All Restaurants articles – Page 6
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NewsChickpea Group appoints Gavin George as chair
George, who was already a non-executive director at Chickpea, brings more than 28 years of hospitality experience to the role, having co-founded and led Laine Pub Company
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NewsXP Factory offloads Boom Battle Bar
The group has entered into an agreement that will see F.O Twenty-Four Ltd acquire the competitive socialising brand for a total consideration of up to £11m
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NewsPho reports 15% rise in adjusted EBITDA
The Vietnamese restaurant group has recently opened three new London locations, in Russell Square, Waterloo and Victoria, with several additional sites currently in legal negotiations
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NewsGovernment unveils £210m package to revive struggling high streets
The funding is aimed at turning vacant high street shops, pubs and clubs into shared workspaces, cafes and community hubs to tackle the decline of town centres
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Weekend PressProfessor Green swaps charts for chicken as rapper expands fast-food venture
The rapper says lessons learned from the music industry are helping him build a fast-food business, as he opens the first dine-in site for restaurant brand Proper Good
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Weekend PressFrom ice cream van to £27m café business: Daisy Green founder shares growth story
Prue Freeman explains how a £3,000 second-hand ice cream van and a disastrous music festival launch helped lay the foundations for what has become one of London’s best-known brunch chains
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Analysis & InsightHow restaurants can fight back against supermarket ‘premium convenience’
As premium ready meals look to bridge the gap with eating out, MCA explores how restaurants can compete for the occasion and give customers motivation to leave the house
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NewsOpenings of the week
MCA rounds up the latest openings news, including a second site for Borough Market’s Roast restaurant, a new blueprint cafe for Chaiiwala and Market Place Food Hall’s new train station location.
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NewsDelivery rollouts boost restaurant at-home sales as underlying growth stalls
Restaurant groups are continuing to grow their at-home businesses through delivery and takeaway rollouts, with total at-home sales rising 9.6% year-on-year in August
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Analysis & InsightFine dining leads August growth despite softer summer trading
Premium restaurant operators benefited from experience-led spending, international tourism and demand for special-occasion dining
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Analysis & InsightPizzaExpress seeks fresh chapter as investors circle £500m business
Nearly six years after a debt-for-equity rescue deal, and following years of restructuring, PizzaExpress is attracting fresh investor interest at a reported £500m valuation
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Analysis & InsightMental health in pub kitchens: has the culture changed?
While hospitality has become far more open about mental health in recent years, new figures suggest the industry’s wellbeing challenges remain deeply entrenched.
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NewsTRGC to grow Jones The Grocer in UK rail sector
Areas-owned business TRG Concessions has signed an exclusive development agreement with the global F&B brand, with its first rail site opening this week at London Waterloo and further openings expected to follow.
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NewsHarry Ramsden’s signs India franchise deal
Under the agreement, renowned franchise expert Gaurav Maraya will develop a minimum of 60 Harry Ramsden’s restaurants across India over the next 10 years
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NewsCreative Restaurant Group appoints CEO
Milena Floyd will oversee sushi restaurant SUMI in Notting Hill, Japanese grill and sushi bar NIJU, Kioku by Endo at The OWO, and the newly-opened IGNI
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NewsGiles Fry to leave TGI Fridays UK
The chief operating officer is stepping down after 15 months leading a turnaround effort at the casual dining brand
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Weekend PressPizzaExpress cooks up sale at up to £500m valuation
Company owners, including Bain Capital’s special situations unit and Cyrus Capital Partners, are working with bankers at Rothschild, the FT reports
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OpinionCasual dining: the perennially squeezed middle
The causal dining segment continues to be face pressure from all angles from quick service, coffee and bakery shops, gastropubs and premium restaurants, with no clear end sight to its malaise
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NewsSimon Rogan: UK expansion ‘not a viable proposition’
L’Enclume restaurateur Simon Rogan says he ‘has no appetite’ to invest more in Britain, with the tourist tax the latest addition to the cost of doing business
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NewsOpenings of the week
MCA rounds up this week’s biggest openings stories including a new events space for Butcombe Group, Ole & Steen’s latest London location, and Burgerism’s nationwide expansion push