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Sheps to make larger tenanted investments
Shepherd Neame, the Kent-based brewer and pub operator, is focusing on bigger investments in its tenanted estate over this current financial year
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NewsWagamama to restructure Australian operation
Wagamama, the Duke Street Capital-backed chain, is looking to restructure its operations in Australia after its franchisee for the country was placed into voluntary administration
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Osteria Group eyes expansion
Osteria Group is looking to add to its London-based estate, after securing a second site for its Venetian coffee concept Bacari in the City
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NewsFrench: Extension of opening hours at JDW will be a success
A leading analyst has said that JD Wetherspoon’s decision to extend is food serving hours to 11pm will prove another successful strategic move at a time of “ongoing flux amongst the competition”
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NewsFive Guys targets 30 in 2014
Five Guys, the popular US burger chain, is putting in place plans to open up to 30 new sites in the UK over the next 12 months, including a few more flagship sites in central London similar to its debut unit in Covent Garde
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Cosmo to ramp up presence in the North
Cosmo, the Hertfordshire-based, pan-Asian restaurant operator, is to ramp up its presence in the North of England, with five openings planned for the region in the next 12 months
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Lithuanian cheese brand plans UK café chain
Dziugas, the Lithuanian cheese company, is planning to launch a chain of ‘cheese cafes’ in the UK, as it looks to grow its brand presence here
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Friska receives funding boost
Friska, the Bristol-based healthy fast-casual restaurant chain, plans to open an additional three sites over the next two years, after securing new funding
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IRC launches BBQ offer
Individual Restaurant Company (IRC), the operator behind the Piccolino and Restaurant Bar & Grill formats, has launched a new in-site BBQ concept
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NewsAnalyst corner
Jamie Rollo at Morgan Stanley looks to ahead to the full year results from Enterprise Inns, which are due on 19 November
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MacFarlane to head up AB InBev European division
Stuart MacFarlane, currently president of AB InBev’s Central & Eastern Europe business and former managing of its UK operations, has been named head of the company’s new combined European arm
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NewsM&C20 underperforms against FTSE
The M&C20 suffered a decline this week, down 1.2% to 1,149.95 - a fall that wiped £127m off the value of the 20 companies represented in the index
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Brains secures third Trees site
Brains, the Cardiff-based brewer and pub operator, is to open its third site under its all-day café bar concept Trees and the first to offer accommodation
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Dominos' Wald re-joins Fuller's
Domino’s Pizza’s head of franchising Georgina Wald is to return to Fuller’s, the London-based brewer and pub operator, to head up its PR team, M&C Report has learnt
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Boulangerie Jade up to three
Boulangerie Jade, the French bakery and patisserie concept, has launched its third site in London
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NewsIntertain invests £3m reopening Walkabout in Blackpool
Intertain, the bar operator, reopened its Walkabout bar in Blackpool City Centre last night following a fire that destroyed the venue earlier in the year
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Former Bay Restaurant CEO returns with new venture
Paul Symonds, the former chief executive of Bay Restaurants and Laurel Pub Company, has started a new pub venture called Willow House Inns, M&C Report has learnt
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Pita Pit starts UK rollout
Pita Pit, the North American-based healthy fast food concept, has secured its first site in Greater London, as its starts its UK rollout
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NewsJack expects JDW to outperform lfl estimates
Leading analyst Douglas Jack says he expects JD Wetherspoon’s like-for-like sales to be ahead of his full-year forecasts at its Q1 interim management statement on Wednesday, adding that the “main sensitivity continues to be margins”
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SSP UK appoints new trading director
SSP UK has appointed former PizzaExpress commercial director Angela Morrison as its new trading director