Restaurants News – Page 580
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Ego and Rocket merge to become 3Sixty Restaurants
Ego Restaurants, the Mediterranean casual dining concept, has merged with Rocket Restaurants, the pizza and salad restaurant operator, under a new umbrella company named 3Sixty Restaurants Ltd.The new company will comprise eight Ego restaurants in the Midlands and North of England and three Rocket restaurants, located all in Central London ...
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Responsibility Deal backed by leading operators
Over 170 companies and organisations have signed up to the Government’s “Responsibility Deal”, including leading operators from the pub and restaurant sectors.The voluntary responsibility deal aims to promote calorie labelling on menus, provide alcohol unit information on drinks, and reduce salt and remove trans fats from food items.Pub and restaurant ...
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US chains’ international sites report growth
US restaurant chains saw international-sales growth and expansion outperform their domestic business in 2010, according to new research.The latest annual data from Technomic found that the international-sales growth of the 500 largest chains in the US increased by 3.1% in 2010, compared with 1.8% domestically.Unit expansion overseas by the 500 ...
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US restaurants see return to sales growth
US restaurant chains saw an annual sales growth rise of 1.8% in 2010, after reporting a fall of 0.8% in the previous 12 months, according to new research.The latest annual data from Technomic found that systemwide sales at the 500 largest chains in the US rose 1.8% to $234bn in ...