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FSA calorie menu report delayed
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has abandoned a stars-based format for its “Scores on the Doors” national hygiene scheme to avoid confusion and a consultation into displaying calorie information on menus has also been delayed.Newly published research from the FSA found the use of stars to illustrate a premise’s hygiene ...
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Bulaitis opens 4th Le Mistral venue
Ever So Sensible, the company headed by former Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) executive Chris Bulaitis, has opened its fourth Le Mistral French-style bistro, writes Paul Charity.The company has traditionally focused on city-centre sites, with its high-energy Dogma brand in particular. It acquired three existing Le Mistral bistro and wine shop ...
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Marco Pierre White pub fined
A gastropub co-owned by Marco Pierre White has been fined £30,000 by magistrates for polluting a stream with sewage.The owners of The Yew Tree Inn in Highclere, Hampshire, pleaded guilty to five counts of polluting a water course between 27 November 2007 and 15 January 2009.Proprietor and shareholder Andrew Parton, ...
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Fishworks and Bincho sign up for Central site
Fishworks and Bincho Yakitori are amongst five restaurants due to open in new West End piazza development Central Saint Giles.The move will take Fishworks to four sites and Bincho Yakitori to two.Designed by internationally acclaimed architect Renzo Piano, Central St Giles will feature 400,000sqft of office space, 56 private apartments, ...
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Pho plans 15 restaurants
Stepen Wall, the man behind Pho, the Vietnamese restaurant chain, has revealed ambitions for the group to expand to 15 sites in the next five years.The operator, which is backed ETM Group, the London-based pub and restaurant company, has just opened its fourth restaurant in the South Lanes area of ...