Leon

Glenn Edwards departs Leon

02-Nov-2023 By Finn Scott-Delany

Leon managing director Glenn Edwards is stepping down from his role.

Asda to introduce Leon brand into its stores

01-Nov-2023 By Restaurant

The Leon brand will be found within Asda supermarkets in the future following the supermarket's acquisition of EG Group’s UK business for £2bn.

Leon to launch in Italy

02-Jun-2023 By James McAllister

Leon will open its first outpost in Italy later this year in Rome as part of a partnership between SSP Group and Italian rail station operator Grandi Stationi.

Issa brothers combine Asda and EG Group

31-May-2023 By Finn Scott-Delany

Asda has agreed to buy EG Group’s UK and Ireland operations for an enterprise value of £2.27bn, in a deal that will see it take ownership of the Leon brand.

Leon opens first location in south west of England

29-Mar-2023 By James McAllister

Healthy fast food brand Leon has opened its first location in the south west of England, on Stall Street in Bath.

Omnichannel Foodservice Conference to be held in December

08-Nov-2022 By Restaurant

The inaugural Omnichannel Foodservice Conference will now take place at the Pullman London St Pancras on 7 December, following planned disruption from rail strikes.

Leon announces three new London restaurants

19-Oct-2022 By Restaurant

Healthy fast food brand Leon is to open three new central London restaurants.

Nick Ayerst appointed Comptoir Group CEO

14-Oct-2022 By Restaurant

Comptoir Group has appointed former Leon managing director Nick Ayerst as its chief executive officer.

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The tech that drove LEON forward

22-Mar-2022 By Centegra

Cloud-based hospitality tech provider Centegra on its work with pioneering healthy fast food chain LEON.

Leon plans 50 UK openings for 2022

22-Dec-2021 By Georgi Gyton

Leon is to intensify the scale of its restaurant rollout, with more than 50 UK sites planned to open in 2022.

Leon to open a further 10 restaurants this year

27-Aug-2021 By Restaurant

Healthy fast food brand Leon will open a further 10 restaurants this year, owner EG Group has revealed.

Five Guys launches first UK drive-thru

03-Aug-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Five Guys has chosen Middlesbrough’s Teesside retail park for its first drive-thru restaurant.

Friday five: the week's top news stories

02-Jul-2021 By Restaurant

The 'unmanageable' test and trace system for hospitality businesses dominated this week's news stories, with restaurant businesses claiming it is creating a lockdown in all but name.

Leon plans first drive thru restaurant as it prepares for 'accelerated' UK expansion

28-Jun-2021 By James McAllister

Healthy fast food chain Leon has unveiled plans to open its first drive thru restaurant later this year in west Yorkshire.

Leon sold to EG Group for £100m

19-Apr-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Leon has been acquired by forecourt retailer and fast food operator EG Group in a deal reported to be worth up to £100m.

Leon exits the US but doesn’t rule out second chance

25-Mar-2021 By Georgi Gyton

Leon has decided to exit the US market after just two years, closing its four sites across Washington DC and Virginia in order to focus on the UK and Europe.

Friday five: the week’s top news

26-Feb-2021 By Joe Lutrario

We round-up some of the top hospitality stories you might have missed this week.

Leon burning through £200k a week and could fold if hospitality lockdown drags on

22-Feb-2021 By James McAllister

Leon CEO John Vincent has revealed that the healthy fast food chain is losing £200,000 a week and could fold if lockdown restrictions on the hospitality sector drag on.

Leon launches carbon-neutral range

14-Jan-2021 By Restaurant

Leon has added a carbon-neutral range to its fast-food menu in a bid to bolster its environmental credentials.

Leon CVA approved

21-Dec-2020 By James McAllister

Healthy fast food chain Leon has approved a plan to restructure the business through a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA), preserving 670 jobs.

Leon launches CVA proposal

01-Dec-2020 By James McAllister

Healthy fast food chain Leon has served creditors with a two-year restructuring plan that will see the majority of its estate switch to a turnover-based rent model.

Leon explores CVA

24-Nov-2020 By James McAllister

Healthy fast food chain Leon is drawing up plans for a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) in a bid to salvage its future.

Leon to launch 'unlimited' coffee offer

09-Sep-2020 By James McAllister

Healthy fast food chain Leon is to launch its own ‘unlimited’ coffee offer in an apparent bid to help entice back workers returning to the office.

Leon to open four new motorway service station sites

24-Jul-2020 By James McAllister

Healthy fast food chain Leon says it is in the process of opening four new restaurants within motorway service station locations.

Leon expands Feed Britain delivery service

06-May-2020 By James McAllister

Healthy fast food chain Leon has expanded its Feed Britain delivery service to feature a larger menu and delivery radius.

Leon to trial 'Feed Britain' delivery service

03-Apr-2020 By James McAllister

Healthy fast food chain Leon is to begin trialling an online delivery service next week offering grocery boxes and ready meals.

Leon helps spearhead campaign to 'Feed the NHS'

30-Mar-2020 By James McAllister

A number of major restaurant chains including Leon, Tortilla and Dishoom are joining forces to help feed NHS staff working on the front line of the Coronavirus crisis.

Coronavirus: the positive hospitality industry moves

24-Mar-2020 By James McAllister

A regular round-up of the positive action the world of hospitality is taking in a difficult time.

Leon pledges to keep sites open to serve essential workers

24-Mar-2020 By Stefan Chomka

Healthy fast food chain Leon will continue to keep its sites open to customers where NHS teams and other essential workers still rely on its services, it has said.

Leon's Thai Tuk Shop 'pops down' and disappears from Shaftesbury Avenue

10-Jul-2018 By Georgia Bronte

Leon has closed its experimental Thai fast food restaurant Tuk Shop on London’s Shaftesbury Avenue after just two months of trading.

Leon’s John Vincent: “The government can’t treat hospitality as a golden goose, because the goose is going to die”

15-Feb-2018 By Sophie Witts

Leon co-founder John Vincent has warned that the government must come up with a plan to help struggling hospitality businesses in the wake of a raft of closures on the high street.

Most ‘family-friendly and eco-friendly’ Leon to open in Oxford

24-Nov-2016 By Hannah Thompson

Leon, the ‘healthy fast food’ chain, is to open a new site in Oxford, claiming it as the most ‘family-friendly’ and ‘eco-friendly’ in its portfolio, with a buggy park, play area, children’s library, and a new customer waste recycling system.

Business Profile: Leon

08-Jun-2015 By Joe Lutrario

One of the UK’s most influential restaurant chains is finally gearing up for serious growth and intends to build a healthy presence outside its London heartland within the next few years.

Leon looks to its customers to help raise £1.5m for expansion

09-Jul-2012 By Emma Eversham

Fast food restaurant chain Leon is aiming to raise £1.5m by starting a customer bond scheme which it hopes to use to fund expansion over the next three years.

King's Cross restaurants and bars help new concourse post record sales figures

16-May-2012 By Peter Ruddick

Network Rail has revealed it expects to post record retail figures from its newly-launched Western concourse at King's Cross station driven in part by the restaurants and bars on site including Leon and the Fuller's pub The Parcel Yard.