All Restaurants articles – Page 357
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Estiatorio Milos set for Regent Street
Estiatorio Milos, the Greek restaurant group led by Costas Spiliadis, is set to make its UK debut after securing a site at 1-3 Regent Street in London
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NewsCapital should be flowing into food-led pubs
Capital should be flowing into food-led pubs and the segment should be expanding more rapidly than restaurants, reflecting overwhelming trends in consumer demand, according to a leading analyst
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Allsop raises c£78m from commercial auction
Allsop raised £77.9m at its second commercial auction of the year this week, which included a number of pub and freehold restaurant investments, with an average success rate of 82%
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NewsWagamama appoints JLL to aid expansion plans
Wagamama, the Duke Street Capital-led group, has appointed Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) to advise it on its restaurant acquisition strategy.
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NewsLa Tasca to launch standalone bars
La Tasca is to ramp up the launch a number of unbranded, standalone bars across its estate to broaden its offer as its looks to grow further market share
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Analysis & InsightPE-backed management deals
Following the early success of concepts such as PizzaExpress, Wagamama and Café Rouge, private equity is becoming increasingly involved in the world of restaurant operators. David Roberts, the head of the leisure team at leading law firm Olswang LLP, looks at the types of incentivised deal being offered to management teams to push concepts forward
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Emmerson takes non-exec role at Hotcha
Andrew Emmerson, former business development director at Domino’s Pizza UK & Ireland, has taken a non-executive director role at Hotcha
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NewsBill’s secures Nottingham site
Bill’s Restaurants, the Richard Caring-backed chain, has secured a site in Nottingham for an opening this summer
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Grillstock begins rollout
Grillstock, the fledgling barbecue concept, has secured its second site in the South West, in Bath
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NewsWahaca closes in on Cardiff site
Wahaca has moved closer to making its regional debut, after applying for a licence to open a site in Cardiff
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Soho House gearing up for Chicken Shop rollout
Soho House is gearing up to launch multiple sites under its Chicken Shop and Dirty Burger brands and is starting to look at possible opportunities for both concepts outside London
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Busaba Eathai seeks new MD
Alan Yau’s casual-dining Thai chain Busaba Eathai is seeking a new managing director, after Jale Erentok stepped down from the role she has held for the last two years
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Carmichael named Springboard’s FutureChef winner
Anna Carmichael, a 15-year-old from Bellerive FCJ Catholic College, Liverpool, yesterday held off the challenge of 11 other budding chefs to be named FutureChef 2014
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Brooke to open third Red Dog site
Tom Berk, who previously worked as a restaurant and events manager at companies, including Conran Restaurants and Carluccio’s, is to open a third site in London under his Red Dog brand
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NewsBank funding underpins Comptoir expansion
Levant Restaurants Group has expanded into Kent and Surrey with Comptoir Libanais, its Lebanese fast-casual concept, thanks to a £1.6m loan from NatWest
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Analysis & Insight
Sales slow for US restaurants
The 500 largest US restaurant chains registered a 3.5% annual sales increase in 2013, a significant decline from 4.9% the prior year, according to data released by Technomic
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ASK Italian launches menu with #RespectThePasta message
ASK Italian, the Gondola-owned chain, has launched a new marketing campaign, under the banner of #RespectThePasta, to support the introduction of the group’s Spring menu
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NewsDomino's Poland grows FY lfls
Domino’s Pizza Poland has reported a 43% rise in like-for-like sales at its first 13 sites in the country in 2013, which the company described as a period of “substantial progress” for the group
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NewsEd’s eyes 100 sites, as FY lfls grow 2.5%
Ed’s Easy Diner has announced ambitions to grow its estate to over 100 sites by September 2018, as it reported an 87% increase in sales to £17.6m for the year to 30 September 2013
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NewsYO! considers its options
YO! Sushi, the Robin Rowland-led, Quilvest-backed group, has reportedly appointed advisers to explore its options, including a possible sale