Primary Recommendation

Restaurant Group - Like-for-like expected to go +ve in H2

May 2018

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Shares in some of the bombed out tiddlers in the restaurant sector have started to bounce, like pan-Asian restaurant chain Tasty (TAST; 25p), which has doubled since March mainly due to an ultra thin market in its shares and also helped by a bit of director buying. Pizza chain Fulham Shore (FUL; 11.25p) is also waking up. It shows that investor doubts that the restaurant sector is dead and buried are beginning to fade.Another company to have started a recovery buoyed by recent director buying is Restaurant Group (RTN), which owns brands such as Frankie & Benny’s (259 sites), Chiquito (79) and Garfunkels (8). The company groups its business activities into leisure (restaurants operating in retail parks and suburban areas, ...

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Market Comment - May '18

Alliance Pharma - Looks capable of sustaining long-term growth

Restaurant Group - Bid from Apollo backed funds (November 2023)

Restaurant Group - Cluster buying by directors (August 2022)

The Restaurant Group (January 2019)

Restaurant Group - Plans rapid expansion of airport concessions and pubs (October 2018)

Restaurant Group (June 2018)

Restaurant Group (April 2018)

Restaurant Group - Strategy update due 26 August (August 2016)

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