All PizzaExpress articles – Page 20
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Pizza Express to re-brand cook at home range
Pizza Express is updating its supermarket food range with new artwork and refreshed branding for the pizzas, pastas, dressings, garlic bread and dough balls
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Analysis & InsightAre feathers about to fly?
Joe Lutrario, deputy editor of Restaurant magazine, reports back on his visit to Reys and says that PizzaExpress has made a play for Nando’s territory with a more grown-up chicken concept in Cambridge city centre.
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Odeon trials in-cinema pizza with Croma
Croma, the Manchester-based pizzeria, has signed a deal with Odeon cinemas to trial a pizzeria pop-up inside the cinema at Manchester’s Trafford Centre
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NewsPizzaExpress CEO says chicken concept ‘has legs’
PizzaExpress chief executive Richard Hodgson has said he is pleased with the performance of the first site for its chicken concept, Reys, and says it “definitely has legs”.
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NewsPizzaExpress reports FY lfls up 5.6% in UK
PizzaExpress has reported UK like-for-like sales up 5.6% for the year to 28 June, with turnover rising 9.5% to £427.7m.
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NewsCote reviews tipping policy
Cote is to become the latest sector operator to make changes to its policy regarding the service charge and tipping
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Reys already eyeing expansion opportunities
Reys, the new rotisserie chicken-led concept, which is backed by PizzaExpress, is already looking at expansion opportunities.
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NewsItsu secures new £40m funding package
Itsu has secured a refinancing package from HSBC worth £40m to fund its “ambitious international expansion plans”
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PizzaExpress seeks marketing director
PizzaExpress is seeking a new marking director, after Charlotte Maxwell steeped down as its commercial director
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Analysis & InsightWage wars
At a time when people are the “magic dust” that divides an evenly matched sector, a number of companies have started to factor in increased investment on attracting and retaining staff. With others likely to follow, what will suffer, expansion plans or refurbishment targets? And will the issue finally force the Government to create a more level playing field with the supermarkets on tax?
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NewsPizzaExpress: Delivery, Reys, acquisitions, overseas concepts
M&C talks to Richard Hodgson, chief executive of the Hony Capital-backed PizzaExpress, about the group’s move into the delivery market; the potential for its chicken-led concept Reys; scope for acquisitions and introducing Far East-based brands into the UK
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NewsFY EBITDA up 32.7% at Itsu
Itsu has reported that “soaring demand for healthier choices” led to a 32.7% increase in its EBITDA to £6.9m for the year to the 1 January 2015
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Analysis & InsightLogical step, logistical nightmare?
PizzaExpress arguably made one of the most significant steps in its 50 year history last week when it launched delivery in two of its London sites. It is a logical move for the company, but as it looks to build share in a c£1.1bn market can it take on the logistical and marketing giant that is Domino’s?
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Weir joins Ruth & Robinson
Sarah Weir, former operations director at Davy’s, is to head up Ruth & Robinson, the Imbiba-backed, fledgling Brooklyn-inspired bar concept
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NewsPizzaExpress begins Delivered rollout
PizzaExpress has begun the rollout of its new delivery offer Delivered into a number of its sites in central London before an eventual national rollout
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Bluewater restaurants gear up for peak trading times
Restauranteurs at Bluewater shopping centre in Kent are preparing for the busiest trading period in the run up to Christmas and the new year by growing their staff
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Analysis & InsightIn the market
It is fair to say that the Kaye family knew the value of trading in a market town. Fast forward 10 years and with central London’s property market running too hot for the majority of sector businesses, a new generation of operators are increasingly finding comfort in the UK’s market towns.
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PizzaExpress appoints new people director
PizzaExpress, the Hony Capital-backed group, has appointed former Costa director Suzie Welch as its new people director
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Analysis & InsightThe MOD principle
On the back of yesterday’s announcement that MOD Pizza is to launch in the UK in partnership with Sir Charles Dunstone, M&C looks back on the talk co-founder Scott Svenson gave at last year’s Restaurant conference. Svenson touched on the state of the US pizza market, the story behind MOD – its development, ethos and people-led culture
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Analysis & InsightKing of the pack
Almost two years on from its change in ownership, there is a steely determination from founder Tom Byng and his team to make sure Byron remains a proper restaurant business that is sustainable for many years