Leicester
Coverage highlights foodservice and hospitality activity in this key Midlands city, including new restaurant and pub openings, independent operator moves, investment updates, local supply chain developments, and regional consumer trends. Reporting offers insight into how the area’s dining and drinking landscape is evolving, with relevance for operators, landlords, and stakeholders tracking growth beyond major metropolitan hubs.
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Mar- 2021 -12 MarchRestaurants
Jollibee invests £30m to grow UK presence
Asian inspired fast-food restaurant Jollibee has announced it is investing £30m into growing its brand in the UK. The chain, which was originally founded in the Philippines, is set to open a new flagship restaurant in Leicester Square this May. This will be followed by two more store launches in…
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2 MarchVenues & Properties
Japan Centre to expand flagship London site
Japanese food hall, Japan Centre, has announced plans for a 7,000 sq ft expansion to its flagship London site in mid-March. Founded in 1976, the food hall located on Panton Street currently offers a range of over 3,000 products spanning food, drink, and lifestyle. The group will extend its ground…
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Jan- 2021 -18 JanuaryComment
The way forward from the moratorium
The latest lockdown is another devastating blow to the hospitality and leisure industries. Any help which the Government can provide is clearly welcome. But, for many hospitality and leisure operators in major cities, where annual rents can exceed £100,000 per annum, the latest grants amount to less than three weeks rent. For businesses that have been closed, in many cases, for almost…
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Nov- 2020 -13 NovemberNews
Middletons Steakhouse & Grill to expand portfolio
Restaurant group Middletons Steakhouse and Grill has announced plans to expand its portfolio with an eighth restaurant in Cambridge. Some £500,000 has been invested into the 170-cover restaurant that is set to open in December. The group operates an annual turnover of roughly £15m, employing 275 staff across its seven…
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Sep- 2020 -18 SeptemberFood and Drink
Jollibee opens new Liverpool site amid further expansion plans
Asian inspired fast-food restaurant Jollibee has opened its second UK branch in Liverpool city centre, creating 50 new jobs for locals in the area. The chain, which is first launched in Asia and the US, opened its first English site in 2018 in London. However, the company has plans to…
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8 SeptemberBusiness
Bosporus to open new London venue
Bosporus, a turkish inspired restaurant is set to open in London’s Leicester Square this September. The restaurant, which was originally founded in Dubai in 2010 by GCS, also has six sites across Abu Dhabi and Egypt. The restaurant gets its name from the Strait, which runs through the centre of…
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Jul- 2020 -20 JulyNews
The coronavirus diaries: DASH
Due to open the last week of March, DASH, a vegetarian healthy fast-food restaurant, was ready to make its debut. We had our new shop windows with branded decals, our ordering counter, coffee machine and kitchen downstairs all set up — we were in the most incredible prime position just…
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15 JulyCoronavirus
How landlords are losing out in extended Leicester lockdown
Having been a Landlord of two successful real ale pubs, I have been watching with keen interest how my former fellow publicans in our city have endured the effects of lockdown since they were forced to close their doors at midnight on 20 March 2020. I recall leaving one of…
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Jun- 2020 -29 JuneRestaurants
TGI Fridays announces reopening of 66 sites on 6 July
TGI Fridays has announced the reopening of 66 of its UK restaurants on 6 July. The company said it will also reveal a “fresh new brand” which will be showcased at six specially selected restaurants, dubbed ‘Famous at Fridays’, with elements introduced across the rest of the estate. These new…
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May- 2020 -26 MayCoronavirus
Nando’s to reopen 94 sites with additional measures in place
Restaurant chain Nando’s has announced it has opened a further 54 sites for delivery or click and collect today (26 may) and will also reopen an additional 40 sites tomorrow. The news comes after it trialled around six sites in London and Manchester open to delivery for NHS staff last…
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