advise it on its financing options as it gears up for the next stage of its development
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Interviews
Friday five-minute interview
M&C Report talks to Stephen Minall, co-owner of Wrapid, the healthy fast-food concept, about his best investment, his best business decision and the best piece of advice he’s ever received
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News
Brand loyalty comes with 'soul'
The average customer will visit 12 – 15 branded restaurants or pubs annually and choose where to visit based on location, pre-conceived knowledge of the brand and its ‘soul’
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NewsIntu names Lakeside foodcourt line up
Intu has confirmed the majority of the line-up for its new £9m foodcourt development at Lakeside, with Tortilla, Five Guys and Patisserie Valerie all asset for new openings at the scheme
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Analysis & InsightUK brands outperform US counterparts
The UK’s top 100 pub, restaurant and foodservice brands out-performed their US equivalents in sales growth and unit number growth in 2013, according to new research from US consultancy firm Technomic
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News
Operators eye Nottingham openings
A number of operators are eyeing opening in Nottingham over the next six to nine months, including Coast to Coast and Living Ventures
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Analysis & Insight
Street food growth to continue
The street food sector is set to keep growing as 47% of consumers plan to eat more of it in the next year, according to research conducted by Allegra Foodservice for ingredients supplier Santa Maria, reports M&C’s sister title Big Hospitality
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NewsEd’s Easy Diner to explore options
Ed’s Easy Diner is thought to have carried out a beauty parade of advisors as it considers a number of strategic options to aid the next stage of its development
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News
Salt reduction pledge attracts 50 dining out operators
Around 50 pub and restaurant operators have now signed up to the Department of Health’s pledge to reduce salt in the food they serve to help diners achieve a reduction of 1g per person per day compared to the amount eaten in 2007
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NewsEd’s builds pipeline
Ed’s Easy Diner is lining up a further five openings as it looks to open eight diners in total this year
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Analysis & InsightEd's takes top spot in Zolfo Cooper Profit Tracker
Ed’s Easy Diner has taken the top spot in this year’s Zolfo Cooper Profit Tracker, which tracks companies with the fastest-growing profits within the United Kingdom’s eating and drinking-out sector, with a compound annual growth rate of 127%
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Analysis & InsightGrowth accelerates for new dining concepts
New eating out concepts are being rolled out at a faster rate than in recent years, with 35 formats added to Horizons’ latest Ones To Watch report over the past six months
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NewsGuy backs new pub, hostel and farm venture
Mad in London, operator of the Princess Alice pub in London’s Spitalfields, is to convert the property in to a pub, boutique hostel and urban farm venture called The Culpeper
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News
Ed’s opens in Liverpool
Ed’s Easy Diner has opened its first restaurant in Liverpool on Liverpool ONE’s Lord Street
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OpinionChanging of the guard
If the average tenure for a chief executive these days in a quoted business is under five years, and for those in private businesses slightly more, then Simon Kossoff, Russel Joffe, Robin Rowland, Clive Schlee, Harvey Smyth and Andrew Page, with a combined tenure of more than 60 years (an average of 10 years each), are all due for replacement at some point soon. When it happens, who from the next generation will take over?