All Azzurri Group articles – Page 9
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ASK launches breakfast kitchen pop-ups
ASK Italian, the Azzurri Group-owned brand, has launched a breakfast kitchen pop-up concept across 10 of its sites
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Coco Di Mama reaches a dozen
Coco di Mama, the quick-service Italian concept, has secured its twelfth site in the capital, after securing a site in Holborn
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GBK eyes further expansion in Ireland
GBK has bought back its Irish franchise rights from local businessman Graeme Beere as it looks to add further sites to its five-strong estate in the country
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Payton steps down as Zizzi ops director
Rebecca Payton has stepped down as operations director of the Azzurri Group-owned Zizzi restaurant chain
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Analysis & Insight
A different class?
A lack of quality sites for growth and expansion is sadly the restaurant industry’s Achilles heel. A shortage of supply, together with increasing rent and premiums, means that even those with ample funds and considerable appetite are finding it increasingly difficult to achieve returns for investors; and this problem is only likely to amplify as more operators join the bun fight, argues consultant Stephen Evans
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Big Easy confirms strengthening of management team
Big Easy has appointed six members to its senior management team, as it looks at to take the business “to the next level”
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Analysis & InsightIndividual pursuits
Keeping itself to itself has not harmed Individual Restaurant Company, the operator of the Piccolino and Restaurant Bar & Grill brands. In fact, managing director Vernon Lord tells Mark Wingett that looking inwards is helping produce record results
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Analysis & InsightVital part to play
The last fortnight has seen two deals in the UK’s food-to-go sector, which I believe will mark the start of a period of M&A and consolidation across the category, as more investors and companies look to take advantage of a market that is outperforming the wider eating-out industry
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IRC plans SSP/My Pasta Bar link up
Individual Restaurant Company plans to open more sites under the fast-casual concept My Pasta Bar in conjunction with SSP
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Zizzi scales back staff perks in response to NLW
The Azzurri Group has confirmed changes to staff benefits in its Zizzi business as part of a “comprehensive review” prompted by the introduction of the National Living Wage.
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Coco di Mama secures Victoria site
Coco di Mama has secured its first site in south west London, after acquiring a site in Victoria
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IRC eyes My Pasta Bar expansion
Individual Restaurant Company (IRC) plans to roll out its My Pasta Bar concept
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Coco di Mama up to 10
Coco di Mama, the Azzurri Group-owned, quick-service Italian concept, will open two sites next month in the City
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New Zizzi menu features vegan mozzarella
Italian restaurant chain, Zizzi, has expanded its allergen offering with the addition of a new vegan mozzarella alternative, Mozzarisella, along with a range of non-gluten containing dishes and a vegan dessert.
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Analysis & InsightTraining day for a new golden generation
Many of the leading lights of today’s eating and drinking out sector consider themselves the products of a golden age of training, in which the future development of the individual was considered as important as short-term gains to the business. But, has that culture of personal development filtered through to the current generation?
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NewsCDG’s Richards named Retailers’ Retailer
Steve Richards, the driving force behind development and growth of the Casual Dining Group, has been singled out by his peers as the stand-out individual in the eating-out and drinking-out market
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Holmes: Zizzi can get to 250 sites
Stephen Holmes, chief executive at Azzurri Group, has told M&C that he believes there is scope for the company’s Zizzi brand to reach 250 sites in the UK & Ireland
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ASK secures Spur O2 site
ASK Italian, the Azzurri Group-owned brand, is set to open a further flagship site in London, after securing the Spur site at The O2, Greenwich
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Coco di Mama grows pipeline
Coco di Mama, the Azzurri Group-owned, quick-service Italian concept, has lined up a further four sites in London
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Analysis & Insight
The empire grabs back
The debut last year of YO! to Go and the upcoming launch of a grab and go format by Carluccio’s highlights the fact that the sector’s established companies are set to fight back, challenging the existing coffee shop/café model in the process