The Restaurant Group
This compiles our reporting on The Restaurant Group (TRG), operator of prominent UK brands including Wagamama, Frankie & Benny’s, and Brunning & Price. We cover TRG’s strategic decisions, financial performance, brand portfolio changes, executive leadership moves, site rationalisation, and growth initiatives. Our analysis offers critical insight for restaurant operators, F&B executives, and hospitality professionals tracking the direction of one of the UK’s most influential multi-brand operators in casual dining and pub restaurants.
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Sep- 2021 -27 SeptemberRestaurants
Popeyes to open first UK site this November
US chicken shop chain Popeyes has confirmed that it will open its first UK store at Westfield Stratford City in November 2021. The restaurant group will be taking a 1,531 sq ft unit in Westfield Stratford City formerly occupied by KFC, as the shopping centre looks to upgrade its food…
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22 SeptemberRestaurants
Miscusi to make UK debut this autumn
Miscusi has announced that it will debut its first UK restaurant outside of Italy at The Yards, Covent Garden, this autumn. With 12 restaurants currently across seven Italian cities, the restaurant group said it has signed for a 4,190 sq ft unit at 23 Slingsby Place committing to the first…
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16 SeptemberRestaurants
Itsu introduces 11% entry level pay rise
Itsu has introduced an 11% hourly wage rise for its entry level employees to a minimum of £10.40 an hour. Effective from 17 September, the increase will impact 1,000 existing employees across the group’s 72 UK sites. Through the wage hike, the Asian-inspired restaurant group plans to extend its level…
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15 SeptemberRestaurants
The Restaurant Group H1 losses narrow to £58.8m
The Restaurant Group has narrowed its statutory pre-tax profit losses for the six-month period ending 4 July 2021 to £58.8m from £234.7m the previous year. The group, which owns Wagamama, saw revenues dip to £216.8m from £227.2m in 2020 as a result of the trading restrictions imposed at the beginning…
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1 SeptemberRestaurants
Tattu to launch London restaurant in 2022
Independent restaurant group Tattu has announced plans to expand into London with the opening of its fifth site in early 2022. Tattu’s debut venue in the capital will be situated on Denmark Street at Outernet Global’s The Now Building, which will also feature a four-storey high digital canvas. The contemporary…
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Aug- 2021 -27 AugustPeople
Prezzo announces raft of senior appointments
Prezzo has announced the appointment of Matt Prior as its new chief financial officer (CFO) and Deborah Moore as people director. The group said the latest appointments reflect Prezzo’s “general strengthening of capability, the energy generated by plans for the future, our current trading and the support of Cain International,…
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25 AugustRestaurants
Franco Manca owner planning UK and overseas expansion
The restaurant group behind the Franco Manca and Real Greek brands is reportedly planning up to 150 new restaurant openings over the next few years across the UK and overseas. According to The BBC, founder David Page has reportedly highlighted expansion plans for “towns and cities from Cardiff to Canterbury…
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2 AugustPeople
Burger & Lobster names executive development chef
Global surf and turf restaurant group Burger and Lobster has announced the appointment of Paul Greening as executive development chef. Greening brings over 29 years of experience to the position, including stints at Pier Restaurant in Sydney, Wellington’s Restaurant 290, and the Michelin-starred Parisian venues Guy Savoy and Pierre Gagnaire.…
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Jul- 2021 -29 JulyRestaurants
JKS to launch Central London Arcade Food Hall
JKS Restaurants has announced that it will launch its Arcade Food Hall at London’s Centre point in November this year. The hall will feature eight new kitchens, an independent restaurant, a counter dining experience, and a standalone bar and outdoor dining. It marks the restaurant group’s first venture to consist…
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5 JulyFeatures
Are apps the answer to tackling food waste in the hospitality industry?
‘Magic bags’ from the surplus food app ‘Too Good To Go’ have become something of a viral sensation across social media channels such as TikTok over the past couple of months. The 30 second videos of savvy consumers bragging about the dozens of baked goods they scored from Greggs or…
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