Restaurants News – Page 494
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Food sales a plus at M&S
Marks & Spencer (M&S), the bellwether for the UK high street, reported that its food sales increased 5.3%, with like-for-like sales up 2.5%, in the first half of the year
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NewsRestaurant chains eat into independents
Branded restaurant operators are beginning to “colonise” areas of the sector previously dominated by independents, says Horizons as it releases its latest list of “Ones to Watch” in the sector
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NewsBarburrito increases London presence
Barburrito has opened its 10th site in total, and its second in London, with a further site in the capital set to open before the end of the year in Holborn
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Boom Burger seeks standalone site
Boom Burger, the Caribbean burger concept, is the latest to be looking to make the transition from pop-up venture to standalone operation, M&C Report understands
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Lola’s signs up for Heathrow
Heathrow and TRG Concessions has announced that Lola’s Cupcakes is the latest brand lined up to open in it pop-up shop in Terminal 5
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River Cottage doubles up at Springboard awards
The River Cottage Chefs’ School was a double winner at this year’s Springboard Awards for Excellence presented at the Novotel London West last Friday
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Glenn confirmed as D&M head of recruitment
Paul Glenn, who left Novus earlier this year, has been confirmed as the new head of recruitment at Drake & Morgan
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Coal Grill & Bar sets out expansion plan
Coal Grill & Bar, the Charterhouse Leisure-owned brand, plans to add six further sites to its estate across the country by 2015
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Rogan to take over at Claridge's
Two-Michelin-starred chef Simon Rogan is to take over running of the vacant restaurant space at London’s Claridge’s, following Gordon Ramsay’s departure this summer
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Criterion acquires eponymous site for £5m
Criterion Capital has acquired the long leasehold interest in the Criterion Restaurant in Piccadilly, from White Star Lines for a sum believed to be in excess of £5m
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3Sixty ends sale talks
3Sixty Restaurants, the group led by James Horler and backed by Luke Johnson, has terminated sale talks because it did not believe that the figures put forward reflected its current performance
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NewsWagamama to restructure Australian operation
Wagamama, the Duke Street Capital-backed chain, is looking to restructure its operations in Australia after its franchisee for the country was placed into voluntary administration
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Osteria Group eyes expansion
Osteria Group is looking to add to its London-based estate, after securing a second site for its Venetian coffee concept Bacari in the City
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NewsFive Guys targets 30 in 2014
Five Guys, the popular US burger chain, is putting in place plans to open up to 30 new sites in the UK over the next 12 months, including a few more flagship sites in central London similar to its debut unit in Covent Garde
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Friska receives funding boost
Friska, the Bristol-based healthy fast-casual restaurant chain, plans to open an additional three sites over the next two years, after securing new funding
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Cosmo to ramp up presence in the North
Cosmo, the Hertfordshire-based, pan-Asian restaurant operator, is to ramp up its presence in the North of England, with five openings planned for the region in the next 12 months
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IRC launches BBQ offer
Individual Restaurant Company (IRC), the operator behind the Piccolino and Restaurant Bar & Grill formats, has launched a new in-site BBQ concept
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Pita Pit starts UK rollout
Pita Pit, the North American-based healthy fast food concept, has secured its first site in Greater London, as its starts its UK rollout
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SSP UK appoints new trading director
SSP UK has appointed former PizzaExpress commercial director Angela Morrison as its new trading director
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Shaftesbury confirms new openings
Shaftesbury has confirmed that it has signed up Timberyard, the fledgling concept inspired by US ‘working cafes’, and Compagnie des Vins Surnaturels, the latest venture from Experimental Cocktail Clubs, to open in London’s Seven Dials before the end of the year