Restaurants News – Page 124
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NewsChris Miller: 'Days of cookie-cutter roll-out are dead'
Chris Miller, the founder of White Rabbit Fund, backers of Kricket, Island Poke, Lina Stores and Kym’s, has told MCA “the days of the 30-store rollout are dead”.
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NewsBurger King to unveil new look stores
Burger King UK, the Bridgepoint-backed chain, will unveil a new look later this year, as it plans to add 20 sites a year to its existing c500-strong estate.
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NewsAttwood appointed Coco di Mama MD
Coco di Mama, the Azzurri Group-backed, quick-service Italian concept, has appointed Jim Attwood, formerly of Costa, as its new managing director, MCA has learnt.
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NewsPho partners with Feed it Back
Vietnamese restaurant chain Pho has partnered with customer feedback specialists Feed it Back, in order to gather insight on the customer experience as it looks to expand the business.
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NewsPizzaBuzz site brought to market
Pizzabuzz, the pizzeria concept developed by the Meredith Group, has placed its only site near London’s Finsbury Square, on the market.
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NewsBundobust confirms Liverpool opening; eyes second Manchester site
Indian street food and craft beer operator Bundobust has confirmed it will be opening a site in Liverpool’s Bold Street in late 2018/early 2019, and revealed it is eyeing a second Manchester site.
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NewsM Restaurants reports FY lfls up 15%
M Restaurants, the three-strong group led by ex-Gaucho Group managing director Martin Williams, has reported like-for-like sales up 15% in the year to the end of May.
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NewsNew waffle and crepes concept to replace Soho Firezza
A new crepes and waffle concept is to launch in London, on the site of the Firezza restaurant in Soho
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NewsBoard game café to launch in Shoreditch
Proceed Clockwise, a new, 100-cover board game café, is to launch later this summer in London’s Shoreditch
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NewsLeon ‘pops down’ Shaftesbury Tuk Shop to test elsewhere
Leon has ‘popped-down’ its Asian fast food pop-up Tuk Shop in order to test the concept elsewhere in central London.
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MOD Pizza set for Romford
MOD Pizza UK is to open its seventh site in the UK this week, in Romford, Essex
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Yard & Coop lines up permanent Leeds site
Yard & Coop, the North West based fried chicken and drinks concept, has lined up a permanent site in Leeds
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NewsCote signs up for Basingstoke
Côte, the BC Partners-backed group, is opening at Basingstoke’s Festival Place shopping centre.
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NewsPret to open store run by ex-homeless Rising Stars
Pret A Manger is planning to open a store staffed entirely by graduates from its Rising Star programme, which gives jobs to ex-homeless people.
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NewsJohnson: ‘Majority of investors have lost interest in sector’
“Nine out of 10 investors have lost all interest in the sector,” warned Luke Johnson, partner, Risk Capital Partners, at yesterday’s UKHospitality conference, Shaping the Future.
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NewsKaye joins Morso as NED
Former Intertain chief operating officer Simon Kaye has joined the board of grappa and pasta concept Morso as a non-executive director, MCA understands.
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NewsPatisserie Valerie rolls out further Sainsbury's concessions
Patisserie Valerie, the Luke Johnson-chaired concept, is rolling out concession counters to an additional 31 Sainsbury’s stores after a successful trial, bringing the total to 70.
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NewsTapas Revolution lines up Oxford opening
Tapas Revolution, the Spanish tapas group from Omar Allibhoy, has further strengthened its openings pipeline, after lining up a site in Oxford, MCA understands.
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NewsPrezzo hires restaurant support director
Prezzo, the TPG Capital-owned chain, has appointed Jon Green, formerly of PizzaExpress and Tragus, as a restaurant support director.
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NewsLeon eyes 20 Irish sites by 2023
Leon, the healthy eating chain, is to open its first restaurant in Ireland, with plans to roll out to 20 sits in the country by 2023.