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    Punch invests £1.2m in Notts pubs

    2014-07-23T16:54:00Z

    Punch Taverns has invested £1.2m into pubs across the Nottingham area over the past year, the company has said

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    Vietnamese Kitchen up to five

    2014-07-23T16:49:07.410Z

    Vietnamese Kitchen, the London-based Vietnamese restaurant operator, has secured its fifth site and its second in Soho

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    Coffee shops too expensive say 73% of consumers

    2014-07-23T08:00:00Z

    Most people believe food and drinks at coffee and sandwich shops are too expensive and more than half would visit more often if prices were lowered

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    Coffee shops resilience will continue if they follow trends

    2014-07-23T07:58:00Z

    Coffee shops must continue to adapt to the latest trends and modernise product ranges in line with these to maintain a strong consumer following in the face of rising coffee prices, according to the Key Note Market Report 2014 on coffee & sandwich shops

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    Shake Shack in Victoria talks

    2014-07-23T07:56:00Z

    Shake Shack, the Danny Meyer-founded burger concept, is in talks to take a site at Land Securities Nova development in London’s Victoria

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    YO! appoints new ops director

    2014-07-23T07:54:00Z

    New YO! Sushi chief executive Vanessa Hall has made her first key appointment after hiring Paul Reynolds as the group’s new operations director

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    PizzaExpress launches £610m bond

    2014-07-23T07:54:00Z

    PizzaExpress has started marketing a £610m bond to fund its leverage buyout by Chinese private equity group Hony Capital

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    Cirrus Inns appoints new ops director

    2014-07-23T07:52:00Z

    Cirrus Inns has appointed Paul Boyce, formerly food and beverage director at De Vere Hotels and Village Urban Resorts, as its new operations director

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    Cote secures more openings

    2014-07-23T07:50:00Z

    Cote, the French brasserie chain backed by CBPE, has secured a further two sites for opening this year in Dorchester and West Bridgford

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    ​Yogberries in the process of being sold

    2014-07-23T07:48:00Z

    Yogberries, the frozen yoghurt chain, is in the process of being sold, M&C Report has learnt

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    ​Chipotle reports one of its strongest ever quarters

    2014-07-23T07:40:00Z

    Chipotle has reported a 17.3% rise in comparable restaurant sales in the second quarter of 2014, which the group said was one of its strongest comparative periods as a public company

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    Green Flash Brewing signs European distribution deal

    2014-07-23T07:40:00.033Z

    California-based Green Flash Brewing Co has entered a European distribution partnership with Belgian St-Feuillien to bring its craft beers to Europe

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    ​Bounce submits Shoreditch planning application

    2014-07-23T07:40:00Z

    Bounce, the fledgling ping pong bar/restaurant concept that’s backed by a number of industry veterans, has submitted a planning application for a second London site in Shoreditch, M&C Report has learnt

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    Whitbread makes gender equality pledge

    2014-07-23T07:35:37.483Z

    Whitbread is the latest company in the leisure and hospitality sector to sign a Government commitment to gender equality in the workplace

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    ​Dunkin’ Donuts confirms Hounslow opening

    2014-07-23T07:32:47.290Z

    Dunkin’ Donuts, the doughnut retailer and cafe chain, has confirmed that it is to open its fourth UK cafe in Houslow, West London, on 29 July

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    William Grant & Sons bids to buy Drambuie

    2014-07-23T07:32:00Z

    William Grant & Sons, the family business that owns Glenfiddich and Grant’s is looking at a £100m takeover of liqueur company Drambuie, Sky News reports

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    Michelin chef confirms Regent Street sushi restaurant

    2014-07-23T06:59:53.993Z

    Mitsuhiro Araki, the Michelin-starred Japanese chef, is opening an eponymous restaurant on London’s Regent Street in the autumn at the W4 development

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    Zomato and ResDiary announce tie-in

    2014-07-23T06:55:00Z

    Restaurant information and review website Zomato.com has announced a deal with ResDiary, the reservation systems provider, that allows Zomato users to book tables at venues that have been recommended to them

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    Home of Fast Foods receives investment

    2014-07-23T06:51:00Z

    Cattaneo, the Birmingham-based corporate finance firm, has made an investment in new quick service restaurant group Home of Fast Foods (Hoffs) as part of a £400,000 funding round, according to Insider Media

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    Flat Q2 sales for McDonald’s

    2014-07-22T15:24:00Z

    McDonald’s reported relatively flat like-for like sales both in the UK and internationally with just 1% growth for the second quarter up to June 30, 2014