All Results articles – Page 53

  • News

    D&D reports highest ever Christmas revenues

    2014-01-21T07:33:00Z

    D&D London, the international restaurant group formerly known as Conran Restaurants, said that like-for-like revenues across its London-based restaurants climbed 5% over the festive season compared with the year before

  • Eren Ali, Las Iguanas
    News

    Festive lfls up 7.4% at Las Iguanas

    2014-01-21T07:33:00Z

    Las Iguanas said it experienced a third successive “bumper Christmas” with like-for-like sales up 7.4% across the festive season, taking three-year growth to over 25%

  • News

    Amber festive lfls grow 6%; eyes century of pubs

    2014-01-20T07:18:00Z

    Amber Taverns, the fast growing operator of community wet-led pubs, saw like-for-like sales grow 6% over the 12-day festive period and said it planned to reach 100 sites by the end of 2014

  • News

    December lfls up 1.8% at Chameleon

    2014-01-20T06:43:00Z

    Chameleon Bar & Dining, the Yorkshire and Lancashire-based multiple operator, has reported a positive end to 2013 with like-for-like sales up by 1.8% in December

  • Tim Bacon
    Analysis & Insight

    Venturing forward

    2014-01-19T08:44:00Z

    If I had to put forward one man who could dominate the UK’s eating and drinking-out scene over the coming 12 months, I would be hard pressed to look past Tim Bacon, the chief executive of Living Ventures

  • SSP City Bar and Grill
    News

    FY lfls up 4.3% at SSP

    2014-01-17T16:42:00Z

    SSP, the travel concessions operator, has reported like-for-like sales growth of 4.3% for the year to 30 September 2013 driven by strong performances in Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Scandinavia

  • Mitchells & Butlers logo
    News

    Batram: Don’t expect M&B lfls to be far from flat

    2014-01-17T16:21:00Z

    A leading analyst has said that in terms of like-for-like expectations at the 17 weeks stage for Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), he doesn’t expect the figure to be far from flat.

  • News

    Kornicis festive lfls rise 5.5%

    2014-01-17T16:15:00Z

    Kornicis, the London-based bar and restaurant group, has reported a 5.5% rise in like-for-like sales in its City and Canary Wharf heartland in the five weeks leading up to the New Year

  • News

    Eclectic: overall sales in line with expectations

    2014-01-17T08:00:00Z

    Newly-listed bar company Eclectic Bar Group has updated on trading for the six month period ended December 2013 saying that ”overall sales for the period are in line with the Board’s expectations”.

  • BrewDog Camden
    News

    BrewDog grows bar lfls 17%; reveals openings programme

    2014-01-17T07:53:00Z

    BrewDog, the Scottish brewer and pub operator, grew like-for-like sales 17% at its established bars last year, co-founder James Watt has told M&C Report as he revealed the company’s openings programme for the first half of 2014

  • News

    Ribble Valley December lfls grow 15.5%

    2014-01-17T07:52:00Z

    Ribble Valley Inns, the four-strong food-led pub business owned by the Northcote Group, saw like-for-like sales grow 15.5% during December and said it has further acquisitions in the pipeline.

  • Analysis & Insight

    Festive lfls rise 3.3% for sector

    2014-01-16T05:09:00Z

    Like-for-like sales across 27 leading pub, restaurant and bar groups increased 3.3% over the festive season, with drink-led pubs in London the best performers at +6.5%, new figures show

  • Wagamama restaurant
    News

    Wagamama FY lfls grow 3.4%

    2014-01-15T08:04:00Z

    Wagamama, the Duke Street Capital-backed noodle chain, has told M&C Report that like-for-like sales grew 3.4% in the year to 28 April 2013 and emphasised that there’s “considerable potential” for continued expansion

  • News

    Lfls up 8.4% at Essenden

    2014-01-15T08:03:00Z

    Essenden has reported an 8.4% increase in sales for the 15 weeks to 12 January 2014, with trading over the six week Christmas and New Year period up by 8.5%

  • News

    'Poor' on-trade hits Hop Back

    2014-01-14T20:26:00Z

    Hop Back Brewery, the Wiltshire brewer, has cited poor national on-trade sales as the main reason for falling into the red in the year to 30 September 2013

  • Spirit logo
    News

    Spirit Q1 Managed lfls grow 4.3%; Leased returns to growth

    2014-01-14T07:09:00Z

    Spirit Pub Company has reported a 4.3% rise in like-for-like net sales in its Managed arm in the 20 weeks to 4 January - including growth of 7% over Christmas - while its Leased estate returned to like-for-like net income growth

  • Greene King logo
    News

    Greene King managed lfls rise 6.3% over festive fortnight

    2014-01-13T07:15:00Z

    Greene King, the brewer and pub operator, has reported a 5% rise in like-for-like sales at its managed sites in the past six weeks, with managed like-for-likes up 6.3% in the two weeks over Christmas and the New Year, including sales on Christmas Day up 12%

  • News

    Everards eyes six acquisitions in 2014

    2014-01-13T07:01:00Z

    Everards managing director Stephen Gould has told M&C Report he hopes to add around six sites this year, as the company reports a 1.7% rise in profit before tax and exceptionals to £1.6m in the year to 30 September

  • News

    Peach eyes acquisitions as festive lfls grow 7.1%

    2014-01-12T10:02:00Z

    Peach, the Oxfordshire-based multiple pub operator, says it’s looking to secure one or two more new sites this year as it reports a 7.1% rise in like-for-like sales in December

  • News

    FY EBITDA up 5% at Gusto and Blackhouse

    2014-01-10T07:57:00Z

    Gusto and Blackhouse, the Living Ventures-owned restaurant brands, reported a 5% rise in EBITDA for the year to 31 March 2013 to £2.4m, as turnover climbed 7% to £27.3m