All Chimichanga articles

  • News

    Former Tasty and Giggling Squid directors prep new venture

    2019-05-15T05:55:00Z

    Former Tasty managing director Jo Morrison and Giggling Squid operations direction Peter Morrison are launching a new all-day dining restaurant concept in Hove.

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    Little swaps Hawthorn for MOD Pizza

    2019-01-03T08:45:00Z

    Ed Little has left Hawthorn Leisure to join MOD Pizza as head of acquisition, MCA understands.

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    News

    Giggling Squid poised to take on former CAU site in Leamington Spa

    2018-12-07T08:40:00Z

    Giggling Squid has been granted a premise license for the former CAU site in Leamington Spa.

  • Tamatanga
    News

    Tamatanga to open third site, at Highcross; plans for more

    2018-11-30T08:34:00Z

    Indian casual dining restaurant Tamatanga is to open a third site in Leicester’s Highcross shopping centre, and has plans to expand outside the Midlands, MCA has learnt.

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    Laurillard: Differentiation key to success

    2018-11-13T08:16:00Z

    Giggling Squid co-founder Andy Laurillard has credited his company’s 53% uplift in EBITDA to a differentiated offer which does not revolve around pizzas and burgers.

  • MOD Pizza
    News

    MOD UK focused on building “significant pipeline”

    2018-10-04T08:52:00Z

    MOD Pizza UK, the Sir Charles Dunstone-backed concept, has reiterated that it intends to build a significant pipeline of sites across the country, despite posting a c£11m loss for the 12 months to the end of 2017.

  • ASK Italian Pasta
    Analysis & Insight

    Italian and Latin cuisines losing market share

    2018-09-25T08:56:00Z

    Italian and Latin/South American cuisines have both lost share of the UK restaurant market over the past year, according to the latest MCA data.

  • Chiquito
    Analysis & Insight

    Brandwatch: Chiquito

    2018-08-23T08:34:00Z

    A common feature at leisure and retail parks across the UK, fast-casual Mexican chain Chiquito has underperformed the market in recent years. In response, parent company TRG has been investing in the brand’s development – so have their efforts been bearing fruit? Georgi Gyton investigates.

  • Giggling Squid food
    News

    Morrison steps down from Giggling Squid

    2018-06-13T08:37:00Z

    Peter Morrison has stepped down as operations director at Giggling Squid, the BGF-backed Thai casual dining group

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    Analysis & Insight

    Greater use of psychological pricing expected

    2018-06-05T08:41:00Z

    The use of psychological pricing is expected to increase, as market conditions remain tough and operators try to tempt customers through their doors, according to new MCA research.

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    News

    Karen Jones to head Prezzo as Hendry Pickup departs

    2018-04-23T18:50:00Z

    Karen Jones has been appointed executive chair of Prezzo while chief executive Jon Hendry-Pickup has decided to leave his role.

  • News

    Wagamama takes Gloucester Quays Chimichanga site

    2018-04-19T08:43:56.917Z

    Wagamama has taken on the closed Chimichanga site in Gloucester Quays, MCA understands.

  • Analysis & Insight

    Managing the casual dining message

    2018-03-19T07:42:00Z

    There have been no shortage of newspaper headlines about the eating-out sector in recent weeks but are they telling the whole story? Dominic Walsh discusses the situation at Gordon Ramsay Group, Jamie’s Italian, Prezzo and TRG and gives his view on how successfully each has managed the message.

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    News

    Prezzo FY lfls fell 8%

    2018-03-05T08:35:00Z

    The Company Voluntary Proposal proposal document put forward by Prezzo has laid bare the decline in trading the company experienced during 2017

  • Prezzo
    News

    Prezzo needed a pick up earlier

    2018-03-02T09:05:00Z

    In what could be the biggest Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) the UK’s restaurant sector has experienced, Prezzo is set to shed nearly a third of its estate, including its Chimichanga brand, in a further high profile example of the issues currently impacting the industry. So how did it come to this for a business that sparked a bidding battle and sold for a price that analysts at the time said undervalued it, asks Mark Wingett

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    Prezzo awaits CVA sign-off

    2018-03-01T08:48:00Z

    Investors in Prezzo, the c300-strong operator of its eponymous brand and Mexican chain Chimichanga, have yet to sign off on its plan for a Company Voluntary Arrangement, MCA understands.

  • Prezzo Beckenham
    News

    Prezzo to launch CVA

    2018-02-28T10:47:00Z

    Prezzo, the c300-strong operator of its eponymous brand and Mexican chain Chimichanga, is to enter a Company Voluntary Agreement (CVA).

  • News

    Analysts corner: Driven to drink

    2018-02-28T08:26:00Z

    Analysts at Liberum have given their view of the current market and their top picks for the sector, highlighting the potential for premium wet-led venues.

  • News

    Hunter departs Prezzo

    2018-02-06T08:19:00.020Z

    Paul Hunter, operations director for the Chimichanga and MexiCo brands, has departed Prezzo, MCA understands.

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    News

    Spotlight falls on Prezzo’s trading

    2018-01-26T08:06:00Z

    After the struggles faced by Jamie’s Italian and Byron, reports this morning suggest Prezzo could be the next casual dining chain to have to undergo a restructuring.