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.[3] In the late 1980s, the company bought the Mexican foodchain Chi Chi's and renamed it Chiquito.[3] By August 1991, the company had 151 restaurants.[4] Then, in 1995, it opened its first Frankie & Benny's in Leicester.[3]
In January 2004, the company changed its name to The Restaurant Group plc.[5] In February 2004, it made an unsuccessful bid for Ask Central plc,[6] and in 2006, it bought back the Deep Pan Pizza chain, which it had previously sold to the management.[7] In 2016, the company announced it was closing 33 restaurants due to falling sales and profits.[8]
In 2018, The Restaurant Group purchased noodle chain Wagamama for £559m, to diversify its portfolio.[9]
In May 2018, the Brunning & Price division purchased the Ribble Valley Inns, a collection of restaurant and real ale pubs in the north of England, from the Northcote Group for an undisclosed sum;[10] and in August 2018, the division purchased the 11-strong portfolio of Food & Fuel Pubs, which included two Coco Momo wine bars, for £15.4 million.[11]
On 3 June 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, The Restaurant Group told employees a "large number" of its outlets would not reopen after lockdown;[12] up to 120 restaurants, mainly Frankie & Benny's, were set to close permanently,[13] with the loss of between 2,000 and 3,000 jobs.[14] On 8 June, The Restaurant Group said it was in discussions with its landlords about potential restructuring options,[14] and three days later announced it had entered a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) and planned to cut 125 sites.[15]
In October 2020 the business suffered a significant shareholder revolt over the proposed pay package of its chief executive, Andy Hornby. After a year involving over 4,000 job losses and approximately 230 restaurant closures more than a third of investors opposed the package.[16]
OperationsEdit
Frankie & Benny's at Spytty Business Park outside Newport
As of December 2019, The Restaurant Group plc operated over 400 restaurants and pub restaurants throughout the UK. It also operates a multi‐brand Concessions business which trades principally in UK airports. In addition, the Wagamama business had 6 restaurants in the US and over 50 franchise restaurants operating across a number of territories.[1]
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External linksEdit
Official website
Frankie & Benny's
Chiquito
August 31, 2023
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The Restaurant Group plc is a British chain of restaurants and public houses It is listed on the London Stock Exchange The Restaurant Group plcTypePublicTraded asLSE RTNIndustryRestaurantFounded1987HeadquartersLondon EnglandKey peopleKen Hanna Chairman Andy Hornby CEO Kirk Davis CFO Revenue 459 8 million 2020 1 Operating income 49 7 million 2020 1 Net income 119 9 million 2020 1 Number of employees14 000 2021 2 Websitewww wbr trgplc wbr com Contents 1 History 2 Operations 2 1 Subsidiaries 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditThe 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 3 In the late 1980s the company bought the Mexican foodchain Chi Chi s and renamed it Chiquito 3 By August 1991 the company had 151 restaurants 4 Then in 1995 it opened its first Frankie amp Benny s in Leicester 3 In January 2004 the company changed its name to The Restaurant Group plc 5 In February 2004 it made an unsuccessful bid for Ask Central plc 6 and in 2006 it bought back the Deep Pan Pizza chain which it had previously sold to the management 7 In 2016 the company announced it was closing 33 restaurants due to falling sales and profits 8 In 2018 The Restaurant Group purchased noodle chain Wagamama for 559m to diversify its portfolio 9 In May 2018 the Brunning amp Price division purchased the Ribble Valley Inns a collection of restaurant and real ale pubs in the north of England from the Northcote Group for an undisclosed sum 10 and in August 2018 the division purchased the 11 strong portfolio of Food amp Fuel Pubs which included two Coco Momo wine bars for 15 4 million 11 On 3 June 2020 during the COVID 19 pandemic in the United Kingdom The Restaurant Group told employees a large number of its outlets would not reopen after lockdown 12 up to 120 restaurants mainly Frankie amp Benny s were set to close permanently 13 with the loss of between 2 000 and 3 000 jobs 14 On 8 June The Restaurant Group said it was in discussions with its landlords about potential restructuring options 14 and three days later announced it had entered a company voluntary arrangement CVA and planned to cut 125 sites 15 In October 2020 the business suffered a significant shareholder revolt over the proposed pay package of its chief executive Andy Hornby After a year involving over 4 000 job losses and approximately 230 restaurant closures more than a third of investors opposed the package 16 Operations Edit Frankie amp Benny s at Spytty Business Park outside NewportAs of December 2019 The Restaurant Group plc operated over 400 restaurants and pub restaurants throughout the UK It also operates a multi brand Concessions business which trades principally in UK airports In addition the Wagamama business had 6 restaurants in the US and over 50 franchise restaurants operating across a number of territories 1 Subsidiaries Edit Brunning amp Price Chiquito Coast to Coast Frankie amp Benny s Garfunkel s WagamamaSee also EditList of companies based in LondonReferences Edit a b c d Annual Results 2020 Restaurant Group Archived from the original on 16 April 2023 Retrieved 8 April 2021 Our people The Restaurant Group Archived from the original on 2 June 2021 Retrieved 1 June 2021 a b c Catering amp Hospitality News Caterer Search Archived from the original on 20 January 2013 Retrieved 3 April 2015 Whatley Garrod 1991 08 21 Restaurant chains profits are eaten away The Press and Journal Retrieved 2023 04 16 FE Investegate CityCentreRestaurant Announcements CityCentreRestaurant Result of EGM amp Name Change investegate co uk Archived from the original on 7 April 2015 Retrieved 3 April 2015 PizzaExpress trumps Restaurant Group with 225m offer for Ask The Caterer 13 February 2004 Archived from the original on 24 April 2017 Retrieved 23 April 2017 TRG buys back Deep Pan Pizza www pizzamarketplace com Archived from the original on 7 October 2012 Retrieved 3 April 2015 Kollewe Julia 26 August 2016 Frankie amp Benny s owner closes 33 restaurants The Guardian Archived from the original on 26 August 2016 Retrieved 26 August 2016 Wagamama noodle chain sold to Frankie amp Benny owner The Guardian 30 October 2018 Archived from the original on 30 October 2018 Retrieved 30 October 2018 Witts Sophie 23 May 2018 Northcote Group sells four Ribble Valley Inns sites Big Hospitality Archived from the original on 9 August 2020 Retrieved 15 August 2020 Company Archive Brunning amp Price Ltd August 2018 Archived from the original on 27 September 2020 Retrieved 15 August 2020 Jones Lora 2 June 2020 Frankie amp Benny s owner Some sites won t reopen BBC News Archived from the original on 2 June 2020 Retrieved 3 June 2020 Butler Sarah 3 June 2020 Frankie amp Benny s owner to permanently close 120 restaurants Guardian Archived from the original on 4 June 2020 Retrieved 5 June 2020 a b McAllister James 8 June 2020 TRG in talks with landlords over potential restructuring options for leisure estate Big Hospitality Archived from the original on 2 December 2020 Retrieved 8 June 2020 McAllister James 11 June 2020 TRG eyes 125 closures as CVA announced Big Hospitality Archived from the original on 31 October 2020 Retrieved 11 June 2020 Shareholders revolt over Restaurant Group s CEO pay plans Financial Times 8 October 2020 Archived from the original on 2020 10 11 Retrieved 2020 10 30 External links EditOfficial website Frankie amp Benny s Chiquito Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Restaurant Group amp oldid 1165197971, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
