Nando’s, the successful and expanding chain of chicken restaurants, has been busy building profits even as it opened new outlets. Accounts for the year to 24 February 2013 for Nando’s Group Holdings, the British business that operates both Nando’s and Gourmet Burger Kitchen, report turnover up by 15.6 per cent to £485.2m, and pre-tax profits doubling to £33.4m. 30 … [Read more...]
Leon to double in size next year
Leon, the high quality fast food restaurant chain, this month opened the first of a planned twelve sites over the next year. The new format restaurant in More London, near City hall and HMS Belfast, started its first week as one of the three highest taking sites in their portfolio. "What has always driven us is the belief that we can create fast food as it might be in heaven. … [Read more...]
Site Bites – Kimchee – Giraffe – Guildford Arms – Steam and Rye…
KIMCHEE’s new bar - Giraffe opens 3 Tesco Extra sites - Guildford Arms for elegance - Steam and Rye opens in The Old Bank Of New York, London - West London Gastropub Princess Victoria re-opens - The Imperial Arms, Chelsea metamorphoses Overview KIMCHEE’s new bar Giraffe opens 3 Tesco Extra sites Guildford Arms for elegance Steam and Rye opens in The Old Bank Of New … [Read more...]
Two new Roka Restaurants for London in 2014
Roka, Rainer Becker’s contemporary Japanese robatayaki restaurants, will open two new London locations in 2014: Roka Mayfair will open in February followed by Roka Aldwych in the summer. Rainer Becker spent the better part of a decade in Japan and his journey resulted in an international restaurant group with both Zuma and Roka restaurants. Established in 2004, the … [Read more...]
Las Iguanas maintains its pace of expansion…
After a record breaking Olympic summer in 2012, Latin American restaurant group Las Iguanas has once again sprinted through the first 6 months of the year to the end of September with overall Group sales growth at 18%. Like for like sales growth for the same period was up 8.5%. And the pace of expansion continues: October and November have seen Las Iguanas open restaurants … [Read more...]