Type Public Operating income Website www.trgplc.com Revenue 710.7 million GBP (2016) Subsidiaries Frankie & Benny's | Industry Restaurant Net income £(40.2) million (2016) Headquarters London, United Kingdom Founded 1987 | |
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Key people Debbie Hewitt (Independent Non-Executive Chairman)
Andy McCue (CEO)
Barry Nightingale (CFO) Stock price RTN (LON) 338.80 GBX -5.70 (-1.65%)28 Mar, 12:55 PM GMT+1 - Disclaimer CEO Danny Breithaupt (1 Sep 2014–) | ||
The Restaurant Group plc is a British chain of restaurants and public houses. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
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History
The company was founded in 1987 as City Centre Restaurants plc with the objective of owning and managing the Garfunkel’s chain of restaurants.
In the late 1980s the company bought the Mexican chain Chi Chi’s and renamed it "Chiquito". Then in 1995 it opened its first Frankie & Benny's in Leicester.
On 14 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.
Operations
The company operates around 350 restaurants and public houses under the several brands, including: