All YO! Sushi articles – Page 16
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News
ASK and Zizzi auction 'could reach £200m'
Private equity firm Cinven is looking to raise up to £200m from the sale of Gondola Group restaurant brands ASK Italian and Zizzi, according to The Times
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Opinion
Risking it regionally
The race for operators to spread out of London and the south-east is well and truly on. Does that run the risk of regional property bubbles being formed during the next 12 to 18 months?
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Opinion
Proper food that’s going places
Chop’d was founded in 2004 on the principles of offering busy people the choice of healthy food on the go. Ten years and nine stores later, Ruth Williams finds co-founder and chief executive Eddie Holmes is preparing to roll-out three formats of the store that embody those principles
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Five operators sign-up to Braehead
Caffe Nero, Millie’s Cookies, SpudULike, Fuel Juice Bar and KFC have signed up to the Braehead Intu retail development in Glasgow, Scotland
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Gov’t holds talks on future of Responsibility Deal
The Government has held talks with leading food industry representatives in a bid to revive the Responsibility Deal
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Operators sign up for Braehead
YO! Sushi and Pret A Manger have become the latest operators to sign up to open at the Braehead shopping scheme, Glasgow
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Analysis & Insight
Operators make Youth 100 shortlist
More than 35 leading pub, restaurant and bar operators have made the shortlist of this year’s Youth 100
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News
YO! ramps up US expansion
YO! Sushi has signed three new leases in the US, part of an area development agreement to open 50 franchised restaurants in the country over the next six years
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British Land sells Poland St site for £26m
British Land has announced that it has exchanged on the sale of 52 Poland Street to Amazon Property for £26m reflecting a capital value of nearly £1,300 per sq f
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Opinion
Why Pret is still leading the rest
Marketing expert Mark McCulloch takes a look at some of the key touch points behind the success of Pret A Manger
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Analysis & Insight
New world order
Forget the recent influx of US restaurant brands planting their flags on UK soil – the Brits are leading a global invasion all of their own
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Opinion
You got that vibe?
Consumer expectations in terms of value have never been higher, a great deal in part to the high levels of offer and service currently in play across the sector, but what can mark out that experience even further?
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Opinion
Brighton: buying some cool
Brighton has gone from a grubby seaside town to gaining an exclusive status that’s almost on a par with London. Jessica Mason looks at what makes this city tick and how to make a business succeed
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News
YO! appoints new ops director
New YO! Sushi chief executive Vanessa Hall has made her first key appointment after hiring Paul Reynolds as the group’s new operations director
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Opinion
Little brother comes of age
Just over a year on from joining YO! Sushi, the group’s new CEO Vanessa Hall talks to Mark Wingett about the brand, its people and the opportunities ahead
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News
YO! secures third Edinburgh site
YO! Sushi is to open its third site in Edinburgh and the first new restaurant in the city’s Princes Street for decades after the council’s shops-only policy for the street was rescinded
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Opinion
Rising stars needed to beat talent timebomb
The ability to attract and retain new talent is one of the eating and drinking-out industry’s most significant challenges. Many school and university leavers continue to believe that the sector is not a viable career path for them to embark on
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Analysis & Insight
The story so far
The first half of this year has underlined the feeling that the UK’s eating and drinking-out sector is slowly, but surely pulling itself out of the downturn. Vibrancy has returned to the market, while even pub groups are looking at entering the fast casual market, but will the next six months and beyond cement this position?
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News
YO! extends breakfast offer outside airports
YO! Sushi, the Vanessa Hall-led group, has made its breakfast offer available for the first time outside of an airport, at its new Baker Street site
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Calculus confirms Chop’d investment
Private equity fund manager Calculus Capital has confirmed it has invested £2m in Chop’d, the London-based salad bar chain