JD Wetherspoon opens two new pubs in East Kilbride and Portishead tomorrow (23 February), with six more sites going into development over the next week.
Individual Restaurants and SSP have opened their first restaurant in partnership with celebrity chef Gino D’Campo, at London’s Euston station.
Eleven new restaurants and cafes are to open at the East Kilbride shopping centre in a £10m redevelopment project.
The Casual Dining show opens its doors this Wednesday and Thursday (24 and 25 February)—with highlights including Wagamama chief executive David Campbell and Carluccio’s chairman Simon Kossoff in conversation with CGA Peach’s Peter Martin.
CGA and the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) have unveiled a new partnership to produce a pioneering series of industry-leading intelligence reports.
Operators including Fuller’s, the Botanist, Turtle Bay, Pret, Thaikhun, Brunning & Price, TGI Friday’s, Bella Italia, GBK, PizzaExpress and Wagamama are among the many names with new openings plans to report this week.
Pub and restaurant groups have reported a solid start to 2016, with collective like-for-like sales in January up 1.9% on the same month last year, according to latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker.
Three restaurant concepts have been shortlisted for the Design Award run by the Hotelympia show.
TGI Friday’s is to open its 74th restaurant at Newcastle’s Metrocentre at the end of March—its third site in the city.
Casual Dining Group is continuing a wave of expansion for its Bella Italia brand with four launches this month—and plans for 20 by the end of May.
Mid-Western US barbecue concept Bodeans is to open its seventh London restaurant in Covent Garden on 1 April.
Pret a Manger is to open its first ever university branch on the campus at Exeter University—a move that could herald an interesting new expansion for the brand.
Costa Coffee has hit the milestone of 5,000 locations for its Costa Express self-serve machine concessions around the world.
Brands including Las Iguanas, Cabana, Miller & Carter, Harry Ramsden’s, Turtle Bay, Geronimo Inns and Beefeater are among those with expansion plans this week, as new casual dining restaurant and pub openings continue apace into 2016.
The Restaurant Bar & Design Awards are holding a talk about the acclaimed design of the Cabana restaurant brand.
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