All Pizza Hut UK articles – Page 13

  • Bill's
    News

    Bill's appoints Mark Fox as CEO

    2016-05-11T14:50:00Z

    Bill’s Restaurants has appointed Mark Fox, the former managing director of Starbucks UK, as its new chief executive

  • News

    Pizza Hut Delivery invests £40m to add 200 stores

    2016-05-10T05:57:00Z

    Pizza Hut Delivery has announced plans to invest £40m in opening 200 new take away stores in the UK & Ireland over the next four years, with its Express format to form a major tranche of the growth.

  • Giraffe Tesco Cheshunt
    Opinion

    Who is going to stick their neck out?

    2016-04-25T08:44:00Z

    The endgame in Tesco’s often uneasy ownership of Giraffe has begun and speculation over who will take the restaurant chain off the retailer’s hands – for a sum far from the £48.5m it paid - is gathering pace. However, is there still a business or brand left that is worth acquiring or as we are seeing with La Tasca and Strada, is it the pull of a guaranteed pipeline that is the real draw?

  • News

    MOD Pizza secures debut UK site

    2016-04-21T08:37:00Z

    MOD Pizza, the fast casual artisan pizza concept backed by Sir Charles Dunstone, will make its UK debut at the start of June in Leeds

  • News

    Hollis swaps Cote for Malmaison

    2016-04-12T08:38:19.470Z

    Stephen Hollis, who stepped down as operations director for Cote last month, has been appointed to the same role at boutique hotel operator Malmaison, MCA understands. Hollis had been with Cote since June 2014, and previously spent seven years at Nando’s, where he was regional director for north London. Before ...

  • Tortilla
    News

    Tortilla secures debut site in Scotland

    2016-04-12T08:38:00Z

    Tortilla, the Richard Morris-led, Quilvest-backed group, is to open its first restaurant in Scotland at the Silverburn shopping centre

  • Bella Italia
    Opinion

    Century maker

    2016-04-04T08:33:00Z

    As Bella Italia, the Casual Dining Group (CDG)-owned brand gears up to open its one hundredth restaurant this week, Mark Wingett takes a closer look at the turnaround of the fast-growing concept. At the same time, are the Kaye family set to provide another success story with Wildwood-operator, Tasty?

  • Pizza Hut Castlewood
    News

    Ex-Cote owner in Pizza Hut running

    2016-04-01T16:27:00Z

    CBPE, the former owner of Cote is amongst a group of four parties reportedly in the running to acquire Pizza Hut Restaurants, which was placed on the market in February

  • Loch Fyne exterior
    Analysis & Insight

    Had their fill?

    2016-03-29T09:04:00Z

    Did the recovery in the wider economy mean that timing was always against Red Hot World Buffet emerging from the swathe of all-you-can-eat buffet operators that sprung up during the downturn? At the same time, Mark Wingett looks at the upcoming change at the top at Young’s and whether anyone will take up the challenge of unlocking the potential of Loch Fyne from Greene King.

  • Some of the winners of RROTY 2016 awards
    Analysis & Insight

    Training day for a new golden generation

    2016-03-07T08:25:00Z

    Many of the leading lights of today’s eating and drinking out sector consider themselves the products of a golden age of training, in which the future development of the individual was considered as important as short-term gains to the business. But, has that culture of personal development filtered through to the current generation? 

  • News

    Pizza Hut returns to the acquisition trail

    2016-03-04T16:27:31.993Z

    Pizza Hut Restaurants, the Rutland Partners-backed chain, which is currently assessing its options, has signed on its first new site after a five-year hiatus

  • News

    Aspirational Pub Co set for growth

    2016-03-04T08:31:13.060Z

    Former Pizza Hut UK & Ireland chief operating office Aaron Moore-Saxton has told MCA that Aspirational Pub Company, where he is now managing director, is primed for growth.

  • News

    Hollis steps down from Cote

    2016-03-03T08:34:00Z

    Stephen Hollis, formerly regional director at Nando’s, has stepped down as operations director at Cote, the BC Partners-backed chain

  • News

    Market Town Taverns appoints ops director

    2016-03-02T08:30:00Z

    Market Town Taverns, the Heron & Brearley-owned group, has appointed Louise Middlemass as its new operations director

  • News

    Gordon Ramsay Group appoints new FD

    2016-03-01T08:36:00Z

    The Gordon Ramsay Group (GRG) has appointed David Kerr, formerly of Home House, as its new finance director

  • Analysis & Insight

    Domino’s tops Youth 100 List 2016

    2016-02-18T08:18:00Z

    Domino’s Pizza has again topped the fast food and restaurant category in this year’s Youth 100 List: which highlights the UK’s top brands according to 18-24 year olds

  • PizzaExpress autumn menu
    News

    PizzaExpress tops salt levels ranking

    2016-02-15T08:19:29.930Z

    Research into salt levels across leading brands in the eating put sector has shown PizzaExpress to have the saltiest dish.

  • Pizza Hut interior
    News

    Pizza Hut commences sales process

    2016-02-13T08:04:00Z

    Rutland Partners, the private equity backers of Pizza Hut Restaurants, has appointed advisors to oversee the sale of the c280-strong group

  • Handley Amos, Rossopomodoro
    Opinion

    The Neapolitan don

    2016-02-09T08:36:00Z

    After an underwhelming start in the UK, in the hands of Handley Amos, Neapolitan pizza chain Rossopomodoro has begun to expand steadily thanks to a menu overhaul and link-up with John Lewis. Joe Lutrario reports

  • kfc
    News

    KFC FY sales up 3% in UK

    2016-02-04T08:10:00Z

    KFC has reported UK system sales up 4% in the fourth quarter ended 26 December and 3% across the year.