All Restaurants articles – Page 366
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NewsCote secures Marlow site
Cote Restaurants, the CBPE-backed group, has secured a site in Marlow, after acquiring the Thai Square restaurant in the town
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NewsThe Real Greek secures regional site
Kefi Ltd, the company led by Nabil Mankarious and David Page, has secured the first site outside London for its The Real Greek brand, in Windsor
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Fledgling burger operator reveals target cities
The duo behind a fast-food burger chain that’s due to launch its inaugural site in Edinburgh next week have unveiled a list of target cities and said they want to open across the country
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Burger Bear seeks funding
Burger Bear is seeking to raise £30k through online-funding platform Kickstarter to open a permanent site in two stacked used cargo containers in Shoreditch
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NewsPrezzo signs exclusive ice cream deal
Prezzo, the Jonathan Kaye-led group, has signed an exclusive deal with London gelateria Gelupo to serve its award-winning Italian ice cream
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Social media usage on the rise
In 2013, nearly half (48%) of restaurants said they were actively using Twitter and 73% using Facebook, 12 months later this had increased to 65% and 76% respectively, according to the Bookatable Dining Index
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NewsFranco Manca grows pipeline
Franco Manca has opened its seventh site and has a further three in the pipeline for openings in the capital this year
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Analysis & InsightFood prices overtake rent and rates
Food prices have overtaken rent and rates in the list of overheads facing UK restaurants, coming second only to staff wages, according to the Bookatable Dining Index
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NewsWrapid targets expansion
Wrapid, the healthy fast-food operation, hopes to open another 20 concessions this year, co-owner Stephen Minall has told M&C Report
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NewsCoal makes North West debut
Coal Grill & Bar, the Charterhouse Leisure-owned brand, has invested c.£1m in the opening of its first restaurant in the North West, at Cheshire Oaks
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NewsDeals 'on the table' for Churchill's overseas expansion
Deals are “on the table” to export Churchill’s, the fish & chip brand from the UK’s largest fish & chip shop operator Fish ‘n’ Chick’n, to China, Nigeria, Russia, the Middle East and India, managing director James Lipscombe has told M&C Report
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NewsFive Guys set for Westfield London opening
Five Guys, the popular US burger chain, is understood to have finally secured a site at Westfield London in Shepherd’s Bush
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Japanese Michelin-starred chef plans London opening
Mitsuhiro Araki, the Michelin-starred Japanese chef, is planning to open an eponymous restaurant in London, and is closing in on a site in Mayfair
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Mission Burrito eyes further growth
Mission Burrito, the Mexican chain led by founders Jan and Sharon Rasmussen, is eyeing its seventh site in the South of England which it hopes to open by May
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Tony Macaroni secures Braehead site
Tony Macaroni has secured its latest site in Scotland, in Braehead, as it looks grow from 12 to 20 sites across the country by 2015
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Hotel and pub owners eye burger restaurant chain
A pair of Scotland-based property developers plan to launch a chain of burger restaurants
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Analysis & InsightFine dining isn’t dead, it’s just had a facelift
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum, bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.’ In case you hadn’t heard, fine-dining restaurants have died. They had been on life support for a while now, apparently, but then suddenly the switch was flipped. That’s at least the story that sections of the press have been peddling in recent weeks
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Analysis & InsightA tale of three exiting CEOs
Three tales of CEOs leaving sector companies have played out recently at Novus Leisure, The Restaurant Group and Enterprise Inns. Dominic Walsh takes a look behind the scenes of each
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NewsBrasserie Bar Co secures £13.5m of new funding
Brasserie Bar Co, the owner of the Brasserie Blanc chain and White Brasserie Company, has secured £13.5m of new funding to support the expansion of the group by at least 20 new sites over the next three years
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Rock Restaurant sites placed on the market
Rock Restaurants, the restaurant and bar concept co-founded by experienced caterers Nick Atkins, Jonny Townsend and Jeremy Brown, has placed its two sites on the market