All Restaurants articles – Page 388
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GBK swings into profit
Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) reported a pre-tax profit of £160k for the year to 24 February 2013, against a £685k loss the previous 12 months and said that this positive momentum had continued into its current financial year
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Honky Tonk concept eyes rollout
Supperclub London founder Mark Cutler is eyeing a rollout across London for his American-inspired restaurant and bar concept, Honky Tonky, after the success of the brand’s first two openings
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Analysis & InsightThe battle for meal-time business
US retailers and restaurateurs are slugging it out to snatch business from grab-and-go diners by boosting options and upping food quality. There’ll be only one winner – the customer, argues Nation’s Restaurant News (NRN) editor Robin Lee Allen
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Rex Restaurants to open Marylebone restaurant
Rex Restaurants, the Graphite Capital-backed group led by entrepreneurs Chris Corbin and Jeremy King, is to open its latest venture next spring in Marylebone
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MASH team to open new concept
Modern American Steak House (MASH), the Danish restaurant company, is to open a new American-themed steakhouse Japanese kitchen fusion concept called Steax and the City later this month
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Koba founder to launch On The Bab
The founder of Fitzrovia restaurants Koba and Nizuni is set to open On The Bab – a new Korean concept based in East London
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TGI’s receives ‘perfect’ hygiene rating
TGI Friday’s, the Karen Forrester-led chain, has become the first restaurant chain in the UK to receive a ‘perfect’ rating of five in the National Food Hygiene Ratings Scheme across all of its 60 UK-based restaurants
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NewsHarry Ramsden's signs Welcome Break deal
A new partnership to open branches of Harry Ramsden’s, the iconic fish & chip shop chain, on Welcome Break services has been confirmed, with Sheffield and Oxford the first locations
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NewsEd’s agrees new £4.5m banking facility
Ed’s Easy Diner has secured its first ever extended bank funding in the form of a £4.5m facility with RBS, which will aid its continued rollout across the UK
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GBK launches new brand identity
Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) has launch a new brand identity, which it plans to roll out across its 59-strong estate next year, as part of the first full brand development exercise since the chain was founded in 2001
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McDonald to grow restaurant estate
Former Caprice Holdings chief executive Des McDonald is set to add three new restaurants to his fledgling business next year, including a second site under his upscale fish & chip shop format
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Eating-out brands make customer experience 100
ASK Italian, Nando’s, Harvester and TGI Friday’s were amongst the top 100 ranking food and drink brands named in the annual run-down of the best names for customer experience in the UK
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KonoPizza earmarks second UK site
A second branch of KonoPizza, the Italy-based restaurant company that specialises in selling hand-held pizza-style cones, is set to open in Leicester by the end of the year, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsByron lines up York opening
Byron, the Hutton Collins-owned burger chain, is close to securing a further site in Yorkshire, in York
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NewsOliver assesses options for Union Jacks
High-profile chef Jamie Oliver is assessing different options regarding strengthening its Union Jacks operation, M&C Report understands
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Wong to step down as GBK FD
Nicholas Wong is to step down as group finance director at Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) to join David Page’s new investment vehicle Fulham Shore
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Blumenthal to open at Heathrow
Heston Blumenthal, the multi-award winning chef, is to launch a new restaurant celebrating all things British at Heathrow’s new Terminal 2: The Queen’s Terminal in June 201
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NewsMEATliquor founders raise c£21k for Action Against Hunger
The founders of MEATliquor have raised a record £21,263 in aid of international humanitarian charity, Action Against Hunger
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NewsFranco Manca strengthens pipeline
Franco Manca is to open a further six sites in London over the next 18 months and is exploring options to franchise the concept overseas
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Adobo set for growth
Adobo, the fledging Mexican concept led by Mark Walker and Craig Fraser, is to go on the expansion trail after securing new investment, M&C Report understands