Comptoir Group
Coverage of brand development, site performance, and F&B strategy across a restaurant group specialising in Lebanese and Eastern Mediterranean cuisine. This section explores expansion plans, leadership updates, menu innovation, trading performance, and franchise activity, offering insight for operators and hospitality professionals tracking the evolution of culturally led, casual premium dining formats in high street and travel hub locations.
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Dec- 2023 -8 DecemberRestaurants
Comptoir Group to open new Southbank Centre site in Easter 2024
The owner and operator of Comptoir Libanais restaurants, Comptoir Group, will be opening a new venue at the Southbank Centre in London around Easter 2024. The restaurant will be located opposite the entrance of the Royal Festival Hall, neighbouring Las Iguanas, Côte Brasserie and Honest Burgers restaurants. With over 5,400…
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Sep- 2023 -22 SeptemberNews
Comptoir Libanais profits dip amid difficult trading conditions
Comptoir Group, owner of Lebanese and Middle Eastern restaurants, has announced revenues of £14.8m, an increase of 2.1%, for the six months ended on 2 July. Adjusted EBITDA profit was £1m, a decrease of 73.7% compared to 2022, which the group attributes to “a challenging trading environment” dictated by the…
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6 SeptemberRestaurants
Comptoir Libanais to open new site in Ealing
Comptoir Group has announced that it has secured a location for the opening of a new Comptoir Libanais restaurant in Ealing, West London. The 3,325 sq ft restaurant is positioned on the high street and is expected to open in early October 2023. The Ealing restaurant, which will be Comptoir’s…
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May- 2023 -10 MayRestaurants
Comptoir Group revenues up 50% to £31m in FY22
Comptoir Group has revealed a strong financial recovery in FY22 as full-year revenues soared by 49.9% to £31m compared with £20.7m in 2021, and gross profit rose by 44.3% to £24.4m compared with £16.9m in 2021. The results were driven by like-for-like store growth in the period and the absence…
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Oct- 2022 -14 OctoberPeople
Comptoir Group appoints new CEO
Comptoir Group, the owner of Comptoir Libanais, has appointed Nick Ayerst as CEO effective from 17 October 2022. Ayerst brings more than 30 years’ experience in the hospitality industry to the role and was previously managing director of Leon, where he joined in 2020 to help restructure its operational model.…
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Sep- 2022 -22 SeptemberRestaurants
Comptoir H1 profits surge 150% to £11.5m
Comptoir Group, the owner and/or operator of Lebanese and Eastern Mediterranean restaurants, has announced its profits surged 150% to £11.5m for the six-month period ended 3 July 2022 (H1 FY22), compared to £4.6m in H1 FY21. Group revenues also jumped 158.9% to £14.5m, compared to £5.6m in the comparable period…
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Aug- 2022 -2 AugustPeople
Comptoir Group chair and CEO step down
Comptoir Group has announced that the group’s CEO, Chaker Hanna, and chair, Richard Kleiner, have both stepped down with immediate effect. As a result, Beatrice Lafon and Jean-Michel Orieux have been appointed to the board with immediate effect as independent non-executive chair and independent non-executive director, respectively. It is reported…
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Jul- 2022 -27 JulyComment
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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May- 2022 -30 MayRestaurants
Comptoir Group revenue soars 67% in FY21
The Comptoir Group has seen group revenues rocket 66.9% to £20.7m in the year ended 31 December 2021, up from the £12.4m reported in 2020. As trading returned over the year, gross profit was up by £7.1m to £16.9m up by £7.1m, up from £9/8m the prior year when trading…
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Apr- 2020 -21 AprilCoronavirus
Comptoir group remains ‘confident’ despite crisis
The Comptoir group has revealed it remains “confident” for the business, despite group revenue falling 2.7% to £33.4m in the full-year ended 31 December 2019. Gross profit increased 0.6% to £24.9m, however. The group added that despite the “challenging” economic climate, trading for the full year has been in line…
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