All Operators articles – Page 18
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OpinionTurtle Bay: ‘We keep away from industry noise’
Turtle Bay has had a quiet two years, but with reinforcements to the senior team and turnover approaching £70m, the Caribbean social concept looks to be making moves for a sale. In a rare interview, founder Ajith Jayawickrema explains how the bar and restaurant brand has the potential for 100 sites – but not necessarily under his stewardship.
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NewsFood halls the ‘future of casual dining’
The new food hall venture led by former Deliveroo MD Dan Warne and backed by Imbiba is a “clear statement of the direction of the market”, property experts have told MCA.
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NewsGreggs of the Future concept shop: in pictures
Greggs has launched a new concept store featuring self-ordering kiosks and made to order sandwiches.
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NewsWarne, Turner and Imbiba team up for Sessions food hall venture
Former Deliveroo UK general manager Dan Warne is launching a food hall business backed by Imbiba, with a debut site secured for Brighton seafront.
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NewsThwaites achieves strong first half performance
Thwaites has achieved a 7% increase in turnover, from £49.9m to £53.4m, for the six months to 30 September 2019.
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NewsCharcoal Concepts lines up new concept
Indian foodservice corporation K Hospitality is launching a new fast-casual concept, Tamarind Tiger, on Baker Street, MCA understands.
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Analysis & InsightParticipation at dinner increases for first time in 2019
The percentage of UK adults eating dinner out of the home has increased during the third quarter of 2019 – the first period of growth this year, according to MCA’s latest Eating Out Panel data (July-September).
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OpinionChucs: bringing a slice of the Amalfi coast to West London
Chucs chairman Graziano Arricale knows a thing or two about working for captains of British business.
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OpinionHang on to your margins
Prestige Purchasing chairman, David Read, discusses ways in which operators can maintain, and even improve, food and drink margins, even in inflationary times.
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NewsCalls for NICs to be scrapped
UKHospitality has suggested scrapping employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs), on the first £12k of earnings, as it fears jobs will be lost otherwise.
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NewsFlight Club founders announces parent company Red Engine
Flight Club founders Steve Moore and Paul Barham have announced the launch of parent company Red Engine which will oversee the darts concept and forthcoming second brand Electric Shuffle.
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NewsInn Collection confirms £6m Sunderland pub with rooms
The Inn Collection Group has confirmed its next site, a 40-bedroom pub on Sunderland seafront.
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NewsBababoom launches fundraise for 20-strong rollout plan
Kebab restaurant concept Bababoom is launching a fundraising drive to support its target of reaching 20 sites by 2024, MCA can reveal.
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NewsUKH highlights hospitality’s role in National Food Strategy
UKHospitality has highlighted the areas in which the hospitality sector could help achieve the Government’s development of a National Food Strategy, if it has support, in its submission to Defra.
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NewsSoho House secures new investment
Soho House has raised $100m in new investment, from American private equity firm, Raycliff Capital and real estate investment trust Simon Property Group, The FT has reported.
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NewsChick-fil-A opens Scottish Highlands restaurant
Chick-fil-A, which is set to close its UK debut in Reading amid protests, has opened a second store in the UK, in the Scottish Highlands.
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NewsChucs to covert La Bottega Belgravia for fifth site
Chucs, the upscale café-restaurant operator from directors of Oakley Capital, is opening a fifth site, in Belgravia.
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NewsYo! to trial grab and go concept in Manchester
Yo! is to trial an express format restaurant designed for customers on the go, like a “Japanese version of Leon”, MCA’s sister title Big Hospitality reports.
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NewsJollibee heading for Liverpool
Filipino fried chicken chain Jollibee is set to open its second UK site in Liverpool.
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NewsOther Side Fried secures Brixton takeaway-restaurant
Fried chicken concept Other Side Fried is opening its first bricks and mortar restaurant in Brixton.