All Restaurants articles – Page 344
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NewsYO! FY EBITDA up 15%, confirms Hall as CEO
YO! Sushi, the Quilvest-backed group, has confirmed that chief operating officer Vanessa Hall has succeeded Robin Rowland as chief executive, with Rowland, who has led the company for 14 years, becoming executive chairman
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InterviewsFriday five-minute interview
M&C Report talks to Will Beckett, co-founder of Hawksmoor, about his best investment, his best his best business decision and the best piece of advice he’s ever received
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Turtle Bay sets out openings schedule
Turtle Bay, the Piper Private Equity-backed Caribbean restaurant chain, has set out plans to double its estate over the next six months, with seven new openings planned, including two in London
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Tourists to spend £27bn in hospitality sector
Spending in the hospitality sector will rise by 33% by 2017 according to Barclays’ Retail and Hospitality & Leisure banking teams that suggests total spend from overseas visitors will reach more than £27bn
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Red’s founders pick up entrepreneur award
Red’s True Barbecue co-founders, James Douglas and Scott Munro, have been recognised in the Yorkshire Business Insider Entrepreneur Awards 2014
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Culinary school relocates
The Tante Marie Culinary academy is moving to Alexandre House in Woking, for students to showcase culinary skills as well as offering hospitality training
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YO! launches World Cup campaign
YO! Sushi, the Robin Rowland-led, Quilvest-backed group, is embarking on a nationwide campaign encourage its customers to support Japan as a second team in this summer’s World Cup and is offering a chance to win £1m
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Singleton takes Al Tayer role
David Singleton, who spent 28 years at Mitchells & Butlers, has joined the Dubai-based Al Tayer Group, to oversee its group’s food and beverage division
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Eating out trumps drinking out
Eating out is becoming more prevalent than drinking out but alcohol is still an important factor when deciding where to eat, according to research by Peach BrandTrack, which shows that 94% of adults have either eaten or drunk out in the past six months
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NewsHill steps down as Las Iguanas CEO
Steve Hill has stepped down as chief executive of Latin American restaurant group Las Iguanas with immediate effect just three months after taking on the role. The group has begun the process of finding a successor and, during the intervening period, founder director Eren Ali will resume chief executive responsibilities
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Canapies go wholesale
Square Pie, the five strong pie restaurant group, has launched a wholesale range of pies, called Canapies, after the success in restaurants decided to sell the bite-sized pies through Brakes
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NewsCinven places £1bn price tag on PizzaExpress
Cinven, the private equity backer of Gondola, has appointed separate advisers to oversee the £1bn sales of PizzaExpress, and sister brands Ask Italian and Zizzi, according to The Times.
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NewsByron secures first Midlands site
Byron, the premium burger restaurant group, has secured its first site in the Midlands, in Leicester
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NewsBill’s further strengthens estate
Bill’s, the Richard Caring-backed restaurant chain, which is on target toopen 25 restaurants this year, has secured further sites in Epsom and Marlow
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Analysis & InsightTake me out
Restaurants are going toe-to-toe with established food-to-go and takeaway specialists to bring home a slice of the UK’s increasingly sophisticated takeout and delivery market
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Leading operators experience Easter weekend sales dip
Like-for-like sales declined 3.8% over the Easter weekend across 25 leading pub and restaurant groups against the corresponding four-day holiday last year
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Bodean's invests in kitchens and eyes north London
Bodean’s, the London-based barbecue smokehouse concept, is looking to expand by one more restaurant as popularity grows and has centralised cooking units to increase efficiency
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Fledgling Manchester restaurant group plans expansion
The company behind Manchester-based Italian restaurant Avalanche has announced plans to open two additional sites in the region and to launch the brand nationally
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NewsHakkasan JV targets 30 developments
Hakkasan, the international restaurant group, has told M&C Report it hopes to open 30 developments over five years under its new joint venture with luxury resort operator MGM Resorts International, and could open a UK site outside London as well as inside the city
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Energy efficiency can sway profits by 2%
Pub and restaurant groups representing 80% of managed outlets have signed up to an energy efficiency benchmarking system to highlight where energy savings can be made across the hospitality sector and allow companies to measure their efforts against competitors