All Wahaca articles – Page 11
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NewsFive Guys UK reports £3.89m loss
Five Guys UK has reported a loss of £3.89m in the period to 29 December 2013, as the cost of launching in the country saw administrative expenses reach £4.58m.
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Operators eye Shoreditch Village units
A number of leading operators are believed to have entered talks to open units at the Shoreditch Village development, which is due to come on line next year
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Analysis & Insight
Street food growth to continue
The street food sector is set to keep growing as 47% of consumers plan to eat more of it in the next year, according to research conducted by Allegra Foodservice for ingredients supplier Santa Maria, reports M&C’s sister title Big Hospitality
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Diary
Diary: Five Guys, Wahaca, Loungers, Starbucks
This week’s Diary includes further fallout from NAMA, Five Guys on the expansion trail, Starbucks ramping up its UK expansion and those impressionable guys at Loungers
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OpinionZolfo Cooper Profit Tracker - ones to watch
M&C Report profiles four operators who missed out on this year’s Zolfo Cooper Profit Tracker list, which tracks companies with the fastest growing profits in the UK’s eating and drinking out sector, by falling outside the scope of the methodology. However, they are expected, with a fair wind, to make their bows next year
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NewsWahaca receives funding extension
Wahaca, the Mexican street food restaurant concept led by Thomasina Miers and Mark Selby, has had its funds extended by RBS to finance the next phase of expansion
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NewsWahaca closes in on Cardiff site
Wahaca has moved closer to making its regional debut, after applying for a licence to open a site in Cardiff
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Analysis & InsightMexican food grows and evolves on UK menus
Burritos and enchiladas were the fastest rising items on menus at UK restaurants and pubs in the fourth quarter of 2014, as Mexican food evolves into barbecue-inspired and other fusion formats, new research from Technomic shows
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NewsWahaca on track to make regional debut
Wahaca is on track to make its regional debut in the next 12 months and add a further three sites to its 11-strong core London estate
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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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NewsFlypay receives further funding for sector rollout
Flypay, the developer of the restaurant app which enables waiter-less payment, is to be rolled out further after receiving £1m of new funding from mobile payment specialists Entreé Capital and a successful trial with Wahaca
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NewsReilley named Retailers’ Retailer 2014
Alex Reilley, who has overseen the impressive growth of Loungers, has been singled out by his peers as the stand-out individual in the eating-out and drinking-out market
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Analysis & Insight
Taking Mexican street food to new heights
Wahaca co-founder Mark Selby’s entrepreneurial approach to business development is helping to grow the number of sites and expand the concept
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News
Burrito Mama ready for bespoke situations
Mark Selby, co-founder of Wahaca, has said that Burrito Mama, the group’s first takeaway site, was trading very well, and would look at other opening opportunities
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Wahaca eyes new concept
Wahaca, the Mexican street food restaurant concept led by Thomasina Miers and Mark Selby, is developing a new, smaller concept that it hopes to launch in the next year
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InterviewsFriday five-minute interview
M&C Report talks to Peter Borg-Neal, chief executive of Oakman Inns and Restaurants, the Hertfordshire-based multiple operator, about his best investment, his best business decision and the best piece of advice he’s ever received
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NewsFormer Loch Fyne MD to lead Tortilla
Tortilla has appointed Richard Morris, former managing director of Loch Fyne Restaurants, as its new managing director to oversee its next stage of growth
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NewsCoal consolidates estate
Coal Grill & Bar has consolidated its estate after securing further openings in Gloucester and Swindon, whilst at the same time agreeing to sell its existing site in Wimbledon to Wahaca
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NewsLoungers named operator of the year
Loungers was named operator of the year at the R200 Awards last night at Merchants Tavern in London’s Shoreditch, hosted by M&C Report’s sister title Restaurant magazine. Oakman Inns, the Peter Borg-Neal-led company was named pub company of the year
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NewsComptoir Libanais opens at Bluewater
Comptoir Libanais, the London-based Lebanese fast-casual concept, has opened its latest site in Bluewater, its seventh it total, as it continues to ramp up its rollout program