Restaurants News – Page 452
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Red’s founders pick up entrepreneur award
Red’s True Barbecue co-founders, James Douglas and Scott Munro, have been recognised in the Yorkshire Business Insider Entrepreneur Awards 2014
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Culinary school relocates
The Tante Marie Culinary academy is moving to Alexandre House in Woking, for students to showcase culinary skills as well as offering hospitality training
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Singleton takes Al Tayer role
David Singleton, who spent 28 years at Mitchells & Butlers, has joined the Dubai-based Al Tayer Group, to oversee its group’s food and beverage division
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YO! launches World Cup campaign
YO! Sushi, the Robin Rowland-led, Quilvest-backed group, is embarking on a nationwide campaign encourage its customers to support Japan as a second team in this summer’s World Cup and is offering a chance to win £1m
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Free range fried chicken concept opens first site
Bird, the free range fried chicken restaurant concept, has opened its first site in Shoreditch, London by husband and wife team Paul Hemings and Cara Ceppetelli, who want to elevate fried chicken
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Eating out trumps drinking out
Eating out is becoming more prevalent than drinking out but alcohol is still an important factor when deciding where to eat, according to research by Peach BrandTrack, which shows that 94% of adults have either eaten or drunk out in the past six months
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NewsHill steps down as Las Iguanas CEO
Steve Hill has stepped down as chief executive of Latin American restaurant group Las Iguanas with immediate effect just three months after taking on the role. The group has begun the process of finding a successor and, during the intervening period, founder director Eren Ali will resume chief executive responsibilities
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NewsBarburrito seeks more funding to double estate
Barburrito, the Manchester-based Mexican-style casual dining chain, is close to securing additional investment to double its estate as part of its plan for a nationwide presence
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Pizza Time eyes franchise route for growth
Pizza Time, the Hampshire take-away pizza company, has signed its first franchisees with plans to open ten franchise stores this year, M&C Report has learnt
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Canapies go wholesale
Square Pie, the five strong pie restaurant group, has launched a wholesale range of pies, called Canapies, after the success in restaurants decided to sell the bite-sized pies through Brakes
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NewsCinven places £1bn price tag on PizzaExpress
Cinven, the private equity backer of Gondola, has appointed separate advisers to oversee the £1bn sales of PizzaExpress, and sister brands Ask Italian and Zizzi, according to The Times.
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NewsBill’s further strengthens estate
Bill’s, the Richard Caring-backed restaurant chain, which is on target toopen 25 restaurants this year, has secured further sites in Epsom and Marlow
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NewsByron secures first Midlands site
Byron, the premium burger restaurant group, has secured its first site in the Midlands, in Leicester
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Cosmo eyes Oxford site
Cosmo, the Hertfordshire-based, pan-Asian restaurant operator, plans to open a site in Oxford by the end of the year, as part of up to a further four openings this year
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Bodean's invests in kitchens and eyes north London
Bodean’s, the London-based barbecue smokehouse concept, is looking to expand by one more restaurant as popularity grows and has centralised cooking units to increase efficiency
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Fledgling Manchester restaurant group plans expansion
The company behind Manchester-based Italian restaurant Avalanche has announced plans to open two additional sites in the region and to launch the brand nationally
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NewsHakkasan JV targets 30 developments
Hakkasan, the international restaurant group, has told M&C Report it hopes to open 30 developments over five years under its new joint venture with luxury resort operator MGM Resorts International, and could open a UK site outside London as well as inside the city
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El Mexicana plans next 10 sites
El Mexicana, the fast-food Mexican franchise concept, has opened a site in Woking bringing its estate to 11 and is aiming to expand its pipeline by between eight and ten new openings this year, M&C Report has learnt
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Energy efficiency can sway profits by 2%
Pub and restaurant groups representing 80% of managed outlets have signed up to an energy efficiency benchmarking system to highlight where energy savings can be made across the hospitality sector and allow companies to measure their efforts against competitors
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Feng Sushi awarded three stars for sustainability
Feng Sushi, the Japanese fast-casual restaurant and take away concept backed by Luke Johnson, has been awarded three stars from the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) for innovation in 2013