All Bella Italia articles – Page 7
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CDG plans Middle East and Asia push
CDG has signed a franchise deal in Saudi Arabia as a platform for expansion throughout the Middle East and Asia
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CDG launches apprenticeship scheme
The Casual Dining Group (CDG), the operator of Café Rouge, Las Iguanas and Bella Italia, has launched a pilot apprenticeship scheme as it bids to recruit and retain high-quality staff for its brands. The company, which currently operates 300 restaurants, and employees 8,000 people, is working with training provider Remit ...
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Analysis & InsightHow do you solve a problem like Frankie?
Look, it’s all too easy and unhelpful to stick the proverbial boot in when a brand is in decline, so let’s start with a few consumer feedback positives. The Frankie & Benny’s business retains valuable comparative strengths in terms of its family friendliness and cleanliness of its venues. However, of greater significance, are worrying trends in the more important reasons to visit factors of food quality/taste and value for money, writes MCA director of insight Steve Gotham
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EasyCoffee secures Leicester Square site
Budget airline EasyJet has secured a third site for its low-cost coffee concept, easyCoffee, in Leicester Square
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NewsCDG shuffles management team
Casual Dining Group has shuffled its management team, including James Spragg moving from managing director of Café Rouge to the newly created role of chief operating officer for the wider business
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Leicester Sq Bella Italia brought to market
The Bella Italia in Leicester Square has been brought to the market
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CDG appoints Shelley Sandzer on rent reviews
Casual Dining Group (CDG) has appointed Shelley Sandzer to act on rent reviews and lease renewals for all of its sites within the M25 Greater London area
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Analysis & Insight
Time to raise a ‘half-full’ glass
There’s no denying a growing numbers of voices are raising concerns about the spectre of financial instability threatening to stall the UK’s hospitality sector. But MCA’s Steve Gotham says too much credence is being given to the doom mongers and argues that there’s plenty to be optimistic about as well:
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OpinionCentury maker
As Bella Italia, the Casual Dining Group (CDG)-owned brand gears up to open its one hundredth restaurant this week, Mark Wingett takes a closer look at the turnaround of the fast-growing concept. At the same time, are the Kaye family set to provide another success story with Wildwood-operator, Tasty?
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Bella invests £1m in Bluewater flagship
Bella Italia will open its one hundredth location - a flagship 300-cover restaurant - in Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent this week
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Noble Inns set for period of consolidation
Noble Inns is set for a period of consolidation following the departure of its managing director, Simon Holroyd to become Bella Italia chief operations officer, MCA understands.
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Analysis & InsightIs the future still bright?
After several years of consistently producing like-for-like growth, The Restaurant Group finds itself needing to address a falling share price and restoring faith in its core brand Frankie & Benny’s.
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Noble Inns founder to take on MD role
Noble Inns will not be replacing former managing director Simon Holroyd and instead founder Scott Hunter will step into the role, MCA understands.
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CDG drives down energy use by 17%
Casual Dining Group (CDG) has reduced annual energy use by 17% since 2012
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Baker St Strada to become a Bella
Bella Italia, the Casual Dining Group-owned brand, has secured a further flagship site in London, in Baker Street
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Analysis & Insight
Wild buoyed by pizza comeback
Dominic Walsh explains why Domino’s David Wild deserves praise for his transformation of the pizza business, but questions where future growth will come from. He also looks at mixed messages from the Just Eat board and why Steve Richards deserved to be named Retailers’ Retailer of the Year.
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NewsBella appoints Holroyd as COO
Bella Italia has appointed former Noble Inns managing director Simon Holroyd as its new chief operations officer, MCA understands.
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CDG heralds “transformational year”
CDG has reported that its run-rate EBITDA is projected to reach £50m, with sales well in excess of £300m in the 12 months to the 31 May 2016
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NewsCDG’s Richards named Retailers’ Retailer
Steve Richards, the driving force behind development and growth of the Casual Dining Group, has been singled out by his peers as the stand-out individual in the eating-out and drinking-out market
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Walker steps down from CDG
Andrew Walker has stepped down from the Casual Dining Group (CDG) as its managing director of business development