Loungers
Coverage explores the performance, expansion strategy, and operational model of one of the UK’s fastest-growing casual dining operators, including developments across its Lounge and Cosy Club brands. Reporting includes site rollouts, trading updates, menu development, regional growth strategy, and leadership insights, offering valuable perspective for professionals monitoring scalable, community-focused hospitality formats.
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Jan- 2021 -8 JanuaryCoronavirus
Oakman CEO to return £250k grant if venues used for vaccinations
The chief executive of pub and restaurant group, Oakman Inns, Dermot King, is offering to forego the chancellor’s latest lockdown grant of up to £250,000 if he allows National Health Trusts to use Oakman Inns’ venues as vaccination centres. King who was appointed CEO of the company last August said…
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4 JanuaryCoronavirus
Brewdog and Loungers offer venues as vaccine centres
Brewdog and Loungers have offered their closed venues to the government to help with the roll out of the Covid-19 vaccinations. It comes after Brewdog CEO James Watt tweeted to health secretary Matt Hancock and Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon that the company wanted to “help with a quick roll…
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Dec- 2020 -2 DecemberNews
Loungers posts 33% revenue drop
Loungers, the owner of Lounge and Cosy Club, has reported that revenue fell by a third for the 24 weeks ended 4 October, when compared to the same period last year. The group claimed that the drop in revenue of £26.3m to £53.5m was a direct result of the national…
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Sep- 2020 -16 SeptemberBusiness
Loungers restarts roll-out after post-lockdown bounce
Loungers has announced it plans to restart its roll-out plans after a successful post-lockdown reopening of its sites, citing the results have ‘‘strengthened” its belief in the scalability. The hospitality operator revealed like-by-like sales increased by 30% over the past 10 weeks across both its Lounges and Cosy Club brands.…
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Mar- 2020 -27 MarchCoronavirus
Casual Dining Show 2020 cancelled
Event organisers Diversified Communications has announced it has taken the decision to cancel the Casual Dining Show 2020. The news, revealed in an email, comes after the scheduled event venue – London’s ExCeL – is to be converted into a makeshift hospital. NHS Nightingale as it will be called will…
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Feb- 2020 -17 FebruaryAwards & Events
Casual Dining 2020 confirms over 65 keynote speakers
Casual Dining, the restaurant, pub and bar event, has confirmed it has added CEOs, founders and senior directors from YO!, London Union, Loungers, Carluccio’s, Byron, Flat Iron, Imbiba, Pizza Pilgrims, Wahaca, Dishoom, Busaba, Yard & Coop, and Hippo Inns to its lineup of over 65 keynote speakers. The event, which…
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Dec- 2019 -4 DecemberCafes and Coffee Shops
Loungers eyes expansion plans as revenues jump 22%
Loungers has announced it is planning to increase its portfolio by 25 properties every year to around 500 sites, after it reported a 22% jump in revenues for the 24-week period ending 6 October 2019. The company, which operates 161 café/bar/restaurants across England and Wales under two Lounge (133 sites)…
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