All Itsu articles – Page 15
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NewsOperators to make airport debuts at Stansted
Coast to Coast, Itsu, Harris + Hoole and high-profile chef James Martin are all set to open their first airport sites after securing units at Stansted, as part of the transport hub’s £80m terminal upgrade
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NewsFriday five-minute intervew: Tony Kitous
M&C Report talks to Tony Kitous, founder of Levant, Pasha, Kenza, and Comptoir Libanais restaurants, about his best investment, his best business decision and the best piece of advice he’s ever received
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NewsMetcalfe and Wolsey become OBEs
Julian Metcalfe, the co-founder of sandwich chain Pret A Manger, and Bill Wolsey, managing director of Northern Ireland-based hospitality firm Beannchor, have become OBEs in the Queen’s Birthday Honours
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NewsItsu to break through 50-site mark
Itsu will break through the 50-site mark over the next week, with three new openings in London
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Analysis & InsightUK brands outperform US counterparts
The UK’s top 100 pub, restaurant and foodservice brands out-performed their US equivalents in sales growth and unit number growth in 2013, according to new research from US consultancy firm Technomic
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Japanese Canteen targets 'untapped areas'
Japanese Canteen, the London-based restaurant concept, will target “untapped areas” of the capital for future openings and could expand out of the city, M&C Report has learnt
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Analysis & InsightTake me out
Restaurants are going toe-to-toe with established food-to-go and takeaway specialists to bring home a slice of the UK’s increasingly sophisticated takeout and delivery market
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Operators secure Brunswick openings
A number of operators, including Itsu, have secured units at the Brunswick shopping centre in Bloomsbury
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OpinionTo invest or not to invest...
Private equity has provided the finance for most growth concepts on the UK’s pubs and restaurants scene. So what makes a great private-equity investment? Electra Partners’ Bill Priestley gives his view
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Analysis & InsightEd's takes top spot in Zolfo Cooper Profit Tracker
Ed’s Easy Diner has taken the top spot in this year’s Zolfo Cooper Profit Tracker, which tracks companies with the fastest-growing profits within the United Kingdom’s eating and drinking-out sector, with a compound annual growth rate of 127%
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Opinion
Keeping track of the flyers
This year’s Zolfo Cooper Profit Tracker highlights the fact that those high-quality operators that made the right calls during the downturn are perfectly placed to reap the benefits in any upturn in the general economy, writes Mark Wingett
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Analysis & InsightCaution: Cafe-bakeries are hot
Coffee shop and cafe brands are encroaching into restaurant and pub territory in a bid to steal market share. Are they the new face of all-day dining?
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Analysis & InsightWise guys
It has been less than a year since its UK launch, but US better burger chain Five Guys has already made plenty of waves across the country’s eating-out sector
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NewsPanda Yummy appoints former Itsu head development chef
Panda Yummy, the noodle restaurant concept, has appointed Kylie Lester, former head development chef at Itsu, as it looks to develop its food offer ahead of the rapid expansion planned for 2014, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsItsu targets nationwide expansion
Itsu, the oriental chain set up by Pret a Manger founder Julian Metcalfe and led by Gerard Loughran, has plans to go nationwide after the success of its first store outside London, M&C Report has learnt
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Analysis & InsightIntellectual property
As competition for good space intensifies, restaurateurs are having to become increasingly bricks and mortar-savvy. Have you got what it takes to bag that successful site asks Joe Lutrario, who talks to a number of leading property experts and operators – Scott Collins and Yianni Papoutsis of MeatLiquor, Alex Reilley of Loungers and Brandon Stephens of Tortilla
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Itsu secures Mayfair site
Itsu, the chain founded by Julian Metcalfe and led by Gerard Loughran, has further grown its pipeline in London, after securing a site in Mayfair
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Itsu secures Earl of Sandwich site
The Earl of Sandwich, the sandwich bar concept, has agreed to sell its only site in the UK to Itsu
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NewsItsu’s Carnevale joins Five Guys
Eduardo Carnevale has left Itsu as its head of training and standards to join Five Guys, the fast-growing US burger brand
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Itsu grows London presence
Itsu, the chain founded by Julian Metcalfe and led by Gerard Loughran, has secured a further two sites in central London to take its overall estate to 46 units