All Restaurants articles – Page 38
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OpinionBringing Sri Lankan street food to the masses
Sri Lankan restaurant business The Coconut Tree has expansion plans for UK towns and cities, while plant-based eating has heavily influenced its latest round of menu development, as MCA’s sister title Food Spark found out
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NewsPizzaBuzz site brought to market
Pizzabuzz, the pizzeria concept developed by the Meredith Group, has placed its only site near London’s Finsbury Square, on the market.
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NewsPho partners with Feed it Back
Vietnamese restaurant chain Pho has partnered with customer feedback specialists Feed it Back, in order to gather insight on the customer experience as it looks to expand the business.
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NewsNew waffle and crepes concept to replace Soho Firezza
A new crepes and waffle concept is to launch in London, on the site of the Firezza restaurant in Soho
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NewsBundobust confirms Liverpool opening; eyes second Manchester site
Indian street food and craft beer operator Bundobust has confirmed it will be opening a site in Liverpool’s Bold Street in late 2018/early 2019, and revealed it is eyeing a second Manchester site.
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NewsM Restaurants reports FY lfls up 15%
M Restaurants, the three-strong group led by ex-Gaucho Group managing director Martin Williams, has reported like-for-like sales up 15% in the year to the end of May.
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NewsLeon ‘pops down’ Shaftesbury Tuk Shop to test elsewhere
Leon has ‘popped-down’ its Asian fast food pop-up Tuk Shop in order to test the concept elsewhere in central London.
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MOD Pizza set for Romford
MOD Pizza UK is to open its seventh site in the UK this week, in Romford, Essex
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NewsCote signs up for Basingstoke
Côte, the BC Partners-backed group, is opening at Basingstoke’s Festival Place shopping centre.
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NewsKaye joins Morso as NED
Former Intertain chief operating officer Simon Kaye has joined the board of grappa and pasta concept Morso as a non-executive director, MCA understands.
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NewsTapas Revolution lines up Oxford opening
Tapas Revolution, the Spanish tapas group from Omar Allibhoy, has further strengthened its openings pipeline, after lining up a site in Oxford, MCA understands.
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NewsPrezzo hires restaurant support director
Prezzo, the TPG Capital-owned chain, has appointed Jon Green, formerly of PizzaExpress and Tragus, as a restaurant support director.
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NewsLeon eyes 20 Irish sites by 2023
Leon, the healthy eating chain, is to open its first restaurant in Ireland, with plans to roll out to 20 sits in the country by 2023.
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Analysis & InsightSomething to stake your reputation on
A number of runners and riders are jostling for position to invest in the struggling Gaucho business, even though some kind of restructuring seems inevitable. How will the business shape up after new investment is secured? At the same time will Brains be the perfect business for Alistair Darby to remind the pub sector of his talents? And as Leon announces plans to enter another country and roll out further Tuk Shops, could it have a another game-changing deal up its sleeve? Mark Wingett looks to provide some answers.
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NewsHancock’s to add three
American kitchen & bar concept, Hancock’s, has secured three sites, all of which are expected to open by the autumn.
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NewsPasta Remoli secures third site
Pasta Remoli, the fast causal Italian concept, has secured its third London restaurant at Dickens Yard, Ealing after opening a production kitchen.
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NewsUnfairness over VAT is ‘incentivising’ Leon to open overseas
The uneven playing field between the level of VAT charged by supermarkets compared with pubs and restaurants is “incentivising” Leon to open restaurants abroad rather than the UK.
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NewsCDG launches new virtual brand, Blazing Bird
Casual Dining Group is trialling a delivery-only concept, Blazing Bird, from a selection of its Las Iguanas restaurants, MCA understands. The brand is named after a dish from the core Las Iguanas menu – a half or whole chicken with fiery sauce and bagged up fries. The menu also offers ...
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NewsThai Express confirms Birmingham launch
Thai Express has opened a restaurant at Grand Central, part of the Bullring Estate in Birmingham, as first reported by MCA in May.
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NewsGusto holds fire on new openings as it builds HQ
Gusto’s new MD Matt Snell has pressed the pause button on new openings, as the group gears up for the planned separation from Living Ventures.