All Cote articles
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NewsCôte appoints new CEO
Emma Dinnis joins the Partners Group backed restaurant chain from Sofology, where she had been managing director for the past three years
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NewsOpenings of the week
MCA rounds up the week’s biggest openings stories, including Wagamama, HOP Vietnamese, Côte Brasserie, Harts Group and more
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NewsCôte appoints managing director
Ashley Hamilton, formerly of Liberation Group, Greene King and Wagamama, will report to chief operating officer Sarah Hills
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NewsLiberation Group chair steps down
Richard Grainger has spent seven years with the pub operator and brewer, overseeing several M&A deals
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NewsCôte posts £145m turnover
The Partners Group-backed French brasserie brand has embarked on major investment to contemporise the brand and enhance the core estate, while also appointing a new CFO
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NewsBurger King, Côte, and Fridays deploy carbon analytics platform
The operators have invested in Zero Carbon Services, a carbon analytics platform from nonprofit Zero Carbon Forum to deliver carbon and cost reductions
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NewsSimon Townsend joins Adnams as NED
The former Ei Group chief exectuive is also a non-executive director at Côte Restaurants
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NewsCôte confirms Sarah Hills as COO
The former Megan’s MD will join the French brasserie brand full-time from March
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NewsPizzaExpress appoints new commercial finance director
Grant Shaw joins the pizza chain this month from his role as head of commercial finance at Côte Restaurants
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NewsCôte reports progress on growth plans
Côte Restaurant Group reported a turnover of £72.7m for the year ended September 2021, plans to open two new venues as well as an in-house butchery and development kitchen
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Analysis & InsightAutumn menu innovation
As the seasons change and the weather begins to turn fresher, MCA rounds-up the latest autumn menu launches from brands including Leon, Pret, Greggs and Costa
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NewsCôte strengthens leadership team
The French brasserie brand has appointed David Murdin as CMA and Richard Tallboy as CIO
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NewsIn pictures: Côte unveils new-look interiors and menu
Marketing director Jo Fawcett told MCA the changes aimed to “better reflect the cultural movement towards informality, creating a more accessible yet still elevated offering”
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NewsNew COO at Bill’s
Bill’s Restaurants has appointed former Côte Brasserie ops director Rebecca Tooth as its new chief operating officer.
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NewsCôte makes raft of new appointments
Côte Brasserie has made a number of new appointments, including Amy Sawbridge as chief people officer, and Keith Lloyd as managing director.
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InterviewsCôte: ‘We want to make this a beautiful thing’
Côte executive chair Jane Holbrook is looking to ‘do a Wagamama’ on the French brasserie brand and make it one of the stand-out performers in the market. Joining last year with new owners Partners Group – an acquisition which won Deal of the Year at MCA’s Retailer’s Retailer Awards – she shares her vision for the restaurant group, and why it must become more relevant and contemporary to win over a new generation of customers.
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NewsJane Holbrook: ‘Cote had lost its way’
Cote executive chair Jane Holbrook has told MCA the new management team and owners are looking to “do a Wagamama” on the French brassiere brand.
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NewsCôte appoints new CMO
Partners Group-backed Côte Brasserie has appointed Erin Roy as its new chief marketing officer.
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NewsCôte sold for £56.5m
Partners Group paid £56.5m for Côte Restaurants in a pre-pack sale, an administrators’ reports reveals.
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EventsRetailer’s Retailer Awards 2021 winners
The best of the best in the hospitality industry were recognised at MCA’s 2021 Retailer’s Retailer Awards, which were broadcast live on 11 March.