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Tragus enters new era as Casual Dining Group
Tragus is set to enter a new era under the name the Casual Dining Group (CDG), which will see it open 70 restaurants over the next few years
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Cafe Rouge manager collects top award
Cafe Rouge manager Alper Zan has been named the Academy of Food & Wine Service’s UK Restaurant Manager of the Year 2014
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Tragus to explore franchise route
Tragus, the Steve Richards-led group, is to explore expanding both its Café Rouge and Bella Italia brands internationally, M&C Report understands.
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Tragus makes senior management changes
Tragus has completed the re-organisation of its management team, with James Spragg set to return to the company as managing director of Café Rouge and Andrew Walker, the former managing director of Pret A Manger UK, appointed to the newly-created role of managing director of business development
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Carbon initiative reduces Tragus' energy consumption by 9%
Tragus Group, the restaurant operator group, has implemented a carbon reduction initiative from Carbon Statement to achieve a 9% saving in energy across its estate
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Tragus loses Poulet Rouge copyright challenge
Tragus has lost its challenge to stop restaurateur Steven Novak using the name Poulet Rouge on the grounds that it’s too similar to its Cafe Rouge brand
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Osmond completes £37m Strada acquisition
Tragus is to embark on its next stage of growth after completing the £37m sale of Strada to Hugh Osmond’s Sun Capital Partners vehicle
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Caffe Concerto secures flagship Café Rouge site
Caffe Concerto has secured a further central London site after acquiring the Café Rouge unit near Leicester Square
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First central London Bella gets new look
The first Bella Italia in central London to be refurbished into the new look for the brand has opened at the site in Irving Street
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Sales improve at Strada
Strada, the Tragus-owned chain, which is currently on the market, has seen a return to “healthy” like-for-like sales growth over the last month
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PizzaExpress secures prime West End site
PizzaExpress, the Hony Capital-backed chain, has secured a prime site in London’s West End from Tragus
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Bella Italia reports gelato cart success
Bella Italia, the Tragus-owned brand, has reported success with initial trading at its gelato cart, with customers buying 100 litres of the ice cream in the first week since its introduction at the Reading site
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Osmond 'eyes Strada bid'
Hugh Osmond, the high-profile sector investor who founded Punch Taverns and floated PizzaExpress, is lining up a bid for restaurant chain Strada, according to the Sunday Times
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Brand watch: Bella Italia
M&C Report talks to Nick White, managing director of Tragus’ Bella Italia brand, at the latest Bella to receive investment at Reading’s Oracle centre.
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Bella Italia to rollout Gelato Carts
Tragus, the Apollo Global Management-backed group, is to rollout “Gelato Carts” into all of its c90-strong Bella Italia restaurants as part of the new look for the brand
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Tragus welcomes 50th apprentice
Tragus Group, the restaurant operator group, has taken on its 50th employee to join its new company-wide apprenticeship programme, run in partnership with hospitality apprenticeship provider Apprentice 1st
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Zolfo: Large number of expressions of interest in Strada
The advisor handling the sale process for Strada has said it has had a large number of highly credible expressions of interest in the business, which is valued at £40m
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Tragus gets landlord support for CVA
Tragus has received support from 85-90% of landlords and creditors in regards to a Company Voluntary Agreement (CVA), which will see the company shed up to 40 sites from its Café Rouge and Bella Italia estate.
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Suitors eye Strada rump
Suitors bidding for the 56-strong Strada brand, which was put up for sale by Tragus last week, are set to bid on the rump of the group’s estate, with up to 15 individual site sales expected to go through over the next few weeks, M&C Report understands
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Tragus sets CVA deadline
Tragus landlords and creditors have been given a deadline of 20 June to vote on CVA proposals for the company