All Restaurants articles – Page 348
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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
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Feng Sushi awarded three stars for sustainability
Feng Sushi, the Japanese fast-casual restaurant and take away concept backed by Luke Johnson, has been awarded three stars from the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) for innovation in 2013
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Assado introduces take-away concept
High-profile chef Cyrus Todiwala is offering ‘grab & go’ food at his recently opened Goan-Portuguese casual-dining restaurant Assado, near London’s Waterloo
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Seafood restaurant moves into Camden’s Trattoria Lucca
Hook Camden, the seafood restaurant concept, has acquired the site of the Trattoria Lucca in Camden, one of London’s oldest restaurants
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Noma reclaims World’s Best Restaurant title
René Redzepi’s Danish restaurant Noma has reclaimed the title of S. Pellegrino World’s Best Restaurant, with last year’s winner El Celler de Can Roca taking the number two spot
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Soho House confirms White City plans
Soho House has confirmed it has signed a deal with Stanhope, the property developer, to operate a club at the former BBC Television Centre in White City in west London
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Market Place owners secure second site
The owners of the long-running Market Place Italian restaurant in Chelsea have acquired the lease of a restaurant in South Kensington to open a sister to the original site
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MWB removes foie gras from menus
MWB Holdings, the owner of Hotel du Vin and Malmaison, has become the latest UK operator to remove foie gras from the menus at its 28 hotels and restaurants nationwide following a campaign by animal rights charity PETA