All Giraffe articles – Page 3

  • News

    Feng Sushi MD steps down as it consolidates estate

    2018-10-10T08:48:00Z

    JD Abbasi, formerly of Farmacy and Giraffe, has stepped down as chief executive of Feng Sushi, the London-based Japanese sushi restaurant and delivery company, as it continues to consolidate its estate.

  • Slim Chickens
    News

    Boparan plans Soho opening for Slim Chickens

    2018-09-19T08:55:00Z

    Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG), operator of the Giraffe and Ed’s Diner brands, is planning an opening for Slim Chickens, the Texas fried chicken concept, in London’s Soho, MCA understands.

  • Giraffe Stansted
    News

    Giraffe and Ed’s launch retail range with Tesco

    2018-09-17T08:58:00Z

    Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG) has launched retail ranges for Giraffe and Ed’s Diner with Tesco.

  • Giraffe Stansted
    News

    Giraffe to launch in Spain

    2018-08-23T08:33:00Z

    Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG) has entered a new franchise partnership with Lagardère Travel Retail to open its Giraffe Restaurant concept in Spanish airports.

  • Matt Snell, MD, Gusto
    Analysis & Insight

    Subtly Italian

    2018-08-15T08:34:00Z

    More than a decade after the Gusto brand was created out of the ashes of Est Est Est, it is now in the midst of a second reinvention, which will see it fully embracing its Mediterranean influences. Georgi Gyton reports.

  • The Restaurant Group
    News

    Boyers joins TRG

    2018-07-26T08:33:00Z

    Brett Boyers, who stepped down from Boparan Restaurant Group earlier this year, has joined The Restaurant Group

  • Catherine Salloux
    News

    Boparan appoints new group marketing director

    2018-07-25T08:11:57.957Z

    Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG) has appointed Catherine Salloux as group marketing director, with immediate effect.

  • Cote
    News

    Cote signs up for Basingstoke

    2018-07-11T08:22:00Z

    Côte, the BC Partners-backed group, is opening at Basingstoke’s Festival Place shopping centre.

  • Street food
    Analysis & Insight

    UK street food market to reach £1.2bn in 2018

    2018-07-03T08:27:00Z

    The UK street food market will reach an estimated total value of £1.2bn in 2018 – up 9.1% on 2017, MCA analysis predicts.

  • Giraffe Stansted
    News

    Hazel swaps Splendid for Boparan

    2018-06-21T08:39:00Z

    Andrew Hazel has stepped down as head of UK food operations at Splendid Restaurants to join Boparan Restaurant Group

  • Frankie and Bennys
    News

    TRG lfls down 4.3% in year-to-date

    2018-05-23T07:20:00Z

    The Restaurant Group (TRG) has reported like-for-like sales for the 20 weeks to 20 May down 4.3%, with total sales falling 3.1%.

  • Giraffe Stansted
    News

    Giraffe launches V2.0 format in Bristol

    2018-05-17T08:38:00Z

    Giraffe, the Boparan Restaurant Group concept, has launched a “version 2.0” format at its Bristol site, with a new menu and service style, MCA understands.

  • Harry Ramsden's interior
    News

    Boyers steps down from Boparan

    2018-03-27T08:47:00Z

    Brett Boyers has stepped down as franchise director at Boparan Restaurant Group

  • News

    Joffes add to Bob’s Café estate

    2018-03-20T08:43:39.433Z

    Laurel Canyon Ventures, the Joffe family-led vehicle, has secured a third site in London for its all-day dining concept Bob’s Café.

  • News

    Boparan appoints international development director

    2018-03-13T08:32:00Z

    Boparan Restaurant Group has appointed a new international development director, as it eyes overseas expansion

  • News

    Diary: Giraffe; Wahlburgers and Gordon Ramsay (again)

    2018-03-02T16:14:28.693Z

    This week’s Diary discusses…. well… the same stuff as last week really as we bring you the grapevine’s latest on the senior team at Gordon Ramsay Group. We also discuss rumblings around Boparan and the latest US chain thought to be eyeing a UK launch.

  • News

    Frizzenti eyes London Fizz! bar taproom

    2018-02-23T08:46:34.487Z

    Frizzenti, the drinks supplier and bar operator, is looking to open a tap-room style site in a railway arch in London, MCA has learnt.

  • News

    Slim Chickens secures first UK site

    2018-02-16T08:42:47.600Z

    The first site for Slim Chickens, the US restaurant chain which is launching in the UK in partnership with Boparan Restaurant Group, will be a former Giraffe site in Marylebone, MCA understands.

  • News

    Vital appoints new management team

    2018-02-13T08:31:12.893Z

    FCFM, the privately-owned investment firm, which acquired Vital Ingredient out of administration earlier this year, has appointed a new management team to the business

  • Gusto
    News

    Gusto promotes Snell to MD

    2018-02-12T07:48:00Z

    Gusto Restaurants, the Palatine Private Equity-backed chain, has appointed Matt Snell as its new managing director, MCA has learnt.