All Operators articles – Page 114
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Coggings & Co up for sale
Award winning Brighton burger restaurant Coggings & Co has been put on the market with a guide price of £180,000. Founded by Andrew Coggings, the former general manager of The Grand Hotel Brighton and operator of the Preston Park Tavern, the restaurant concept is available on a leasehold tenure. Based ...
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Analysis & InsightWalsh on TRG, Domino's and C&C
The recent travails of The Restaurant Group may make it hard to remember that this was a company that once looked like it could do no wrong. Dominic Walsh looks at how things went awry and ask if the right people are being blamed. He also discusses the market’s reaction to Domino’s recent trading update and looks at the prospects for C&C Group.
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Turkish concept for group behind The Real China
The group behind The Real China is developing its Turkish concept Turquoise, having already opened three sites, with the potential for three or four over the next year.
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NewsMorrisons, Just Eat, Bombay Bites create first supermarket takeaway
Just Eat and Morrisons have joined forces with Bombay Bites Express to launch the UK’s first takeaway operating inside a supermarket. Morrisons in the Victoria Shopping Centre, Bradford, is working with the Indian food opertaor for the initiative which will allow consumers to eat in-store at Bradford, or pick up ...
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Kungfu Chinese buffet on expansion trail
The group behind Chinese buffet chain The Real China is expanding its Pan-Asian concept Kungfu as it seeks to establish a national operator specialising in Asian cuisine.
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NewsBrewDog in talks on investment and IPO
Scottish brewer and pub operator, BrewDog, has admitted it is considering the timescale for a potential IPO and has been in discussion with investors about selling almost a third of the company.
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Homeslice in talks for more sites
Homeslice, the artisan pizza by the slice concept, is in talks to secure more sites across Greater London, MCA has leanrt.
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NewsBea Vo looking scale up bakery and tea room Butterscotch
Bea Vo, founder of Bea’s of Bloomsbury, Stax, Boondocks and Famous Flames, wants to scale-up her new bakery and tea room concept Butterscotch after the first opens in Shepherd’s Bush this summer.
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NewsRicker's restaruant 'for the masses'
Restaurateur Will Ricker has told MCA his new modern carvery concept Stoke House will be his first high traffic venture “for the masses” and would be much easier to replicate than his other restaurant concepts.
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Sector lfls up 1.7% in February
Like-for-like sales across the Coffer Peach Business Tracker cohort grew 1.7% in February.
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Supper moves into casual dining with investment round
High-end restaurant delivery service Supper has won funding from the early investors of Camden Town Brewery and owners of The Diner and Barworks, as it diversifies into the casual dining market.
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NewsBavava targets 60 sites in six years
Bavava Restaurants, the operator behind Papadoms and Döner Haüs concepts, plans to open 60 sites across the UK in the next six years, MCA has learnt. Bavava founder, chairman and executive chef Sanjeev Sanghera said the target was “entirely achievable”, with option such as securing regional multisite franchise partners, or ...
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NewsFirezza has 'big appetite' for expansion
Firezza will look to roll out its new eat-in restaurant format after establishing its first Soho due to open in April, MCA has learnt.
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Applegreen develops Costa partnership
Applegreen, the petrol station forecourt operator, saw like-for-like growth in food and store profit of 9% for the year to 31 December.
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Analysis & Insight
Feedback facts
As consumer appetite for eating and drinking out of home continues to grow at pace, so will the feedback economy. In light of this, Danny Potter, chief executive of Ordamo, gives his top 10 tips for operators looking to embrace the power of customer feedback
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Soho Coffee lfls up 3%, eyes growth in London
Soho Coffee saw like-for-like sales grow 3% in the year to the end of January and has a pipeline of openings for 2017 targeted at central London.
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Everyman sees F&B spend rise; secures new funding
Everyman, the 54-strong cinema operator, saw food and beverage spend per head rise from £5.35 to £5.55 for the year ended 29 December.
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Coffee concept Flock to launch in Tower Hill
New coffee shop concept Flock is set to launch in Tower Hill, with plans for a further site in central London before moving to regional commuter towns.
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Shot Espresso gears up for 'massive' Nova site
Shot Espresso, the coffee shop, deli and apéritif group, is gearing up for its biggest site yet in Nova Victoria, with the possibility of two more next year, MCA has learnt.
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NewsSt Austell appoints Worrall as retail director
St Austell Brewery, the Cornwall-based brewery and pub company, has announced the appointment of Steve Worrall as retail director, as the business explores opportunities to add sites in the South West.