Pizza Express
Coverage tracks the operational and strategic developments of one of the UK’s most established casual dining brands, with a focus on estate refurbishments under the “Future Express” programme, rollout of digital ordering and pay-at-table tech via Pepper, expansion into retail with supermarket pizzas, and growth in delivery partnerships with platforms like Deliveroo and Just Eat. Reporting also covers site closures, pricing strategy, leadership changes, and repositioning efforts aimed at re-engaging younger diners and improving off-premise performance. Insight is geared toward operators monitoring high-street group strategy, brand recovery, and innovation in the mid-market pizza sector.
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Mar- 2019 -13 MarchRestaurants
The Ivy Collection’s opening manager joins Carluccio’s
Carluccio’s has appointed Dominika Rusnak as its Fresca openings manager. She joins the group’s senior management team to support the brand’s ‘Fresca’ transformation programme. The restaurant chain’s project Fresca will see the brand transform 20 sites under a £10m investment. There have been a number of strategic hires to drive…
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11 MarchRestaurants
Pizza Express launches grab-and-go concept ZA
Pizza Express is undertaking a “significant” brand refresh, with the launch of its new concept ZA. The new offering recently opened on Fenchurch Street in London and builds on the early inspiration for Pizza Express – Peter Boizot selling fresh, hot slices of pizza. The company said it was responding…
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Feb- 2019 -13 FebruaryGovernment
Government delays changes to tipping law
The government has announced it has pushed back the introduction of a law which would prevent restaurant owners from pocketing their staff’s tips, three years after a change was suggested. In 2016, a new legislation was promised following a consultation and at the 2018 Conservative party conference, Theresa May said…
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Dec- 2018 -7 DecemberPeople
Pizza Express founder dies
Peter Boizot, the founder of the Italian restaurant chain Pizza Express, has passed away at the age of 89. The company confirmed the Peterborough-born restaurateur had died on 5 December in a tribute on its website posted the following day. Boizot founded the chain in 1965, with its first opening…
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Nov- 2018 -13 NovemberBusiness
EU rules could ‘thwart’ Hammond’s business rates promise
Hammond’s plan to help high streets through a near £1bn, two year business rates cut, is set to be thwarted by European Union state aid rules, real estate agents Altus Group have claimed. The chancellor will slash business rates next April by discounting bills by a third for those retail…
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Oct- 2018 -25 OctoberFood and Drink
Deliveroo to display allergy information in menu overhaul
Deliveroo has announced changes to how the platform displays allergen content on menus in an effort to increase transparency for consumers and promote restaurant action. Until now restaurants and takeaways have not been able to display granular information for each dish on delivery apps, instead it has tended to be…
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23 OctoberAnalysis
Forget Luke Johnson: the biggest loser in the Patisserie Valerie fallout is the brand itself
Since the revelation last week that Patisserie Valerie had uncovered a multimillion pound blackhole in its accounts, British entrepreneur Luke Johnson has been made to eat his extensive and well-documented words on the financial arrears of others. It can’t have been an enjoyable experience, but it all makes for a great story. There are very…
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12 OctoberFood and Drink
Calorie cap introduced for some restaurant dishes
Public Health England is set to announce calorie caps for certain restaurant dishes, the cap would see the limit for pies set at 695 calories and pizzas at 928 calories. Under the new measures Pizza Express would breach the regulations on all but four of it classic pizzas. With the…
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Sep- 2018 -11 SeptemberPeople
Pizza Express to introduce vegan soya milk in its restaurants
Pizza Express has announced it will launch vegan soya milk in partnership with the Animal Aid charity. The milk will be available from 18 September when Pizza Express will add several new items to its menu including chicken wings, along with the addition of an entirely separate vegan menu. The…
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Aug- 2018 -10 AugustFeatures
The rise of veganism
Veganism is sweeping the globe as the biggest trend of this year, but what’s the history behind the world’s most rapidly evolving lifestyle choice? At a glance, it may seem like a fad, but if you scratch the surface, it’s a way of life that has been steadily increasing in…
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