All Prezzo articles – Page 16

  • Strada
    Opinion

    Hugh in for the long haul

    2014-12-08T08:37:00Z

    Hugh Osmond talks to Mark Wingett about why there is no limit to what Strada can achieve, competing brands, the consumer environment and creating a business that stands for something

  • Prezzo logo
    News

    Operators sign up for Bournemouth development

    2014-12-04T07:56:00Z

    Operators, including Bill’s, Giraffe, The Restaurant Group and TGI Friday’s, have signed up to open at a new £50m cinema-led leisure complex in Bournemouth

  • Bill's
    Opinion

    Careful what you wish for

    2014-12-01T08:19:00Z

    The dam has broken on M&A activity in the sector and the next 12 months could see an unprecedented number of businesses changing hands and securing new investment, but has the market learnt its lesson from the downturn when it comes to debt?

  • Five Guys Bluewater
    News

    Five Guys confirmed for Ashton

    2014-11-28T16:00:00Z

    Five Guys will join Bella Italia and Prezzo in opening a site at the Ashton Leisure Park, near Manchester, next spring

  • News

    Prezzo to open 250th site

    2014-11-24T08:50:00Z

    Prezzo is to open its 250th restaurant on Friday.

  • News

    Pizza tops nation’s favourite dish

    2014-11-18T07:54:00Z

    Pizza is the most popular dish ordered in British restaurants and the fourth most popular dinner item ordered from fast food outlets, according to research by the Pizza Pasta and Italian Foods Association (PAPA).

  • News

    Pizza Hut scoops double awards

    2014-11-14T16:23:00Z

    Pizza Hut has been named the Pizza Restaurant Chain of The Year for the second year running and Pizza Delivery Chain of the Year at the at the Pizza, Pasta & Italian Food (PAPA) Industry Awards

  • Five Guys Bluewater
    News

    Five Guys lines up Ashton opening

    2014-11-11T08:11:00Z

    Five Guys, the popular US burger chain, is understood to have lined up its second opening in Greater Manchester

  • TGI Friday
    News

    Second round bids due for TGI Friday’s

    2014-11-07T16:26:00Z

    Up to six private equity groups are believed to be in the running to acquire the UK arm of TGI Friday’s, with second round bids for the 64-strong business due next week

  • M&C20 Index 07 November
    News

    Bid activity holds back M&C20

    2014-11-07T16:16:00Z

    The M&C20 was held back by bid activity this week, underperforming the wider market, growing 0.3% to 1,225 points while the AllShare Index was 1% higher, rising 10 points to 1,028, says Will Brumby of Langton Capital

  • Prezzo logo
    News

    Advent confirms it will not bid for Prezzo

    2014-11-07T08:09:00Z

    US private equity firm Advent International has confirmed it will not bid for restaurant group Prezzo.

  • Domino Pizza From oven
    Analysis & Insight

    Domino's and PizzaExpress lead Youth100 list

    2014-11-06T10:57:00Z

    Domino’s Pizza has topped the fast food and restaurant category in this year’s Youth 100 List: which highlights the UK’s top brands according to 18-24 year olds

  • News

    Batram: Prezzo shareholders should reject bid

    2014-11-06T08:27:00Z

    Leading analyst Nick Batram at Peel Hunt has said that Prezzo shareholders should reject the agreed £303.7m bid from TPG Capital

  • Prezzo logo
    News

    TPG Capital agrees to acquire Prezzo for £303.7m

    2014-11-06T07:20:00Z

    TPG Capital, the US-based private equity firm, has reached agreement with the board of Prezzo, to acquire the Jonathan Kaye-led business for £303.7m

  • Wagamama restaurant
    Analysis & Insight

    Ignoring the noise of the new

    2014-11-03T08:42:00Z

    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”

  • M&C20 31 October
    News

    M&C20 rises in afterglow of bid speculation

    2014-10-31T16:26:00Z

    The M&C20 rose 2% this week to 1,221 points, ever so slightly underperforming the 2.1% rise in the wider market which saw the FTSE All-Share end at 1,018 points, says Will Brumby of Langton Capital

  • News

    Prezzo extends deadline for bids

    2014-10-30T15:18:00Z

    TPG Capital and Advent International have been given an extended deadline to bid for the Jonathan Kaye-led restaurant group Prezzo.

  • Prezzo logo
    News

    Prezzo takes Wisbech site

    2014-10-29T07:40:00Z

    Takeover target Prezzo is set to open a site in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire

  • Prezzo logo
    News

    Niven lined up to play part at Prezzo

    2014-10-24T16:40:00Z

    David Niven, the former chief executive of Nando’s, is being lined up to be part of the management team at Prezzo, if TPG Capital is successful in its bid for the business

  • Franco Manca
    News

    Franco Manca secures Belsize Park site

    2014-10-23T07:49:00Z

    Franco Manca, the pizza chain led by David Page and Italian chef Giuseppe Mascoli, has secured the Chimichanga site in London’s Belsize Park