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Opinion
Do pubs really sell more coffee than cafes?
A recent claim that pubs are the UK’s top sellers of coffee, selling more than coffee shops, has caused astonishment in the hot-beverage trade, says Ian Boughton, the editor of the leading trade journal for the coffee shop sector.The claim, which led to such headlines as ‘UK’s pub chains are ...
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News
New restaurant quarter planned for Redditch
Capital & Regional is planning to create a new restaurant quarter for its one million sq ft Kingfisher Centre in Redditch, West Midlands. It has appointed Davis Coffer Lyons to secure operators for four new restaurant units from 3,200 to 7,500sq ft, available to let from 2013, located at main ...
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News
Chilango back on the expansion trail
Chilango, the London-based Mexican burrito chain, has secured its fourth site in the capital and is believed to be on the verge of announcing a new investor.The group, which is led by Eric Partaker and Dan Houghton, has acquired the leasehold interest of 2,516sq ft O’Neill’s in London Wall, with ...
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News
Pubs generally performed better than restaurants
A leading analyst has said that now that all of the major operators have updated the market on current trading, it can be concluded that pubs have generally performed better than restaurants, while London has again, despite the Olympics, been the basis of geographic outperformance.Geof Collyer at Deutsche Bank said: ...