7Bone Burger to open two restaurants in Kent, in legals on four others

7Bone Burger to open two restaurants in Kent, in legals on four others

7Bone Burger is set to open two new restaurants in Kent and has four further sites in legals. 7Bone recently opened its tenth site in Coventry and has managed to remain profitable throughout the pandemic and maintained sales, on average, of more than 60% of pre-covid levels.

The company is in build phase at the Kent restaurants and aiming to open in August or September. The company will be opening in Canterbury after securing the former Byron site in Burgate and in Maidstone in the former Cafe Rouge premises in Earl Street. 7Bone is also in legals on sites in Surrey, the West Midlands, Kent and Spelthorne.

Co-founder Matt Mollicone commented: “Where we’ve seen rental markets soften (and stayed militant around rent levels in our model, it’s enabled us to maintain a rent to revenue ratio of under 5%), we’ve been able to pick up sites in target towns where previously we wouldn’t have been able to afford to. Trade through the pandemic has been solid and given real confidence to the next phase of growth, as we’ve been able to maintain sales, on average, of more than 60% of pre-covid levels while solely operating as takeaway/delivery, which has meant the business has remained profitable throughout. This is largely thanks to being quick out the blocks with a very proactive team. The time also offered a great opportunity to review all aspects of the business and dedicate time to major website improvements (new site launching imminently) and a step change in quality and design of our takeaway packaging, resulting in a customer experience (at home) as close as it can be to what they receive in the restaurants.”