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All Operators articles – Page 21
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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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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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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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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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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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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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NewsOther Side Fried secures Brixton takeaway-restaurant
Fried chicken concept Other Side Fried is opening its first bricks and mortar restaurant in Brixton.
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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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NewsBrewdog launches new bond
Brewdog has teamed up with Crowdcube again to launch a new Brewdog bond, which will launch later this month.
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NewsWhitbread sees turnaround in total F&B sales
Whitbread has seen total food and beverage sales within Premier Inn UK increase by 0.6% during the first half of 2019/20, following a 0.8% decline seen for H1 last year.
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NewsNando’s lines up Nino express format in Clapham
Nando’s is to launch a third London site under its Nando’s Nino express format, aimed at takeaway and delivery, MCA’s sister title Big Hospitality reports.
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NewsThe restaurants moving into food-to-go
Attracting the crowds for weekday lunches can be hard so many are turning to grab and go and customisable offerings, including Mac & Wild and Freak Scene, MCA’s sister title Food Spark reports.
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OpinionSteve Moore: ‘The development never goes away. It starts on day one, it doesn’t finish on day one.’
Steve Moore is in jovial form when we speak a few weeks ahead of the launch of Electric Shuffle.
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OpinionRichard Caring: 'We’re fighters. We’ll make it work by investing in the business.'
A year ago, Richard Caring told MCA how Bill’s needed a “bit of love as it got left behind”. With a major refurbishment programme well underway, the investment seems to be paying off. Finn Scott-Delany catches up with Mr Caring and Bill’s executive chairman David Campbell.
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NewsDöner Haus takes former Byron unit in Manchester Corn Exchange
Berlin inspired kebab concept Döner Haus has taken Byron’s former unit in the Corn Exchange Manchester.
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NewsMegan’s lines up seventh site
All-day brunch restaurant Megan’s, backed by Tossed founder Vincent McKevitt, is to open its seventh London site in January 2020.