Restaurants
The latest news and updates on restaurants, from the business journalists at Catering Today. We bring you the latest on what’s happening in the restaurants, bars and catering industry, with exclusive stories, analysis, best practice and industry comment.
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Feb- 2021 -25 February
Mowgli to open new Cheltenham site
Mowgli, an Indian restaurant group, has announced its intentions to expand its portfolio with the opening of a Cheltenham site this summer. The establishment will represent Mowgli’s 12th restaurant and will reportedly create over 30 jobs. Founded in 2014, Mowgli now operates over a number of sites across the UK,…
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24 February
TGI Fridays to ‘emerge strongly’, plans new openings
TGI Fridays is reportedly well-positioned to “emerge strongly” from the pandemic, despite the massively fluctuating trading conditions of 2020, according to parent company Electra Private Equity. It said the restaurant group’s agility in responding to changing conditions, combined with careful financial and cash management, allowed it to end the year…
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23 February
The Bok Shop eyes double-digit portfolio expansion
The Bok Shop, a Brighton-based fried chicken and vegan chicken restaurant group, has announced plans to open 10 sites across the UK over the next two years. Founded in 2017, the group expanded its portfolio a year later with the addition of a 90-cover restaurant in Eastbourne. Despite the constraints…
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19 February
Camile Thai Kitchen announces UK-wide expansion
Thai food chain Camile Thai Kitchen has announced plans to open 15 new locations across the UK and Ireland, creating 300 jobs in the process. Of the new sites, seven will be situated in the UK at locations that include Epsom, Twickenham, and Streatham. The firm is looking to grow…
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18 February
Meat-free dishes to become more ‘prominent’ on menus post-covid, says CGA
Consumers’ focus on health during the Covid-19 pandemic is likely to make vegetarian and vegan dishes more prominent on menus according to the CGA’s MealMetrics service. Drawing on £4bn of aggregated food till sales data from more than 7,000 pubs, bars and restaurants, the metric data was designed to help…
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18 February
Pizza Hut Delivery expands Starboard partnership with franchise deal
Pizza Hut Delivery has expanded its partnership with Starboard Dining, a subsidiary of Starboard Hotels, with the sale of 27 UK delivery and takeaway sites. The establishments will be operated as franchises by Starboard, supporting 540 jobs in the process. The transaction is intended to provide investment into communities across…
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16 February
Mitchells & Butlers seeks £350m cash injection
Mitchells and Butlers has announced its intention to raise £350m through an underwritten open offer. The proposed offer, which follows an original announcement on 7 January 2021, will include a facility for shareholders to apply for any shares not currently held. A £150m three-year unsecured revolving credit facility has also…
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11 February
Sri Lankan restaurant The Coconut Tree to open its seventh site
Sri Lankan street food restaurant group The Coconut Tree has announced plans to open a seventh site in Bath. The seventh site – which will join branches in Cardiff, Bristol, Oxford, Cheltenham and Bournemouth – is on track to open at 36 Broad Street in late Spring. The Coconut Tree…
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10 February
Big Table Group agrees deal with Centre Parcs restaurants
continued demand for our Bella Italia, Café Rouge and Las Iguanas brands in high volume, high quality locations. “Alongside this, the deal is testament to the commitment each of our restaurants have to delivering fantastic dining experiences to Center Parcs’ guests and the significant investment will ensure that we can…
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10 February
McDonald’s to reopen for walk-in takeaway
McDonald’s has announced plans to reopen the majority of its UK restaurants for walk-in takeaway on Monday 22 February. The fast-food giant told customers in an email that it would be trialling the reopening with enhanced safety measures in place at a select number of its establishments this week. While…
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