All Strada articles – Page 13
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News
Tragus to enhance sales anaylsis
Tragus, the operator of Café Rouge, Strada and Bella Italia, is to enhance its sales analysis function
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OpinionTaking Tragus forward
Mark Wingett talks to Tragus chief executive John Derkach about his first year at the helm of the Café Rouge, Strada and Bella Italia operator. The former Costa Coffee managing director talks about how Bella is primed for growth, Café Rouge is going through a process of reinvigoration and working to make Strada special again, while touching on some wider sector issues
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NewsTragus makes senior marketing appointment
Tragus has appointed Victoria Searl to the new role of director of marketing for its Cafe Rouge, Belgo and concessions formats, M&C Report has learnt
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OpinionThe investment case
At four o’clock last Wednesday morning the deal for Cote, which had been nearly a year in the making, finally got over the line. Many had questioned whether it would actually happen, with rumours of a parked process and complications over finding a chairman, but there was always a sense that this was one deal that would go through. So what next for the brand and for the leisure sector as a whole and what further opportunities are on the horizon?
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NewsCBPE completes Cote acquisition
CBPE, the private equity firm that was once part of Close Brothers investment bank, is understood to have completed the acquisition of Cote, the Richard Caring-backed French brasserie chain, early this morning in a deal thought to be worth around £100m
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NewsBenito’s Hat secures fifth site
Benito’s Hat Mexican Kitchen, the London-based restaurant chain, has secured a fifth site in London and is in legals on its first unit outside the capital
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Weekend Press
Weekend press round-up, 31 August-1 September
RestaurantsCote tempts new suitorRichard Caring is edging closer to a deal to sell his Cote brasserie chain for about £100m. CBPE, the private equity firm that was once part of Close Brothers investment bank, is in talks to buy the 45-strong chain.It has leapfrogged Bridgepoint, a rival firm best known ...
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Weekend Press
Bank Holiday weekend press round-up, 24-26 August
RestaurantsFood police lose fight to outlaw rare beefburgersBeefburgers cooked rare can remain on restaurant menus after a judge rejected claims by food watchdogs that they are a health risk. A wine bar and restaurant chain had been told to stop serving the burgers unless they took certain safety precautions. The ...
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NewsGiggling Squid to make Midlands debut
Giggling Squid, the fast-growing Thai restaurant chain, has secured a further two sites, including its first in the Midlands, a key step towards its plans to have a national presence
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News
People 1st partners Tragus on unemployed scheme
Sector skills council, People 1st, and Tragus have announced a partnership that will help unemployed people find work
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News
Benito’s Hat to strengthen City presence
Benito’s Hat Mexican Kitchen, the London-based restaurant chain, is believed to be in talks on securing two further sites in the City
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News
New marketing director for Bella and Strada
Tragus has appointed Hilary Mendelson as its new director of marketing & food development across its Bella Italia and Strada brands
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NewsTragus confirms Blake at Cafe Rouge MD
Tragus has confirmed the appointment of Peter Blake as managing director of its Café Rouge and Belgo chains with immediate effect
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Opinion
Tragus execs go ‘back to the floor’
Top executives at Tragus went back to the shop floor last Friday as part of a pledge that saw the company raise £131k for charity
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Opinion
Smith swaps Spirit HR role for Tragus
Catherine Smith has left Spirit Pub Company, where she was head of resourcing and central HR to join Tragus
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News
Bird takes permanent Moss Bros role
Jemima Bird, the former marketing director at Tragus, has joined menswear retailer Moss Bros on a permanent basis
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News
Strada launches “biggest ever menu change”
Strada, the Tragus-owned chain, has launched what it is calling its “biggest ever menu change”
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Analysis & Insight
That one needs a bit longer
Last week, I was lucky enough to be invited to the US Embassy to talk with the country’s franchise expert over here to discuss not only the growing focus of US burger chains on the UK, but also look at the full range of concepts looking at crossing the pond
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News
Strada appoints new exec chef
Strada, the Tragus-owned brand, has appointed Italian-born Nico Tortorelli as its new executive chef
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Diary
Diary: Strada, Hawksmoor, Robinsons
This week’s Diary includes Strada’s clever discounting, meatfest heading for London, a publican becomes Lord of the Inn, and a new era for M&C.