All TGI Friday’s UK articles – Page 12
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Analysis & InsightForrester set to write a new page
A handful of private equity players are currently jostling to take control of the UK arm of TGI Friday’s and tap into the expertise of its much respected managing director Karen Forrester, but where does the business go from here? Could we see a new The Restaurant Group about to emerge?
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NewsSecond round bids due for TGI Friday’s
Up to six private equity groups are believed to be in the running to acquire the UK arm of TGI Friday’s, with second round bids for the 64-strong business due next week
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NewsForrester: Casual dining too clunky
Casual dining is beset by clunky processes that risk alienating younger employees and customers, according to the managing director of TGI Friday’s UK
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NewsTGI opens at Silverburn
TGI Friday’s, the Karen Forrester-led group, has opened its new site at Silverburn, Glasgow
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Analysis & Insight
Eating out brands named in customer service poll
Millie’s Cookies, Costa, Greggs, TGI Fridays, Dunkin’ Donuts, Nando’s, Krispy Kreme, Pizza Hut and Pizza Express have been named in Nunwood’s top 100 companies for customer experience in its 2014 analysis
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Analysis & InsightBurgers will continue to burgeon
Predicting that the end is nigh for the UK’s burger-joint appetite is akin to a 30-year-old suggestion that McDonald’s was just a fad – but the key lies in making the marketing sustainable, says Tim Lowthe
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NewsTGI Fridays UK signs up Bookatable
TGI Fridays UK has appointed the restaurant booking site Bookatable, which it said will let customers make reservations just two hours in advance compared to 24 hours previously
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NewsTGI rewards top employees
TGI Friday’s UK has recognised 100 of its most hard working employees at a ceremony in Liverpool
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NewsTGI launches staff social media app
TGI Friday’s has launched a mobile app version of the online platform that lets employees connect and communicate with each other
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Analysis & InsightOperators make Youth 100 shortlist
More than 35 leading pub, restaurant and bar operators have made the shortlist of this year’s Youth 100
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NewsTGI gives more details of 'fast track' concept
TGI Fridays has given more details of its new ‘fast track’ restaurant, which opens today (6 August) at Manchester Piccadilly Station
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NewsYO! appoints new ops director
New YO! Sushi chief executive Vanessa Hall has made her first key appointment after hiring Paul Reynolds as the group’s new operations director
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NewsTGI Friday’s new owners to consider options for UK arm
Sentinel Capital and TriArtisan Partners, the new owners of TGI Friday’s are in the early stages of considering a sale of its British arm
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NewsTGI confirms Gloucester Quays opening
TGI Friday’s has confirmed that it will open a site at the Gloucester Quays development on 1 August
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NewsTGI Friday's enrolls 270 apprentices
TGI Friday’s UK, the Karen Forrester-led restaurant group, has announced that 270 apprentices have been enrolled on its apprenticeship programme one year after it was launched
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NewsTGI Friday's sold
Carlson has announced that an agreement has been reached to sell TGI Friday’s, the casual dining chain, to Sentinel Capital Partners and TriArtisan Capital Partners for an undisclosed sum
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NewsM&B appoints new marketing director
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has appointed Catriona Kempston, currently sales & marketing director for Travelodge, as its new marketing director, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsTGI Friday's reveals new Fast Track format
TGI Friday’s UK, the Karen Forrester-led restaurant group, is to launch a new “Fast Track” format at its upcoming opening at Manchester Piccadilly station, its first site at a transport hub
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TGI unveils step-change menu
TGI Friday’s, the Karen Forrester-led restaurant group, has unveiled its new menu choices that demonstrate a step-change in its offerings
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NewsTGI Friday’s UK FY lfls rise 3.6%
TGI Friday’s UK has reported a 3.6% rise in like-for-like sales in the 52 weeks to 29 December 2013 and said its most recent openings are performing “in excess of expectations”