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  • Sunday, 10 September, 2023
    TRG in ‘advanced’ talks about Frankie & Benny’s sale

    Management will hope to quiet activist investors critical of group’s languishing share price

    Exterior of a Frankie and Benny’s restaurant
  • Friday, 8 September, 2023
    Chair of Wagamama owner to step down as activist pressure continues

    The Restaurant Group says Ken Hanna’s decision to leave was due to ‘personal reasons’

  • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
    Wagamama owner TRG defies casual-dining sector gloom

    Group raises full-year earnings expectations despite pressure on consumer incomes

    People sit in a Wagamama restaurant in London
  • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
    Wagamama owner suffers shareholder revolt over pay and appointments

    Activist hedge funds continue push for shake-up at The Restaurant Group

    A branch of Wagamama in London
  • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
    Wagamama owner to close 35 sites as pressure by activist investors grows

    Shares in The Restaurant Group fall after the company denies speculation over an imminent asset sale

    A Wagamama restaurant in London
  • Monday, 6 March, 2023
    Retail & Consumer industry
    Activist investor threatens to push for removal of The Restaurant Group boss

    Warning follows TRG’s refusal to grant a board seat to Hong Kong hedge fund

    A Wagamama restaurant in London
  • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
    The Restaurant Group rejects Oasis push for board seat

    Activist investor accuses the Wagamama owner of mismanaging the company

  • Friday, 20 January, 2023
    Hedge fund Oasis takes 5% stake in The Restaurant Group

    Hong Kong-based fund could shake up owner of Wagamama and Frankie & Benny’s chains

  • Thursday, 8 September, 2022
    Wagamama owner moves to limit price rises for diners

    The Restaurant Group reins in home delivery services as it battles to remain competitive amid soaring inflation

    A Wagamama restaurant in Manchester, UK
  • Friday, 18 March, 2022
    Investments
    Investors’ Chronicle: Smart Metering Systems, Fevertree, Restaurant Group

    Companies analysis from our sister publication

  • Wednesday, 16 March, 2022
    Travel & leisure industry
    Restaurant and leisure groups warn Ukraine war will push costs higher

    Fever-Tree, Wagamama owner and Gym Group highlight hit from surging inflationary costs

    Two women eating at a Wagamama restaurant
  • Wednesday, 15 September, 2021
    Wagamama owner warns on falling customer numbers across industry

    The Restaurant Group looks to upgrade earnings forecast despite drop in diners since 2019

    People sit in a Wagamama restaurant in London
  • Tuesday, 8 June, 2021
    Football Association UK
    Debbie Hewitt to become first female chair of England’s FA

    Appointment comes after Greg Clarke was forced to quit for using ‘unacceptable’ language

    Debbie Hewitt, chair of The Restaurant Group, from which she will step down to become the chair of England’s Football Association
  • Wednesday, 10 March, 2021
    Wagamama owner to raise £175m as Covid bites

    The Restaurant Group turns to shareholders as losses widen to £127m

    A Wagamama restaurant
  • Thursday, 24 December, 2020
    Food & Beverage
    Consumers sweet on desserts as pandemic spurs home deliveries

    Pubs and restaurant chains cash in on retreat to comfort foods in lockdown

  • Friday, 18 December, 2020
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Restaurant owners hit by lockdown restrictions

    Owners of Wagamama, Frankie & Benny’s, Franco Manca and The Real Greek detail impact of closures

    The Restaurant Group, which owns Wagamama and Frankie & Benny’s, said its cash burn during November’s lockdown was higher than during the initial three-month spring restrictions
  • Monday, 12 October, 2020
    Investments
    Investors Chronicle: YouGov, The Restaurant Group, Tesco

    Companies analysis from our sister publication

  • Thursday, 8 October, 2020
    Shareholders revolt over Restaurant Group’s CEO pay plans

    More than a third of investors show distaste for payouts in face of pandemic

  • Tuesday, 6 October, 2020
    Wagamama owner cautious despite strong recovery since lockdown

    Covid-19 widens losses at The Restaurant Group, but trading is better than expected

  • Friday, 10 July, 2020
    Lex
    The Restaurant Group: Rish dish dosh Premium content

    The slimmed down group is now well placed to benefit from recovery, when it comes

    Frankie & Benny’s parent The Restaurant Group has announced a slower-than-expected pace of reopening
  • Friday, 10 July, 2020
    Restaurant Group says some sites will not reopen this year

    UK owner of chains including Wagamama expects only a quarter of estate to open by end-July

  • Wednesday, 10 June, 2020
    Restaurant Group to close 125 stores as it launches CVA

    Closures to largely impact Frankie & Benny’s chain as pandemic deepens crisis in casual dining sector

  • Monday, 8 June, 2020
    LombardKate Burgess
    Titanic and collective effort needed to save UK companies from crisis

    City needs to shoulder corporate rescues together; restaurant sector serves up CVAs; BP goes beyond people

  • Saturday, 9 May, 2020
    Share rights issues
    Foxtons and Restaurant Group criticised over equity raisings

    Advisory groups urge shareholders to vote against companies’ actions at AGMs

  • Wednesday, 26 February, 2020
    Restaurant Group suspends dividend as it lines up site closures

    Casual dining group to cut number of Chiquito’s and Frankie & Benny’s locations

    File photo dated 31/07/09 of a Frankie & Benny's restaurant. The struggling owner of Frankie & Benny's has reported another period of falling sales as the firm presses ahead with its turnaround plan. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Friday May 26, 2017. The Restaurant Group said like-for-like sales fell 1.8% in the 20 weeks to May 21, with total sales declining 1.5%. See PA story CITY RestaurantGroup. Photo credit should read: Anna Gowthorpe/PA Wire
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