All Wahaca articles – Page 12
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NewsGondola delivers strong performance
M&C Report takes a closer look at the full-year update from Gondola Group, the operator of PizzaExpress, Zizzi, ASK and Byron, including its capital structure, international expansion plans, the repositioning of Zizzi, a new FD for ASK, a breakout year for Byron and its feeling that there are early signs of recovery in the broader economy
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Analysis & Insight
Less buzz, more longevity
Back in January 2008, the world was a different place. Post the Lehman Brothers crash, the talk then was that the “dip in the economy” as it was seen then, would correct itself by the summer and the previous period of growth would be back before the run up to Christmas. At the same time, M&C Report was picking its hot concepts to look out for in the coming 12 months
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NewsTortilla gears up for next stage of growth
Tortilla, the Quilvest-backed fast casual Mexican chain, has secured another seven sites both inside and outside London, which it hopes to bring online over the next 12 months, including four that will open before the end of the year, M&C Report understands
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OpinionThe IT crowd
The opening last week of the Richard Caring-backed Grillshack, complete with apps that enable diners to order and pay for food and drinks on their smartphone, highlights that a technological dam is about to break for the UK’s eating and drinking-out industry
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Wahaca moves closer on Brixton site
Wahaca, the Mexican street food restaurant concept led by Thomasina Miers and Mark Selby, has moved a step closer to securing a site in London’s Brixton
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Vagabond to double up
Vagabond, the wine shop and deli concept, is to open its second site in London next month
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GBK hits the 60 mark
Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK), the premium burger chain, has secured its 60th site in the UK
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Wahaca to launch Burrito Mama
Wahaca is to open a new takeaway burrito concept adjacent to its upcoming opening at London’s One New Change called Burrito Mama
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Weekend Press
Weekend press round-up, 20-21 July
Companies and marketsMake mine a Marston’s This week four of the nation’s biggest pub owners will reveal their financial results, writes Danny Fortson in his Inside the City column. They include Mitchells & Butlers, the company behind the All Bar One chain, and JD Wetherspoon. In theory, all should have ...
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Wahaca secures 12th site
Wahaca is understood to have secured its 12th site in London, in Great Portland Street
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ASK FD joins Wahaca
Gavin Adair has stepped down from ASK Italian as its finance director to join Wahaca as its new head of development
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Diary
Diary: Polpo, Wahaca, Heineken, BrewDog
This week’s Diary includes more on burger concepts, Wahaca looking to go further into take-outs, giving schooners a chance, and BrewDog getting meaty. Better burgers part 213Before we all start getting burger-lash, Diary would like to add one or two more snippets to the current interest in the ...
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News
Wahaca secures One New Change site
Wahaca, the Mexican street food restaurant concept, has secured its 11th site in London, in St Paul’s
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Analysis & Insight
Biting back?
Gourmet Burger Kitchen has grown to become the UK’s biggest premium patty purveyor, but a host of new players are threatening to shake up the market
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News
Wahaca and GBK open in Waterloo
Wahaca and Gourmet Burger Kitchen have both opened new sites on the former Waterloo Brasserie unit in London
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Wahaca opens in Islington
Wahaca has opened its ninth site in London’s Islington on the site of the former Pitcher & Piano site in Upper Street.
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Analysis & Insight
Work placement
News earlier this month that Compass Group had opened its first Marks & Spencer (M&S)..
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Opinion
TGI turnaround continues
Inside Track by John HarringtonKaren Forrester has a novel way of letting staff know that a poor attitude would not be accepted at TGI Friday’s UK. “I was in San Francisco a few months ago and I took a photo of Alcatraz. I sent it out to our business and ...
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News
Wahaca and Feng Sushi amongst SRA winners
Wahaca, Feng Sushi and Devon-based café ODE were announced among the winners of the Sustainable Restaurant Association Awards 2013.Cafe-ODE, in Shaldon, Devon, followed its partner restaurant ODE-dining in becoming Sustainable Restaurant of the Year, in the second year of the awards organised by the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA), in association ...