Optimum Group, the company that operates circa 30 franchise sites in Merseyside under Costa Coffee, Kaspa’s and I am Doner, has said it is set to open two further Costa stores by the fourth quarter of 2024 and another I am Doner in the first quarter of 2025.
Wafflemeister, the Belgian waffle operator, has partnered with Clermont Hotel Group, for a new store in London’s Piccadilly. Their 26th location will offer Wafflemeister’s signature range of freshly baked Liége waffles alongside gelato, thick shakes and ground-to-order coffee.
The Glasgow group OCO Westend plans to open two more Starbucks franchise locations in Scotland by the end of the year
Independent hospitality group Northern Lights Group (NLG) has secured a 15-year lease to operate a new food hall in Preston. NLG will create and run a cocktail bar and four food kiosks.
The Salad Project, the all-day dining concept that launched in London in 2021, is set to open its sixth site on Fenchurch Street next week, alongside a central training hub for the business.
Essex bakery business Bake Essex is set to open a third site. Bake Essex, co-owned by chef Ross Devonshire and Memet Hassan, opened its first site in February 2023, in The Ridgeway, Leigh-on-Sea. This was followed by a second location this February, in Manners Way in Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea. Bake Essex has now applied to open its third location in the former Dining Room restaurant unit in Leigh’s London Road.
Copenhagen-based business DiningSix, which made its UK debut with an opening under its Danish steakhouse concept KöD in London last year, will open a second site for the concept in the capital later this month.
Tarek Thoma, owner of the Oven restaurant in Linthorpe Road, has opened a new Middlesbrough venue
Blackpool pizza restaurant Pizza Rana has opened a second site. Following its debut site in the town’s Abingdon Street Market, it has now opened a restaurant in Clifton Square in nearby Lytham. Pizza Rana will be walk-ins only and offers pizza cooked in just 60 seconds alongside wine, beer and spirits hand-picked to complement the food.
Teesside chef Martin Jones is planning a second site in the region. Jones has announced he is taking over the Virgo’s restaurant in Dundas Street East, Saltburn, and turning it into a second Truffled Hog.
Birmingham craft beer and Indian street food concept Indian Brewery will open its new brewery and taproom next month. The business, which already operates a venue serving its beer alongside Indian food at Snow Hill, will open at the site of the old Brook Welding warehouse in the city’s Jewellery Quarter. The venue will feature a circa 220-cover beer hall, 25 beer taps, a theatre kitchen, live sports, brewery tours and an events and community workspace.
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