All Restaurants articles – Page 342
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NewsTRG lfls grow 4%
The Restaurant Group saw like-for-like sales grow 4% for the first 19 weeks of its current financial year, and says it is on track for “a very satisfactory” H1
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Analysis & InsightPleasure seekers drive new era of premiumised informality
Premiumised informality, from street food to fine dining is now widespread across the restaurant sector, according to Allegra Foodservice’s latest report, The UK Restaurant Market 2014
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NewsAbokado eyes up to 200 London sites; looks overseas
Abokado, the London-based chain of healthy fast food bars, has the potential to grow to between 100 and 200 stores in the capital and is targeting New York and Paris for its first overseas launches
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Tesco plans 130 cafes and restaurants
Tesco is introducing 80 dining areas such as Giraffe and Decks, along with 50 Harris + Hoole coffee shops and 110 bakeries to its stores this year as part of a remodelling plan
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Visit England names its top pubs and restaurants
Visit England has named The Feathered Nest Country Inn in the Cotswolds as its tourism pub of the year and the 1884 Dock Street Kitchen as part of its annual excellence awards that showcase businesses that have made a commitment to boosting tourism
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The Burger Joint opens second site
The Burger Joint, an independently-owned luxury burger restaurant, has opened its second site in Bristol
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Mas Q Menos to make UK debut
Mas Q Menos, the Spanish tapas chain, is to open its first London tapas bar, according to the property news website Propertymall.com
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Second restaurant for former Est Est Est MD
Former Est Est Est managing director Stephen Garrity has opened a second restaurant called Et Alia at The Red House in Chester, according to the North West Caterer
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NewsYO! signs deal for 50 US openings
YO! Sushi, the Quilvest-backed group, plans to open 50 restaurants in the US over the next six years after signing a new franchise agreement for the country
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Channelling the right branded offer
Stephen Evans, development director at Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK), looks at how mundane and anti-brand some of the emerging areas in London have become and says if we are not careful, gentrification will mean a “second tier of homogenisation filled with artisan coffee shops and brunch joints and very little else”
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La Petite Maison to launch in Istanbul
La Petite Maison, the Arjun Waney-led brand, is to open its fourth site in Istanbul later this month
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NewsGBK grows pipeline
Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK), the Capricorn Ventures-backed group, has secured two new sites and is in talks on a further four units
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CAU grows pipeline
CAU, the casual dining steakhouse concept, has secured a further three sites as it looks to grow to up to 17 sites over the next 18 months
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La Tasca launches summer initiatives
A VIP trip to Closing Weekend in Ibiza and a chance to be crowned DJ of the Year are two of the new summer initiatives being launched by La Tasca next week
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Analysis & InsightSector lfls grow 4.4% in April
Pub and restaurant groups experienced another strong period of trading in April, with like-for-like sales across 28 leading companies up 4.4% during the month
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NewsYO! reassess US expansion plans
YO! Sushi, the Quilvest-backed group, has reassessed its US expansion plans, which has led to the closure of its first site in the country in Washington DC’s Union Street train station
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Honest Burger eyes Tooting opening
Honest Burgers, the London-based concept led by ex-Bill’s operations director Dorian Waite, is set to open its seventh site, after securing a site in Tooting
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NewsCarluccio’s builds pipeline
Carluccio’s, the all-day Italian café chain led by Simon Kossoff, has continued to strengthen its pipeline of openings in the UK
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Tesco strengthens Decks pipeline
Tesco has strengthened the pipeline for its casual dining format, Decks, with a further seven sites set to come on line over the coming few months
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Bitters ‘n’ Twisted expands Bodega concept
Bitters ‘n’ Twisted, the Birmingham-based multiple operator of restaurants and pubs, is opening a second Bodega restaurant which will be its first venue away from Birmingham