All Restaurants articles – Page 378
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Restaurant launches Development Chef Club series
M&C Report’s sister title Restaurant is launching a new initiative – the Farm Frites Development Chef Club – aimed at informing, inspiring and interacting with the development chef and group executive chef community.
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NewsClear Leisure to franchise Garfield-themed restaurant in UK
Clear Leisure, the listed leisure investment company, has become the UK franchisee for Lasagnette, the family dining concept themed around the cartoon character Garfield, and is looking at sites in central London for its first two openings, M&C Report has learnt
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Analysis & InsightTime to check in?
The need to provide room service has always been one of the main stumbling blocks barring a successful partnership between hotel and restaurant operators. However, a proposal by Hilton Worldwide to replace room service at its full service properties with cafeteria-style eateries as the company moves toward a more limited-service offer could finally open up new partnerships and avenues to expansion
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NewsYoung’s Seafood to open branded restaurant with Petrou bros
Young’s Seafood has announced a joint venture to open a Young’s branded fish & chip shop with renowned operators Mark and Pete Petrou
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Panchal to launch Dirty Bones venture
Dipak Panchal, who founded Chelsea hotspot The Valmont Club and Hot Pink in Wimbledon, is backing a new restaurant and bar concept called Dirty Bones in London’s Kensington
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Bonnie Gull lines up second site
Bonnie Gull, the seafood restaurant concept, has announced plans to open second site in central London
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OpinionTurning over a new leaf
Consumers in the USA are starting to take their eating habits much more seriously, and vegetables have benefited from this change in mindset. Darren Tristano senior managing director at US consultancy firm Technomic examines the growth of the green stuff on menus
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Analyst corner
Leading analyst Nicholas Batram of Peel Hunt looks ahead to forthcoming trading updates from Domino’s, The Restaurant Group (TRG), Spirit Pub Company, JD Wetherspoon, Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) and Cineworld
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New Greek concept secures Ping Pong site
Bakaliko, a new Greek eat-in and grocery concept, is set to open its first site after securing the Ping Pong unit in London’s Paddington Street
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Danciger leaves M&S
Jason Danciger has stepped down as head of hospitality at Marks & Spencer (M&S) to become F&B Director at The Garden Centre Group
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Buenos Aires eyes Horsham opening
Buenos Aires Restaurants, the steakhouse chain, is in talks to regarding opening a ninth site in the south east
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Aikens to close Chelsea restaurant
Michelin-starred chef and restaurateur Tom Aikens is to close his eponymous flagship restaurant in Chelsea
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NewsFive Guys targets key cities
Five Guys, the popular US burger chain, is understood to be looking to add openings in key UK cities such as Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool in 2014
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Dabbous plans Charlotte Street opening
Ollie Dabbous, whose eponymous restaurant won its first Michelin star eight months after opening in 2012, has applied to operate a new restaurant and bar venture on the Curryleaf site in London’s Fitzrovia under the name Barnyard
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Moore to launch US smokehouse concept
David Moore, founder and owner of Michelin-starred Pied a Terre and L’autre Pied, is to open a new US smokehouse-style concept, 160 degrees Fahrenheit in West Hampstead, M&C Report understands.
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NewsFY EBITDA up 28% at Cote
Cote Restaurants, the CBPE-backed group, saw EBITDA for the year to 28 July 2013 increase 28% to £12.8m, driven by strong like-for-like sales and the opening of 11 new sites
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NewsGiraffe to expand at speed
Giraffe, the Tesco-owned restaurant group, has said it is well placed to “perform strongly and expand at speed” following its acquisition by the retailer
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NewsEBITDA grows for Searcys parent
The parent company of Searcys, the upmarket bar and restaurant operator and caterer that is currently on the market, saw EBITDA grow from £1.7m to £2.3m in the year to 30 June
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Weekend Press
Caprice secures Covent Garden site
Caprice Holdings, the restaurant group led by Richard Caring, is set to open an all-day restaurant in Covent Garden next year
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Downey sells Redhook to Iberica
Jonathan Downey, owner of the Rushmore Group, has completed the sale of his Redhook site in London’s Farringdon, to Iberica, the Spanish restaurant chain