All Loungers articles – Page 4
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NewsLoungers secures fourth site for Brightside
Its new roadside dining concept will debut on the A38, south of Exeter, early next year, with two further sites lined up in the South West of England
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InterviewsLoungers: ‘Brightside will be distinctly different from competition’
While the roll-out of a branded offering is something new for the café-bar and restaurant operator, founder and chairman Alex Reilley tells MCA the roadside concept has great potential and will offer an experience worth stopping for.
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NewsLoungers launches roadside concept
The new restaurant brand, called Brightside, is designed to reinvigorate roadside dining in the UK, with the first location to open near Exeter, in February, and two further sites planned for the spring
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NewsOpenings of the week
MCA rounds up this week’s biggest openings stories, featuring new launches from Big Mamma Group, Pacha Group, Loungers, and more
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NewsLoungers appoints marketing director
Kate Lister, former marketing director for Ole and Steen. has joined the Loungers team
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NewsLoungers delivers 17% growth in like-for-likes
The all-day operator continued to significantly outperform the market against the backdrop of macroeconomic challenges, which it said was testament to the relevance and resilience of its brands.
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NewsLoungers’ Alex Reilley highlights ‘obscene’ energy price rises
The business, which hedged its energy costs last May, until 2024, said entering a hedge today would have cost it an extra £17m
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NewsLoungers: ‘We see lots of opportunity in London’
Openings in Greater London this year to far exceed FY21/22, with its property pipeline remaining “very well advanced”, chief executive Nick Collins has said
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InterviewsLoungers: ‘The pipeline has never been stronger’
The Lounge and Cosy Club operator is confident it can achieve its larger roll-out target, and is opening sites better than ever, chief executive Nick Collins told MCA
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NewsLoungers appoints chief people officer
Guy Youll will join the business in the autumn and lead the people side of the business, building on “the important work we have done this year”
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NewsLoungers reports record full year sales
The group achieved revenues of £237m for the 52 weeks to 17 April 2022 and has increased its openings target from 25 to 30 sites per year
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NewsLoungers appoints interim people director
Claire Clarke, previously group human resources director at The Big Table Group, has joined the cafe, bar and restaurant operator
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NewsLoungers delivers records sales
The 164-strong cafe-bar operator continues to “significantly outperform” the market, with like-for-like sales up 17.7% in the 40 weeks to 20 February
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InterviewsHero Award: The determination of Lounges’ Antony Doyle ‘never wavered’
In the latest of a series of articles profiling nominees for MCA’s Hero Award at the Retailers’ Retailer Awards, we speak to Lounge café bars’ MD Justin Carter about why he nominated ops director Antony Doyle.
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InterviewsLoungers on elevating Cosy Club
Following Loungers’ half year results, CEO Nick Collins talks to MCA about price elasticity, mobile ordering and elevating the Cosy Club
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NewsLoungers sees lfls up +23% since May reopening
Revenue has almost doubled in the 24 weeks to 3 October 2021, to £102.4m, compared to 2020 figures, with Loungers continuing to outperform the market.
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NewsLoungers: ‘The scale of the opportunity has been enhanced’
For a long-time Loungers has talked about the scope for 400 Lounges and 100 Cosy Clubs in the UK, but according to CEO Nick Collins, those numbers are ”very conservative now”.
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NewsLoungers achieves 'significant outperformance of market'
Loungers has seen like-for-like sales up 27% since reopening its restaurants on 17 May, compared with the same 20-week period in 2019.
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NewsLoungers opens its 150th Lounge site
The latest opening in Ringwood forms part of Loungers ongoing expansion, taking its total estate to 181 sites.
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Analysis & InsightCashless society
The pandemic may have accelerated the abandonment of cash as a preferred method of payment, but should operators be ditching it all together? MCA’s deputy editor Georgi Gyton explores the issue