Restaurants News – Page 62
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NewsCoronavirus closures continue
Brasserie Bar Co., JKS Restaurants, Darwin & Wallace, Smith and Wollensky and Cosmo are the latest restaurant and bar groups to close all of their sites in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
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NewsEgo – ‘lack of clarity has forced us to close’
Ego Restaurants will become the latest operator to close its sites this afternoon following a 60% drop in revenue over the past few days, CEO James Horler has told MCA.
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NewsTRG predicts 2020 sales decline of 25%
The Restaurant Group has predicted an overall decline in like-for-like sales of 25% in FY2020 as it has experienced an “increasing and material impact” of COVID-19 in recent weeks.
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NewsMcDonalds removes dine-in
McDonalds UK has closed all seating areas in its restaurants as of 5am this morning in response to growing concerns about the spread of COVID-19.
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NewsHawksmoor - “other restaurant businesses will need your custom more”
One of many temporary closure announcements released yesterday, Hawksmoor co-founders Will Beckett and Huw Gott wrote an open letter to their customers.
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NewsRestaurants close dine-in, announce delivery options
Bao, Kricket, Berber & Q, Breddos Tacos and Monty’s Deli are among the restaurant groups to announce temporary closures.
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NewsMowgli to close all sites
Indian street food group Mowgli is closing all its sites as part its effort to help curb the spread of Covid-19.
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NewsHonest: Operators laying off staff ‘left right and centre’
The Prime Minister’s intervention yesterday was “the final nail in the coffin” in terms of the government’s approach to the hospitality industry, Honest Burger MD Dorian Waite has told MCA.
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NewsCarluccio’s: ‘There will be no high street left if the government does not intervene.’
The hospitality sector is on a “war footing”, and requires an “across the board, fast injection” of capital from government, Carluccio’s CEO Mark Jones has told MCA.
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NewsSunak needs to Super-Size it
The government has put the hospitality industry into limbo, and limbo is a terrible place to be. Yesterday, the PM warned the British public against visiting pubs, restaurants, theatres and bars across the country. For an industry already taking a battering by the coronavirus this was a staggering blow. Effectively the UK has been warned off visiting the likes of Costa, Greggs, McDonald’s, Wetherspoons and more.
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NewsSpend and frequency down at Dinner
Eating out at Dinner has fallen in frequency and average spend this month as the storms and coronavirus rattle consumer participation, MCA’s latest Eating Out Panel has revealed.
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NewsPlan for ‘worst case scenario’ operators told
Restaurant operators should plan for the worst-case scenario with the coronavirus outbreak, two leading investors told Restaurant magazine’s R200 conference.
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NewsBao to open all-day dining café
The team behind Taiwanese buns concept Bao are set to launch their first all-day dining concept under the brand, MCA’s sister title Big Hospitality reports.
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NewsHeavenly Desserts launches in London
High-end café concept Heavenly Desserts has launched its first London site at the IQL in Stratford.
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NewsHollywood Bowl launches mini-golf concept
Hollywood Bowl has announced the opening of its latest leisure brand: mini-golf concept Puttstars.
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NewsZia Lucia – “We don’t want to be perceived as a high-street chain”
Following the opening of its most recent restaurant last month, London-based pizza concept Zia Lucia will continue to champion quality over quantity, founders Gianluca d’Angelo and Claudio Vescovo have told MCA. The brand launched in Islington in 2016, and has since expanded with sites in Hammersmith, Aldgate East and Boxpark ...
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NewsZim Braai aims for five in five
With its second opening lined up in Bournemouth next month, African dining concept Zim Braai is looking to reach five restaurants in five years, founder Andy Lennox has told MCA.
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NewsAndrew Lynch replaced as Nando’s chairman by Graham Allan
Nando’s non-executive chairman Andrew Lynch has stepped down from the business after six years to be replaced by Graham Allan, MCA can reveal. Lynch originally joined the peri-peri specialist in 2014 as its first group CEO, before deciding to withdraw from executive life in 2018. He moved into a role as non-executive chairman and was succeeded as group CEO by Rob Papps in November 2018.
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NewsCorbin and King announce two more restaurants
Corbin and King are opening two new restaurants in London, one in the City and another in Notting Hill.
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NewsSix by Nico makes London debut
The Nico Simeone-led restaurant concept Six by Nico is to open in the former Zizzi site in Charlotte Street, Fitzrovia this month.