All Restaurants articles – Page 176
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OpinionReturn of the Mac
Steve Easterbrook, chief executive of McDonald’s, talks about the improvements the fast food chain has made over the last 13 months, how the company is applying forensic analytics across all aspects of its businesses to identify opportunities for longer-term growth and how the group is developing a new teaching approach ...
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News
Café Pistou eyes growth
Café Pistou, the fledgling concept from Charlie McLean, the former managing director of CAU Restaurants, hopes to have a second site secured before the end of the year
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New Moon eyes three-pronged growth plan
New Moon Co intends to open its second Mockingbird Taproom in the first quarter of next year, as it pursues a three-pronged expansion strategy.
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Burger & Lobster secures second New York site
Burger & Lobster hopes to open its second site in the US before the end of the year, after securing a further unit in New York
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OpinionWho is going to stick their neck out?
The endgame in Tesco’s often uneasy ownership of Giraffe has begun and speculation over who will take the restaurant chain off the retailer’s hands – for a sum far from the £48.5m it paid - is gathering pace. However, is there still a business or brand left that is worth acquiring or as we are seeing with La Tasca and Strada, is it the pull of a guaranteed pipeline that is the real draw?
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Zizzi scales back staff perks in response to NLW
The Azzurri Group has confirmed changes to staff benefits in its Zizzi business as part of a “comprehensive review” prompted by the introduction of the National Living Wage.
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Shake Shack secures Leicester Sq flagship
Shake Shack, the US better burger brand, has secured a further flagship site in UK, after taking a site near Leicester Square
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The Breakfast Club lines up double opening
The Breakfast Club, the licensed all-day café concept, has secured a further two sites for openings this year
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The Stable set for Kew this summer
Cider and pizza concept The Stable is to follow up its debut site in London, which opened in Whitechapel last night, with an opening in Kew this summer.
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NewsComptoir Libanais eyes IPO
The Levant Restaurants Group, the operator of the Comptoir Libanais and Shawa brands, has appointed advisors as it considers a possible IPO
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Wok&Go makes London debut
Wok&Go, the Chester-based Asian Fusion restaurant chain, has made its debut in London, with an opening in Finchley Road.
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Frankie & Benny’s and Rays of Sunshine win charity award
Frankie & Benny’s and Rays of Sunshine win “Charity Partnership Travel & Hospitality Award” at the Third Sector Business Charity Awards
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April Bloomfield to launch Cornish farm project
The chefs April Bloomfield and Tom Adams are two launch a new food and culinary project in Cornwall, after purchasing farmland together
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Luke Johnson to chair Gaucho & CAU
Serial sector investor Luke Johnson has been appointed as non-executive chairman of the Equistone-backed Gaucho chain and its sister brand CAU
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MOD Pizza secures debut UK site
MOD Pizza, the fast casual artisan pizza concept backed by Sir Charles Dunstone, will make its UK debut at the start of June in Leeds
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Wasabi set for Oxford
Wasabi, the London-based sushi and bento chain, is to further strengthen its regional estate with an opening in Oxford
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Fogg steps down from Hix Restaurants
Seb Fogg has stepped down as operations director at the Mark Hix-led Hix Restaurants, after the group’s restructure
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Wood steps down from Comptoir
Diane Wood has stepped down as finance director of The Levant Restaurants Group
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Franco Manca sets out expansion plans
Franco Manco has set out its expansion plans for the year, after opening its twentieth site in Guildford
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Analysis & Insight
UK becoming a nation of foodie travellers
The UK is becoming a nation of foodie travellers, with a boom in the number of ‘gastro-holidays’ taken in the past three years