All Restaurants articles – Page 379
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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