All Las Iguanas articles – Page 5
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NewsCote signs up for Basingstoke
Côte, the BC Partners-backed group, is opening at Basingstoke’s Festival Place shopping centre.
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NewsCDG launches new virtual brand, Blazing Bird
Casual Dining Group is trialling a delivery-only concept, Blazing Bird, from a selection of its Las Iguanas restaurants, MCA understands. The brand is named after a dish from the core Las Iguanas menu – a half or whole chicken with fiery sauce and bagged up fries. The menu also offers ...
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NewsLas Iguanas: ‘We look for authentic ingredients and a story’
Glenn Evans, the head of food development at Casual Dining Group’s Latin American chain talks to MCA’s sister title Food Spark about the biggest mistakes when it comes to menu development, the vegan junk food trend and how to introduce consumers to new foods.
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NewsCDG £30m refinancing package
Casual Dining Group, (CDG) the operator of Las Iguanas, Café Rouge and Bella Italia, has announced a new cash investment of £30m as part of a refinancing of the group.
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Opinion
‘Not everyone wants to eat a black brioche bun’
EAT’s executive chef, Arnaud Kaziewicz, on keeping it simple but tasty, while watching out for new ingredients and innovations.
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OpinionFuller’s: ‘To become famous for food, we have a formula’
The brewer and pub operator’s director of food, Paul Dickinson, talks to MCA’s sister title Food Spark about his long-term plans for the pub group’s food offering, how he hopes to improve working conditions for chefs and the acquisition of Bel and the Dragon
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NewsBabaBoom secures former Vintage Salt site
BabaBoom, the kebab restaurant concept, has secured its second site, in Islington Upper Street.
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NewsStraight outta Cornwall
For a number of years, Hubbox, the US street food-inspired concept, was one of the West Country’s best-kept secrets but securing new investment and a high-profile chairman over the past 18 months means the business will need to win over new fans. Mark Wingett talks to founder Richard Boon
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Analysis & InsightOne trend, three trailblazers
It’s a relatively new kid on the block, but goat meat is featuring in everything from grab-and-go curry pots to Michelin-star tasting menus. MCA’ s sister-title Food Spark asked three operators are how they are using the meat in their dishes
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OpinionThai breaker
TriSpan’s acquisition of a significant stake in Rosa’s Thai Café should provide a timely boost to a market buffeted by the headwinds currently blowing through it. Mark Wingett discusses how this deal also welcomes a new investment player into the mix - one determined to make its own mark on the sector.
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OpinionDowney: ‘The classic restaurant model is in trouble’
The man who energised the street-food phenomenon picks the best new grab-and-go concepts and tells MCA’s sister title Food Spark why he is disappointed so few professional chefs have moved into street food.
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NewsLas Iguanas launches ‘experiences’ on Airbnb
Las Iguanas has launched two restaurant experiences that consumers can book through Airbnb.
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OpinionNew chains shaping the healthy high street
Canadian fast-casual chain Freshii launched in the UK earlier this year with ambitious plans to capitalise on the appetite for healthy eating. The expansion on these shores is being headed up by POD co-founder, Kate Skerritt, who spoke to MCA’s sister title Food Spark about where she sees the future of food.
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NewsCDG to build hotel-based estate
Casual Dining Group (CDG), the operator of nearly 300 mid-market brands including Café Rouge, Bella Italia and Las Iguanas, to become the latest sector operator to eye expansion in the hotel F&B market, after signing UK franchise agreements to operate restaurants at two UK hotels.
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News
Gold Brands plans UK launch for Chesanyama
Gold Brands Investments, the South Africa-based hospitality group, is looking to launch its BBQ restaurant concept Chesanyama
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NewsCDG signs partnership deal with Cineworld
Casual Dining Group, the operator of Bella Italia, Café Rouge, Las Iguanas, Belgo and La Tasca, has announced a new three-year restaurant partnership deal with Cineworld, which will offer the UK’s leading cinema chain’s Unlimited cardholders a 25% discount on food and drink across the restaurant company’s brands.
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Analysis & InsightInterview with an innovator: Dishoom
MCA’s sister title, Food Spark, speaks to Dishoom’s executive chef, Naved Nasir, about some of the secrets to success, how menu development goes down in Dishoom and the Indian dessert that was a complete fail.
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BabaBoom leaves Whitechapel Editions
BabaBoom, the gourmet kebab concept, has left its Deliveroo Editions kitchen in Whitechapel after six month to concentrate on opening a new restaurant, MCA understands.
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Clarke boosts Revolution Bars Group’s property team
Nick Clarke, who recently stepped down as property director of Bistrot Pierre, has joined Revolution Bars Group’s property team
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Opinion
Perhaps they are on to something
Unsolicited bids for the Azzurri Group, a tenanted pub sector rife with M&A speculation and an acquisitive BrewDog, sector consolidation is back on the agenda, and not just for those looking to pick up the fallout from the current round of Company Voluntary Arrangements