All Abokado articles – Page 3
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Abokado: 2018 will offer opportunities
Abokado founder Mark Lilley has told MCA a more cautious approach to expansion in 2017 had led his group to rejecting most property opportunities this year.
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Abokado to trial weekend opening
Abokado, the healthy eating Kings Park Capital backed chain, is taking a more cautious approach to expansion than previous years, though still hopes to open four or more new sites in London in 2017.
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Lloyd joins 7Bone board
Scott Lloyd, the former chief executive of David Lloyd Leisure, has joined the board of 7Bone Burger Co
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OpinionM&A activity – 2016 a year in review
2016 was another eventful year in the restaurant and bars sector. Despite some strong headwinds, a steady flow of deal activity has continued over the last 12 months. BDO M&A specialists Tom Barnard and Eleanor Moulsdale take a look at the deals that shaped 2016 and who will be the movers and shakers over the next 12 months.
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NewsOperator predictions for 2017
MCA talks to leading operators across the sector about their predictions for 2017, including challenges, opportunities and the concepts to watch over the next 12 months.
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Analyst corner: Brumby on overexpansion
Leading analyst Mark Brumby at Langton Capital looks at how “cheap cash & crowd-funding have ‘supply-pushed’ capacity”
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Abokado launches coffee cup waste campaign
Abokado has launched a new ‘Cupcycle’ campaign to help reduce coffee cup waste and called on the industry to follow suit
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Kings Park takes stake in 7Bone Burger Co
Kings Park Capital, the private equity backer of Abokado and Fuel Juice Bars, is to back the expansion of 7Bone Burger Co
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Abokado launches delivery service
Abokado, the healthy eating chain, is providing a delivery offer for the first time.
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Abokado secures Southbank site
Abokado has signed a lease to open a site at the Great Portland Estates development in Blackfriars Road on London’s Southbank
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Analysis & InsightVital part to play
The last fortnight has seen two deals in the UK’s food-to-go sector, which I believe will mark the start of a period of M&A and consolidation across the category, as more investors and companies look to take advantage of a market that is outperforming the wider eating-out industry
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NewsAbokado strengthens pipeline
Abokado, the healthy eating chain backed by Kings Park Capital, has further strengthened its opening pipeline in the capital
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Campbell to swap BDO for KPMG
David Campbell is to leave BDO to join KPMG as a partner in its Enterprise team, which focuses on the mid-market sector
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Analysis & Insight
Kings maker
Mixing business and pleasure is part of Jason Katz’s ‘daily grind’. In fact, to the founding partner of Kings Park Capital, the specialist private equity firm dedicated to investing in the leisure industry, they are one and the same. And that’s just how he likes it. “In many ways the ...
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Analysis & Insight
Five minutes with…. Mark Lilley, Abokado
This week M&C takes five minutes with Mark Lilley, founder of healthy eating chain Abokado. He discusses the fact that BrewDog should be careful about overexposure, how Dishoom is providing the best experience in the sector and why he would like to be the new Richard Branson.
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Analysis & Insight
Dialling up deal activity
2015 was yet another big year for deal activity in the restaurants and bars sector, says Kieran Lawton, M&A director at BDO.
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Abokado to donate coffee proceeds to charity
Abokado is supporting London’s homeless by donating all proceeds from coffee sales across its of its 26 stores today
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Abokado strengthens ops team
Abokado has announced it has further strengthened its operational team with the appointment of two operations managers
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NewsOliver: Government must be 'brave' over sugar tax
Jamie Oliver has urged the Government to be ‘brave’ by introducing a sugar tax on fizzy drinks
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Camino joins Oliver’s sugar tax campaign
Camino has become the latest company to join Jamie Oliver’s sugar tax campaign