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Deep Pan Pizza
Deep Pan Pizza was a chain of British pizza restaurants, that was best known for its " all you can eat" business model. At the time its closure was announced in March 1998, there were 89 Deep Pan Pizza restaurants in the UK. The owner of the chain was City Centre Restaurants (now the Restaurant Group). James Naylor, City Centre's chief executive, said, "The brand was becoming dated. Thin crust pizzas are becoming more popular, with fewer people eating deep pan." City Centre planned to have about 35 sites still selling pizza, another 30 to include other brands such as Caffe Uno, and the rest to be sold. City Centre's other brands included Frankie & Benny's Frankie & Benny's (now trading as Frankie's) is a chain of Italian-American-themed restaurants in the United Kingdom run by The Restaurant Group. , it had 90 outlets nationwide. History In 1924, at the age of 10, Frankie Giuliani left Sicily wit ..., Chiquito, Wok Wok, and Est Est Est. References {{Reflist Pizza chain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Restaurant Chain
A chain store or retail chain is a retail outlet in which several locations share a brand, central management and standardized business practices. They have come to dominate the retail and dining markets and many service categories, in many parts of the world. A franchise retail establishment is one form of chain store. In 2005, the world's largest retail chain, Walmart, became the world's largest corporation based on gross sales. History In 1792, Henry Walton Smith and his wife Anna established W.H. Smith as a news vending business in London that would become a national concern in the mid-19th century under the management of their grandson William Henry Smith. The world's oldest national retail chain, the firm took advantage of the railway boom during the Industrial Revolution by opening news-stands at railway stations beginning in 1848. The firm, now called WHSmith, had more than 1,400 locations as of 2017. In the U.S., chain stores likely began with J. Stiner & Company, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-you-can-eat Restaurant
An all-you-can-eat restaurant (AYCE) is a type of restaurant in which a fixed price is charged for entry, after which diners may consume as much food as they wish. All-you-can-eat establishments are frequently buffets. Buffets The all-you-can-eat buffet has been ascribed to Herbert "Herb" Cobb McDonald, a Las Vegas publicity and entertainment manager who introduced the idea in 1946. In his 1965 novel ''The Muses of Ruin'', William Pearson wrote of the buffet: A 2011 study showed that the actual amount of food consumed increases with the price charged for the buffet. Many all-you-can-eat places were briefly closed due to COVID-19 restrictions from March 2020. Other restaurants The all-you-can-eat business model is also prevalent in Korean barbecue and Chinese hot pot restaurants, as well as in Brazilian churrascarias. Beverages When applied to beverages, particularly alcoholic beverages, the unlimited model is known as "all-you-can-drink" or "bottomless" (as in "bottom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Restaurant Group
The Restaurant Group plc is a British chain of restaurants and public houses. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange. History The company was founded by Matthew Brown from Chatteris in 1987 as City Centre Restaurants plc with the objective of owning and managing the Garfunkel's Restaurant chain. In the late 1980s, the company bought the Mexican foodchain Chi Chi's and renamed it Chiquito. Then, in 1995, it opened its first Frankie & Benny's in Leicester. In January 2004, the company changed its name to The Restaurant Group plc. In February 2004, it made an unsuccessful bid for Ask Central plc, and in 2006, it bought back the Deep Pan Pizza chain, which it had previously sold to the management. In 2016, the company announced it was closing 33 restaurants due to falling sales and profits. In 2018, The Restaurant Group purchased noodle chain Wagamama for £559m, to diversify its portfolio. In May 2018, the Brunning & Price division purchased the Ribble Valley Inns, a collect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caffe Uno
Paramount Restaurants was a chain restaurant operator in the United Kingdom. It was formerly known as Groupe Chez Gérard. It operated in 52 locations using several brands: *Bertorelli *Brasserie Gérard *Caffè Uno (acquired 2005) *Chez Gérard *Il Bertorelli *Livebait In November 2011 the company went into administration Administration may refer to: Management of organizations * Management, the act of directing people towards accomplishing a goal ** Administrative assistant, Administrative Assistant, traditionally known as a Secretary, or also known as an admini .... References Restaurant groups in the United Kingdom {{UK-restaurant-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankie & Benny's
Frankie & Benny's (now trading as Frankie's) is a chain of Italian-American-themed restaurants in the United Kingdom run by The Restaurant Group. , it had 90 outlets nationwide. History In 1924, at the age of 10, Frankie Giuliani left Sicily with his parents and moved to Little Italy in New York City. Within a year of moving, the family had opened a restaurant, everybody helping with the building and the cooking in equal measure. Frankie went to the nearby high school and became lifelong friends with Benny, already a third-generation American. The restaurant was taken over by Frankie and Benny in 1953. It combines popular American food with traditional Italian dishes. In January 2017, The Restaurant Group attempted to reinvent the brand. In 2019, another 18 branches were closed and, in February 2020, The Restaurant Group announced that further closures were planned to take place by the end of 2021. In 2019, it was reported that virtual restaurant brands Birdbox and Stacks were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiquito (restaurant)
Chiquito is a restaurant chain based in the United Kingdom specialising in Tex-Mex foods.(4 March 2010)Go Mexican for a hot chain meal ''Bristol Evening Post'' It also serves food via its virtual restaurants Cornstar Tacos and Kickass Burritos. History The company was established in 1989, and has sixty eight restaurants across the country. It dubs itself as 'The Original Mexican Grill & Bar', and has been described as the United Kingdom's best known Mexican chain. Chiquito restaurants are part of the Restaurant Group. Following the coronavirus pandemic, it was announced that restaurants of Chiquito would not be reopening after social distancing restrictions are lifted. In an announcement to the stock exchange on 18 March, owners ''The Restaurant Group'' announced their intention to place Chiquito into administration. The chain re-opened a limited number of its restaurants in August 2020. Decor and style The restaurants, which tend to feature a large bar and lounge style restau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wok Wok
A wok (; Pinyin: ; Cantonese ) is a deep round-bottomed cooking pan from China. It is believed to be derived from the South Asian karahi. It is common in China and similar pans are found in parts of East, South and Southeast Asia, as well as being popular in other parts of the world. Woks are used in a range of Chinese cooking techniques, including stir frying, steaming, pan frying, deep frying, poaching, boiling, braising, searing, stewing, making soup, smoking and roasting nuts. Wok cooking is often done with utensils called (spatula) or ( ladle) whose long handles protect cooks from high heat. The uniqueness of wok cooking is conveyed by the Cantonese term : "breath of the wok". History The origin of the wok is unclear, but most scholars believe it originated from the South Asian karahi and the Southeast Asian kuali (believed to be the etymon of Mandarin 𡆇). These cooking vessels are universal in South and Southeast Asian cuisine for stewing and quick evaporation. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
