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Opinion
US eating-out sector continues to amaze
Inside Track by Paul CharityA few things struck me about the American eating-out industry when I ventured across to the National Restaurant Association’s annual Chicago jamboree a fortnight ago. First of all, there’s the sheer scale of it. There’s 40 companies with system sales in excess of a billion dollars ...
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News
Felicini owners to open first gastropub
Felicini, the Sheffield-based restaurant group, is set to make its first move into the move pub sector, with the opening of the Pointing Dog gastropub in Cheshire next month.The seven-strong group has invested £1.5m in the new project on the site of a former Punch pub in Cheadle Hulme, with ...
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Orchid CEO invited to address the UN
Rufus Hall, chief executive of Orchid Group, the 295-strong managed pub company, has been invited to address the United Nations (UN) in New York on the issue of corporate social responsibility.The Junior International Chamber (JCI) of the UN has requested Hall’s presence after seeing the group move up the Sunday ...
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Ponti’s enters new era
Ponti’s Group, the operator of the Ponti’s Italian Kitchen and Caffe Italia brands, plans to update and expand its 16-strong estate, after the successful re-launch of its two standalone restaurants in London. The company, which from 2007 has been led by Stefano Ispani, completed the overhaul of its two Ponti’s ...