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All Cosmo Restaurants articles
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NewsOpenings of the week
MCA rounds up this week’s biggest openings and announcements, featuring new launches from Popeye’s, Incipio Group, Rudy’s Pizza, and more
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NewsCosmo appoints Sierankowski COO
Cosmo, the all you can eat world buffet restaurant group, has appointed Roman Sierankowski as chief operating officer.
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NewsEditor’s Opinion: Hang tight and plan your return
The coronavirus continues to wreak havoc. It’s claimed hundreds of thousands of lives around the world and numbers continue to rise. As dreadful as that is, the long term socio-economic impact is more disturbing. The virus has created a level of disruption to health, society, and the economy that’s never happened before, outside of wartime. And while there is plenty of speculation on how life in general may get back to normal post-lockdown, with vaguely optimistic or pessimistic dates floating around, there is no clarity on how or when this might end.
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NewsTimeline: How the coronavirus crisis unfolded
Here are just some of the twists and turns over the last few weeks. If you want to read all the MCA coverage of the coronavirus crisis click here.
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NewsAzzurri shuts entire estate
Azzurri Group is to close all Ask, Zizzi and Coco di Mama restaurants from today, CEO Steve Holmes has announced.
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NewsCoronavirus closures continue
Brasserie Bar Co., JKS Restaurants, Darwin & Wallace, Smith and Wollensky and Cosmo are the latest restaurant and bar groups to close all of their sites in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
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NewsCosmo secures three new sites
Cosmo, the all-you-can eat buffet concept, has secured three new sites, MCA understands.
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Analysis & InsightAnd the 2019 consumer award winners are…
While we are in the midst of the entertainment awards season it would be most neglectful not to extend this to the worlds of foodservice and hospitality.
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Analysis & InsightFamily friendly winners unveiled
By 2045 one in seven UK residents will be over the age of 75, with the inevitable impact on the spread of generations being catered for by the hospitality sector. MCA’s market insight director, Steve Gotham, looks at which operators are best placed to appeal to a multi-generational family.
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NewsHi Coffee expands reach with Gatwick opening
South Wales-based Hi Coffee has just opened a second of its Express formats at Gatwick Airport’s train station.
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NewsHi Coffee to launch new bakery concept
Hi Coffee has remodelled one of its Express format sites in order to launch its first Hi Coffee Bakery.
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NewsCosmo eyes 100 PizzaSqr sites in five years
PizzaSqr, the spin-off brand from Cosmo, plans to reach 100 stores over the next five years following its launch in the West Midlands.
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NewsCosmo Group launches pizza concept PizzaSQR
Cosmo Group, the owner of the eponymous world buffet restaurant concept, is to launch a new pizza format this summer called PizzaSQR.
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Analysis & InsightCasual dining: The middle ground
In a challenging climate for the casual-dining sector, what is the health of those operators in the middle ground? MCA’s director of insight Steve Gotham analyses some key players using a range of MCA’s analytic tools
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Cosmo closes three sites
Cosmo, the world buffet restaurant operator, has closed three sites, in Coventry, York and Leeds, as flagged up by MCA’s sister title BigHospitality.
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NewsTop ranked restaurant brands revealed
Miller & Carter and Cosmo were the top-ranked restaurant brands in MCA’s analysis of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
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Bon Pan Asian eyes dual roll out plan
The company behind the Bon Pan Asian restaurant concept is looking at a dual expansion strategy in the UK
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Cosmo to open in Deansgate
Cosmo, the world buffet restaurant operator, has taken on the former Red Hot World Buffet site in Deansgate, Manchester.
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Cosmo to reopen Leeds under Luxe format
Cosmo, the world buffet restaurant operator, has announced the first location for its new upmarket format Cosmo Luxe.
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Beavertown head brewer/ops director steps down
Beavertown Brewery’s director of operations and head brewer has left the group, MCA understands.