Story of the Day:
Individual Restaurants plans to launch premium pizza concept
19 April 2024
Individual Restaurants, which comprises 31 venues across its Restaurant Bar & Grill, Piccolino, Piccolo and Riva Blu brands, is planning to launch a new premium pizza concept, in Manchester, later this year.
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Other News:
19 April 2024
London egg-free cake concept Cakes & Bakes is aiming for 30 franchise locations by the end of 2024 after launching its first one, with eight more in the pipeline.
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19 April 2024
Dominic Madden, co-founder of the Electric Group, which operates some of the UK’s leading music venues, has told Propel that the country’s live music sector remains buoyant and that younger consumers have moved on from the “old-fashioned nightclub model”.
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19 April 2024
Midlands cafe operator Bewiched Coffee will open its third franchise site later this year.
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19 April 2024
London tech-restaurant group Inamo has opened a new location for its sushi and fusion street food sub-brand Inamo sukoshi, which was created for use in food court operations, and its first with Boxpark.
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19 April 2024
Peak District operator Longbow Bars & Restaurants, which is led by entrepreneur Rob Hattersley (pictured), has announced plans to transform the historic Royal Bank of Scotland building, in the heart of Bakewell, into a premium dining experience.
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19 April 2024
Birmingham chef Brad Carter (pictured) has joined forces with former music publisher Martin Priestnall to open Undercroft.
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19 April 2024
Japanese-Peruvian restaurant brand Chotto Matte, part of Noble Hospitality Group, is to expand into Georgia in 2025.
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19 April 2024
The Michelin-starred Frog by Adam Handling has introduced a corkage-free lunch service and reduced its dinner corkage charge.
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19 April 2024
US coffee brand Blank Street Coffee has opened its second Manchester site.
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18 April 2024
Incipio Group – operator of venues including Pergola on the Wharf, The Libertine and The Prince – is to bring an “elevated food and beverage offer” to the new Olympia development in west London, opening several concepts of “premium dining and drinking experiences”.
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18 April 2024
South London smash burger brand Smacks Hamburgers has revealed a 21-store pipeline, including an overseas debut, as it grows towards a 100-store target.
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18 April 2024
The privately owned and operated Marylebone Leisure Group is expanding with the opening of its 11th site, in London’s Camden.
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18 April 2024
Sourdough South, operator of the Three Joes and The Stable pizza brands, has closed half of its Three Joes estate.
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18 April 2024
Catering company The Genuine Dining Co, which is backed by serial sector investor Luke Johnson (pictured), returned to profit in the year to 28 September 2023 as its turnover grew by more than a third.
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18 April 2024
German pizza and pasta chain L’Osteria, in which investment firm McWin became a majority shareholder last year, has closed one of its two UK sites.
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18 April 2024
Natural fast food brand Leon has partnered with motorway services company Roadchef for its most westerly location and second in Somerset.
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17 April 2024
Time Out Group has entered into a management agreement with Corvin Food Market Kft to open a new Time Out Market in Budapest, Hungary, with an expected opening date in 2025.
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17 April 2024
US fast-casual seafood brand Captain D’s is eyeing a UK launch as part of its global expansion plans. Captain D’s was founded as Mr D’s Seafood and Hamburgers by Raymond L Danner Sr in Donelson, Tennessee, in 1969.
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17 April 2024
Danni Hewson, head of financial analysis at AJ Bell, has said that Hostmore’s proposed £177m deal for TGI Friday’s US business is “perhaps the last roll of the dice in terms of making the group a success”.
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17 April 2024
Leicestershire brewer and retailer Everards has reported an 11% increase in turnover for the year to the end of September 2023 to £34.7m and told Propel that it was “trading well” in its current financial year.
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17 April 2024
East Anglian pub company Chestnut has acquired The Lifeboat Inn and The Chequers Inn in the north Norfolk coastal village of Thornham from Agellus Hotels.
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17 April 2024
Giggling Squid, the Thai restaurant brand backed by the Business Growth Fund, is to add a site in Cobham, Surrey, to its openings pipeline.
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