All Restaurants articles – Page 371
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NewsCremonini eyes UK launch for coffee and steak concepts
Chef Express UK, operator of the Bagel Factory concept in the UK and Ireland, has been asked by its Italian parent Grouppo Cremonini to bring more of its F&B brands into Britain, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsQuiznos builds UK pipeline
Quiznos, the US sandwich chain, has outlined plans for UK openings in early 2014, with four planned over the next three months or so, M&C Report has learnt
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Opinion
Big shoes to fill
I like to think that if Andrew Page, the retiring chief executive of The Restaurant Group, was a footballer, say for his beloved Fulham, he would be cast in what pundits like to call the “Claude Makelele-role”. Tidy, unfussy but essential in making the rest of the team tick. Sure there have been more high-profile chief executives, but for getting the job done at a consistent and high quality level, Page’s work over the last 12 years at the Frankie & Benny’s operator will take some beating. These are big shoes to fill indeed
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D&D reports highest ever Christmas revenues
D&D London, the international restaurant group formerly known as Conran Restaurants, said that like-for-like revenues across its London-based restaurants climbed 5% over the festive season compared with the year before
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NewsFestive lfls up 7.4% at Las Iguanas
Las Iguanas said it experienced a third successive “bumper Christmas” with like-for-like sales up 7.4% across the festive season, taking three-year growth to over 25%
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NewsPage to step down as TRG CEO
The Restaurant Group (TRG) has announced that Andrew Page has notified the Board that he wishes to retire as chief executive of the Frankie & Benny’s and Chiquito operator in August 2014.
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Analysis & InsightHybridisation breeding new competition
The increased hybridisation between the pub and restaurant sectors is set to breed new definitions for operators and consumers alike, as each sector continues to encroach on their respective key trading touch points
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Cubitt House arrives into King's Cross
Upmarket pub operator Cubitt House will open a new venue on Granary Square within the Kings Cross redevelopment in London in mid-2015.
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Analysis & InsightVenturing forward
If I had to put forward one man who could dominate the UK’s eating and drinking-out scene over the coming 12 months, I would be hard pressed to look past Tim Bacon, the chief executive of Living Ventures
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NewsLynch to become group CEO at Nando’s
Andrew Lynch, the former chief executive of SSP, is to become group chief executive of Nando’s, the Capricorn Ventures-backed international chain of peri peri chicken restaurants
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The Noodle House secures first UK site
The Noodle House, the Jumeirah Restaurants-owned, South East Asian casual dining restaurant brand, has secured its first site in the UK, in Shaftesbury Avenue, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsFY lfls up 4.3% at SSP
SSP, the travel concessions operator, has reported like-for-like sales growth of 4.3% for the year to 30 September 2013 driven by strong performances in Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Scandinavia
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NewsYoung’s Seafood eyes more fish & chip shops
Young’s Seafood, the seafood supplier, hopes to rollout more branded fish & chip shops following the launch of its first site with renowned operators Mark and Pete Petrou, M&C Report has learnt
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Tinseltown secures tenth site
Tinseltown, the American diner and milkshake bar chain, is set to open its tenth site, after taking a unit in Ealing Broadway
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La Tasca re-opens Cardiff site
La Tasca has re-opened its Cardiff site following a full refurbishment of the restaurant situated in The Old Brewery Quarter
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Hakkasan eyes the UK for new brands
Hakkasan, which is backed by Tasameem, a property arm of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, anticipates launching at least one of its new restaurant brands in London within the next 18 months
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Ekachai eyes London expansion
Ekachai, the South East Asian restaurant group, is beginning a culinary and interior makeover of its original site in Liverpool Street before embarking on expansion plans to double its estate over the next five years
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Martinez closes in on second UK site
Peruvian chef Virgilio Martinez is closing in on a site in London’s Covent Garden for for his second UK restaurant, M&C Report understands
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Vapiano appoints new GM
Vapiano UK, the Italian fresh casual dining concept, has appointed Dagmara Glesmer-Salamon as general manager of its restaurant in Great Portland Street, central London
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Report highlights strong open rate for sector campaigns
Restaurants achieved the third highest open rate for email marketing campaigns across 25 leading sectors last year, according to a new open and click-through rate report by the Sign-up.To agency