All Restaurants articles – Page 418
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Tragus replaces Ortega with Hawtons
Tragus, the Blackstone-backed, John Derkach-led group, is to convert one of its two remaining Ortega sites to a new British-focused concept called Hawtons
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Turtle Bay secures Bath site
Turtle Bay, the six-strong Caribbean restaurant chain led by Aj Jaya-Wickrema, has secured its seventh site, in Bath, for an opening next year
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Hyde & Co team to launch steakhouse site
The operators behind the Hyde & Co bar in Bristol, are to launch a new steak restaurant and bar in the city called the Ox
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Suburban Inns company launched
A pair of West Midland-based entrepreneurs are to launch a new pub group under the banner Suburban Inns, with the opening of their first site the Village, in Moseley
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Ex-Itsu MD to launch fast-casual concept
David Haimes, the former managing director of Itsu and group chief executive of Obika Holdings, is backing a new fast-casual concept called Smithfield London, which is due to open next month
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NewsCustomer review tablet system launched
A customer review tablet system which aims to generate live customer feedback in the leisure and hospitality sector by gaining real time reviews from diners has been launch in Bristo
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Iberica eyes further expansion
Iberica Food & Culture, the restaurant and deli led by two-Michelin starred chef Nacho Manzano, is eyeing further expansion inside and outside London
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NewsNando’s to make airport debut
Nando’s, the peri peri chicken chain, is to open its first airport site after agreeing to open at Gatwick’s South Terminal in summer 2014. The c280-strong company will open a 5,900sq ft, 200-cover restaurant at the airport
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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