All Carluccio’s articles – Page 7
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NewsWasabi secures £30m bank funding; appoints FD
Wasabi, the sushi and bento chain, has secured a £30m revolving credit facility from HSBC to fund further growth and has appointed a new finance director.
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Greek coffeehouse chain to make UK debut
Mikel, the Greek coffeehouse chain, is to make its debut in the UK, after securing a site in central London
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OpinionHold your Italian stallions
This weekend Carluccio’s became the latest business to come under the spotlight. The wider press is smelling more CVA blood and before we talk another sector business down that route, Mark Wingett asks whether we should hold our horses a minute on this one?
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NewsCarluccio’s "appoints advisors"
Carluccio’s has become the latest casual dining chain to appoint advisors to assess its strategic options, according to reports this weekend.
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NewsPrezzo needed a pick up earlier
In what could be the biggest Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) the UK’s restaurant sector has experienced, Prezzo is set to shed nearly a third of its estate, including its Chimichanga brand, in a further high profile example of the issues currently impacting the industry. So how did it come to this for a business that sparked a bidding battle and sold for a price that analysts at the time said undervalued it, asks Mark Wingett
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NewsCarluccio’s appoints new marketing director
Carluccio’s, the Landmark Group-backed, Mark Jones-led chain, has appointed James Backhouse as its new marketing director
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Carluccio’s strengthens Marriott relationship
Carluccio’s, the Mark Jones-led chain, is to further strengthen its relationship with Marriott Hotels
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Analysis & InsightThe new normal
After a tumultuous year across the eating and drinking-out sector, 2018 is likely to represent the establishment of a ‘new normal’ in terms of trading conditions. AlixPartners managing director Graeme Smith talks to James Wallin about the likely winners and losers of this new era
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Opinion
The Dom Walsh Awards
The past 12 months has seen a raft of senior operators depart their roles; high-profile brands stumble on their growth plans but others discover new avenues for expansion. Dominic Walsh presents his annual awards, including deal of the year; top brand; biggest shock, his pick for hero to zero and the year’s worst rebrand
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OpinionLandmark gambles on new playmaker
As it enters its eighth year of owning Carluccio’s, the Dubai-based Landmark Group has decided to make a key substitution, bringing in Mark Jones, the outgoing chief executive of Goals Soccer Centres and former head of Mecca Bingo, in a move it hopes will steady the ship and move it towards an eventual exit.
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NewsJones to replace Wickers as Carluccio’s CEO
Mark Jones, the current chief executive of Goals Soccer Centres, is to become the new chief executive of Carluccio’s, replacing Neil Wickers
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Analysis & Insight
Growth slowing in branded Italian market
MCA analysis has shown growth slowing in the branded Italian restaurant market.
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Analysis & Insight
Mixed pricing strategies across leading operators
Mixed pricing strategies are being used across the top 10 chain restaurant operators (ranked by turnover), as they try to balance margin pressures and topline growth, new MCA Menu Tracker data has found.
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NewsDacosta closes in on first InPaella site
Quique Dacosta, the Spanish chef with three Michelin stars, has lined up a first site in London for his InPaella concept
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Holy Moly Macaroni eyes Grand Central site
Birmingham-based street food concept Holy Moly Macaroni has secured its first permanent site, MCA understands.
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Wilkinson swaps Carluccio’s for ResDiary
Sarah Wilkinson (nee Murray) has left Carluccio’s after 18 years to join online restaurant booking system ResDiary
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Pieminister set for Brixton
Pieminister, the pie shop concept, is to open its third site in London, with an opening lined up in Brixton
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Antonio Carluccio passes away
Chef Antonio Carluccio, who was affectionately known as the godfather of Italian gastronomy and was the founder of the national chain of restaurants that was named after him, passed away yesterday morning.
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NewsKossoff joins Pieminister board
Simon Kossoff, the former chief executive and chairman of Carluccio’s, has joined the board of Pieminister
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NewsAbbasi named Feng Sushi MD
JD Abbasi, formerly an operations director at Farmacy and Giraffe, has been appointed managing director of Feng Sushi