All Restaurants articles – Page 374
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News
Byron secures Clapham Common site
Byron, the Hutton Collins-owned burger chain, has secured a further site in London, after finally completing on a unit near Clapham Common tube station
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NewsTGI secures Pesto site
TGI Friday’s has secured its first site in Liverpool after exchanging on the Pesto restaurant site in the Liverpool One scheme
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Landlords seeing value of small fine-dining venues
The trend for small fine-dining venues looks set to continue in 2014 after a flurry of deals last year
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NewsFormer Loch Fyne MD to lead Tortilla
Tortilla has appointed Richard Morris, former managing director of Loch Fyne Restaurants, as its new managing director to oversee its next stage of growth
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NewsSSP hires Lazard for IPO launch
SSP, the travel concessions operator, has reportedly hired investment firm Lazard to advise on its market debut
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Tesco secures Carluccio’s head of marketing
Tesco has further strengthened its Family Dining division with the appointment of Paschalis Loucaides, formerly of Carluccio’s, as its head of marketing
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NewsByron secures Chiswick site
Byron, the Hutton Collins-owned burger chain, has secured a further site in London, after acquiring the Café Rouge in Chiswick, M&C Report understands
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Rossopomodoro launches gluten-free pizzas
Rossopomodoro has launched NGCI (no gluten containing ingredients) versions of some of its most popular pizzas in the UK
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French: TRG still a Buy after Page steps down
Leading analyst Simon French says Andrew Page’s decision to step down as chief executive of The Restaurant Group does not alter the investment case in the company
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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