All Chiquito articles – Page 12
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NewsTRG eyes 200 pub restaurants
The Restaurant Group, the Brunning & Price operator, believes there is potential to eventually grow its pub restaurant estate to over 200 sites
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NewsTRG lfls up 3.5%
The Restaurant Group (TRG) has this morning reported strong current trading, with total sales up 10% and like-for-like sales at 3.5% for the eight weeks to 23 February 2014, and said that the search for a new chief executive is “well underway”
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NewsChiquito, Frankie & Benny’s and GBK confirmed for Intu Stoke
The Restaurant Group (TRG) brands Chiquito and Frankie & Benny’s, along with and Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK), are the first three restaurants to sign up to open at a new £20m extension at Intu Potteries in Stoke on Trent
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Bunnychow eyes London expansion
Bunnychow, the South African street food concept, which recently secured its first permanent site in London, in Wardour Street, has announced an aggressive rollout target of having 19 sites in the capital by 2018
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Analysis & InsightA tale of three exiting CEOs
Three tales of CEOs leaving sector companies have played out recently at Novus Leisure, The Restaurant Group and Enterprise Inns. Dominic Walsh takes a look behind the scenes of each
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Mayfair Capital secures F&B investment
Mayfair Capital Investment Management has acquired £12m of assets for its Property Income Trust for Charities fund, including three F&B units at the Greenwich Peninsula
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NewsFormer Bramwell director McGregor joins M&B
Helen McGregor, formerly regional director of operations in the south at Bramwell Pub Company, has joined Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) as a retail director
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Opinion
Big shoes to fill
I like to think that if Andrew Page, the retiring chief executive of The Restaurant Group, was a footballer, say for his beloved Fulham, he would be cast in what pundits like to call the “Claude Makelele-role”. Tidy, unfussy but essential in making the rest of the team tick. Sure there have been more high-profile chief executives, but for getting the job done at a consistent and high quality level, Page’s work over the last 12 years at the Frankie & Benny’s operator will take some beating. These are big shoes to fill indeed
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NewsPage to step down as TRG CEO
The Restaurant Group (TRG) has announced that Andrew Page has notified the Board that he wishes to retire as chief executive of the Frankie & Benny’s and Chiquito operator in August 2014.
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Bunnychow secures Soho site
Bunnychow, the South African street food concept, has appointed former Chiquito executive chef David Peevers as its new head of food and operations and secured a site in Soho, M&C Report understands
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NewsTRG: Trading, expansion, economy
M&C Report talks to The Restaurant Group (TRG) chief executive Andrew Page about the trading environment, its 2014 openings pipeline, the performance of Coast to Coast and the current economic climate. We also round-up the response of the leading analysts to the group’s pre-close trading update
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NewsFY lfls up 3.5% at TRG
The Restaurant Group (TRG), the operator of Chiquito and Frankie & Benny’s, has said that its like-for-like sales were ahead by 3.5% in the 52 weeks to 29 December 2013, with turnover 9% ahead of the previous year
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NewsOperators sign up for MK development
British Land and Tesco have pre-let a new £4m leisure terrace comprising five restaurants and two smaller units at the Kingston Centre in Milton Keynes
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NewsTRG: C2C, Frankie & Benny’s, Joe’s, London prices
M&C Report talks to The Restaurant Group’s chief executive Andrew Page about the doubling the group’s estate; the expansion and performance of Coast to Coast; a potential push behind Joe’s Kitchen & Coffeehouse, and the general economy, plus a round-up of the analyst’s reaction to its Q3 update
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NewsTRG lfls up 3.5%, in line with expectations
The Restaurant Group (TRG), the operator of Chiquito and Frankie & Benny’s, has said that its like-for-like sales were ahead 3.5% in the 45 weeks to 10 November and in line with its expectations
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NewsMore departures likely from Bramwell
M&C Report understands that more departures from Bramwell Pub Company are likely over the next few weeks, after the group built up an experienced management team since its formation last year
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Operators sign up for Newport scheme
Operators including Cosmo and Prezzo have signed up to take units at the Friars Walk development in Newport, which due to open in November 2015
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Investors target food operators at c£30m auction
Commercial property investors showed a particular appetite for food outlets at the Acuitus October auction, which saw a total of £29.08m of assets being sold
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NewsBurns: TRG has new 137 sites under consideration
A leading analyst has said that The Restaurant Group (TRG) management has never been more confident on its new site pipeline and has 137 sites under consideration for 2014-15E
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Weekend Press
Weekend press round-up, 31 August-1 September
RestaurantsCote tempts new suitorRichard Caring is edging closer to a deal to sell his Cote brasserie chain for about £100m. CBPE, the private equity firm that was once part of Close Brothers investment bank, is in talks to buy the 45-strong chain.It has leapfrogged Bridgepoint, a rival firm best known ...