All PizzaExpress articles – Page 17

  • News

    PizzaExpress restructures operations team

    2016-07-22T08:29:00Z

    PizzaExpress has restructured its operations team, taking out the divisional director level and replacing it with five regional operational directors

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    Opinion

    Using your noodle

    2016-07-18T08:39:00Z

    Whilst the majority of the sector is finding the current climate challenging, Wagamama has gone back to its roots to come out of a period of stagnation and is now driving forward, reporting double-digit growth in the process

  • News

    Operators take home Good Housekeeping Awards

    2016-07-08T16:32:00Z

    Pizza Express and Costa Coffee have both triumphed in the twelfth annual Good Housekeeping Awards

  • 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

    Stonegate MD Cullum departs

    2016-06-21T08:45:00Z

    Tim Cullum has left his role as joint managing director of Stonegate, MCA understands.

  • News

    TRG appoints Nightingale as new CFO

    2016-06-15T07:07:00Z

    TRG has announced the appointment of Barry Nightingale, formerly of airline Monarch, as its new chief financial officer

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    Analysis & Insight

    Only 18% of top brands vary prices across country

    2016-06-03T08:27:00Z

    There are significant opportunities for the sector to use regional price differentiation as a way of offsetting rising costs, research by MCA has shown.

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    News

    ​CDG shuffles management team

    2016-06-01T06:01:00Z

    Casual Dining Group has shuffled its management team, including James Spragg moving from managing director of Café Rouge to the newly created role of chief operating officer for the wider business

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    News

    PizzaExpress signs up with Deliveroo

    2016-05-31T08:01:00Z

    Deliveroo has signed a deal to work with Pizza Express across its 460 restaurants.

  • News

    PizzaExpress to evolve Reys

    2016-05-27T16:26:35.733Z

    PizzaExpress is set to evolve the design and feel of its fledgling chicken concept Reys as it looks to open a further two sites under the format this autumn

  • News

    PizzaExpress appoints new CEO for China

    2016-05-27T16:26:13.197Z

    PizzaExpress has appointed one of the key men behind the launch of Starbucks in China to help it grow its estate in the country to 250 sites by 2020

  • News

    Hodgson: Firezza could be aggressively rolled out

    2016-05-27T08:19:00Z

    Richard Hodgson, chief executive of PizzaExpress, has told MCA that the company is currently deciding on whether it aggressively rolls out its Delivered concept or its recently acquired Firezza concept

  • News

    Private equity firms circle TRG

    2016-05-20T08:29:00Z

    Shares in The Restaurant Group (TRG) leapt by over 11% yesterday amid speculation that private equity groups were considering bids for the Frankie & Benny’s operator

  • Opinion

    Plural roles in the boardroom

    2016-05-13T16:23:45.453Z

    The profile of executives is changing according to PSD Group’s Flemming Hansen. Here he explains how this affects the make-up of non-executive positions in the powerhouses of businesses across the country and how anyone wanting such a post can make the most of the opportunities that await

  • News

    Randall & Aubin eyes further expansion opportunities

    2016-04-29T08:41:00Z

    James Storey has told MCA that he is looking at opportunities to open Randall & Aubin in further UK cities

  • News

    Lussmanns plans rapid expansion after Johnson investment

    2016-04-29T08:40:00Z

    Andrei Lussmann has told MCA that Luke Johnson’s investment in his eponymous fish & grill concept will allow it to ramp up expansion, with plans to add up to four restaurants next year.

  • News

    Johnson invests in Lussmanns Fish & Grill Restaurants

    2016-04-28T07:05:00Z

    Luke Johnson has invested in Lussmanns Fish & Grill, the Hertfordshire-based restaurant group, to further aid the expansion of the three-strong business

  • News

    Luke Johnson to chair Gaucho & CAU

    2016-04-21T09:16:00Z

    Serial sector investor Luke Johnson has been appointed as non-executive chairman of the Equistone-backed Gaucho chain and its sister brand CAU

  • News

    PizzaExpress appoints customer director

    2016-04-01T16:26:00Z

    PizzaExpress has further strengthened its management team with the appointment of Andrew Woodward as customer director

  • Opinion

    Familiar name is back in the hat

    2016-03-18T16:37:00Z

    Benito’s Hat founder Ben Fordham talks to Mark Wingett about stepping back into running the Mexican food concept, eyeing expansion after exiting underperforming sites and how the business is striving to remain unique in an increasingly competitive category