All Restaurants articles – Page 350
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Breeden to launch darts format venture
Adam Breeden, the former chief executive of All Star Lanes, is planning to launch a new darts-based restaurant and bar concept in London, called Flight Club
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NewsCote eyes 200 sites, looks overseas
Cote, the French brasserie chain, aims to grow to 200 sites before expanding overseas, joint managing director Harald Samuelsson has told the Daily Telegraph
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Confidence returns to restaurant property market
Restaurants sold by Christie + Co in the early part of the 2014 are selling at more than of 90% of the asking price on average, reflecting growing confidence in the market, according to the property agent’s head of restaurants Simon Chaplin
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NewsTesco to stock Harry Ramsden’s-branded products
Harry Ramsden’s, the iconic fish & chip shop group, is trialling the sale of a range of chicken products at Tesco stores under a new brand extension called Harry Ramsden’s at Home
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Sustainability expert to launch ethical restaurant
Jamie Grainger-Smith, a restaurant consultant who has advised Jamie Oliver and The River Café on their sustainability credentials, is opening a bar and restaurant in King’s Cross that will serve ethically sourced British food within an environmentally conscious setting
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NewsMucho Burrito close to securing second site
Mucho Burrito, the Tex-Mex restaurant franchise, has put in a preliminary offer on a site in Crawley as part of its plan to open 30 sites within 12 years under the master franchise agreement for the south east, M&C Report has learnt
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French bistro franchise eyes UK growth
Gourmadine, the French bistro concept from Lifestyle Hospitality Group, has signed up its first franchisee to take the “creperie and bistrot” beyond the original Exeter restaurant
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Kerridge to open Royal Ascot restaurant
High profile chef Tom Kerridge is to open a restaurant at the Royal Ascot racecourse in Berkshire
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Salt reduction pledge attracts 50 dining out operators
Around 50 pub and restaurant operators have now signed up to the Department of Health’s pledge to reduce salt in the food they serve to help diners achieve a reduction of 1g per person per day compared to the amount eaten in 2007
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Thinking globally, acting locally
More and more restaurant operators are adopting sustainable business practices. Kerstin Kuhn focuses on US fast-casual brand Sweetgreen
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NewsGusto undertakes MBO from Living Ventures
Restaurant and bar group Gusto has completed a management buyout from Living Ventures, the Tim Bacon-led premium operator, with funding from private equity group Palatine as it looks to add about 15 sites over the next four years, including a move into the London area, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsTrowbridge next for Dean’s Diner
Richoux Group has secured a site in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, for its Dean’s Diner brand
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OpinionZolfo Cooper Profit Tracker - ones to watch
M&C Report profiles four operators who missed out on this year’s Zolfo Cooper Profit Tracker list, which tracks companies with the fastest growing profits in the UK’s eating and drinking out sector, by falling outside the scope of the methodology. However, they are expected, with a fair wind, to make their bows next year
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NewsTesco launches new café concept
Tesco Family Dining has launched a new in-store café concept at the retailer’s Extra store in Rainham
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F&B shopping centre mix to reach 20%
The mix of food and drink operators across the UK’s shopping centre sector is unlikely to increase beyond an average 20% of floor space
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NewsNando's to sell alcohol at motorway services site
Nando’s is set to join JD Wetherspoon by selling alcohol at its upcoming opening at the Extra services on the M40 at Beaconsfield when it begins trading this summer, M&C Report has learnt
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Tiger Bills owner to expand French concept
Lifestyle Hospitality Group’s (LHG), the operator of the Tiger Bills and Casa Maroc franchise restaurant brands, has signed a partnership deal to expand the Gourmandine “creperie and bistrot” brand across the country
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NewsCharterhouse RoIs reach 35%
Coal Grill & Bar operator Charterhouse Leisure achieved average returns on investment of 35.2% in the year to the end of February, chairman James Horler has told M&C Report
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Deep Blue Restaurants reports full-year loss
Deep Blue Restaurants, the Surrey-based restaurant and takeaway operator, has reported a pre-tax loss of £468,058 in the year to 24 September 2013 against a pre-tax profit of £1.6m in the previous year
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Beard to Tail gears up for relaunch
The team behind the Beard to Tail restaurant in London’s Shoreditch is to relaunch the venture as an all-day brasserie called Penkul & Banks