All Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) articles – Page 9
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News
Deliveroo raises £2.75m to expand business
Deliveroo, the London-based food delivery platform, has raised £2.75m of new funding to further strengthen its logistics technologies and delivery platform
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NewsGBK eyes trio of further openings
Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK), the Capricorn Ventures-backed group, is lining up three further openings for its current financial year
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NewsGBK secures Watford opening
Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK), the Capricorn Ventures-backed group, has secured an opening for later this year in Watford
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Analysis & Insight
Channelling the right branded offer
Stephen Evans, development director at Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK), looks at how mundane and anti-brand some of the emerging areas in London have become and says if we are not careful, gentrification will mean a “second tier of homogenisation filled with artisan coffee shops and brunch joints and very little else”
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Diary
Diary: Orchid, Enterprise Inns, Loungers, Vapiano
This week’s Diary includes more on the Orchid sales process, the initial feedback on Enterprise’s first managed site, another award for Loungers and renewed pressure for pubco reform
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NewsGBK grows pipeline
Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK), the Capricorn Ventures-backed group, has secured two new sites and is in talks on a further four units
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News
GBK founder backs new doughnut concept
A new artisan doughnut concept backed by Gourmet Burger Kitchen co-founder Adam Wills has launched in London, according to M&C Report’s sister title British Baker
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Analysis & InsightTake me out
Restaurants are going toe-to-toe with established food-to-go and takeaway specialists to bring home a slice of the UK’s increasingly sophisticated takeout and delivery market
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NewsMeatliquor eyes further expansion
Meatliquor, the fast-casual concept led by Yianni Papoutsis and Scott Collins, is planning to roll out its meat and cocktail-based restaurant to Glasgow and Newcastle within the next 12 months, The Daily Telegraph reports
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NewsWagamama and GBK embrace mobile payment
Wagamama and Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) have joined Prezzo in introducing new mobile payment technology via the PayPal smartphone app to the whole of their estates
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NewsTGI’s to introduce step-change menu
TGI Friday’s is to make a step-change in its food offer, with the launch a new menu which will comprise of brand-firsts including delicious Creole seafood such as mussels and shell-on shrimp
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NewsChiquito, Frankie & Benny’s and GBK confirmed for Intu Stoke
The Restaurant Group (TRG) brands Chiquito and Frankie & Benny’s, along with and Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK), are the first three restaurants to sign up to open at a new £20m extension at Intu Potteries in Stoke on Trent
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News
Operators confirmed for Bracknell
Coast to Coast, Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) and Pizza Express have all been confirmed as signing up to open in Bracknell as part of The Bracknell Regeneration Partnership, a 50:50 joint venture between Legal & General Property and Schroder Property
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NewsGBK appoints new FD
Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK), the Capricorn Ventures-backed group, has appointed Gerard Carolan as its new finance director
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NewsGBK grows pipeline
Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) has strengthened its long-term pipeline by already securing three openings for 2015/2016
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NewsLynch to become group CEO at Nando’s
Andrew Lynch, the former chief executive of SSP, is to become group chief executive of Nando’s, the Capricorn Ventures-backed international chain of peri peri chicken restaurants
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NewsFY PBT doubles at Nando’s Group
Nando’s Group, the operator of the eponymous peri peri chicken chain and Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK), saw pre-tax profit more than double in the year to 24 February 2013, up from £14.7m to £33.4m, while turnover increased from £419.6m to £485.2m
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Analysis & InsightBeers, burgers and London buses…
Like any crowded market place there is a greater need for branded operators to differentiate themselves and raise their heads above the proverbial parapet to be seen. In the opinion of Stephen Evans, development director at Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK), three clear markets have now emerged
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News
GBK swings into profit
Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) reported a pre-tax profit of £160k for the year to 24 February 2013, against a £685k loss the previous 12 months and said that this positive momentum had continued into its current financial year
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News
GBK launches new brand identity
Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) has launch a new brand identity, which it plans to roll out across its 59-strong estate next year, as part of the first full brand development exercise since the chain was founded in 2001