Bella Italia, Cafe Rouge and Las Iguanas owner creates virtual restaurant brands that leverage existing UK-wide kitchen estate
Casual Dining Group boss Steve Richards leaves for new leisure venture
High-profile industry boss to link up again with former CDG colleague and chairman Martin Robinson at leisure park operator
THE BIG INTERVIEW: Las Iguanas’ Glenn Evans on bringing the Latin beat to casual dining kitchens
“What we have in a Las Iguanas kitchen is very different to your standard operator” – food development head for 55-strong chain on the unique equipment and operational challenges it faces
Casual Dining Group ploughs fresh resource into industry learning and training
300-strong restaurant operator develops courses that target key areas such as kitchen, marketing, strategy and finance
Casual Dining Group hires Greene King head honcho Rooney Anand
Pub boss will bring experience to 300-strong restaurant business following departure of Martin Robinson
Casual Dining Group enters grab-and-go market with bakery agreement
Bristol Airport deal with Warrens Bakery poised to kick-start partnership focused on transport hubs
CDG extends global footprint of Las Iguanas and Bella Italia brands
Overseas franchise agreements will see a minimum of 11 restaurants opened over the next four years
Bella Italia’s exec chef cooks up range of frozen meals for chain’s supermarket sales drive
Bella Italia’s executive chef Vittorio Lettieri has personally developed a bespoke range of meals for the supermarket channel as the chain follows rivals such as Pizza Express down the route of non-restaurant sales. The chain’s range of frozen ready meals will be sold through Tesco and promise to deliver high quality Italian meals to supermarket…
Casual Dining Group’s flagship Belgo restaurant back in business after major refurb
Belgo, the Belgian-inspired artisan beer and mussels concept operated by Casual Dining Group, has reopened its flagship ‘Centraal’ restaurant in Covent Garden, following a major refurbishment. Well-known for its mussels, rotisserie chicken and vast range of craft beers, the 420-cover restaurant has received an extensive revitalisation, which has added a new bar, overlooking an open…
Casual Dining Group gains a £30m capital injection from private equity partner
Casual Dining Group has bagged a cash investment of £30m to fund future growth opportunities following a refinancing of the business. The capital injection has been led by private equity firm KKR, with the support of management and all other shareholders, including funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC and Pemberton Asset Management.…
