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Mitchells & Butlers acquires Pesto Restaurants
The managed pub and restaurant operator has completed the acquisition of the Italian-inspired 10-strong tapas concept for no more than £15m, as the group reported “strong profit recovery” in the first half of the year
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Pesto appoints MD
Former Mission Mars director of operations Menesh Modhwadia has joined Pesto as managing director.
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Darren Traynor swaps Pesto for Chopstix
Chopstix Group has appointed Darren Traynor as its new operations director, MCA has learnt.
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Pesto to open 11th site, in Chester
Pesto Restaurants is to open its next site in Chester, at the former Yacht Inn on Parkgate Road in Woodbank.
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Pesto appoints Traynor as ops director
Pesto Restaurants has appointed former Greene King operations manager Darren Traynor as operations director.
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Traynor joins Pesto as ops director
Darren Traynor, formerly of Orchid Group and Greene King, has joined Pesto as its new operations director
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Pesto secures 10th site
Pesto, the Italian pub and restaurant group led by Neil Gatt and Sara Edwards, has secured it tenth site.
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Pesto secures 9th site; FY sales up 21%
Pesto, the Italian pub and restaurant group led by Neil Gatt and Sara Edwards, has secured its first site in east Cheshire – its ninth in total.
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Analysis & Insight
Gatt’s the way to do it
Having introduced Brits to ‘tapas’ dining at La Tasca, Neil Gatt is now pursuing the continuing roll out of Pesto – the chain of small-plate Italian restaurants that he launched back in 2006.
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Pesto eyes further growth
Pesto is hopeful of adding two further sites, both based in the Midlands, to its Pesto in a Pub estate before the end of 2015
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Pesto reveals second partnership with Marston’s
Pesto Restaurants has secured its second site with Marston’s, co-owner Neil Gatt has told M&C Report.
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Latest Pesto breaks records; company eyes “many more”
Pesto, the Italian pub and restaurant group led by Neil Gatt and Sara Edwards, is celebrating the opening of the latest Pesto in a Pub at the Dicconson Arms in Lancashire, after taking £30k in its first week. Pesto, which currently operates six pubs and one restaurant at the Trafford ...
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Pesto secures lease on Marston’s pub in Lancashire
Pesto Restaurants has secured the lease of a Marston’s pub to open its first site in Lancashire.
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Five Guys secures trio of sites
Five Guys UK, the popular US burger chain, is understood to have secured three new sites, including its first in Scotland.
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Pesto could exceed 100 sites
Pesto, the north west-based pub and restaurant chain led by La Tasca founder Neil Gatt, could expand beyond 100 sites and may look at freehold acquisitions, Gatt has told M&C Report
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Pesto looks south
Pesto, the north west-based pub and restaurant chain led by La Tasca founder Neil Gatt, plans to focus more on openings in southern England and expects to fall short of its 10-site openings target for 2014
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Pesto to exit Spirit pubs
Pesto in the Pub, the north west-based pub and restaurant chain led by La Tasca founder Neil Gatt, is to exit its two Spirit Pub Company sites after neither company was happy with the returns
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TGI secures Pesto site
TGI Friday’s has secured its first site in Liverpool after exchanging on the Pesto restaurant site in the Liverpool One scheme
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Pesto to exit Liverpool One
Pesto, the north west-based pub and restaurant chain led by La Tasca founder Neil Gatt, is to exit its restaurant site in the Liverpool One scheme
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Pesto secures Star pub
Pesto, the north west-based pub and restaurant chain led by La Tasca founder Neil Gatt, has continued its expansion by securing a Star Pubs & Bars leasedhold site in the West Midlands, M&C Report has learnt