All Wagamama articles – Page 22
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Analysis & InsightWhat now for Busaba?
In 2008, Phoenix Equity Partners signed a deal to back restaurant entrepreneur Alan Yau, investing £21.5m in the rollout of the then three-strong Busaba Eathai casual dining chain. Next June will mark the 10th anniversary of that deal and if the company hopes to finally exit the now 15-strong group by then you wonder if it will get anywhere near recouping that initial investment.
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News
Gregory swaps Wagamama for Leon
Adam Gregory has stepped down as managing director of Wagamama’s US operations to join Leon
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NewsCEOs 'haven't seen the light' on tech
Many chief executives in the restaurant sector have “not seen the light” when it comes to technology, despite the huge potential for improving efficiency, according to Wagamama customer director Emma Woods.
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Analysis & Insight
Don’t be a Charlie, have a checkpoint
You’ve fully explored your reasons for international expansion and you’re clear it’s the route for you but, before you set up shop or start talking to potential partners, it will pay you to run through a final checklist. Jasper Reid sets out the points you need to tick off first
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NewsByron launches strategic review
The board of Byron is understood to have officially launched a strategic review, which could lead to a sale of the business or the disposal of a substantial number of sites.
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OpinionAssured Azzurri
While the majority of the casual dining sector, especially Italian-focused concepts, are coming under increasing pressure, the Azzurri Group, the operator of ASK Italian, Zizzi and Coco di Mama, continues to grow and outperform the market. On the back of its full-year results, Mark Wingett has a closer look at the business and talks to chief executive Steve Holmes
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Opinion
Timing at the bar
It’s a buyer’s market out there at the moment, or so we are told, so why is one of the sector’s most influential and successful investors currently looking to sale his stake not one, but two, of his investments?
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NewsWagamama to launch Noodle Lab
Wagamama is to unveil its new creative test kitchen – Noodle Lab tomorrow, MCA understands.
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NewsTop ranked restaurant brands revealed
Miller & Carter and Cosmo were the top-ranked restaurant brands in MCA’s analysis of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
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News
The Diner launches vegetarian menu
The Diner, the US style restaurant concept led by Marc Francis-Baum, is the latest brand to introduce a vegetarian menu as the popularity of plant-based food grows.
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Wagamama launches vegan menu
Wagamama has become the latest established operator to launch a dedicated vegan menu
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NewsBe At One refinances; ends sales process
Be At One has completed a £20m refinancing, and ended the sales process it started earlier this year
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NewsSherwood joins Wagamama
Nigel Sherwood, formerly of Byron, Shake Shack and Nando’s, has joined Wagamama, the Duke Street Capital-backed company
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Wagamama strengthens head office team
Wagamama, the Duke Street Capital-backed group, has strengthened its head office team, with four new appointments, including a new UK marketing director
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NewsLoungers, JDW & Wagamama winners at Vegan Food Awards
Loungers, JD Wetherspoon and Wagamama were amongst the sector winners at the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Vegan Food Awards 2017
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NewsCope confirmed as Byron CEO
Simon Cope has been confirmed as the new chief executive of Byron, the Hutton Collins-backed burger chain
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OpinionFor better or worse
After a few months of searching, Hutton Collins, the backer of better burger chain Byron, has decided to stick with what it knows, in appointing Simon Cope as its new chief executive. It will now be down to Cope to plot a steady course to take the brand back to where it was – one of the sector’s key growth brands
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NewsCope to be named Byron CEO
Byron is poised to announce the appointment of a chief executive after a gap of five months
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Analysis & Insight
Smaller brands expanding faster than bigger names
Small casual dining brands are expanding six times faster than bigger names in the sector, according to the latest Market Growth Monitor
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News
Operators weigh in on Brexit consequences
More than 100 businesses, including Adnams, Charles Wells, Gourmet Burger Kitchen, St Austell and wagamama, have urged Brexit negotiators to be pragmatic or risk the “inevitable consequences for jobs and growth”.