Restaurants News – Page 287
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Base + Barley eyes Bournemouth
Pizza concept Base + Barley and coffee shop and wine bar Artigiano are due to open four new sites between them over the course of this year.
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Wahaca becomes UK’s first CarbonNeutral company
Wahaca has become the first restaurant group in the UK to be certified a CarbonNeutral company.
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TRG may see negative lfls for two years
Senior analysts have given their views on The Restaurant Group’s current performance, with warnings that it may be two years before like-for-like sales begin to rise and suggestions the group would be appealing to private equity.
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KuPP secures Manchester Corn Exchange site
Faucet Inn managing director Steve Cox has told MCA he hopes to open the third KuPP in Machester’s Corn Exchange towards the end of the summer.
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NewsFormer McDonald’s development director backing Mowgli
Former McDonald’s development director Peter Richards has revealed to MCA that he has invested in Indian street food restaurant Mowgli and is helping founder Nisha Katona develop the concept’s growth strategy.
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NewsHarry Ramsden’s unveils pub model
Harry Ramsden’s chief executive Joe Teixeira has told MCA he expects its new licensed trade format to represent a significant part of its ambitious growth pipeline.
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Smashburger secures second UK site
Smashburger has secured a site in Brighton for its second venue in the UK.
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Patisserie Holdings to open first new Baker & Spice
Patisserie Holdings is to open a site in Brighton next month under its Baker & Spice brand – its first new site since acquiring the brand in 2009 - MCA understands.
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TRG: Pubs an increasingly important part of the mix
The Restaurant Group chief executive Danny Breithaupt has told MCA that the group’s pub portfolio is becoming an increasingly important part of its overall estate mix with the openings pipeline doubling for this financial year.
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NewsAubline planning four new London sites for 2016
Aubaine, the London-based French restaurant boulangerie and patisserie concept, has two more London sites in the pipeline and is planning a second Dubai restaurant, MCA has learnt.
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NewsMowgli secures third site in Leeds, eyes London
Liverpool-based Indian street food restaurant Mowgli has secured a third site, in Leeds, and is eyeing expansion into London, MCA has learnt.
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Las Iguanas to restructure senior team
Las Iguanas, the Casual Dining Group (CDG) brand, has said it is restructuring its senior management team, following the news that chief financial officer Kieron Pollock is stepping down.
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Moro operators to open third restaurant in Hackney in May
The husband and wife team behind Moro and Morito are opening a third restaurant in Hackney in May.
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500 burgers claimed in six seconds in GBK birthday promotion
Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) has seen more than 10,000 downloads of its Flypay app in three days.
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Corporates circle Mezze
Corporate buyers are understood to have expressed an interest in the five-strong Mezze group, which was placed on the market earlier this year. The Alex Tryfonos,-led business has instructed Davis Coffer Lyons to advise on its options which include securing further investment for the West Country-based restaurant chain or selling ...
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NewsTRG FY lfls up 1.5%, but down for first 10 weeks
The Restaurant Group has warned that “challenging” trading conditions are likely to continue into 2016.
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NewsPizzaExpress reports lfls up 0.5% in H1
PizzaExpress, the Hony Capital-backed group, has reported like-for-like sales up 0.5% across its UK and Ireland stores for the 28 weeks to 10 January.
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NewsSoho House updates on pipeline
Soho House Group has given an update on its pipeline, including a timeframe for its Brighton development and announcing a full refurbishment of its original Greek Street site.
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Row over Bristol operators proposed third site
Agents for a Bristol-based bar and restaurant operator’s proposed third site have accused friends and employees of the neighbouring burger bar of trying to “block a likely competitor”.