Wine bar chain in talks with landlords after estate review

Veeno Nottingham

Veeno, the wine bar chain which has venues in Leicester and Nottingham, says it is reviewing its estate and is in talks with landlords.

The estate review, which has been initiated following the arrival of Rodrigue Trouillet as commercial director and new business partner in November last year, has so far led to the closure of its company-owned restaurant in Harrogate while talks are taking place with landlords for a handful of its other 17 sites.

Veeno’s franchised site in Norwich, which opened in November at the Castle Street shopping centre, has also closed due to problems with the franchisee with the company exploring the option of reopening it as a company-owned venue.

Co-founder Nino Caruso said: “We have grown very fast in the past few years and with the management change we felt this was the right time to look at the estate.”

Caruso said the company will look at more openings later in 2019.

Trouillet’s arrival coincided with Andrea Zecchino stepping down from the company he founded with Caruso in 2013. It currently has 12 company-owned and five franchise sites.

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