All Chilango articles – Page 4

  • News

    ​Franks joins Chilango

    2016-04-21T08:29:00Z

    Richard Franks, the former managing director of bakery café group Apostrophe, has joined Chilango as its new head of operations

  • Nuno Mendes
    Analysis & Insight

    Safety in numbers?

    2016-03-04T08:31:00Z

    Crowdfunding has become a popular way for cash-strapped chefs to launch their own restaurants. But is it the source of easy money many people think it is?

  • News

    Chilango secures Manchester site

    2016-02-05T16:14:59.813Z

    Chilango  will open its first site in the North West in Manchester, in April

  • Analysis & Insight

    Dialling up deal activity

    2015-12-14T07:47:00Z

    2015 was yet another big year for deal activity in the restaurants and bars sector, says Kieran Lawton, M&A director at BDO.

  • News

    Doubts cast on future of Suchef

    2015-12-04T16:14:20.073Z

    Doubts have been cast on the future of Suchef, the healthy fast food concept from the Aroma Food Group (UK), after the company sold its site near St Paul’s to a new fast casual concept, Vita Mojo. Suchef, which launched last year and has four further sites in the capital ...

  • News

    Chilango sets out growth plans

    2015-12-04T08:35:12.687Z

    Chilango plans to use its new investment to kick start its strategy to open 50 sites across 20 UK cities by 2021

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    News

    Chilango closes crowdfunding at £3.4m

    2015-12-03T08:24:00Z

    Chilango has closed its latest crowdfunding round at £3.4m, with its largest investment of £400k coming in a day before the fund raising ended

  • Chilango
    News

    Chilango extends Crowdcube campaign

    2015-11-20T16:01:00Z

    Chilango has extended its Crowdcube campaign until 1 December after receiving interest from individuals wanting to invest large amounts in the campaign

  • Chilango interior
    Analysis & Insight

    Following the crowd

    2015-11-20T08:16:43.023Z

    Crowdcube founder Luke Lang shares his tips on what makes a pitch stand out and give his insight into who and what drives the funding process. At the sames time, the founders of Chilango, Sourced Market and Square Pie share their crowdfunding experiences

  • Chilango interior
    News

    Chilango approached by international groups

    2015-11-17T08:04:00Z

    Mexican restaurant group Chilango has been approached by international franchise operators to launch the brand overseas as its crowdfunding campaign has attracted attention from around the world

  • Chilango interior
    News

    Crowdfunding boosts Chilango's property hunt

    2015-11-12T09:18:05.440Z

    Mexican restaurant group Chilango has been inundated with property offers for sites across England, Wales and Scotland since it launched its fundraising campaign on CrowdCube. The Eric Partaker and Dan Houghton-led company has been presented with more than 100 potential locations and as a result have so far made ...

  • Analysis & Insight

    Property biggest concern for food entrepreneurs

    2015-11-06T16:10:00Z

    Property availability is the biggest challenge food entrepreneurs are facing, coupled with the cost of acquiring new sites

  • Chilango burrito
    News

    Chilango to overfund indefinitely

    2015-11-04T08:16:00Z

    Eric Partaker, the co-founder of Mexican restaurant Chilango, has told M&C the company will continue overfunding indefinitely after reaching its £1m target in just one week

  • Chilango interior
    News

    Chilango hits £1m in first week

    2015-11-03T08:04:00Z

    Mexican restaurant Chilango has surpassed its £1m fundraising target in its first week on CrowdCube

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    News

    Chilango raising funds for UK & global growth

    2015-10-27T08:35:00Z

    London-based burrito concept Chilango is ramping up its expansion plans with the launch of a funding round via online platform CrowdCube to raise £1m to enable its next phase of growth

  • News

    B&L to make Middle East debut in Kuwait

    2015-10-22T08:35:57.663Z

    Burger & Lobster will make its debut in the Middle East in Kuwait next month

  • HOP
    Analysis & Insight

    Let’s go to the HOP

    2015-09-24T08:33:00Z

    From a lightbulb moment in southeast Asia, Paul Hopper has spent two-and-a-half years developing and honing his idea for a grab-and-go Vietnamese takeaway concept, HOP. Ruth Williams reports

  • Burger & Lobster food
    News

    B&L appoints new head of franchise operations

    2015-09-23T08:02:00Z

    Burger & Lobster has appointed former Chilango operations director and restaurant consultant Michael Baglieri as its new head of franchise operations

  • News

    Chilango eyes Manchester launch

    2015-09-10T08:22:00Z

    Chilango, the Mexican restaurant group, is set to make its debut in the north west, with an opening in Manchester being worked on

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    News

    Chilango eyes return to the regions

    2015-08-27T08:20:00Z

    Chilango, the Mexican restaurant group, hopes to return to the regions in 2016 and is looking at an international launch