All Wagamama articles – Page 6
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NewsWagamama eyes full estate open in ‘six or nine months’
Wagamama CEO Emma Woods said the restaurant chain is preparing for a “new normal” in customer habits as it revealed its first ever collection service for customers.
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NewsTRG to close up to 120 sites
The Restaurant Group is to permanently close between 100 and 120 of its leisure brands sites.
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NewsFrankie & Benny’s to close a “large number” of sites
The BBC has reported that a “large number” of Frankie & Benny’s restaurants are to close. It said an email to staff sent by the Restaurant Group says many sites are “no longer viable to trade and will remain closed permanently. The Covid-19 crisis has significantly impacted our ability to trade profitably, so we’ve taken the tough decision to close these restaurants now,” the email said.
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NewsSector sees another week of reopenings
MCA rounds up the latest reopenings in the hospitality sector.
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NewsWagamama to open 67 more sites for delivery and collection
Wagamama will reopen 67 sites for delivery and collection by the end of June, MCA can reveal.
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Analysis & InsightNavigating the double edged sword of delivery
Delivery and takeaway are one of the only tangible ways left for operators to serve customers during the coronavirus outbreak. With consumers no longer able to eat out, common sense logic assumed they would simply transfer spending to delivery. Yet for various reasons, this has not played out as expected, ...
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NewsWagamama to return to deliveries
Wagamama is set to commence offering deliveries from four dark kitchens. The chain says it has devised a schedule that will allow staff to “slowly return to delivery-only work at their own discretion” as part of a “test and learn approach” for the business.
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NewsPeter Martin: If there’s one debt you do need to pay
So the waiting game begins. After the last weeks of frenetic activity as the hospitality sector lobbied hard for Government lifelines, most companies are locking themselves into survival mode.
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NewsTRG models ‘pessimistic’ slow recovery scenario
The Restaurant Group has modelled a “pessimistic scenario” for the current financial year, which would see 400 of its sites reopened gradually between July and December.
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NewsTRG raises £57m in share placing
The Restaurant Group has raised £57 million following the succes
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NewsTRG downsizes exec pay and operations
The Restaurant Group has announced an extension to its lending facilities, executive pay cuts and a downsizing of its board.
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NewsWagamama launches cook-at-home video series
Wagamama has become the latest operator to launch its own cooking lesson video series to reach out to consumers in the closure period.
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NewsTRG: no plans to put any more brands into administration
The Restaurant Group has no current plans to put any more of its brands into administration, MCA understands, including Frankie & Benny’s, Brunning & Price and Wagamama. Last week TRG filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator for Chiquito, which makes up part of its 350-strong leisure arm ...
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Analysis & InsightAnalysts’ verdict: Goodbody on the leisure shutdown
With the pubs and restaurants now closed the remainder of the leisure sector saw further restrictions last night with collection and delivery now also being impacted.
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NewsWhy are big brands abandoning takeaway and delivery?
Takeaway and delivery last week emerged as a possible silver lining to the biblical storm clouds posing an existential threat to the restaurant and bar industry.
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Analysis & Insight
Goodbody on M&B, TRG, Marston’s
Mitchells & Butlers, Restaurant Group and Marston’s all seeing a significant impact from COVID-19
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NewsTRG predicts 2020 sales decline of 25%
The Restaurant Group has predicted an overall decline in like-for-like sales of 25% in FY2020 as it has experienced an “increasing and material impact” of COVID-19 in recent weeks.
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NewsMarch 2020
Unfortunately one issue is dominating the news agenda. Coronavirus presents any number of difficulties for the industry and for now we are in the unenviable position of not knowing how severe they could be. Contributing editor Peter Martin and columnist Dom Walsh explore the issue in their latest columns.
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Analysis & InsightGetting social - the risks and rewards
As Chancellor Rishi Sunak grinned next to an unnecessarily large bag of Yorkshire Tea and Jacob Rees-Mogg threw caution to the wind in clutching a single walkers crisp, social media managers everywhere groaned in solidarity. “Look how relatable we are,” called the two men, “so normal!” Within minutes, Twitter warriors throughout the country were primed for battle. Yorkshire Tea, Walkers and Pringles (which committed the crime of simply sitting, unopened, on Reese-Mogg’s desk), were immediately inundated with online abuse.
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Analysis & InsightSteve Gotham: Turning up the heat and other NPD delights
New product development (NPD) is rightly recognised as a lifeblood for the eating out industry, and MCA’s Menu Tracker offers insights into the latest menu trends and influences across 150 leading operators. This review only serve as a taster, but the three courses have each been accompanied with three key summary insights.