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- 2023 -17 February
Rhubarb Hospitality Collection opens Larch
Rhubarb Hospitality Group has announced the opening of Larch, a new Italian restaurant and café concept located at 1 Sky Garden Walk. The restaurant opened this week and joins Rhubarb’s portfolio of bars and two restaurants within Sky Garden. Upstairs, the 50-cover restaurant and bar will showcase an Italian inspired…
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17 February
TRG welcomes shareholder calls to restore market confidence
The Restaurant Group (TRG), the operator of Wagamama, has welcomed constructive input from its shareholders at the Oasis Management Company, who issued the company a letter yesterday (16 February) calling on it to restore market confidence. In this letter, Oasis outlined a proposal for a governance review, which included a…
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16 February
Final quarter of 2022 ‘worst on record’ for restaurant closures
The final quarter of 2022 was the “worst on record” for restaurant closures, as 504 restaurant companies entered insolvency in Q4 of 2022, according to new data from Mazars. This marked an 11% rise against the previous quarter. Meanwhile, restaurant company insolvencies reached their highest level in four years in…
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15 February
Burley Manor appoints new executive head chef
Burley Manor, part of the New Forest Collection, has announced the appointment of Andras Veres as executive head chef. Veres joins Burley Manor from Natural Fitness Food in London, where he has been head chef since 2020. He began his career 1997 at a restaurant in Hungary before working at…
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14 February
Popeyes UK to open in 7 new locations
Popeyes UK has confirmed that it is set to open seven new sites as it continues its rapid expansion in the region. The new openings will include two additional London sites as well as its first drive-thru. The new sites will be located in: Cambridge; Reading; Cardiff; Plymouth; Richmond; Rotherham…
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13 February
Crudo Cevicheria to open new London location
Crudo Cevicheria, London’s first build-your-own cevicheria, is set to open in Seven Dials this March. The new restaurant, which will be located at 36 Monmouth Street, will feature a “distinctive” menu that spotlights ceviche. The opening marks Crudo Cevicheria’s fourth location, joining existing restaurants in Old Street, Hackney and Fitzrovia. …
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13 February
Coco di Mama opens first store outside of London
Italian to go brand Coco di Mama has announced it is opening a new site in Reading this month, its first outside of London. The new store will commence trading on 10 February 2023 on Broad St in Reading. It will also offer office catering from 20 February 2023. The…
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10 February
Gino D’Acampo’s Luciano restaurant sold to San Carlo Group
Gino D’Acampo’s restaurant Luciano, in Alderley Edge Cheshire, has been acquired by the San Carlo Group. The restaurant will close its doors on 14 February 2023, just one year after it opened. It will be closed for five weeks and then reopen under the San Carlo brand. The restaurant will…
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10 February
Shake Shack to open Camden restaurant
Shake Shack has announced that it is set to open a new restaurant in Camden. Set over three floors, the new Shack will have a prime location on Camden High Street, facing Regent’s Canal. In anticipation of the opening, Shake Shack is collaborating with London-based artist Aga Giecko on a…
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10 February
Churches Mansion freehold brought to market for £1.85m
On behalf of a private client, Savills has brought restaurant Churches Mansion’s freehold to market for a guide price of £1.85m to be sold as a going concern. The restaurant, which is located in Nantwich, Cheshire, is a Grade I-listed detached, two storey Tudor building dating back to 1577. Churches…
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