All Loungers articles – Page 14

  • News

    Growth Index nominations open

    2016-12-01T08:38:00Z

    MCA is once again teaming up with leading advisory firm AlixPartners to identify the top 50 private firms with the fastest-growing profits in the UK eating and drinking-out sector.

  • News

    Peach appoints new FD

    2016-11-11T08:40:03.470Z

    Peach Pubs has appointed a Julie Centracchio, formerly of JD Wetherspoon, as its new finance director, as Joe Gartwaite departs the business.

  • News

    Operators confirmed for Oldham

    2016-09-26T07:28:00Z

    Oldham Council has confirmed that GBK, Loungers and Nando’s are to launch flagship restaurants at its £36.7m Old Town Hall development

  • Mark Stretton
    Analysis & Insight

    Notes on progress of the sector

    2016-09-23T08:35:00Z

    Former MCA editor Mark Stretton looks at the changes and similarities of the past decade

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    News

    Loungers to review options

    2016-09-22T16:48:00Z

    Loungers has appointed advisors to review its future investment options, which is expected to lead to a sale of the business

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    News

    Loungers lfls up 4.8% post Brexit

    2016-09-20T08:12:00Z

    Loungers, the Nick Collins-led café/bar/restaurant group, posted like-for-like sales for the 12 weeks post Brexit of 4.8%

  • News

    Cosy Club to open in Liverpool One

    2016-09-12T08:10:27.780Z

    Loungers is to open a Cosy Club in the Liverpool One development in December.

  • News

    Bistrot Pierre confirms Sutton Coldfield opening

    2016-09-01T08:31:08.917Z

    Bistrot Pierre, the Livingbridge-backed group, has confirmed it will open in the Mulberry Walk development in Mere Green, Sutton Coldfield, in February.

  • News

    Grillshed founder eyes 15-20 sites

    2016-08-25T08:32:00Z

    Joby Mortimer, the UK on-trade sales director for Budvar, has told MCA he would like to grow his Californian smokehouse concept, Grillshed, to 15-20 sites.

  • Analysis & Insight

    Cosy Club in the comfort zone

    2016-08-19T16:18:08.943Z

    Loungers co-founder Jake Bishop talks to James Wallin about what the future holds for Cosy Club, why the brand is able to outpace the competition and explains the Loungers version of top trumps.

  • Analysis & Insight

    The importance of being innovative and adding value

    2016-08-15T07:47:00Z

    So what type of foodservice proposition would you develop? This is a question I get asked a couple of times a year and is not, always that easy to answer (the nature of the questioner can have a bearing)

  • News

    Bistrot Pierre strengthens pipeline

    2016-08-05T08:45:03.377Z

    Bistrot Pierre has further strengthened its openings pipeline, after securing a site in Mere Green, West Midlands

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    News

    Loungers appoints new FD

    2016-08-02T08:35:00Z

    Loungers has appointed Chris Guy, currently strategic finance director at the Casual Dining Group, as its new finance director

  • News

    Loungers in post-Brexit “soul-searching” over pipeline

    2016-07-29T16:27:00Z

    Loungers co-founder and Cosy Club managing director Jake Bishop has told MCA landlords are already taking a more pro-active approach to investing in new launches as a result of Brexit.

  • News

    Cosy Club scope “limitless”

    2016-07-29T08:12:14.043Z

    Jake Bishop, managing director of Cosy Club, has told MCA the ultimate scope for the brand is “limitless” and said his goal is to follow in the footsteps of the currently 70-strong Lounge sister brand but with a clearly defined separate identity.

  • News

    Dodd to become MD of Fuller’s Beer Company

    2016-07-28T07:09:00Z

    Fuller’s has appointed Simon Dodd to the position of managing director of its Beer Company

  • News

    Dodd steps down from Fuller’s

    2016-07-20T08:05:00Z

    Simon Dodd has stepped down as operations director of Fuller’s Premium City division after a year and a half with the company

  • Analysis & Insight

    The song remains the same

    2016-06-27T08:28:00Z

    Slowing like-for-like sales, a heated property market, the continuing impact of the NLW and the growing importance/influence of delivery meant the UK’s eating and drinking-out sector was already facing a challenging period before the uncertainty caused by the EU referendum decision

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    News

    Bishop to become Cosy Club MD

    2016-06-08T10:58:00Z

    Loungers has appointed operations director Jake Bishop as managing director of its Cosy Club brand

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    News

    Costa launches in-store ‘selfie zones’

    2016-05-06T08:19:00Z

    Customers at Costa are being encouraged to pout for the camera with the launch of new ‘selfie zones’ in selected stores