All Restaurants (Casual Dining) articles – Page 5
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NewsHouston Hot Chicken among openings of the week
MCA rounds up this week’s biggest openings stories including Dylan’s Philly Cheesesteaks’s debut, a second site for Houston Hot Chicken, and new locations for Bunsik, Dishoom and Din Tai Fung
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NewsIn pictures: Montréal sports brasserie brand LaCage makes London debut
Canadian restaurant operator Groupe Grandio is taking its first step into an English-speaking market with the launch of LaCage in London’s Kensington
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NewsVenue closures and subdued tourism knocks Hakkasan revenue
The luxury hospitality group saw the restaurant revenue of its UK-owned operations fall 20.3% in FY25
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InterviewsParogon Group: ‘There’s been a significant shift in how people are dining out’
Co-founder Richard Colclough tells MCA the rise of GLP-1 use among diners has hit starter and dessert sales with the group responding by expanding its salad and healthy food options
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NewsVAT is a problem and Britain’s hospitality businesses are paying the price, warns top chef Tom Kerridge
Writing for The Mail, Kerridge said Labour ‘has now recognised that VAT is the lever to pull to drive footfall, support families and back hospitality businesses through its summer VAT scheme’
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NewsLoungers’ boss criticises private equity’s impact on UK high streets
Alex Reilley tells The Times UK high streets have ultimately suffered structural failure because of a lot of ’aggressive debt-driven private-equity transactions’
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NewsFinn Lagun departs Pasta Evangelists
The co-founder of the Barilla-owned fresh pasta business has teased plans for new projects having relocated to Spain
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NewsLoungers on track to hit £500m turnover this year
Reflecting as the all-day café/bar/restaurant group celebrates its 24th birthday, co-founder and executive chairman Alex Reilley said being part of the business continues to be ‘one hell of ride’
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Analysis & InsightSugar rush: inside the UK’s growing dessert market
With a flurry of concepts entering the market and established players continuing to expand, the UK’s dessert sector is developing into a sizeable and increasingly diverse category
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NewsThai Square to launch pizza brand
Billed as ’London’s first Thai sourdough pizza concept’, Bangkok Mama will reimagine curries, stir-fries and other classic Thai dishes as toppings
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NewsHeyGuest partners with OpenTable
Available to all restaurants using OpenTable, the integration makes HeyGuest’s AI concierge technology accessible to more than 70,000 restaurants, bars, wineries and hospitality venues worldwide
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NewsBrava Hospitality and Jamie Oliver Group to launch new concept
The pair are working with chef and author Gennaro Contaldo for the launch BOLO, which will be located next door to Prezzo Italian on Glasshouse Street in London’s Soho
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NewsP.F. Chang’s to double up in London
Nearly a decade on from ts UK debut, the US-founded Asian fusion brand will open a second outpost in the capital at Westfield Stratford City
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Analysis & InsightRestaurant sales flag in the July heat
While pubs scored big thanks to the World Cup last month, the latest NIQ RSM Hospitality Business Tracker shows sales in slipped in other segments
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NewsFlat Iron appoints new CFO
Dave Foulis joins the group having previously served as finance director for the likes of Honest Burgers and RedCat
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InterviewsBlacklock: ‘Sustained growth is top of our agenda’
Founder Gordon Ker tells MCA the chop house group is exploring further openings in the capital as well as other big cities across the UK
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NewsBerberè appoints new UK managing director
The burgeoning pizza brand has hired Maximilian Smith, former global marketing director at Carlsberg Group in Copenhagen
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Analysis & InsightThe £3bn question: can hospitality absorb another employment cost increase?
With labour costs already under intense pressure, businesses are assessing the implications of zero-hours contract reforms that could restrict workforce flexibility and create significant new compliance obligations
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NewsBritain’s largest restaurants see profits halve
The country’s largest companies, based on turnover, generated a combined profit of £204m as at July 2026 – a 44% decline, according to new analysis from accounts UHY Hacker Young.
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NewsGreene King to launch new soft brand
Cornerstone Pubs will be introduced within the group’s existing managed division, bringing its value and carvery formats together under one umbrella