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    Boparan confirms deal to bring Slim Chickens to UK

    2018-01-25T08:30:23.590Z

    Boparan Restaurant Group has confirmed that it has partnered with US chain Slim Chickens to bring the brand to the UK, as revealed by MCA yesterday.

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    Former S&N FD joins Young’s board

    2018-01-25T08:30:13.037Z

    Young’s has announced the appointment of former Scottish & Newcastle group finance director, Ian McHoul as a non-executive director, with immediate effect.

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    New pubs minister revealed

    2018-01-25T08:30:06.323Z

    Richard Harrington, parliamentary under secretary of state at the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, has revealed he was appointed as the new pubs minister earlier this week, during a Westminster Hall debate on the application of the Pubs Code 2016, yesterday (24 January).

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    EiG beerista scheme to take on £3.7b coffee market

    2018-01-25T08:30:02.127Z

    Ei Group has unveiled a tailored ‘Beerista’ coffee offer to support publicans take advantage of £3.7b UK coffee market.

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    Edinburgh Airport first site for Barburrito/TRG partnership

    2018-01-25T08:30:00Z

    Barburrito has opened its first airport site, in Edinburgh Airport this week, kicking off a new partnership with The Restaurant Group (TRG).

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    Chicago Rib Shack to open in Boxpark Croydon

    2018-01-25T08:29:57.847Z

    Chicago Rib Shack has secured its fifth site in Boxpark Croydon, which it has announced it will be opening “very soon”.

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    Malhorta to replace Scalini’s with new concept El Paso

    2018-01-25T08:29:53.643Z

    Malhotra Group, the public-listed Newcastle-based hospitality group, is opening a new Spanish-Mexican restaurant El Paso.

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    GK managed YTD lfls down 1.4%; festive sales up 1.6%

    2018-01-25T07:28:00Z

    Greene King has recorded a 1.4% decline in like-for-like (LFL) sales in its Pub Company business for the first 37 weeks of the year to 14 January 2018.

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    Fuller’s managed lfls up 3%

    2018-01-25T07:16:23.053Z

    Fuller’s has this morning reported a “solid performance” over the 42 weeks to 20 January 2018, with like-for-like sales in its Managed Pubs and Hotels up 3%, like-for-like profits in Tenanted Inns rising 2% and level total beer and cider volumes in The Fuller’s Beer Company.

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    TRG FY lfls down 3%

    2018-01-25T07:11:00Z

    The Restaurant Group has reported like-for-like sales in the 52 weeks to 31 December down 3%, with total sales down 1.8%.

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    Slim Chickens plans UK launch

    2018-01-24T08:33:00Z

    Slim Chickens, US restaurant chain which specialises in chicken tenders and wings, is planning to launch in the UK

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    Honest Burgers strengthens team

    2018-01-24T08:30:42.803Z

    Honest Burgers has strengthened its head office team, ahead of further expansion over the next 12 months

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    Crepeaffaire eyes new formats as it looks to triple estate

    2018-01-24T08:29:55.470Z

    Crepeaffaire, which has just secured £2m investment from BGF, will look at different store formats as it seeks to triple its UK estate from 15 to 45 in the next four years, MCA has learnt.

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    Market Halls targets 10-12 food halls

    2018-01-24T08:29:00Z

    Market Halls, the food hall concept from Andy Lewis-Pratt and Simon Anderson, has announced its first three locations

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    Discounting predicted to remain at elevated levels

    2018-01-24T08:27:07.147Z

    The level of discounting in the eating and drinking-out sector hit epic proportions last year and shows no sign of abating as we head into 2018, according to industry experts.

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    Best Bar None finalists announced

    2018-01-24T08:27:02.553Z

    Bolton, Sheffield, Plymouth and Torquay have made it through to the final of the ‘National Best Bar None Awards’

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    Tapas Revolution set for Chester

    2018-01-24T08:26:58.890Z

    Tapas Revolution, the Spanish tapas group from Omar Allibhoy, is set for further expansion in the north west, after securing a site in Chester.

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    Hammond swaps Cabana for Elite

    2018-01-24T08:26:54.870Z

    Sarah Hammond has left her role as head of people at Cabana to join Kent & Sussex-based operator, Elite Pubs.

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    Fever-Tree UK revenue up 96% in 2017

    2018-01-24T08:26:49.890Z

    Fever-Tree, the premium mixers and spirits producer, has said revenue in the UK for the year to 31 December is expected to be up 96% on the previous year.

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    Sugar tax may boost lager sales

    2018-01-24T08:26:41.953Z

    Researchers have found that lager sales increase when the price of sugary drinks goes up