Leon
Coverage focuses on the strategy, product development, and brand positioning of a UK-born fast food chain known for its health-led approach. Reporting includes menu innovation, sustainability initiatives, retail product lines, digital ordering, and expansion through partnerships and new formats, offering insights for operators tracking fast casual trends and evolving consumer demand in the high street and travel sectors.
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Nov- 2018 -13 NovemberRegulations & Policies
Leon to pilot allergy questioning scheme
Leon is to pilot a new scheme that will see its staff question customers on their allergies before being served. A Leon spokesperson told Catering Today: “We are currently piloting a programme in a small number of restaurants. It is of the utmost importance to us that we continue to…
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Oct- 2018 -29 OctoberBusiness
Profits at top 100 UK restaurant groups plunge 80% to £37m in a year
The total pre-tax profits at the UK’s top 100 restaurants have plummeted by 80% in the last year to £37m, down from £194m 12 months ago according to accounting firm UHY Hacker Young. The drop means that pre-tax profits at the UK’s top 100 restaurant groups have fallen 89% from…
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Sep- 2018 -7 SeptemberBusiness
Leon set to expand into America
Healthy fast food chain Leon is set to expand into America, opening in Washington next week (week commencing 10 September) with plans to open 20 more US restaurants by 2020. The British company had originally planned the opening of its first US restaurant for 20 August, with the reason for…
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5 SeptemberAdvice
Taking a proposition from ‘meh’ to ‘yeah’
During the reign of casual dining brands, reliability, know-what-you’re-getting and crowd-pleasing cuisine kept the average consumer happy. Branded Italian concepts were as ubiquitous as they were successful. Being ‘okay’ was genuinely good enough; Pragma worked with F&B clients achieving mostly seven or eight out of 10 as an advocacy score,…
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Aug- 2018 -8 AugustRestaurants
Rockfish plans expansion amid strong sales growth
The seafood restaurant group founded by food writer Mitch Tonks, Rockfish, has reported 15% like-for-like sales growth in the May to July quarter, ahead of three planned openings in the next 18 months. Rockfish has five well-established coastal sites in the south west and also owns the Seahorse restaurant in…
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Jun- 2018 -6 JuneRegulations & Policies
Network Rail to restrict plastic use for food retailers
Network Rail has announced plans to tackle environmental issues in the country’s biggest and busiest rail stations. The group plans to ban retailers from supplying plastic cutlery and cups in managed stations, implement a coffee cup recycling scheme for managed stations, and expand the role out of coffee ground recycling…
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