Restaurants News – Page 35
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NewsLoungers increases ambitions to 600 sites
Loungers continues to scale up operations with 34 sites planned for the current year, as CEO Nick Collins reveals it sees scope for 600 in total
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NewsOpenings of the week
MCA rounds up this week’s biggest openings stories, featuring Sexy Fish, Tortilla, Chopstix and more
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NewsTampopo’s David Fox: ‘Standing still is not an option’
A constant focus on evolution in response to customer demand is the key to keeping a restaurant business moving forward, Tampopo founder David Fox tells MCA
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NewsRestaurant insolvency rate reaches decade high
A total of 3,347 eateries have been unable to pay their debts in the two years to March 2023, according to data from the Insolvency Service
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NewsJeremy King reveals new project
The Park will be a 21st Century-style grand cafe & brasserie, and will open in the £500m Fenton Whelan Park Modern building, overlooking Hyde Park
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NewsNeds Noodle Bar: ‘We’d love to do a trade deal’
Co-managing director James Breslaw tells MCA the business is looking for a trade deal opportunity as the brand expands through franchising
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NewsD&D shutters Canary Wharf site
The London-based premium restaurant group has closed its French-style restaurant, Plateau - its sixth closure this year
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NewsHigh Court approves Prezzo restructuring plan
The Italian group is focused on supporting sustainable, long-term growth ambitions for its 97 restaurants, with an investment in new menus and talent
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NewsLussmanns: Difficult times not always bad for business
The Hertfordshire restaurant group is “in good health” according to Andrei Lussmann, despite a decline in customer visits as a result of the cost of living squeeze
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NewsCaravan to open flagship in Covent Garden
The all day dining and craft coffee concept is opening its largest site yet later this year, which will be its eighth in the capital
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NewsRestaurant closures hit decade high
Data from Price Bailey reveals that restaurant closures have reached the highest quarterly figure in a decade in the first quarter of the year
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NewsVarious Eateries: People keep coming back
Various Eateries CEO Yishay Malkov says the directors remain focussed on guest experience and feel “cautiously optimistic” for the rest of the financial year.
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NewsNisha Katona: We should create a workplace worthy of our loved ones
Writing in The Times, the founder and CEO of Mowgli Street Food says that a content work force is key to building success and productivity
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NewsFormer Gino D’Acampo restaurant group probed by liquidators
Azets is investigating the sale of the business, which has debts of £5.3m, as well as the whereabouts of the company books and records, and the conduct of directors leading to the liquidation of the company
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NewsI am Döner to expand South
I am Döner will open a flagship central London store and its biggest venue yet later this year, founder Paul Baron tells MCA
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NewsJKS Restaurants announces Apprenticeship Academy
After a successful launch last year, the scheme will return in 2023, offering aspiring chefs a chance to work across the restaurant group’s portfolio
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NewsWingstop announces five new stores
The fast-casual chain is opening in Islington, Birmingham New Street, Wood Green, Edinburgh and Glasgow putting it on track to reach 40+ location in 2023
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NewsSticks’n’Sushi announces two more
The Danish-founded Japanese-inspired brand is opening in Kingston-upon-Thames in October, followed by Richmond in early 2024
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NewsCaring picks up the bill
Red faces at Richard Caring’s Ivy group last week, when the taxman came knocking for an unpaid bill, The Sunday Times reports
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NewsAzzurri Group acquires Mexican chain Boojum
The restaurant group has acquired a controlling interest in Ireland-based Mexican fast-casual dining chain Boojum, from Renatus Capital Partners, and plans to bring the brand to Great Britain