Food to Go News – Page 9
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NewsPret to launch in Spain and Portugal
Pret A Manger has reached an agreement with Ibersol Group to launch Pret in Spain and Portugal as it looks to grow its international reach.
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NewsPret unveils new visual identity
The new look is designed to be fresher and more modern, as well as accessible, inclusive and welcoming, the company said
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NewsGreggs still considering overseas expansion
Former chief executive Roger Whiteside told MCA the food to go retailer still had a small team working on where there could be opportunities to take Greggs outside the UK
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NewsChopstix aiming for the century within a year
The Asian QSR brand, which earlier this week announced a partnership with Haven, has another five franchise partners lined up, MD Jon Lake told MCA
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NewsGreggs ‘desperate’ to open more transport hubs
Roger Whiteside, who steps down as CEO later today, said even if numbers in London never return to normal, the capital would still be busier than anywhere else
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NewsGreggs achieves 27% lfl rise
The food to go retailer said sales in larger cities and office locations continued to lag behind the rest of the estate but that transport hubs had shown a marked increase in activity in recent weeks
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NewsEaster sales slowdown for Pret
Sales in Pret’s West End sites were down 12% to 86% of pre-pandemic levels in the week to 21 April, with airport sales hit by fight cancellations, according to Bloomberg’s latest Pret Index
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NewsPoke House lines up a further eight UK sites
The Italian-based poke business will open in Covent Garden and Battersea Power Station as part of its plans to open 65 UK sites by the end of next year
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NewsEG Group’s UK foodservice business to fuel growth
EG’s plans including rolling out 50 Leon and 30 Cooplands sites per year, as part of a target to create more than 32,000 jobs globally over the next five years
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NewsTim Hortons announces first London site
The Canadian QSR brand plans to double its estate in the UK, to 100 sites by the end of 2023, with its first location in the capital to open later this month
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NewsPret secures new agreement for Irish expansion
An agreement of terms has been reached with existing franchise partner Carebook which will see 20 Pret shops opened across Ireland over the next decade
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NewsTortilla to accelerate expansion on the back of significant revenue growth
The fast-casual Mexican brand, which listed on AIM in October, achieved revenue growth of +79.5% in the full year to 2 January 2022, with its strong trading momentum continuing post year-end
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NewsGreggs surpasses healthier choices target
The food to go retailer has refreshed the targets in its Greggs Pledge for 2022, which includes increasing the number of its breakfast clubs and reducing food waste
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NewsKerb to revamp Cucumber Alley
Landlord Shaftesbury said the space adjacent to the main Seven Dials Market would relaunch as a grab and go hub on 8 April, with seven new operators added to the line-up
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NewsBurger King eyes ‘significant growth’ in 2022
UK chief executive Alasdair Murdoch told MCA that drive-thru remained a key area of growth for the brand, while dark kitchens were being used as a way of increasing market penetration
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NewsSushiDog kickstarts growth strategy with new collaborations
With a total of seven new openings lined up, the sushi roll specialist is looking to keep evolving with its offering
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NewsKFC launches anti-littering pledge
The fried chicken brand will tell its customers ’Don’t Be A Tosser’ with 15ft banners at restaurants across the UK
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NewsCoco di Mama travels same road as Leon and Pret
As it continues to diversify away from its central London heartland, the Azzurri Group brand is trialling a pasta counter at Roadchef’s Norton Canes service area, and looking at various other opportunities in airports, train stations and commuter towns, MD Jim Attwood told MCA
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NewsLockdown bakery opens prime site
Buns from Home, which was founded in a domestic kitchen as a lockdown project, is opening its fourth site, in The Yards, Covent Garden
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NewsBurger King UK opens 10 new sites
It comes as the Bridgepoint-backed business plans a reported £600m listing on the London Stock Exchange