All Prezzo articles – Page 5

  • News

    Wine bar/café concept Hixon Green eyes expansion

    2018-10-17T08:46:00Z

    Hixon Green, the Hove-based wine bar/café concept is planning to expand across the south east, with a second site set to open in Lewes, East Sussex, and further openings being lined up in Horsham and Tunbridge Wells

  • Leon's Mezze Salad
    News

    Autumn menu round up: Continued focus on veggie options, with a heartier twist

    2018-09-28T15:53:00Z

    As the air takes on a decidedly fresher feel, pubs and restaurants are unveiling their Autumn menus filled with a host of heartier options.

  • News

    Richoux H1 revenue down 10.3%

    2018-09-28T08:39:00Z

    Richoux Group, the Jonathan Kaye-led listed restaurant group, has reported revenue down 10.3% in the 26 weeks to 1 July compared to the comparable 28-week period last year.

  • Prezzo Crawley interior
    News

    Click & collect orders up 70% at Prezzo

    2018-09-27T08:18:00Z

    Prezzo, the TPG-backed Italian restaurant chain, has grown sales from click-and-collect orders by 70% within just one month of a new partnership with online ordering platform, Orderswift.

  • ASK Italian Pasta
    Analysis & Insight

    Italian and Latin cuisines losing market share

    2018-09-25T08:56:00Z

    Italian and Latin/South American cuisines have both lost share of the UK restaurant market over the past year, according to the latest MCA data.

  • Karen Jones at MCA's Restaurant Conference 2018
    News

    Jones: 'Prezzo lost its focus on hospitality'

    2018-09-20T08:49:00Z

    Prezzo executive chair Karen Jones has told MCA’s Restaurant Conference about her decision to take charge of the struggling brand and mission to “make customers love it again”.

  • Bill's interior
    News

    Ex-Wahaca people director to joins Bill’s

    2018-09-20T08:48:00Z

    Odette Schwartz, who earlier this year stepped down as people director at Wahaca, is set to join Bill’s, the Richard Caring-backed restaurant chain, as its new full-time HR director, MCA has learnt.

  • Opinion

    Pizza Hut seeks marginal gains in a heated market

    2018-09-11T08:36:00Z

    While the restaurant sector was seeing an explosion of growth, Pizza Hut Restaurants remained focused on consolidating and investing in its estate. Chief executive Jens Hofma, who led the management buyout of the business this year, talks to James Wallin about a return to growth, his concerns about the sector’s obsession with like-for-like sales growth over protecting margins and his frustration that responsible operators have been penalised in the CVA era.

  • News

    Tony Macaroni eyes 20 franchise openings in 2019

    2018-09-11T08:33:00Z

    The Tony Macaroni brand is eyeing up to 20 new franchise openings in England and Northern Ireland during 2019.

  • Bill's
    News

    Bill’s appoints interim HR director

    2018-09-07T08:29:00Z

    Bill’s, the Richard Caring-backed restaurant chain, has appointed Bridget Hutchinson, formerly of Whitbread and Prezzo, as its interim HR director.

  • Food and Fuel
    News

    TRG to acquire Food & Fuel

    2018-08-30T21:45:00Z

    The Restaurant Group (TRG) has agreed to acquire Food & Fuel, London-based food-led pub operator, in a deal valued at c£15m. MCA understands that the 11-strong Food & Fuel business, which comprises eight gastropubs, one sports pub and two café bars, will be incorporated into TRG’s c65-strong pub arm – ...

  • Pizza Hut Leeds
    News

    Pizza Hut CEO pledges to protect margins over lfl growth

    2018-08-22T08:33:00Z

    Jens Hofma, chief executive of Pizza Hut Restaurants UK, has told MCA he believes the industry is obsessed with like-for-like growth ahead of protecting margins and that the brand will not be drawn back into the discounting wars.

  • Luke Johnson
    News

    Johnson linked to Gaucho bid

    2018-08-08T08:29:00Z

    Serial sector investor Luke Johnson is the latest name to be linked with a bid for Gaucho, the premium, steak restaurant chain, which was placed into administration last month.

  • Gaucho interior
    News

    Carlyle makes bid for Gaucho

    2018-08-03T15:50:00Z

    Carlyle, the US private equity firm, has made a bid to buy Gaucho out of administration, Sky News reports.

  • Proove
    News

    Proove testing out sites as it looks to establish itself as a brand

    2018-08-01T08:35:00Z

    Proove Pizza is looking to test its concept in various types of location in order to develop itself as a brand.

  • Prezzo Beckenham
    News

    Wilkinson was in line to be Prezzo CEO

    2018-07-20T08:16:00Z

    Simon Wilkinson was in line to become the chief executive of Prezzo

  • Cats PJs
    News

    The Cat’s Pyjamas strengthens pipeline

    2018-07-18T08:12:00Z

    The Cat’s Pyjamas has lined up three further openings as it looks to eventually expand outside its Yorkshire heartland

  • Prezzo Beckenham
    News

    Prezzo hires restaurant support director

    2018-07-10T08:29:00Z

    Prezzo, the TPG Capital-owned chain, has appointed Jon Green, formerly of PizzaExpress and Tragus, as a restaurant support director.

  • David Abramson
    Analysis & Insight

    Premium casual is the future

    2018-07-06T08:41:25.667Z

    In order for operators to boost their profit margins, is going premium casual the answer? David Abramson, CEO of leisure property consultant Cedar Dean Group believes it could be

  • Carluccio's new generation store
    Opinion

    Restructural integrity

    2018-06-20T08:40:00Z

    The past year has seen a host of high-street brands, including several in this sector, undergo restructuring. However, AlixPartners’ Graeme Smith explains that the process on its own is not enough and that businesses need to pursue a transformation to adapt and thrive.