All Strada articles – Page 4
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Opinion
Oliver decides to twist
As of this morning, the man who did more than most to build Jamie Oliver’s restaurant empire can finally take a break from the constant scrutiny and let others worry about where the business is headed
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News
Veeno confirms London debut
Veeno, the fast-growing wine café concept, has confirmed it will make its London debut in Kingston-upon-Thames, at the end of next month
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News
Strada backer to launch new concept
Sun Capital Partners, the Hugh Osmond-led investment vehicle, is to trial a new concept called 31 Below on its former Strada site in Marylebone
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News
Veeno secures debut London site
Veeno, the fast-growing wine café concept, is set to make its debut in London, after securing a site in Kingston
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News
YO! confirms Tottenham Court Rd opening
YO! Sushi has confirmed it will open a London flagship restaurant at 106 Tottenham Court Road
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News
FY revenue declines 15% at Strada
Various Eateries, the parent company of the Strada and Coppa Club brands, saw revenue fall 15.5% to £33.8m in the year to October 2016. In a year, where the company disposed of six Strada sites, converted two to its fledgling Coppa Club concept and opened two further Coppa sites, pre-tax ...
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News
YO! to replace Strada in Canterbury
YO! Sushi, the Robin Rowland-led, Mayfair Capital-backed brand, is to replace Strada when it opens in Canterbury.
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Opinion
Inside Track: Bun fight
Too many burger chains? Too many food and drink outlets? Too many bad location decisions? Or just too many headwinds to cope with? You could probably make an argument for one, two or all of the aforementioned reasons for the sad demise of Handmade Burger Co. What is for sure is that it will have sent a further shiver down the collective spine of a sector already facing up to 12-18 months of fighting in the trenches ahead of it. Mark Wingett reports
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Analysis & Insight
Operators falling short on seafood sustainability
High street restaurants and pubs need to do more to prevent seafood being overfished
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News
Polpo appoints Macdonald as MD
Polpo has appointed Scott Macdonald, formerly of Bill’s, as its new managing director
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News
Sano secures debut site
Sano, new health-based, grab-and-go concept, has confirmed it will launch its debut site at the end of this month
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News
Ex-Benito’s Hat CEO to launch new FTG concept
Richard Baker, ex-chief executive of Benito’s Hat, is to head up the launch of a new grab-and-go concept, called Sano To Go
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News
Sun puts Strada package on the market
Sun Capital Partners, the Hugh Osmond-led investment vehicle, has placed a package of 16 Strada sites on the market
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News
O’Mahoney steps down from Giggling Squid
Mike O’Mahoney has stepped down as chief financial officer of Giggling Squid
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Analysis & Insight
Market towns not so Tasty
The sobering full-year update from Tasty, the Kaye family-backed operator of the Wildwood and Dim T brands earlier this week, was the first one that I think gave a truer reflection of where the market actually is, with the real hard yards set to kick in
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News
Coppa Club builds pipeline
Coppa Club has begun to build its pipeline for the coming year, with deals being put in place to open in Brighton and Maidenhead
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News
Giggling Squid rules out grab-and-go for now
Giggling Squid has further strengthened its openings pipeline by securing a site in Cheltenham
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Analysis & Insight
Christmas menu prices accelerate in 2016
Christmas 2016 was the dearest yet with an acceleration of prices up 3%-4%, according to MCA’s menu analysis.
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News
White to step down as Bella Italia MD
Nick White is to step down as managing director of Bella Italia, the Casual Dining Group (CDG)-owned brand
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News
Tapas Revolution promotes Plumpton to MD
Tapas Revolution has promoted its long-term operations director Mac Plumpton to managing director