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Cornish Bakery appoints Tamweel as it explores sale

Cornish Bakery, a fast-growing bakery chain with 66 locations across the country, has appointed Tamweel to oversee a sale of the business.   It comes as the chain has seen sustained year-on-year growth, with revenues and site EBITDA for the 12-month period to May 2025 expected to reach £37m and £8.3m…

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Cornish Bakery to open six more locations in 2025

Cornish Bakery has announced its plans to open a further six locations throughout 2025, following the successful launch of a site in Cirencester earlier this year – taking the estate to a total of 66 bakeries.  According to the group, the Cotswold market town and its local community have “warmly”…

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New Cornish Bakery site sees ‘record’ trading in opening week

Cornish Bakery’s 65th opening in Milton Keynes has “surpassed all expectations”, taking a record-breaking £40k within its first week of trading.  It comes as the new bakery opened to “unprecedented” demand, causing a queue of people to block the main flow of the shopping centre. Both the centre:mk and Cornish…

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Cornish Bakery named in latest Top 100 Retail Growth Index

Cornish Bakery has been cited as one of the only UK hospitality companies in this year’s Top 100 Interpath Retail Growth Index, as the chain achieved “record-breaking” sales of over £1m per week.  The index, which tracks multiple sectors, from fashion to forecourts and hobbies to wellbeing, ranks their two-year…

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Today’s news in brief – 30/04/24

Foodservice price inflation has fallen below 10% for the first time in two years, according to data from CGA. This comes after a 1.4% decline in foodservice price inflation in March, the largest month-on-month decline ever recorded by the Foodservice Price Index. Inflationary pressures have also been relieved by an…

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St Austell Brewery and Rick Stein Group unveil partnership

St Austell Brewery has signed a three-year deal with the Rick Stein Restaurant Group, to supply its beer in Rick Stein locations.  This comes as the two Cornwall-born businesses have had close working relationships for many years, with the Stein family having run St Austell Brewery’s The Cornish Arms in…

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Thornbury Castle receives Three AA Rosette status

Thornbury Castle Hotel and Restaurant, part of the Relais and Chateaux collection, has been awarded a Three AA Rosette. It is the only Tudor castle in England to house a hotel. The rosettes celebrate successful cooking and Three Rosette status is given to “outstanding restaurants” that achieve standards that demand…

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Woven by Adam Smith set to open at Coworth Park Hotel

Woven by Adam Smith, a new restaurant at Coworth Park, part of the Dorchester Collection, is set to open on 8 September 2022.  Coworth Park has unveiled details for Woven by Adam Smith, Chef Adam Smith’s menu, combining classics with modern touches and layers of personal experience.  Martin Hulbert Design…

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Turquaz set to open on Jewry Street in Winchester

Authentic Turkish restaurant chain, Turquoise Group, is set to open its 15th Turquaz restaurant on 18 Jewry Street in Winchester. The opening date is currently set for early September 2022.  It is reported that a new 15-year lease has been agreed on the Grade II-listed city centre property, which comprises…

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The Montagu Arms names new executive chef

The Montagu Arms, a boutique hotel in New Forest, has appointed Nathan Eades as the new executive chef of the hotel’s fine-dining restaurant, The Terrace. In his new role, Eades will be responsible for the development and execution of the hotel’s menus, for both The Terrace and Monty’s Inn, as…

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