All Las Iguanas articles – Page 3
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NewsCasual Dining Group focused on developing new revenue streams
Casual Dining Group (CDG) is concentrating on developing new income streams such as delivery and digital, rather than boosting the size of its restaurant estate or launching new concepts, CEO Steve Richards told attendees at the Casual Dining Show yesterday.
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NewsAzzurri named casual dining group of the year
Azzurri Group, Wagamama, Oakman Inns, The New World Trading Co (NWTC), Dishoom and The Alchemist were among the winners at the Casual Dining Awards yesterday.
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Analysis & Insight'You can’t get away from burgers – people love a burger'
Bill Collison, the founder of casual dining chain Bill’s talks to MCA’ sister title Food Spark about how the business has been trying to revitalise the consumer experience, including mixing up the menu.
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NWTC named fifth best company to work for
The New World Trading Company has been named in the top 5 best companies to work for in the Sunday Times’ annual rankings.
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OpinionInterview with an innovator: Saiphin Moore
The sale of her stake in Rosa’s Thai Café has not sated the Saiphin Moore’s appetite for the restaurant business. As well as her Lao Café concept, she is developing new brand, Slurp. Here, she talks to Sarah Sharples, of MCA’s sister title, Food Spark, about how far Thai food has come in London since she landed 14 years ago, the dishes she is proud to have put on the menu and her disinterest in a Michelin star.
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NewsShelling out
Sri Lankan casual dining concept The Coconut Tree is putting roots down in the south-west and hopes to eventually go national.
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Analysis & InsightHow Sushi Daily plans to make it on the high street
Building on its existing empire of supermarket kiosks, the brand hopes to take things in a more experimental direction at its debut bricks-and-mortar site, as MCA’s sister title Food Spark finds out.
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NewsRhys Oldfield joins BabaBoom as backer; Jenkins and Fish depart
Be At One founder Rhys Oldfield has joined BabaBoom as a backer of the kebab restaurant concept, MCA has learnt.
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NewsDishoom appoints FD
Dishoom has appointed Stephen Neudegg, ex of Casual Dining Group as its finance director.
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Analysis & InsightGlobal menu trends for 2019
MCA’s sister title Food Spark asked its expert food panel what dishes, cuisines and technological innovations are going mainstream where they are in the world.
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Analysis & InsightLevel of promotions up 4% YOY during run up to Christmas
The number of promotional offers run by the Top 25 Branded Restaurants increased by 4% December, compared with the previous year, according to analysis by MCA. But, while promotional offers on food increased, drink-based deals fell.
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Analysis & Insight'There is an appetite for new Southeast Asian cuisine’
Lahpet co-founder Dan Anton talks to MCA’s sister title Food Spark about adapting to British tastes, popular dishes and where he’d like to open future sites.
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OpinionLines from a legend
With 50 years’ experience in the UK’s hospitality sector, primarily in the development of multiple successful branded restaurant concepts, Ian Neill was quite rightly honoured earlier this year with the inaugural lifetime achievement award at MCA’s Retailers’ Retailer of the Year Awards in March. The driving force behind the formative years of PizzaExpress and the growth of Wagamama from one site to 110 worldwide, recently sat down with Mark Wingett to discuss the current state of the market, delivery, the pub sector and of course a certain deal.
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Analysis & InsightThe dessert bars that are booming
Despite all the hype around healthy eating, consumers are still looking for indulgent treats. MCA’s sister-title Food Spark took a lot as some of the operators who are expanding on the dessert bar scene.
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Analysis & Insight‘Menus the size of posters are why some larger chains are having difficulty’
MCA’s sister-title Food Spark spoke to Pizza Pilgrim’s founders, brothers Thom and James Eliot, about their new City location and how street food made it okay for restaurants to do just one thing.
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Las Iguanas makes supermarket debut
Las Iguanas, the Casual Dining Group-owned, casual dining chain, has made its grocery debut with a chilled ready meals range.
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Analysis & InsightHow augmented reality could change delivery, eating out and retail
American company Kabaq is experimenting with putting food on the table before it’s even been bought. MCA’s sister title Food Spark speaks to them to find out more.
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Analysis & InsightInterview with an innovator: Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group’s Ed Loftus
The group F&B director talks to MCA’s sister title Food Spark about his hopes that more frequent menu changes, including experimental and regional dishes, will help get more customers through the door, and how he’s trying to drive sales volumes away from beef.
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NewsCafe Rouge trials Chef & Rooster virtual brand
Cafe Rouge, the Casual Dining Group brand, is trialling a new virtual brand, Chef & Rooster, at selected sites, MCA has learnt.
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Analysis & InsightThe street food operators innovating for the meatless market
As Kerb launches its first meat-free market, MCA’s sister title, Food Spark, talks to traders about the dishes that are exciting consumers.