Colmans of South Shields has won top honours once again, winning the accolade of number one traditional chip shop in Britain from men’s magazine Esquire, whose food editor is Tom Parker Bowles. The magazine said of the popular Ocean Road eatery: “Colmans is the coastal town chippy you remember from childhood, and it’s brilliant. “Run by Richard and Frances, the fourth … [Read more...]
New Zippers restaurant for Port Solent
Restaurant operator Richoux Group Plc is to open a new Zippers restaurant in Port Solent: the American restaurant, bar and grill is set to open in August 2013 at the waterfront leisure destination. Zippers will undergo a £500,000 refurbishment project, create 20 new jobs, and will join a host of restaurants, including Dean’s Diner, Pizza Express, Harvester, Chiquitos and … [Read more...]
Altamarea Group and former Rowley’s Director to launch ‘Chop Shop’ in Haymarket
Altamarea Group, the acclaimed New York based restaurateurs, have brought on young Brit Will Guess, (whose family own Rowley’s Restaurant, where Will was formerly a director) to collaborate on a vibrant new ‘butcher-shop inspired’ restaurant ‘Chop Shop’ on Haymarket in St James’s London. Founded only in February 2010, the Altamarea Group has gained much critical acclaim and … [Read more...]
Whitbread cleans up with award for recycling 93% of its operational waste
Whitbread Hotels and Restaurants, the parent company to the UK’s largest hotel chain Premier Inn, has won the Veolia Environmental Services Recycling Award for its performance diverting waste from landfill. In 2012 WHR diverted 93 per cent of all operational waste from its UK hotels and restaurants from landfill. On track for zero waste to landfill As part of its … [Read more...]
M & B’s market analysis and opportunities for growth
Mitchells & Butlers recent half year report included some interesting research they had conducted into the market segments in which they operate, the positioning of their brands within them, and the resulting opportunities for expansion that are open to them. Given M & B’s scale and ambition, it will be interesting to see their plans develop across the five ‘market … [Read more...]