All Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) articles – Page 3

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    News

    Gourmet Burger Kitchen initiates CVA proceedings

    2018-10-24T12:45:00Z

    Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) is to initiate a Company Voluntary Agreement (CVA) process, which could lead to the closure of 17 of its restaurants.

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    GBK made operating loss of £2.6m in H1

    2018-10-16T08:18:00Z

    Gourmet Burger Kitchen made a £2.6m operating loss in the six months to 31 August, the group’s owner Famous Brands has admitted.

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    News

    Crosstown opens eighth site

    2018-09-25T08:10:00Z

    Crosstown, the artisan doughnut and speciality coffee concept, has opened its eighth store and first in the City.

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    News

    GBK appoints new marketing director

    2018-07-27T08:42:00Z

    Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK), the Famous Brands-owned chain, has appointed Jay James as its new marketing director on an interim basis.

  • Burger King UK CEO Alasdair Murdoch
    Opinion

    Return of the king

    2018-07-18T08:13:00Z

    Alasdair Murdoch, the man who turned around Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK), is now looking to do the same with the c500-strong Burger King UK business. He talks to Mark Wingett about changing people’s perceptions about the brand and the challenges he faces in doing so

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    News

    Cote signs up for Basingstoke

    2018-07-11T08:22:00Z

    Côte, the BC Partners-backed group, is opening at Basingstoke’s Festival Place shopping centre.

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    News

    Gill steps down from GBK

    2018-06-21T08:45:00Z

    Steve Gill has stepped down as HR director of GBK after nearly seven years with the Famous Brands-owned chain.

  • Opinion

    Concept Watch: Crosstown

    2018-04-19T08:30:00Z

    Crosstown’s focused offer of artisan doughnuts and speciality coffee has seen it confidently grow from a start-up to an established brand. Co-founder JP Then discusses the brand’s origins and staying in a fast-evolving high street. Finn Scott-Delany reports

  • Analysis & Insight

    Gender pay gap reporting: A sector overview

    2018-04-06T15:54:00Z

    Gender pay gap reporting has been dominating the headlines this week. With the deadline now passed, what were the numbers reported by some of the biggest players in the eating and drinking out market? MCA takes a look

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    Crosstown Doughnuts to open all-vegan outlet

    2018-02-28T08:24:00Z

    Crosstown Doughnuts is to open its seventh permanent site, and its first vegan-only outlet, in Marylebone, London next month.

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    News

    Hills swaps CDG for Burger King UK

    2018-02-23T08:43:00Z

    Lizzi Hills has stepped down from the Casual Dining Group Burger King UK as its new strategic finance director

  • News

    Busaba appoints Phillips as new ops director

    2018-02-13T08:36:43.087Z

    Steve Phillips has joined Busaba Eathai as its new operations director

  • Burger King UK CEO Alasdair Murdoch
    News

    Murdoch named Burger King UK CEO

    2018-01-20T19:02:00Z

    Alasdair Murdoch, who stepped down from GBK at the end of last year, is to become chief executive of Burger King UK

  • Eating out
    News

    MCA’s Big Fat Review of the Year

    2017-12-22T08:13:00Z

    From Admiral’s acquisition to Zizzi’s tie-up with Sainsbury’s, we present a potted history of 2017

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    News

    Leon strengthens team ahead of further expansion

    2017-12-18T08:24:00Z

    Leon has strengthened its management team with three new appointments

  • News

    Famous Brands appoints new GBK MD

    2017-12-13T08:36:35.707Z

    Famous Brands has appointed a new management team for Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK), including a new managing director – Derrian Nadauld

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    H1 F&B sales at British Land centres up 0.9%

    2017-11-16T08:23:00Z

    British Land has said food and beverage was the strongest performing category across its retail estate, with sales up 0.9% in the six months to 30 September.

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    News

    Murdoch to step down as GBK CEO

    2017-11-09T08:47:00Z

    Alasdair Murdoch is to step down as the chief executive of Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) at the end of this year

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    News

    GBK and Let’s Sushi set for Meadowhall

    2017-10-30T07:40:00Z

    GBK and local operator Let’s Sushi are to join the line-up at the Oasis Dining Quarter in Sheffield’s Meadowhall scheme

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    Opinion

    The shape of things to come

    2017-10-09T07:40:00Z

    Operators are constantly looking for innovative ways to grow their estate, footfall and offering. Benoit Broch, at Livingbridge, looks at trends that may shape hospitality businesses of the future.