Boparan Restaurant Group

Today’s news in brief – 24/07/24

Tortilla saw a 5.9% drop in revenues to £31.5m in H1 ended 30 June 2024. The Mexican restaurant chain attributed this decline to its strategic decision in Q1 to condense to a dual delivery platform to improve profit conversion and increase focus on in store revenue. The group’s adjusted EBITDA…

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Slim Chickens opens at Basingstoke’s Festival Place

American fried chicken restaurant chain Slim Chickens has launched a new location at Festival Place, marking its Basingstoke debut. The chain has launched in a 3,503 sq ft unit on Festival Place’s ground floor, occupying a space on the F&B-focused mall opposite the Festival Square entrance, close to Five Guys…

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BRG agrees five-site franchise deal amid Spanish expansion

Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG) has announced a five-site franchise deal with Lagardère Travel Retail. As part of this deal it will open its second Spanish Giraffe World Kitchen site inside Barcelona airport. The Giraffe World Kitchen site will span over 4,400 sq. ft and accommodate 210 covers, with the assistance…

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Slims Chickens partners with Tesco to open 27th site

The Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG) has announced it will open its 27th Slim Chickens restaurant and the first in Tesco Extra this month in Redditch, on 17 August. Located 15 miles south of Birmingham, the new 68-cover restaurant has been designed by AW Architectural Design and features exposed brick, industrial…

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Catering industry prepares to visit the Casual Dining show this September

Casual Dining – the only UK trade show dedicated to the casual dining sector is returning to ExCeL London on 16-17 September.  The industry show for the hospitality sector will once again co-locate with sister shows lunch! – the definitive event for cafés, coffee shops and food-to-go and Commercial Kitchen…

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Slim Chickens to open four new UK sites simultaneously

Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG) will open four new Slim Chickens restaurants simultaneously on 4 July 2022 in Leicester, Liverpool, Milton Keynes and London’s Bishopsgate, continuing Slim Chickens’ roll out across the UK. The new restaurants will each occupy 2500+ square feet locations, bringing the US fast casual brand’s UK portfolio…

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Slim Chickens to make Liverpool debut 

Slim Chickens, a “rapidly growing” American dining brand operated by Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG), is set to make its debut in Liverpool at the Liverpool ONE shopping complex. The 5,000 sq ft flagship restaurant is set to open later this year and will provide over 175 covers, as well as…

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Slim Chickens to open new London site

Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG) has announced the official opening of a new Slim Chickens site which is set to open on 13 April in Seven Dials’ Cambridge Circus, London.  Joining two other central London sites in Soho and Marylebone, the new launch will be the 18th Slim Chickens site in…

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Big Table Group names new HR director

The Big Table Group, operator of Las Iguanas, Bella Italia and Cafe Rouge, has appointed Debbie Moore as the company’s new HR director. Moore, who will start on February 15, has more than 25 years’ experience in senior HR positions in retail and hospitality, having worked as head of HR…

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Popeyes UK names Tom Crowley as chief executive officer

Popeyes UK has appointed Tom Crowley as its new chief executive officer.  Crowley brings over 20 years’ experience leading UK pub, casual dining and QSR brands – most recently, as managing director of Giraffe Concepts and then subsequently as CEO of Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG).  In his new role, Crowley…

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