Swansea

JD Wetherspoon expects profits to hit top-line as sales rise 5.2%

JD Wetherspoon expects profits to be towards the top of market expectations for 2024, as like-for-like sales rose by 5.2% in the 13-week period to 28 April. Year-to-date sales also rose 8.3% despite this year’s bank holiday (6 May) being a week later.  Total sales still increased by 3.3% in…

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Popeyes UK to open over 30 sites in 2024

Popeyes UK has announced its expansion plans that will see it open over 30 new sites in 2024. The brand, which entered the UK in November 2021, currently has 36 locations, including five drive-thrus, plus seven delivery kitchens across the UK. The 30 new openings will take its total number…

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Wagamama pledges to run six prison classes every year

Wagamama has pledged to run six prison masterclasses each year, in both female and male prisons to support as many people as possible into employment upon release, following a team of Wagamama chefs’ successful visit to HMP Hatfield last year. In partnership with the Ministry of Justice, a team of…

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Maison De Boeuf to open in Cardiff

A new Parisian-inspired bistro, Maison De Boeuf, is set to launch in Cardiff’s Castle Arcade on 12 May. The restaurant is the latest venture from the team behind Vintage Tea and Coffee Co, the family business behind independent bar chains Gin and Juice and Rum and Fizz, and the Coffee…

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Dusty’s Pizzeria to close Cardiff restaurant

Dusty’s Pizzeria has announced that it has had to close its Cardiff restaurant as a result of rising costs. This is the second location that owners Phil and Deb Lewis have had to close after closing its branch in Barry’s Goodshed earlier this year. The company’s Swansea branch is said…

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Chopstix continues Welsh expansion with 5th restaurant

Chopstix is set to open its 5th site in Wales this week, located on North Walk, Cwmbran. It comes amid plans to “significantly increase” its footprint in North Wales over the next 12 months, following stores in Cardiff, Swansea and Bridgend. The new sites will include design elements the brand…

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Why Rekom has expanded its presence into the UK with Proud Mary

Tell me about the history of Rekom.  Rekom started in Copenhagen in 2007, a group of individual bars decided to stop competing against each other and decided to come together to create one company. Over the last 25 years it’s grown from just Copenhagen to other parts of Denmark, and…

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Rekom to open UK’s first Proud Mary Pub

Rekom, a pub and bar operator, has begun work on the former Yard Bar, St Mary’s Street in Cardiff which will see it become the UK’s first Proud Mary Pub. Operating over two floors, with a 950 capacity, Proud Mary Pub will be a “relaxed, party pub with the blended…

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Chopstix to open four new sites in Wales

Chopstix has announced plans to open at least four sites in Wales this year, building upon existing stores in Cardiff, Swansea and Bridgend. Starting a period of expansion in Wales, Chopstix opened its second site in the capital this month, with the St David’s Shopping Centre store launching to a…

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Street Food Warehouse to hold Cornwall Street Food Festival

Street Food Warehouse has announced it will hold the first Cornwall Street Food Festival, taking place on the Queen’s Jubilee bank holiday weekend. The festival will feature food from cuisines around the world, and is aiming to cater to a wide variety of tastes. Initially due to take place in…

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