Franchise Model
Coverage of franchising strategies, operational frameworks, and brand development approaches shaping scalable growth in UK hospitality. This section explores legal structures, franchisee support, investment models, and F&B consistency across restaurants, cafés, and QSR formats, offering insight for operators, investors, and group leaders evaluating how to expand, partner, or optimise within a franchise-led business model.
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Jul- 2022 -1 JulyPeople
Greene King appoints Franchise Operations director
Greene King Pub Partners, the leased, tenanted and franchise division of Greene King, has appointed Penny Baldwin as its new Franchise Operations director. Baldwin will join the business on 15 August, where she will be responsible for the continued rollout of Greene King Pub Partners’ Hive Pubs franchise brand. Having…
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Jun- 2022 -23 JuneApps & Technology
Taster launches its first delivery offering in Bristol
Taster, the delivery-first restaurant group, has announced its arrival in Bristol after securing its first franchise partner in the city. Taster is the UK’s first ‘delivery-first’ restaurant group and uses a modern franchise model to partner with restaurateurs and kitchen owners. From 23 June, Bristolians will be able to order…
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Jan- 2022 -10 JanuaryFeatures
The digital era: Taster takes on Manchester
Can you explain what Taster is? Taster is a group of digital restaurant brands, inspired by street food and purpose built for delivery. As the first delivery-only food group to scale using a modern franchise model, we work with partners to operate Taster brands from their existing kitchens using our…
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Jul- 2021 -14 JulyFeatures
Becoming a scalable business through successful crowdfunding
It’s one thing to identify a growing market, establish an innovative route into the sector, and reach a point of scalability, but to continually grow a startup is another ballgame completely. Crowdfunding can provide the path needed to beat that game, but also the opportunity to score an unfortunate own…
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Aug- 2020 -5 AugustFood and Drink
Sir Stelios backs Deliveroo and Just Eat rival
EasyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has backed a new food delivery service – Easyfood – which aims to rival giants Deliveroo and Just Eat. The entrepreneur has backed the launch of Easyfood app, which coincides with the launch of the governments Eat Out to Help out scheme, that will allow…
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Jul- 2020 -8 JulyComment
The coronavirus diaries: Pizza Hut
Pizza is what we know best. We’re proud of the pizzas we’ve delivered and business growth we’ve seen in our sixty years as a brand, from our humble beginnings in Kansas to becoming a global brand – but when coronavirus hit, being designated an ‘essential service’ posed an entirely new…
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Jun- 2020 -19 JuneRestaurants
Camile Thai Kitchen opens new London site
Camile Thai Kitchen has announced the opening of a new site in Barnes South West London, with further units to follow later this year in the capital. The group said it has seen its like-for-like sales in London grow by over 35% in 2020, which also takes into account trading…
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Nov- 2018 -7 NovemberBusiness
Black And White Hospitality launches international division
Black and White Hospitality has launched a new division that will focus on expanding its business globally. The hospitality business, which was co-founded by Marco Pierre White and Nick Taplin, has now signed a deal with RMAL Hospitality to form Black and White International. News on the deal will be…
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