how many bella italia restaurants are there in the uk
over 90
title: Bella Italia text: Bella Italia Bella Italia (formerly known as Bella Pasta) is a chain of over 90 restaurants offering dishes inspired by Italian cuisine in the United Kingdom. The chain is part of the Casual Dining Group, who also own Café Rouge and Las Iguanas. Bella Italia started life as two small restaurant chains - Pastificio and Pizzaland - which were part of the Grand Metropolitan group. In 1990, Michael Guthrie (former Chairman of Mecca Leisure Group) formed BrightReasons and bought the Pizzaland and Pastificio chains from Grand Metropolitan for £20m in February 1991, rebranding Pastificio to Bella Pasta in the process. title: Bella Italia text: the chain received the worst rating of all restaurants surveyed in an assessment of the sustainability of its seafood. In June 2012, Bella Italia began officially supporting The Children's Society by donating some of the profit from a selected dish on the menu to the charity. In 2013, Bella Italia officially partnered with Comic Relief, the British charity founded in 1985 that aims to "bring about positive and lasting change in the lives of poor and disadvantaged people." Bella Italia Bella Italia (formerly known as Bella Pasta) is a chain of over 90 restaurants offering dishes inspired by Italian cuisine title: Casual Dining Group text: were inviable, leading to heavy losses and closures of restaurants from 2014 that have continued until 2018 CDG has opened a number of concessions across the UK including Bella Italia, Café Rouge and Las Iguanas restaurants at Centre Parcs villages as well as in UK airports, including Gatwick, Heathrow and Inverness. CDG has prioritized international expansion – with a focus on the Middle East and Asia – by establishing franchise agreements with operating partners in key development territories. Openings include a Café Rouge in Dubai (2015) and a Bella Italia in New Delhi (2016). The group will shortly open restaurants title: Jamie Oliver text: 2008, Oliver launched a restaurant called Jamie's Italian, his first high-street business venture, in Oxford, England. At peak, there were 42 "Jamie's Italian" restaurants in the UK. The brand has been franchised and includes branches in the UAE, Australia (which Oliver part-bought back in November 2016 after its founders went bankrupt), Canada, Cyprus, Iceland, Ireland, Russia, Turkey, Singapore and Hong Kong. In January 2017, Chief Executive Simon Blagden announced the closure of six restaurants in the UK affecting 120 jobs, at sites in Aberdeen, Cheltenham, Exeter, Tunbridge Wells; and in London at Ludgate and Richmond. In January 2018, as part title: Casual Dining Group text: in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in partnership with Riyadh-based retail and leisure conglomerate Fawaz Alhokair Group. CDG now has agreements in place that will see more than 50 restaurants open across territories in the Middle East and Asia, with the aim of concluding agreements this year (2017) that will deliver an initial pipeline of 100 restaurants. CDG operates restaurants under the Bella Italia (100+ restaurants in the UK), Café Rouge (70+) and Las Iguanas names. It also operates sites under the Belgo (2, London), Huxleys (1, airport), La Tasca (7) , Oriel Grande Brasserie (1, airport) and La Salle