All Restaurants articles – Page 371
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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
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Tsuru in funding talks
Tsuru Sushi, the four-strong Japanese restaurant chain, is in talks with private equity houses as it looks to open further sites under its flagship brand as well as its Tonkotsu Bar & Ramen concept
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Downey helps street food growth
Two street food vendors are set to make the transition from pop-ups to permanent sites thanks to Jonathan Downey’s bar and members’ club business Rushmore Group
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NewsLe Bistrot Pierre lines up Birmingham opening
Le Bistrot Pierre, the highly-rated French restaurant chain, will open a new site in Birmingham this August
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NewsTurtle Bay to grow South East presence
Turtle Bay, the five-strong Caribbean restaurant chain led by Aj Jaya-Wickrema, is looking to grow its presence in the South East, and is currently in talks regarding its first site in London
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Analysis & InsightMajority eating out once a week or more
The majority of consumers (57%) eat out once a week or more, with one in five (20%) visiting restaurants twice a week and more than one in ten (13%) dining out almost every other day, according to the Bookatable Dining Index
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Rise of ‘citizen food critics’
We are a nation of social foodies with diners sharing, liking and booking restaurants in line with their Facebook newsfeed, says Bookatable.com
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GB Pizza Co eyes expansion
The duo behind an award-winning “British pizza restaurant” in Kent are launching their second site in April in London’s Exmouth Market, and have plans to grow to a portfolio of six
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Woodroffe to offer business mentoring
YO! Sushi founder Simon Woodroffe is to offer advice to selected businesses under a scheme from Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles in association with The Times
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YO! launches new range of children’s activities
YO! Sushi is launching a brand new range of children’s activities to help keep “diners’ little monsters busy” during the half-term period.
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Mayfair Capital secures F&B investment
Mayfair Capital Investment Management has acquired £12m of assets for its Property Income Trust for Charities fund, including three F&B units at the Greenwich Peninsula
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NewsGiraffe confirms KIOSK format launch
Giraffe, the Tesco-owned chain, has confirmed that it will open its new KIOSK concept in King’s Cross Square at the end of March
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PizzaLuxe eyes next stage of growth
PizzaLuxe is to embark on its first round of external fundraising as it looks to double its estate over the next 18 months
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US pizza chef DiFabio eyes London rollout
Bruno DiFabio, the US pizza chef, hopes to launch five restaurants in London by the end of 2015, according to American newspaper the Morning Journal
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Tropeiro Restaurants in administration
Tropeiro Restaurants, the Chester-based Brazilian-influenced restaurant chain, has been placed into administration
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Soho House eyes Brighton opening
Restaurant operators including Soho House and the Gingerman Restaurant Group are circling a seafront redevelopment scheme in Brighton
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Busaba ramps up UK expansion
Alan Yau’s casual-dining Thai chain Busaba Eathai has confirmed plans to double its estate over the next three years, with two more London openings in 2014 and an extra focus being placed on further expansion outside of the capital