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NewsLa Bottega outlines plans for brand and expansion
La Bottega, the Italian deli and café concept with five sites in London, is looking to open up to ten further sites in London while also improving its product offering and considering delivery for the home dining market
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NewsWrapid expands
Wrapid, the healthy fast-food concept, has expanded its operations by opening further concession units at universities in Southampton, Manchester and Winchester, co-owner Stephen Minall has told M&C Report
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Red Trousers sets out expansion plan
Red Trouser Entertainment, the fledgling south west London hospitality group, is opening its first pub called the Imperial Durbar in Tooting and plans to look for a second site this year
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Black Dog Ballroom team to launch Cane & Grain
Black Dog Ballroom will launch its new “ribs and beer” concept called Cane & Grain in the city’s Northern Quarter this summer
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Cookhouse Joe doubles up in Soho
Cookhouse Joe, the London-based rotisserie chicken restaurant concept is expanding to its second site, also in Soho
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Nando’s rolls out app for online ordering
Nando’s has confirmed it will expand its click-and-collect ordering service by allowing customers to order and pay for food with smartphones following a successful trial at 14 of its restaurants
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NewsEnterprise wins award for Community Heroes scheme
Enterprise Inns, the tenanted and leased pub operator, has won an award for its Community Heroes campaign
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FSA publishes guide to new allergen rules
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published draft guidance to help small and medium-sized food businesses - including pubs, hotels, bars and restaurants - comply with new allergen laws
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NewsM&B takes lead on Orchid
Mitchells & Butlers is understood to have moved ahead of private equity competition and entered exclusive talks to acquire the majority of Orchid Pub Company, for a sum of c£265m
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NewsHarry Ramsden’s to make £2m investment
Harry Ramsden’s, the Joe Teixeira-led iconic fish & chips chain, is set to invest close to £2m to completely transform a number of its seaside restaurants
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Home Office backs crackdown on university pub crawls
Universities will have to prove they are discouraging their students from taking part in pub crawls, under a pilot scheme launched today
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NewsTasty grows Wildwood pipeline
Tasty, the AIM-listed restaurant operator, has lined up a further five openings under its Wildwood brand
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Pepe’s Piri Piri expansion continues
Pepe’s Piri Piri, the takeaway chicken operator with c25 sites across the country, has continued its expansion with the acquisition of a further two sites in London and Birmingham
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NewsTexas Joe’s eyes extended BrewDog tie-in and standalone sites
Joe Walters, the entrepreneur behind the Texas Joe’s beef jerky brand whose investors include BrewDog co-founder James Watt, has told M&C Report he’s aiming to rollout his Texas barbecue menu to BrewDog bars across the country and is honing in on two standalone sites in London
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Maclay to expand BBQ concept
Maclay Inns, the Scottish pub and bar operator, has secured a second new site for its barbecue food and craft beer concept and is to ‘retro fit’ the format into two existing pubs, managing director Steve Mallon has told M&C Report
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Bar Sport to make London debut
Bar Sport, the sports bar brand, is to open its first site in London under “mini franchise” with the operator of a K10 Japanese restaurant near Liverpool Street, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsStarbucks to launch restaurant format
Starbucks is to trial a quick service restaurant variant of its La Boulange Bakery brand in Los Angeles, which will be open all day and serve alcohol and croissant burgers
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Operators eye Nottingham openings
A number of operators are eyeing opening in Nottingham over the next six to nine months, including Coast to Coast and Living Ventures
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NewsPunch shares fall on latest debt plan
Shares in Punch Taverns fell by nearly 28% yesterday after the group announced that shareholders would see their stake in the business heavily diluted under a proposed a debt-for-equity swap
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Four Dublin pubs on the market
Four pubs in Dublin have been placed on the market and are expected to sell for c€13.5m (£11m) in total, reports the Irish Independent