All Giraffe articles – Page 4

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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

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    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.

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    FSA review after Russel Hume and 2 Sisters scandals

    2018-02-02T15:34:28.987Z

    The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) have launched a review of meat cutting premises and cold stores following serious non-compliance issues found at plants operated by 2 Sisters Food Group and Russell Hume.

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    Slim Chickens plans UK launch

    2018-01-24T08:33:00Z

    Slim Chickens, US restaurant chain which specialises in chicken tenders and wings, is planning to launch in the UK

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    H1 revenue up 28% at Eagle Eye

    2018-01-23T08:29:16.893Z

    Eagle Eye, the digital loyalty company, saw group revenues increase c28% to £6.5m in six months ended 31 December 2017

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    Bob's Cafe set for rollout

    2018-01-18T08:35:00Z

    Giraffe founder Juliette Joffe has told MCA her family’s restaurant group will begin the rollout of Bob’s Café this year after converting two Chooks sites into the concept.

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    Byron set for rescue deal

    2017-12-15T10:24:00Z

    Byron, the struggling better burger chain, has struck a rescue deal that could lead to the closure of a big chunk of its restaurant estate next year, Sky News reports Sky News has reported that shareholders in Byron have agreed a transaction under which Three Hills Capital Partners (THCP) will ...

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    RCapital and Boparan not in Byron talks

    2017-12-14T08:43:00Z

    RCapital and Boparan Restaurant Group have both distanced themselves from the current sales process for Byron

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    Snell swaps Boparan for Gusto

    2017-12-12T08:32:00Z

    Matt Snell has been appointed commercial director of Gusto Restaurants.

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    Boparan makes changes to senior team

    2017-12-04T15:23:00Z

    Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG) has announced a number of changes to its executive board, to come into force in the coming weeks.

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    Sellers swaps Boparan for East Coast Concepts

    2017-11-09T08:37:00Z

    Nicky Sellers has stepped down from Giraffe and Ed’s Easy Diner owner Boparan Restaurant Group to join East Coast Concepts, the company behind North West-based casual dining brands Neighbourhood and Victor’s, as its new operations director.

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    Abbasi named Feng Sushi MD

    2017-10-31T08:25:00Z

    JD Abbasi, formerly an operations director at Farmacy and Giraffe, has been appointed managing director of Feng Sushi

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    GBK and Let’s Sushi set for Meadowhall

    2017-10-30T07:40:00Z

    GBK and local operator Let’s Sushi are to join the line-up at the Oasis Dining Quarter in Sheffield’s Meadowhall scheme

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    Manchester Airport to ramp up F&B offer

    2017-10-13T08:41:40.833Z

    Manchester Airport is searching for F&B outlets to fill new retail and leisure space amid a £1bn transformation programme

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    Ex-Tesco & Carluccio’s marketeer launches Cut & Grind

    2017-09-22T08:34:00Z

    Paschalis Loucaides, formerly of Carluccio’s, Giraffe and Tesco Family Dining, has launched a new burger concept called Cut & Grind

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    Ex-Eddie Rocket’s franchisee acquires Ed’s sites

    2017-08-08T08:39:24.543Z

    Brian Dunne, the former largest franchisee of the Eddie Rocket’s brand in Ireland, has acquired four former Ed’s Easy Diner sites

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    New US-themed concept secures Ed’s sites

    2017-07-06T08:36:49.607Z

    Smokin’ Joes, a new restaurant concept, has been launched through the acquisition of four former Ed’s Easy Diner sites