All Itsu articles – Page 13
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News
Grain Store set for Gatwick Airport
Gatwick Airport’s South Terminal is to become the first location of chef Bruno Loubet and The Zetter Group’s (TGZ) Grain Store Café and Bar
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Diary
Diary: Pret, Deltic, Enterprise Inns and St Austell
In this week’s Diary we hear about some ‘interesting’ results from Pret’s evenings trial, look at trends in the late-night sector and get Rupert Clevely’s first impressions of the debut site he will develop with Enterprise Inns. All that and some truly awful beer and music-related puns
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NewsNetwork Rail and SSP create 'destination station'
Network Rail, the station operator, is embracing street food as part of its vision to create destination stations as it plans to implement its London model in regional stations
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Analysis & InsightStreet life
Street food, and all it entails whether that is through food, marketing or location, has become an increasingly influential part of the UK’s eating and drinking-out sector. Over the next few months and years that influence is set to further grow as the category evolves with the help of a number of established players.
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OpinionNo time for just a casual approach
Growth in the UK branded restaurant market is not being distributed equally and a new order is emerging which means there can be no casual approach to casual dining
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News
Metcalfe’s Food Company announces demerger
Metcalfe’s Food Company, the snack brand launched by Pret A Manger founder Julian Metcalfe, has announced plans to de-merge and restructure the business.
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NewsItsu lines up first site in the North
Itsu, the Julian Metcalfe-founded chain, has secured its first site in the North, in Leeds
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Analysis & Insight
Confidence increases as more brands plan rollouts
Confidence has increased among foodservice brands with 54% planning to open more than five outlets in the next year compared to 35% at the same point last year, new research has shown. A survey by Horizons showed that shopping centres top the target locations for expansion (mentioned by 86% in ...
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Analysis & InsightThe Crucible
Catering is the only area of chain shop expansion to have seen unbroken growth in branch numbers for more than two decades. London has become the crucible for change
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News
Sesame concept geared for expansion
Sesame is eyeing expansion after appointing a new managing director with experiencing in operating multiple sites in the food-to-go sector
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NewsItsu strengthens capital pipeline
Itsu, the Julian Metcalfe-founded chain, has secured a further two sites in London
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News
Sector scores high on Stock Exchange inspiring companies list
The London Stock Exchange’s list of 1,000 companies inspiring Britain includes 63 food and beverage operators, including Wahaca, Itsu, Meantime and Barburitto.
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NewsBacon named Retailers’ Retailer 2015
Tim Bacon has been singled out by his peers as the stand-out individual in the eating-out and drinking-out market
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NewsItsu seeks brand & product director
Itsu is looking to further strengthen its management team with the appointment of a brand and product director
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NewsItsu secures Fleet Street site
Itsu, the Julian Metcalfe-founded chain, has secured a prime corner site on London’s Fleet Street
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Analysis & InsightCaught in the maul
It is not a technical term, but the word that many operators have used to some up their thoughts on the next 12 months is mental. Competition will continue to be fierce with all the on-going challenges that brings with it
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Analysis & InsightIgnoring the noise of the new
It seems that every week a new study comes out to tell us what consumers like and dislike about their eating and drinking out experiences, and each time expectation levels on what constitutes a “good time” increase. So how can established operators compete against the “noise of the new”
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NewsItsu appoints new director of development
Said Takhamt has left Pret A Manger to join Itsu as its new director of development
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Analysis & InsightThe king of convenience
When Julian Metcalfe launched Pret a Manger in 1986 he changed the way people lunched and built one of the UK’s most successful fast-casual food chains in the process. Now the legendary restaurateur hopes to emulate that success with the national – and international – rollout of Itsu
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NewsItsu names new CEO
Itsu has appointed Cameron Roberts, formerly a partner at PriceWaterhouseCoopers and who has a background in retail, as its new chief executive as it gears up for further expansion across the UK and looks to enter the US market, M&C Report has learnt