Restaurants News – Page 585
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McDonald’s enjoys good August
McDonald’s has delivered another set of strong monthly global comparable sales results in August.The operator, which recently announced the promotion of UK boss Steve Easterbrook, posted a 4.9% increase in the key performance indicator last month.Total systemwide sales in a constant currency increased by 6.2%.US comparable sales increased 4.6% for ...
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Only 17% of diners use discount vouchers
The value of discount vouchers in the eating and drinking out sector was put into question today after a new study found that only 17% of customers take advantage of the offers.The QuickBite research from market analysts Horizons revealed that the majority of customers (55%) do not base their decision ...
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Heathcote shuts two sites
Paul Heathcote, the North West-based chef and restaurateur, has closed two restaurants - his flagship Simply Heathcotes in Liverpool and Olive Press in Leeds.The Olive Press restaurant in Leeds closed last Wednesday (25 August), with 17 redundancies.It comes days after the closure of Simply Heathcotes, which has been open for ...
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Pho appoints first operations director
Pho, the Vietnamese fast-casual concept, has appointed Tim Mills, a former Paul UK executive, as operations director - a newly-created position for the growing group.He joins the group, which is led by entrepreneurs Stephen and Juliette Wall, as it prepares to expand materially over the next three-to-five years, primarily in ...
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Sofra signs on Central St Giles
Sofra Resturants, the London-based Turkish restaurant group founded by Huseyin Ozer, has become the latest operator to sign up for the Central St Giles development in London.The restaurant at the mixed-use 500,000sq ft development will become Sofra’s sixth London site.It joins the Peyton & Byrne Café, Bincho Yakitori and Zizzi ...