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...Recent staff defections have included John Erle-Drax and Geoffrey Parton, at Marlborough for more than 50 years each when they left in 2023 to work with another alum, Frankie Rossi....
...But any series that combines light, vaguely risqué comedy with synthetic schmaltz will probably find a viewership (as seven seasons of Netflix’s recently concluded Grace & Frankie can attest to)....
...SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son was once regarded as an outsider by Japan Inc....
...This is faster than Restaurant Group’s other eateries, notably Frankie & Benny’s, founded by Kevin Bacon (not the Footloose one), and Chiquito....
...Blue Apron plans to offer Beyond Meat’s other products, which include vegan sausages and meatballs, at a later date....
...“If you are a fan of Marvin Gaye you’re likely to be fan of (his brother) Frankie Gaye if you hear him,” he said....
...(FT) News round-up Wagamama noodle group nears sale to Frankie & Benny’s owner (FT) US tax cut said to have little impact on investment (FT) Brookfield Is nearing deal for Johnson Controls unit (BBG)...
...As research for writing this column, I went to have a lunch of “meatless meatballs” at Leon, the UK healthy fast-food chain, which is following the trend for meat alternatives....
...(NYT) Japan Inc overpays? No way A punchy defence of Japan’s flashy overseas spending spree from Goldman Sachs’ Yoshihiko Yano....
...Franco has fun as sleazeball Frankie and approximately honourable Vinnie, the latter our Everyman in this moral sump. Lots of sausage, lots of sizzle. ★★★★★ Photograph: Home Box Office, Inc....
...Mike Lynch OBE Invoke Capital Mike MacCana Founder, CertSimple Mike Tomkins Co-Founder, TopCashback Neville Crawley CEO, Quid Inc Niall Wass Entrepreneur in Residence, Atomico; and formerly...
...Promised You a Miracle: UK 80-82, by Andy Beckett, Allen Lane, RRP£20, 464 pages Lynsey Hanley is author of ‘Estates: An Intimate History’ (Granta) Photograph: American Broadcasting Companies, Inc...
...daughter of Mike Luckwell, director of the media company that created Bob the Builder, was ordered at the High Court Family Division to hand over a share of her £6.7m fortune to her penniless former husband Frankie...
...The closest the flat-pack furniture group gets to food retailing is serving meatballs in its cafés....
...In fact, the only nod to Ikea are the delicious meatballs (of which the company has sold around 12bn to UK customers since 1987), served in the self-service eating area and bar....
...The search for a successor to outgoing chief executive of Frankie & Benny’s owner Restaurant Group is, however, now over....
...And Swedish capitalism can boast something that Chinese communism never quite managed: not just style, quality and low prices but also meatballs....
...So the Swedish meatball is actually a Fujian meatball?” spluttered one. “If it’s domestic meat, why is it so expensive?” queried another....
...Part of this is because restaurants are a cheap treat, according to Andrew Page, chief executive of the Restaurant Group, the chain behind Frankie & Benny’s and Garfunkel’s....
...Pizza Hut opened its first restaurant in the UK in 1973, but as the chain faced increasing competition from Italian casual dining rivals such as PizzaExpress and the Restaurant Group-owned Frankie & Benny...
...And meatballs.” Video proved to be a significant milestone in Vice’s evolution....
...The existing chain of Leon restaurants serves 50,000 people a week, dishing up two tonnes of chicken and a tonne of meatballs every seven days, and turned over £12m last year....
...And let’s have some of the meatballs – want to try the meatballs?” he looks at me; I nod. “And some prosciutto.” The waiter asks if he wants the ham first....
...I go for the meatballs and Contadina pizza, with chicken, spinach and peppers. “Protecting the Stewart Lee stand-up brand” is, he explains, his main concern....
...Also, Restaurant Group, which operates chains of eateries such as Frankie & Benny’s, reported a strong set of results – although it is grappling with high food price inflation – and analysts said it was...
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