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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Apr- 2020 -22 AprilCoronavirus
Crussh joins #FeedNHS initiative to deliver 2,000 hot meals a week
Crussh Fit Food and Juice Bars has joined the #FeedHNS campaign, set up by Matt Lucas, Damian Lewis, Helen McCrory and Leon Restaurants, starting this week with a delivery of 2,000 hot meals to the Royal Marsden Hospitals in Chelsea and Sutton. Crussh began delivering their cold press juices to…
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14 AprilCoronavirus
Feed the NHS campaign reaches £1m target
The ‘Feed the NHS’ crowdfunding campaign has reached its £1m amid the coronavirus pandemic. The campaign, which was launched by actors Damain Lewis, Helen McCrory and Matt Lucas last month, was created to help feed NHS workers one “hot healthy meal” each day during the Covid-19 crisis. At the time…
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9 April
Leon launches Feed Britain initiative
Leon has announced the launch of Feed Britain, a new online delivery service that provides customers with fresh grocery essentials and ready meals amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis. Whilst Feed Britain is designed in the long run to be a commercial enterprise that makes it possible for suppliers to sustainably…
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Mar- 2020 -27 March
Leon launches FeedNHS scheme
Leon has announced it is continuing its support of the NHS by launching a new scheme titled FeedNHS. The not-for-profit campaign will raise vital funds to allow the chain to deliver its food directly to key workers on the frontline in the NHS. The campaign has been launched with the…
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Aug- 2019 -19 AugustTrade Associations
UKHospitality welcomes government consultation on UK’s food industry
UKHospitality has welcomed the government’s consultation on England’s food industry. The government opened a call for evidence, led by Henry Dimbleby of the Sustainable Restaurant Association and co-founder of Leon, which will investigate the entirety of England’s food system from “farm to fork”. UKHospitality chief executive Kate Nicholls said: “Not…
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Jun- 2019 -27 JuneGovernment
Gove appoints Leon founder to oversee food system review
Environment secretary Michael Gove has appointed Henry Dimbelby, founder of restaurant chain Leon, to lead the first major review of the UK food system in nearly 75 years. Dimbelby, who is also part of the Sustainable Restaurant Association, will undertake a “field to fork” review, and highlight changes that may…
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May- 2019 -31 MayAnalysis
The UK dining sector: A recipe for change
As concerns over Brexit mounted in 2018, consumer spending on the UK’s high streets was anything but “strong and stable”. One of the sectors most impacted was dining. Spend growth fell to just 3% year-on-year compared to 9% in 2017, according to our analysis of the transactions of over 2.5m…
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10 MayRestaurants
Leon announces 24% sales rise
Healthy fast food chain, Leon has announced a 24% sales rise up to £95m for the year ending 31 December 2018. The group’s end of year results represented a fifth year of unbroken revenue growth, which more than quadrupled in size in that period. Leon said it opened nine restaurants…
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3 MayRestaurants
Ping Pong to sell off last shopping centre sites
Dim sum restaurant chain Ping Pong is to sell its two outlets at Westfield London and Wembley Designer Outlet Village, the remaining of its shopping centre located restaurants. Leisure property specialists Davis Coffer Lyons has been instructed to dispose of the leasehold interest in the sites. The Westfield unit is…
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Apr- 2019 -5 AprilBusiness
Greggs, McDonald’s and Wetherspoons named top brands for consumers
Greggs and McDonald’s have been named the top brands within on the go and quick service sectors, while JD Wetherspoon leads the way in high street bars, according to the 2019 Brand Momentum Report from CGA and Stone and River. The analysis of consumers’ views of dozens of big brands…
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