Casual Dining

Turtle Bay toasts record sales with like-for-like growth of 32.6%

Turtle Bay toasts 'record year'

By Shwetali Sapte

Turtle Bay has reported record sales of £90.1m for the year ended 2 April 2023, up 5.5% on the prior year.

Eating out market remains stagnant according to Lumina Intelligence data

Eating out market remains stagnant

By Shwetali Sapte

The eating out market remains stagnant year-on-year, with weekly eating out frequency and penetration remaining unchanged due to the cost of living crisis, according to Lumina Intelligence.

Yousif Aslam co-founder and managing director of Heavenly Desserts on honing your business model and why he wants VAT reduced

How I Got Here: Yousif Aslam

By James McAllister

The co-founder and managing director of Heavenly Desserts, which operates around 50 sites across the UK and Canada, on honing his business model and why he wants VAT reduced.

Harry Lobek London Shell Co. co-founder on pairing champagne and crisps

Uncorked: Harry Lobek

By Joe Lutrario

The London Shell Co. co-founder on pairing champagne and crisps, why Greece is an underrated wine region, and drinking a Chateau Palmer 1990 from the pavement having dropped it.

Prezzo restructuring approved by High Court

Prezzo restructuring approved by High Court

By James McAllister

Prezzo’s restructuring plan, which saw it close nearly a third of its estate earlier this year, has been approved by High Court, marking the end of the group’s ‘strategic reshaping’.

Pret expands in Dubai

Pret expands in Dubai

By Finn Scott-Delany

Pret a Manger is expanding its operations in Dubai with two new shops opening this week and a further three planned by the end of the year.

Antonio Alderuccio founder and chef patron at Plant Club in Newington Green, London, on his childhood love of restaurants

How I Got Here: Antonio Alderuccio

By James McAllister

The founder and chef patron at Plant Club in Newington Green, London, on his childhood love of restaurants, being paid a fair wage, and learning from a costly business decision.

San Carlo Italian restaurant group sees turnover rise

San Carlo toasts turnover boost

By Restaurant

Turnover for Italian restaurant group San Carlo has risen by 137% to £68.9m, up from £29.1m the year before.

The Restaurant Group shakes up senior team amid investor pressure

TRG shakes up senior team amid investor pressure

By Restaurant

The Restaurant Group (TRG) has announced changes to its senior team, with a new CFO announced and an overhaul of management in the group’s Leisure & Concessions division.

Fulham Shore takeover by Japanese food conglomerate Toridoll voted through

Fulham Shore takeover deal voted through

By Georgi Gyton

Fulham Shore’s acquisition by Japanese food conglomerate Toridoll for £93.4m has been approved by shareholders at a Court Meeting and General Meeting held on Friday (9 June).

Yard Sale Pizza explores options to take the brand forward after appointing advisors

Yard Sale explores options for growth

By Finn Scott-Delany

Neighbourhood pizza shop concept Yard Sale Pizza has appointed advisors as it considers 'a number of potential options' to grow the brand further.

Restaurant radar: June 2023

Restaurant radar: June 2023

By James McAllister

This month's key openings include the new venture from husband-and-wife duo Joshua and Victoria Overington, Gunpowder founder Harneet Baweja's latest Indian restaurant concept, and a fifth UK site for Bundobust.

Tonkotsu co founder Emma Reynolds discusses her career in restaurants

How I Got Here: Emma Reynolds

By James McAllister

The co-founder of ramen chain Tonkotsu on cost pressures, trusting your gut, and her first restaurant job.

Turtle Bay reaches 50 site milestone with new London Camden restaurant

Turtle Bay reaches 50 site milestone

By James McAllister

Caribbean-inspired restaurant group Turtle Bay will open its 50th UK site in August in Camden, which will also mark the brand’s first outpost in north London.

Whitbread considering sale of restaurant brands Beefeater Brewers Fayre and Bar + Block

Whitbread considering sale of restaurant brands

By James McAllister

Whitbread is understood to be exploring the potential sale of part of its £700m pub and restaurant arm in order to focus its efforts on its Premier Inn hotel chain.

Mizon founder Eyal Shani has opened mediterranean and Israeli restaurant Lilienblum

Latest opening: Lilienblum

By Restaurant

Mizon founder Eyal Shani continues his march on the London food scene with his new Shoreditch restaurant.