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Today’s news in brief – 01/05/25

Prezzo has been renamed to Prezzo Italian as part of a refreshed brand identity, as it aims to revitalise its store estate ahead of the chain’s 25-year anniversary. The rebrand involved a new logo and “extensive” refurbishment programme across its portfolio, starting with its Kensington restaurant in London. Prezzo Italian…

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Prezzo launches new name, menu and brand identity

Italian restaurant chain Prezzo has announced it has been renamed to Prezzo Italian as part of a refreshed brand identity as part of plans to revitalise its store state as it marks 25 years in business. The rebrand also includes a new logo and an extensive refurbishment programme across its…

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Cornish Bakery appoints Tamweel as it explores sale

Cornish Bakery, a fast-growing bakery chain with 66 locations across the country, has appointed Tamweel to oversee a sale of the business.   It comes as the chain has seen sustained year-on-year growth, with revenues and site EBITDA for the 12-month period to May 2025 expected to reach £37m and £8.3m…

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Cornish Bakery to open six more locations in 2025

Cornish Bakery has announced its plans to open a further six locations throughout 2025, following the successful launch of a site in Cirencester earlier this year – taking the estate to a total of 66 bakeries.  According to the group, the Cotswold market town and its local community have “warmly”…

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New Cornish Bakery site sees ‘record’ trading in opening week

Cornish Bakery’s 65th opening in Milton Keynes has “surpassed all expectations”, taking a record-breaking £40k within its first week of trading.  It comes as the new bakery opened to “unprecedented” demand, causing a queue of people to block the main flow of the shopping centre. Both the centre:mk and Cornish…

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Cornish Bakery named in latest Top 100 Retail Growth Index

Cornish Bakery has been cited as one of the only UK hospitality companies in this year’s Top 100 Interpath Retail Growth Index, as the chain achieved “record-breaking” sales of over £1m per week.  The index, which tracks multiple sectors, from fashion to forecourts and hobbies to wellbeing, ranks their two-year…

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Wingstop UK to open new Chelmsford branch

Wingstop UK will be opening the doors to its first restaurant in Chelmsford at Grey’s Brewery Yard on Monday 26 June, marking the group’s 34th site in the UK.  The new branch will be Wingstop’s second in Essex and adding to its over 2,000 branches globally.  The restaurant will be…

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Former HCI president Paul Foulger dies age 85

Paul Foulger, former president of the Institute of Hospitality and former head of catering and employee services at Sainsbury has died at 85. Foulger joined the Hotel and Catering Institute (HCI) back in 1953, 18 years before the HCI merged with the Institutional Management Association (IMA) to form the HCIMA,…

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Wingstop to open first site in Wales

Wingstop has announced the launch of its first site in Wales, at Brewery Quarter, Cardiff, on 29 May, making this Wingstop’s 33rd site in the UK and creating 66 new jobs with the opening. The new restaurant has also partnered with local DJ’s and up-and-coming artists offering them the platform…

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Popeyes expands its UK presence with four more sites

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen UK, has announced its next wave of UK restaurant openings, with in-line sites due to open in Derby, Leicester, Liverpool and Cambridge.  The news follows the successful launch of its two latest sites, Gateshead and Oxford. Its Derby site will open to the public in late October,…

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