Restaurants News – Page 474
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Adobo eyes further expansion
Mexican concept Adobo, led by Mark Walker and Craig Fraser, has opened its third London site last week in Crown Passage in St James’s
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Bodega Negra makes US debut
Bodega Negra, an offshoot of the London-based Mexican restaurant, has made its US debut in New York’s Dream Downtown site
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Sushi Tei eyes UK launch
Sushi Tei, the Singapore-based restaurant operator, is looking for partners and investors to help the Japanese restaurant brand launch into the UK
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NewsYum! UK system sales growth accelerates
Yum! Brands, the owner of the KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell fast-food chains, saw system sales growth in the UK accelerate to 3% in Q4 2013, leaving growth of 1% in the year to 28 December
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NewsChipotle plans steady UK growth
Chipotle Mexican Grill, the Mexican restaurant chain, is looking to open at least two new sites in London by the end of the year
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Mezze closes in on funding deal
West Country restaurant chain Mezze is closing in on a fundraising deal that will allow it to grow from six to up to 16 units over the next three years, with a projected turnover of more than £13m
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NewsFive Guys secures Bluewater site
Five Guys, the popular US burger chain, has secured a site in Bluewater for an opening in early spring as it moves towards its target of having 30 sites in the UK by the end of the year
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Tapas Revolution eyes three more for 2014
Tapas Revolution, the tapas concept from Spanish chef Omar Allibhoy, is looking to acquire another three sites this year after securing an outlet at the Avant Garde development in London’s Shoreditch, M&C Report has learnt
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Ponti's: Italian Kitchen to lead growth
Ponti’s Group will enter a period of consolidation during 2014 before looking to expand its Ponti’s Italian Kitchen brand while letting the Caffé Italia arm of the business take a backseat
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NewsTGI’s and Cosmo sign up for Silverburn
TGI Friday’s and Cosmo have become the latest restaurants to join Hammerson’s £20m leisure extension of Silverburn, its flagship regional out-of-town shopping centre in Glasgow
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Operators confirmed for Bracknell
Coast to Coast, Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) and Pizza Express have all been confirmed as signing up to open in Bracknell as part of The Bracknell Regeneration Partnership, a 50:50 joint venture between Legal & General Property and Schroder Property
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McDonald secures second Fish & Chip site
Former Caprice Holdings chief executive Des McDonald has secured the second site for his Fish & Chip Shop format in London’s Broadgate
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Double Tree takes former Little Chef site
A former Little Chef site in Cheshire has been sold to local restaurant group Double Tree Indian Restaurants
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NewsPV plans further restaurant sites
Patisserie Valerie, the Risk Capital Partners-backed café chain, is looking to open further sites under its new restaurant format, after the success of the first two sites in Scotland.
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Burrito Mama ready for bespoke situations
Mark Selby, co-founder of Wahaca, has said that Burrito Mama, the group’s first takeaway site, was trading very well, and would look at other opening opportunities
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Eataly eyes London launch
Eataly, the Italian food emporia and restaurants group led by Mario Batali, is reportedly in talks with the family behind Selfridges about bringing the concept to London
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NewsSubstantial sales uplifts from Bella refurbs
Bella Italia has experienced “significant sales uplifts” from the 10 refurbs it has so far completed across its existing estate and said it planned to open eight to 12 new sites in its next financial year
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Papa John's targets northern expansion
Papa John’s, the pizza delivery firm, has signed up two new franchisees who hope to open up to 35 new sites between them in Scotland and northern England over the next few years
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NewsTGI’s pays record premium for Liverpool site
The undisclosed seven-figure premium paid by TGI Friday’s for the Pesto site in Liverpool One is believed to be the highest paid in the North West of England and possibly for any restaurant unit outside London.
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Jackson + Rye closes in on Chiswick
Jackson + Rye, the fledgling Richard Caring-backed bar and restaurant concept, has exchanged on the former Union Jacks site in Chiswick