All PizzaExpress articles – Page 7

  • ZA by PizzaExpress
    News

    PizzaExpress to launch spin-off brand, ZA

    2019-01-16T08:41:00Z

    PizzaExpress is to launch spin-off brand, ZA, next month with an all-dining offer centred around pizza slices, MCA has learnt.

  • flat iron steak
    News

    Flat Iron secures £5m funding from ThinCats

    2019-01-14T14:12:00Z

    Flat Iron, the Piper-backed steak restaurant group, has secured a £5m funding package from ThinCats to support of its growth plans.

  • By Chloe
    News

    By Chloe set to open third UK site

    2019-01-03T08:45:00Z

    By Chloe, the plant-based fast casual concept, is set to launch its third UK venue, with an opening lined up in the Icon Outlet at O2 complex.

  • Kitopi
    News

    Kitopi appoints Lambert ahead of London launch

    2019-01-03T08:45:00Z

    Kitopi, the smart kitchen network start-up based in Dubai, has appointed Neil Lambert, formerly of PizzaExpress, as managing director, as the company prepares to launch in the UK, MCA understands.

  • Mark Angela
    News

    Angela to head up SSP Asia

    2018-12-19T08:40:00Z

    Mark Angela, chief commercial officer at SSP, is to become chief executive of the travel concessions operator’s Asia division, MCA understands.

  • Beef burgers
    Analysis & Insight

    Study claims restaurant and pub dishes unhealthier than fast food

    2018-12-13T08:34:00Z

    A study by the British Medical Journal has suggested food served in pub and restaurant chains is unhealthier than that of fast-food chains.

  • PizzaExpress
    Opinion

    Pizza pioneer

    2018-12-07T08:31:00Z

    The inventor of the UK’s casual dining industry, an inspiration to a generation of restaurant entrepreneurs and the founder of what today is the country’s biggest restaurant brand, PizzaExpress, Peter Boizot, who sadly passed away yesterday at the age of 89, can lay claim to all of those descriptions and more. Here was a life, truly well lived, and one that shaped the industry as we know it, arguably more than most. Mark Wingett talks to those he inspired and worked with, including Ian Neill, Luke Johnson, Hugh Osmond and Harvey Smyth.

  • PizzaExpress International
    News

    PizzaExpress founder Boizot dies aged 89

    2018-12-07T08:31:00Z

    PizzaExpress has paid tribute to its founder, Peter Boizot, who has died aged 89, saying he “launched a culinary revolution”.

  • Richard Thomas
    News

    Weak pound could attract more Chinese operators to UK

    2018-12-04T08:36:00Z

    The weak pound could encourage more Chinese restaurant brands to open in the UK, following the example of Din Tai Fung and Haidilao, Fleurets director Richard Thomas has told MCA.

  • Ian Neill
    Opinion

    Lines from a legend

    2018-12-03T08:27:00Z

    With 50 years’ experience in the UK’s hospitality sector, primarily in the development of multiple successful branded restaurant concepts, Ian Neill was quite rightly honoured earlier this year with the inaugural lifetime achievement award at MCA’s Retailers’ Retailer of the Year Awards in March. The driving force behind the formative years of PizzaExpress and the growth of Wagamama from one site to 110 worldwide, recently sat down with Mark Wingett to discuss the current state of the market, delivery, the pub sector and of course a certain deal.

  • PizzaExpress
    News

    PizzaExpress agrees exclusive delivery deal with Deliveroo

    2018-11-07T08:49:00Z

    Deliveroo, the online food delivery company, has announced that it is now working with 17,000 restaurants and takeaways across the UK.

  • Wagamama
    News

    TRG gambles big on Wagamama deal

    2018-10-31T08:18:00Z

    The Restaurant Group (TRG) chief executive Andy McCue has rolled the dice and landed on Wagamama – arguably the UK restaurant sector’s best-in-class concept. It is a gamble that many would argue the Frankie & Benny’s operator had to take, but – with TRG’s shareholder still to OK the deal – what does it mean for both businesses and for the wider sector, asks Mark Wingett.

  • Deliveroo logo
    News

    Deliveroo reworks allergy info on menus

    2018-10-25T08:32:00Z

    Deliveroo is overhauling the way its platform displays allergen information on menus in an effort to increase transparency for consumers and encourage restaurants to follow suit and take action.

  • News

    IMM secures £10m to expand Jamie’s Pizzeria in India

    2018-10-16T08:18:00Z

    IMM, the operator of the Jamie Oliver restaurant chain in India, has secured £10m in its second round of fundraising.

  • News

    New guidelines set to impose calorie caps on some dishes

    2018-10-12T08:50:00Z

    Public Health England is set to unveil new guidelines that would set a calorie cap for certain dishes. The recommendations, revealed by The Times this morning, would see the limit for a pie set at 695 calories and pizzas at 928 calories. The paper points out that this limit would ...

  • Opinion

    Translating digital dreams into operational reality

    2018-10-08T07:57:00Z

    Much of the innovation at the top end of the sector in recent years has been focussed on or driven by technology, but large swathes of the industry still remain relatively untouched by this digital revolution. Simon Stenning assesses the areas in which technology can have a tangible impact for operators, including the rapid development of electric cars.

  • Starbucks interior
    News

    Starbucks UK restructures ops team

    2018-10-02T08:23:00Z

    Starbucks UK has restructured its operations team as its rate of expansion continues to slow, MCA understands.

  • High street
    Analysis & Insight

    The changing face of the high street

    2018-10-01T08:43:00Z

    The sector’s role in reviving the UK’s high street was a key topic of debate at MCA’s Restaurant Conference earlier this month. James Wallin discusses how operators are adapting to appeal to a new breed of consumer and what the industry needs to be demanding of Government to do this.

  • Blazing Bird
    Analysis & Insight

    The virtual world becomes reality

    2018-09-24T08:08:00Z

    Virtual restaurants might sound like a computergenerated fabrication – but the food they delivery is very much a physical reality, and it’s growing. As the major delivery companies start to push into restaurant brands, Finn Scott-Delany examines the lie of the land.

  • Opinion

    Smile and smile and be a crocodile

    2018-09-13T08:26:00Z

    In his latest Going Global column, international franchising expert, Jasper Reid, looks at the questions brands should be asking to ensure any move overseas is a smart commercial decision.