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All Rare Restaurants articles
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InterviewsRare Restaurants’ Rising Star is ‘the heartbeat of the marketing department’
Social media manager Poppy Midgley’s creative campaigns have achieved significant ROI, marketing director Mark Sansom tells MCA, in the latest in a series of profiles on the Rising Star award finalists at the MCA Hospitality Awards
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NewsRare Restaurants sees turnover up but losses widen
Since the year end, the Gaucho restaurant operator has continued to ”outperform market measures”, with strong like-for-like growth through the Christmas period and a positive start to 2025, marketing director Mark Sansom tells MCA
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Analysis & InsightBrands can drive profitability through value message
Value is not about price, it is the experience you provide to your customers, MCA’s Restaurant Conference heard
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NewsMartin Williams leaves Rare Restaurants
He departs after six years, having assumed leadership of the steakhouse chain Gaucho after it was acquired out of administration in 2018
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NewsLarger chains report rebound this festive season
Smaller operators are braced for a difficult new year while bigger chains, such as Rare Restaurants and Hawksmoor, have seen bookings up by as much as 30%
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NewsGaucho hails ‘phenomenal’ regional recognition
The steakhouse restaurant group has won over influential customers outside London by supporting local charities and attracting high profile footballers and reality TV stars, CEO Martin Williams tells MCA
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NewsRare Restaurants achieves 30% rise in like-for-likes
The 23-strong restaurant group reported a 38% increase in group turnover in the year to 1 January 2023, versus 2022, with several new openings over the period
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NewsOpenings of the week
MCA rounds up this week’s biggest openings stories, featuring new venues from Gaucho, Dishoom, The Botanist, and more
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NewsRare Restaurants confirms two closures
The steak restaurant group has confirmed the closure of M in Victoria and Gaucho in Smithfield as it looks to optimise its portfolio, with like-for-like growth at 24%
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NewsGaucho announces record trading and three new openings
Turnover at the Argentinian steakhouse brand has increased from £55m to £73m over the past year
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NewsIn pictures: Gaucho’s new Liverpool restaurant
The Argentinian-inspired steak restaurant has opened its largest venue outside London in the former Bank of Liverpool building
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NewsMartin Williams: ‘London restaurants like mine need EU workers to succeed’
Writing in the Evening Standard, the Rare Restaurants CEO has called for politicians to stop “hiding behind their napkins”
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Analysis & InsightAre you missing out on sales because your restaurant isn’t dog-friendly?
During a cost of doing business crisis, Helen Gilbert examines whether pooch-friendly policies could help attract new clients
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NewsRare Restaurants appoints new non-exec
Former YO! CEO Vanessa Hall joins the group as a non-executive director as it gears up for a period of accelerated growth
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NewsRare Restaurants appoints Clearwater International
CEO Martin Williams has confirmed that advisors have been appointed to assess the group’s strategic options
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NewsOpenings of the week
MCA rounds up this week’s biggest openings stories, featuring new venues from Formula 1, Miznon, Gaucho, Daisy Green, and more
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NewsRare Restaurants’ owner turns around £11m loss
Parent company Lomo Topco has announced turnover for the group, which operates Gaucho and M Restaurants, of £53m for the 53 weeks to 2 January 2022, up from £29.6m in 2020
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Analysis & Insight‘Being sustainable is an ongoing journey’
Both Nando’s and Rare Restaurants are working toward a target of becoming net zero by 2030, but the work doesn’t stop there, MCA’s Restaurant Conference heard
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NewsIn pictures: MCA’s Restaurant Conference 2022
Taking place at on 22 September, the conference featured big name speakers from McDonald’s, Nando’s, The Wolseley Hospitality Group, JKS, Heart with Smart Group, Mowgli and Caravan
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Analysis & InsightOperators urge PM Truss to take action
As newly elected PM Liz Truss enters No 10, MCA speaks to the leaders of D&D London, Oakman Group, Punch Pubs and Hostmore about their key demands from the new government