Anyone holding this share, any comment? It recommended by few brokers.

i know not ..... nor do i ever take umbrage for long if at all .....

as for investing for the next 12 months ..... hmm! not sure; there will be opportunities for sure and i dare say there will be M&A activity, but the difficulty is to choose the right sector let alone the right stock

if i was told to pick just 4 of my own portfolio to hold or even buy, i would assuredly take SCHE (buy!) and PFC + prob HAWK and PMO or IEC or TAN (to spread the risks)

perhaps foolishly, i have bought back in here, not least because i noted that RTN is bringing out a trading up-date much earlier than demanded .... forgotten the exact date, but around mid january

Notification of date of Year End trading update

The Restaurant Group will be announcing its usual year end trading update on
Wednesday 9 January 2008.

others also seem to be thinking that RTN is oversold and/or figures will be useful

others also seem to be thinking that RTN is oversold and/or figures will be useful ... sp now tryinmg to break up through 25 dma

MAY 07 2JAN 07
RTN 360p 191
JDW 710 363
MAB 820 416
MARS 450 330

are they all over sold. JUST THINKING.

have no idea of the i/d of the other companies you mention .... you don't want to buy into RTN? .... that's fine ..... what the price was is pretty irrelevant, unless you are still holding ..... i bought back in at 183 on the basis that imo, sp was hammered unfairly on the back of results from M&B .... RTN said at the time that their projection for the year was still on target, and i remain confident that the figures to be produced on 9th Jan will very much support that.

JDW. has a sale now on GUINIS 199p. 1664 199p.cheap beer.off to drink,cheers happy new year.

From The Times today:
"Douglas Jack, at Panmure, said: 'Premium-end and value-for-money restaurants are outperforming the more mortgage-sensitive midmarket.' In the quoted sector, he tipped shares of The Restaurant Group, the owner of Frankie & Benny's and Garfunkels, as a 'buy', forecasting earnings growth this year of more than 28 per cent.

Full article:
YO! Sushi makes gloom merchants eat their words

thanks for that Toya .... i am already in here, but perhaps waiting for RTN's trading update due on Wednesday

sp looks as though it could go down further today. Still biding my time on this one.

Trading update on Wednesday!

not sure if it is wishful thinking, but i would have thought there was a 75%+ chance of their figures being good ..... perhaps a bit more scary will be the prognostication for the rest of the year

Restaurant Re Post Close Update




RNS Number:2495L
Restaurant Group PLC
07 January 2008

The Restaurant Group plc
('the Group' or 'TRG')

Change of Dial-In Details for Post Close Update

As previously announced, The Restaurant Group will be announcing its usual post
close update on Wednesday, 9 January 2008.

There will be an Analyst conference call at 7:10am on the morning of 9 January
2008. Further to the announcement made on 21 December 2007, the dial-in details
for the call have changed and are as follows: Dial-in: +44 (0)1452 555566 and
quote Conference ID: 30313901.

I don't believe Panmure Gordon's tips to buy RTN. Look at its own sp - dropped from 230p to 90p in 2007. RTN is a SELL now at 165p. Possible buy at 120p.

Bought a few @132.5

lol at cynic

losing more money....another duff company u bought into

u still slagging the other threads off that u log onto about a million times a day

Goldilocks needs a crash helmet and two seatbelts to survive the ride the bears are giving her on this stock. Nothing in current trading stament to justify a 30% drop (met expectations and grew 5.5% and continuing expansion as planned). So what if food prices go up a bit they have so many captured markets they can pass the costs on to the public easier than brokers are suggesting. Im so pleased i didnt jump the gun yesterday and pay over the odds but at 125 these have to be a steel

confess buying into the retail sector was not one of my brightest ideas of late, but as you say, the results are certainly a lot better than poor and even the brokers' comments are neutral at worst

Heading to 90p level..