All Restaurants articles – Page 312
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NewsFY profits almost double for Vapiano
Vapiano, the Italian fresh casual dining group, saw pre-tax profits almost double from £373,633 to £760,778 in 2013 on turnover up 14.4% to £7.5m
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NewsFulham Shore seeking further acquisitions
Fulham Shore, the David Page-led investment vehicle, is looking to operate up to three distinct restaurant businesses under its ownership
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Handmade Burger secures funding package
Handmade Burger Company has secured a new £400,000 funding package from Lloyds to support plans to open four new sites
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Kained Holdings continues expansion
Kained Holdings, the Scotland-based operator, will open its fourth site in Glasgow next month and is already lining up a fifth project in the city
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NewsAll Australian Wagamama sites closed
Wagamama, the UK-based Japanese restaurant, has closed its Australian branches as the franchisee has entered administration after one year SmartCompany reports
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Cook & Indi's to reach 10 sites in 2015
Cook and Indi’s World Buffet, the Glasgow-based all-you-can-eat concept will reach at least 10 sites in 2015, M&C Report has learnt
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Flat Iron to operate pop-up at Salt Yard site
Flat Iron, the ‘single steak’ dining concept, is to operate a pop-up at Salt Yard’s foruth venue Ember Yard in London’s Soho
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NewsWelcome Break to roll out new design
Welcome Break is to roll out its new design featuring a more premium food court across all its 27 motorway service stations after year-on-year sales at the first site for the format grew 15%
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Neill to chair Café Pistou venture
Ian Neill, the former Wagamama chief executive, has taken the role of chairman of Café Pistou, the fledgling all-day Provencal brasserie concept
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NewsFranco Manca secures central London double
Franco Manca, the pizza chain led by David Page and Italian chef Giuseppe Mascoli, has secured two central London sites for openings next year
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Analysis & InsightThe king of convenience
When Julian Metcalfe launched Pret a Manger in 1986 he changed the way people lunched and built one of the UK’s most successful fast-casual food chains in the process. Now the legendary restaurateur hopes to emulate that success with the national – and international – rollout of Itsu
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NewsGiggling Squid in talks for expansion
Giggling Squid, the fast growing Thai restaurant group, is currently in discussions on five sites as it prepares to open in Salisbury and Bristol, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsRed’s to strengthen management team
Red’s True Barbecue, the fast-growing smokehouse concept, is strengthening its management team as it looks for a financial director and operations director, M&C Report has learnt
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Urbano32 secures first site
Ian Wade, co-founder of Modern British Taverns, has secured the first site in Cheshire for his fledgling pizza concept Urbano32
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POD to upgrade and expand estate
POD, the healthy fast food concept, has outlined its plans for expansion beyond its City of London heartland
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Rick Stein set for Porthleven
Rick Stein, the high-profile chef, is understood to be opening a restaurant in Porthleven, Cornwall where he already has restaurants in Falmouth, Padstow and St Merryn
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Hache Burger secures fifth site
Hache Burger, the family-run gourmet burger concept, is to open its fifth site in London, after securing a unit in Balham
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NewsB&L secures ex-Orchid site
Burger & Lobster, the London-based group, has secured a former Orchid Pub Company site in the City
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OpinionTalent spotting
Over the next 18 months the industry is set to experience a sustained level of M&A activity, including a number of big ticket deals, but it is mining for “investment gold” at the other end of the business lifecycle that is increasingly moving to the top of the agenda for sector investors in the rush for the next big thing
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Rick Stein's restaurant business posts sharp rise in profits
The restaurant and dining business of high-profile chef Rick Stein has reported a sharp rise in profits for 2013 as margins improved and wage costs fell, while profits are ahead of budget by £60,000 for the first 21 weeks of 2014