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Bodean's Blais teams up with Plateau's Pickett
Andre Blais, of Bodean’s Barbeque is teaming up with Allan Pickett, head chef of London’s Plateau restaurant, to open a French restaurant called Piquet in early spring 2015
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Mews of Mayfair gains highest sustainability award
Mews of Mayfair, the collection of restaurants run by James Robson, has been awarded three stars by the Sustainable Restaurant Association – the highest rating it awards
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OpinionRisking it regionally
The race for operators to spread out of London and the south-east is well and truly on. Does that run the risk of regional property bubbles being formed during the next 12 to 18 months?
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NewsPing Pong FY lfls grow 3.9%; losses widen
Ping Pong, the London-based dim sum chain, saw like-for-like sales rise 3.9% in the year to 30 March 2014 although pre-tax losses widened from £295,606 to £1.5m
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NewsTossed's McKevitt: London property prices make expansion difficult
Vincent McKevitt, founder of London-based salad bar concept Tossed, has told M&C Report it would be a “big task” to reach its target of 75 to 100 sites in the capital due to steep property prices
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Interviews
Five-minute Friday interview - Martin Williams, former Gaucho MD
M&C Report talks to Martin Williams, former managing director of Gaucho who recently started his new restaurant venture called M, about his best investment, his best business decision and the best piece of advice he’s ever received
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OpinionProper food that’s going places
Chop’d was founded in 2004 on the principles of offering busy people the choice of healthy food on the go. Ten years and nine stores later, Ruth Williams finds co-founder and chief executive Eddie Holmes is preparing to roll-out three formats of the store that embody those principles
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NewsItsu names new CEO
Itsu has appointed Cameron Roberts, formerly a partner at PriceWaterhouseCoopers and who has a background in retail, as its new chief executive as it gears up for further expansion across the UK and looks to enter the US market, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsPrezzo tweaks Cleaver ahead of possible roll out
Prezzo will continue to “tweak” its Cleaver brand over the next 12 to 18 months before assessing whether it has roll out potential, chief executive Jonathan Kaye has told M&C Report
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Stone Willy's opens first deli store
Stone Willy’s, the pizza chain operated by Rookway Food Systems, has opened a food-to-go deli outlet in Longbridge, south Birmingham
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NewsGiggling Squid secures ex-Strada unit in Bristol
Giggling Squid, the fast-growing Thai restaurant group, has secured the site of a former Strada in the Clifton area of Bristol
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Sakana to open in Manchester
Manchester restaurant operator Rockstar Leisure is opening a new pan-Asian restaurant in the heart of the city called Sakana following more than £1m investment
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Analysis & InsightQSR outperforms full-service restaurants on customer satisfaction
Quick-service restaurants are outperforming full-service restaurants in terms of customer satisfaction for the first time, according to the latest National Customer Satisfaction Index
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CAU and Ben's Cookies confirmed for Oracle
CAU and Ben’s Cookies have been confirmed to open at Reading’s Oracle centre
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OpinionThe enlightened restaurateur
Simon Mullins is not only passionate about food and drink, he also has a passion for the people who work for him. The Salt Yard Group boss opens up to Mel Flaherty
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Analysts upbeat on Prezzo
Two leading analysts have given an upbeat assessment of Prezzo following the company’s H1 results yesterday
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NewsFreehold site let to Carluccio's sells for £4.25m
The freehold of a north London property let to Carluccio’s has been sold for £4.25m on behalf of a private consortium to Attleborough Estates Limited.
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NewsPrezzo reports 'strong' H1
Prezzo, the restaurant group headed by Jonathan Kaye, has reported a “strong” start to the year with a 17% rise in adjusted EBITDA to £14.6m in the 26 weeks to 29 June, and said it expects to have opened 25 new restaurants by its year end
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Buenos Aires seeks investment to aid expansion
Buenos Aires Restaurants, the steakhouse restaurant group, is seeking investment to ramp up its expansion plan to three to four new sites next year, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsWagamama closes in on ex-Café Rouge site
Wagamama is understood to have secured the former Café Rouge site in Birmingham for an opening later this year