Restaurants News – Page 55
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NewsWagamama to reopen with sliding screen partitions
Wagamama has announced it will reopen four sites in the coming days to trial its new sliding screen safety feature.
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NewsDishoom announces reopening plans
Dishoom has announced it will reopen four of its restaurants next week, with the rest to follow throughout July.
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NewsUK Hospitality CEO Kate Nicholls: “Local lockdown” a misuse of terminology
The government’s proposed next stage of reactive, local lockdowns will not force full business closures, UK Hospitality CEO Kate Nicholls has said.
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NewsPizza Hut CEO Jens Hofma: Hospitality is a transcendental need
Spending time with friends and family in a hospitality setting is a transcendental need and that won’t change because of the coronavirus crisis, MCA’s The Conversation has heard.
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NewsCapdesia backs Marugame Udon Europe JV
Global noodle brand, Marugame Udon, will launch in London next year as part of a newly formed a joint venture between Shoryu Ramen backer Toridoll Holdings Corporation and Wasabi backer Capdesia Group.
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NewsSSP set to make 5,000 redundant
SSP has revealed plans to make 5,000 people redundant thanks to the “unprecedented impact” the coronavirus has had on the travel sector. In a trading update it said it had taken “rapid and decisive management action” in an attempt to “protect our colleagues and customers and to preserve cash and liquidity for the duration of the many government restrictions” worldwide. However, CEO Simon Smith, said despite some “early signs of recovery in some parts of the world” in the UK the “pace of the recovery continues to be slow.
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NewsWelcome Break boosts liquidity
Welcome Break has boosted its liquidity after repurposing £25m of a dedicated capital expenditure facility in into a revolving credit facility. Lenders to Welcome Break have also relaxed or remove covenant conditions for tests up to and including June 2021. Parent company Applegreen said it thanked the lenders for their “ongoing support for Welcome Break and the confidence they have demonstrated” in its business model.
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NewsLeon makes sector-first environmental commitments
Leon has become the first eating out business to sign up to all 14 commitments put forward by the Council for Sustainable Business’ (CSB) to protect and improve the environment.
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NewsTRG successful in CVA bid
The Restaurant Group has confirmed that its proposed CVA for its leisure estate has been approved. It said over 82% of all creditors voted in favour of the proposal (75% approval required) and over 65% of the unconnected creditors voted in favour of the proposal (50% approval required).
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NewsHawksmoor to reopen all sites by September
Hawksmoor has revealed its phased reopening strategy as it plans to have all eight restaurants open by the beginning of September.
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NewsCoppa Club to launch new events programme on reopening
Coppa Club is set to open three of its restaurants on 4 July alongside a new events programme.
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NewsComptoir Libanais to reopen 11 sites this week
Comptoir Libanais will reopen 11 of its restaurants on 4 July.
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NewsPrezzo announces phased reopening plans
Prezzo will have 20 of its restaurants reopened by the end of next week, with eight due to open on 4 July.
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NewsHospitality Leaders Poll: only 50% of operators plan to reopen on 4 July
With just eight days to go, only half of the hospitality industry plans to reopen on 4 July, according to the latest weekly Hospitality Leaders Poll by MCA Insight/HIM. Exactly 50% of respondents to this week’s poll said they would reopen on the 4 July after the date was confirmed on Tuesday by the PM, with 20% still unsure and 30% saying they would not reopen.
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NewsFlight Club to reopen all sites in August
Flight Club will reopen its six sites – four in London, and one in both Birmingham and Manchester – on 1 August.
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NewsCorbin & King to reopen five restaurants on 4 July
Corbin & King will reopen five of its sites for dinner on 4 July.
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NewsBill’s to reopen six sites on 4 July
Bill’s will be reopening six of its restaurants on 4 July.
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NewsGood news, but the road ahead is long
Finally, some good news. Ish. Positive things have happened over the last couple of days, but everything is relative. The sheer scale of lockdown, and its devastating impact on eating and drinking out, means simply being able to open for business feels like a big win, even though victory remains a long way away. Of course that negative impact means the base has never been so low. And it’s understandable that perceptions of what makes good news have changed to such an extent, the creeping nature of the way this coronacrisis has developed
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NewsPizza Express announces opening plan
Pizza Express is reopening of 46 of its restaurants for dine-in customers from Thursday, 9 July.
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NewsBurger King CEO Alasdair Murdoch: Expecting clarity from government guidance is futile
Rather than attempting to look for certainty in government reopening announcements, operators would be better advised to prepare based on their own judgement, MCA’s The Conversation has heard.