Deep Pan Pizza was a chain of British pizza restaurants, that was best known for its " all you can eat " business model.
9-641: 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
18-404: A year involving over 4,000 job losses and approximately 230 restaurant closures more than a third of investors opposed the package. In 2023, The Restaurant Group sold most of its portfolio except for Wagamama, Brunning & Price and Barburrito to The Big Table Group for £7.5 million. In October, the board of the company announced that it intended to recommend to shareholders that they accept
27-418: A £506 million takeover offer from US buyout group Apollo Global Management (APG). In December 2023, it was announced that Apollo had completed its purchase of the company for £701 million. 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,
36-655: The Deep Pan Pizza chain, which it had previously sold to the management. In 2018, two years after announcing the closure of 33 units due to falling sales and profits, the firm purchased noodle chain Wagamama for £559m, to diversify its portfolio. 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
45-637: The Northcote Group for an undisclosed sum. In August, the division purchased the 11-strong portfolio of Food & Fuel Pubs , which included two Coco Momo wine bars, for £15.4 million. 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; up to 120 restaurants, mainly Frankie & Benny's, were set to close permanently, with
54-406: The loss of between 2,000 and 3,000 jobs. On 8 June, TRG said it was in discussions with its landlords about potential restructuring options, and three days later announced it had entered a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) and planned to cut 125 sites. In October 2020 the business suffered a significant shareholder revolt over the proposed pay package of its chief executive, Andy Hornby. After
63-739: The objective of owning and managing the Garfunkel's Restaurant chain. In the late 1980s, it bought the Mexican foodchain Chi Chi's and renamed it Chiquito . In 1995, four years after it was reported to have 151 restaurants, the firm opened its first Frankie & Benny's in Leicester . Then, a month before making an unsuccessful bid for Ask Central plc, it changed its name to The Restaurant Group plc in January 2004. In 2006, TRG bought back
72-453: The original brand. The current status of the brand is unknown. The Restaurant Group The Restaurant Group plc is a British chain of restaurants and public houses . Their principal trading brands are Wagamama and Barburrito . The Group also operates Pub restaurants and a Concessions business which trades principally at UK airports. The company was founded by Matthew Brown from Chatteris in 1987 as City Centre Restaurants plc with
81-402: The rest to be disposed of. City Centre's other brands included Frankie & Benny's , Chiquito , Wok Wok , and Est Est Est .Frankie & Benny's slowly began replacing a number of former restaurants shortly after the Deep Pan Pizza chain disappeared. The Deep Pan Pizza brand was sold in a management buyout for £3.1 million in 2001. In 2006, the Restaurant Group (City Centre) bought back
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