All Ed’s Easy Diner articles – Page 5
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Eddie Rocket’s takes on Ed’s site as part of NI rollout
Rocket Restaurants, the Dublin-based US diner group, has taken over the former Ed’s Easy Diner site in Boucher Road, Belfast, for its third site in Northern Ireland.
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Boparan begins to refresh Ed’s management team
Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG) has started to refresh the management team of Ed’s Easy Diner
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Giraffe paid £8.75m for Ed’s Easy Diner
Giraffe acquired Ed’s Easy Diner, which at one point was valued at c£90m, for just £8.75m
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OpinionSingh looks to get a new tune out of Ed’s
The private owner of the 2 Sisters Food Group, one of the UK’s largest food producers, has revealed an appetite for the restaurant sector over the past few years, especially turnaround stories, but can he pull of the trick again with new acquisition Ed’s Easy Diner, a business that spent the last 18 months fighting declining sales?
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NewsBoparan confirms Ed's Easy Diner deal
Boparan has confirmed the acquisition of 33 Ed’s Easy Diner sites, which have been added to the Giraffe business it acquired earlier this year
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SSP not in running for Ed’s
Travel concession operator SSP is not in the running for Ed’s Easy Diner, which was brought back to the market last month
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RCapital & SSP in the running for Ed’s
RCapital and SSP are both believed to be in the running to take on Ed’s Easy Diner
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Itsu appoints new CFO
Itsu has appointed Ganan Kanagathurai, formerly of Tesco Ventures, as its new UK chief financial officer.
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Ed’s returns to the market
Ed’s Easy Diner has been put back on the market as it seeks new investment, according to Sky News
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Crepeaffaire confirms five new sites with international ambition
Crepeaffaire has confirmed plans for two new UK openings this year – as well as three in the Middle East.
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OpinionBack on track
Dominic Walsh explores the fall from grace of Ed’s Easy Diner and ponders whether the travails of recent months have done any lasting damage to this business, whilst at the same time asking whether there is merit in a future link up between Stonegate and Mitchells & Butlers
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Ed’s enters partnership with SSP
Ed’s Easy Diner has signed a franchise deal with SSP with plans to open 11 sites in transports hubs and visitor attractions by the summer of 2020
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Analyst corner: Brumby on over-expansion & fabricated demand
With The Restaurant Group and Ed’s Easy Diner having said that they are to dispose of units, leading analyst Mark Brumby at Langton Capital says the pair are unlikely to be the last operators to trim their estates
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Ed’s decides against partial CVA
Andrew Guy, chief executive of Ed’s Easy Diner, has told The Times that the group is pausing for breath in terms of its expansion plans
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NewsSchofield new CEO of Itsu UK; Roberts to head US arm
Ivan Schofield has been appointed chief executive of Itsu UK Retail, with Cameron Roberts moving to head up the company’s new US subsidiary.
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Analysis & InsightKing of the road
Welcome Break chief executive Rod McKie talks to James Wallin about how service stations can be bellweathers for consumer trends, how to decided which brand is hot and which is not and why it took so long to get Pret on the motorway
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NewsWelcome Break sees Brexit impact on customer spend
Welcome Break chief executive Rod McKie has told MCA that the group is already seeing the impact of Brexit on customers’ discretionary spend.
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Guy to chair Crepeaffaire
Andrew Guy MBE, chief executive of Ed’s Easy Diner, is joining Crepeaffaire and sister company Frizzenti as non-executive chairman.
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Franco Manca to launch Debenhams concession
Franco Manca has signed a partnership with Debenhams to open a concession unit at the department store operator’s Westfield White City site
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Analysis & Insight
A different class?
A lack of quality sites for growth and expansion is sadly the restaurant industry’s Achilles heel. A shortage of supply, together with increasing rent and premiums, means that even those with ample funds and considerable appetite are finding it increasingly difficult to achieve returns for investors; and this problem is only likely to amplify as more operators join the bun fight, argues consultant Stephen Evans