All Pizza Hut UK articles – Page 13
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Opinion
Work ethic has reaped rewards
The rags to riches story of Comptoir Libanais founder Tony Kitous is inspirational – and, as Dominic Walsh discovers, he is worthy of such good fortune. But the Algerian still has big plans including the openings of more Comptoirs and Shawas, using the £8m war chest gleaned from a recent IPO
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News
Five Guys strengthens regional pipeline
Five Guys, the fast-growing burger concept, has continued to strengthen its regional openings pipeline as it looks to open c30 sites this year
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News
Stonegate wins HR award
Stonegate Pub Company has been awarded Best Learning and Development Strategy at the HR Excellence Awards.
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NewsPrezzo appoints Freathy as Chimichanga MD
Prezzo has appointed Morag Freathy, formerly of Compass, as managing director of its Tex-Mex brand Chimichanga
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News
Pizza Hut launches Bacon Stuffed Crust in the UK
Pizza Hut has brought the Bacon Stuffed Crust to the UK with a launch across its c270 restaurants
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Analysis & Insight
Piece of the pie
US pizza chains are enjoying a resurgence in consumption, thanks to answering nationwide calls for quality and uniqueness says Darren Tristano of Technomic
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News
Five minutes with…. Raphael Miolane, Pizza Hut Delivery
This week, MCA takes five minutes with Raphael Miolane, chief executive of Pizza Hut UK & Ireland. He talks about Pizza Hut’s people focus, the implications of competition in the hospitality sector on real estate and why we can all learn a lot from Pampers
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News
Pizza Hut launches “beer pizzas”
Pizza Hut has come up with a brilliant idea to keep Britain’s beer-lovers happy - a pizza base made with craft beer dough
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NewsPizza Hut Express ‘a hidden gem’
Raphael Miolane, chief executive of Pizza Hut UK & Ireland, has described the group’s fledgling grab and go format as its “hidden gem that we are now polishing”.
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NewsPizza Hut defers sale
Rutland Partners has deferred its sale of Pizza Hut Restaurants after deciding now is not the right time to “derive fair value” from the group’s success, MCA has learnt.
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NewsBill's appoints Mark Fox as CEO
Bill’s Restaurants has appointed Mark Fox, the former managing director of Starbucks UK, as its new chief executive
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Pizza Hut Delivery invests £40m to add 200 stores
Pizza Hut Delivery has announced plans to invest £40m in opening 200 new take away stores in the UK & Ireland over the next four years, with its Express format to form a major tranche of the growth.
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OpinionWho is going to stick their neck out?
The endgame in Tesco’s often uneasy ownership of Giraffe has begun and speculation over who will take the restaurant chain off the retailer’s hands – for a sum far from the £48.5m it paid - is gathering pace. However, is there still a business or brand left that is worth acquiring or as we are seeing with La Tasca and Strada, is it the pull of a guaranteed pipeline that is the real draw?
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News
MOD Pizza secures debut UK site
MOD Pizza, the fast casual artisan pizza concept backed by Sir Charles Dunstone, will make its UK debut at the start of June in Leeds
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News
Hollis swaps Cote for Malmaison
Stephen Hollis, who stepped down as operations director for Cote last month, has been appointed to the same role at boutique hotel operator Malmaison, MCA understands. Hollis had been with Cote since June 2014, and previously spent seven years at Nando’s, where he was regional director for north London. Before ...
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NewsTortilla secures debut site in Scotland
Tortilla, the Richard Morris-led, Quilvest-backed group, is to open its first restaurant in Scotland at the Silverburn shopping centre
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OpinionCentury maker
As Bella Italia, the Casual Dining Group (CDG)-owned brand gears up to open its one hundredth restaurant this week, Mark Wingett takes a closer look at the turnaround of the fast-growing concept. At the same time, are the Kaye family set to provide another success story with Wildwood-operator, Tasty?
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NewsEx-Cote owner in Pizza Hut running
CBPE, the former owner of Cote is amongst a group of four parties reportedly in the running to acquire Pizza Hut Restaurants, which was placed on the market in February
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Analysis & InsightHad their fill?
Did the recovery in the wider economy mean that timing was always against Red Hot World Buffet emerging from the swathe of all-you-can-eat buffet operators that sprung up during the downturn? At the same time, Mark Wingett looks at the upcoming change at the top at Young’s and whether anyone will take up the challenge of unlocking the potential of Loch Fyne from Greene King.
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Analysis & InsightTraining day for a new golden generation
Many of the leading lights of today’s eating and drinking out sector consider themselves the products of a golden age of training, in which the future development of the individual was considered as important as short-term gains to the business. But, has that culture of personal development filtered through to the current generation?