All Restaurants articles – Page 387
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River Cottage doubles up at Springboard awards
The River Cottage Chefs’ School was a double winner at this year’s Springboard Awards for Excellence presented at the Novotel London West last Friday
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Coal Grill & Bar sets out expansion plan
Coal Grill & Bar, the Charterhouse Leisure-owned brand, plans to add six further sites to its estate across the country by 2015
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Rogan to take over at Claridge's
Two-Michelin-starred chef Simon Rogan is to take over running of the vacant restaurant space at London’s Claridge’s, following Gordon Ramsay’s departure this summer
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Criterion acquires eponymous site for £5m
Criterion Capital has acquired the long leasehold interest in the Criterion Restaurant in Piccadilly, from White Star Lines for a sum believed to be in excess of £5m
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NewsWagamama to restructure Australian operation
Wagamama, the Duke Street Capital-backed chain, is looking to restructure its operations in Australia after its franchisee for the country was placed into voluntary administration
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Analysis & InsightDiscounting becoming the norm
The use of deals across the UK’s restaurant sector has become the norm, according to the latest findings of a leading tracker
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Osteria Group eyes expansion
Osteria Group is looking to add to its London-based estate, after securing a second site for its Venetian coffee concept Bacari in the City
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Discount-driven traffic increases
The number of restaurant visits in the US prompted by a deal or discount increased in 2013 after declining in 2012, according to a new report by The NPD Group
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NewsFive Guys targets 30 in 2014
Five Guys, the popular US burger chain, is putting in place plans to open up to 30 new sites in the UK over the next 12 months, including a few more flagship sites in central London similar to its debut unit in Covent Garde
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Cosmo to ramp up presence in the North
Cosmo, the Hertfordshire-based, pan-Asian restaurant operator, is to ramp up its presence in the North of England, with five openings planned for the region in the next 12 months
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Friska receives funding boost
Friska, the Bristol-based healthy fast-casual restaurant chain, plans to open an additional three sites over the next two years, after securing new funding
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IRC launches BBQ offer
Individual Restaurant Company (IRC), the operator behind the Piccolino and Restaurant Bar & Grill formats, has launched a new in-site BBQ concept
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Analysis & InsightThere is no off switch anymore
We now live in a world of constant updates and conversations, eyes glued to the screen, scrolling up and down, all in the name of marketing, says leading marketing and social media consultant Vikki O’Neill
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Eating in trend helps increase in ready meal sales
Sales of ready meals in the UK topped the £2.3bn mark over the last 12 months, as consumers continued to trade down from eating out to dining in with premium ready meals, according to the latest research from market intelligence company IRI
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Shaftesbury confirms new openings
Shaftesbury has confirmed that it has signed up Timberyard, the fledgling concept inspired by US ‘working cafes’, and Compagnie des Vins Surnaturels, the latest venture from Experimental Cocktail Clubs, to open in London’s Seven Dials before the end of the year
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NewsComptoir Libanais opens at Bluewater
Comptoir Libanais, the London-based Lebanese fast-casual concept, has opened its latest site in Bluewater, its seventh it total, as it continues to ramp up its rollout program
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NewsHarry Ramsden’s signs regional franchise agreement
Harry Ramsden’s, the iconic fish & chips chain, is set to return to the roots of its eponymous founder, after signing a franchise agreement to open 50 sites across Yorkshire by 2018
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NewsWelcome Break to add Subway and Harry Ramsden’s
Welcome Break, the motorway services operator, is to add Subway and Harry Ramsden’s to its list of brands before the end of the year, M&C Report understands
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NewsAikens plans Kitchen at St Katharine Docks
Tom Aikens, the high-end chef, is understood to have become the latest operator to sign up to open at St Katharine Docks, as part of Max Property’s plans to transform central London’s only marina into a more food and drink-led leisure destination
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PCL Transport MD launches restaurant concept
Joe Ricotta, the managing director of PCL Transport, one of the UK’s leading chilled distribution specialists, has launched a new Italian restaurant concept, called Nonna’s Kitchen, M&C Report understands