All Gail’s articles – Page 2
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InterviewsMcWin: ‘We’re just at the very beginning’
Gail’s is poised for significant expansion under McWin, as the private equity firm sets ambitious targets for its F&B portfolio. Harry Goss, partner and head of foodservice at McWin, tells MCA about the potential the investor sees in both the UK and internationally
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NewsNick Ayerst joins Gail’s as MD
The Comptoir Group CEO will join the premium bakery operator at the end of March, while Gail’s sister company The Bread Factory has promoted Dan Barrett to managing director
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NewsGail’s presses on with expansion
The upmarket bakery chain has three sites confirmed for London, as well as locations in Bristol, Greater Manchester and Birmingham in the coming weeks
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NewsLuke Johnson: ‘This period is one of the toughest I can remember’
The Gail’s chairman and sector investor told The Telegraph that tax rises and wage pressures are a bigger concern than skyrocketing coffee costs
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NewsOpenings of the week
MCA rounds up the week’s biggest openings stories, featuring Young’s Pubs, GDK, JÖRO, and more
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NewsMcWin Capital in talks to acquire Gail’s
McWin Capital Partners is in talks to buy Gail’s Bakery, as it looks to pre-empt a sales process for the premium neighbourhood bakery chain, Bloomberg has reported.
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Weekend PressCould Gail’s really be worth £500m? The rapid expansion of a divisive bakery
The bakery chain has shrugged off the cost of living crisis and is planning to open 30-40 more stores in the next year, The Sunday Times reports
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NewsLuke Johnson warns his businesses ‘may not survive’ Labour
The chairman of Gail’s warned MPs that the Budget and Workers’ Rights Bill risked crushing the private sector and job creation
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NewsGail’s turnover rises to £179m
The premium bakery chain increased turnover by 32%, and has budgeted 35 new openings for the current financial year as it continues to build its presence outside the Southeast
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NewsGail’s to launch £500m auction next year
Goldman Sachs has been instructed to manage a sale of the premium bakery chain, Sky News reports
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NewsOpenings of the week
MCA rounds up this week’s biggest openings stories, featuring Shake Shack, Bleecker, Benugo and more
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OpinionDon’t take it personally…
A business that one day is lauded as an iconoclastic, entrepreneurial disruptor can switch almost overnight into being an unwelcome corporate intruder - at least in the eyes of a portion of the public, Peter Martin writes
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Weekend PressGail’s Bakery: Walthamstow’s revolt and the awkward paradox for middle-class London
In a desirable corner of the capital, residents are petitioning against a new branch of the upmarket bakery chain, The Observer reports
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OpinionIs Gail’s Bakery having a Tesla moment?
Like Elon Musk, Gail’s chairman and investor Luke Johnson is enthusiastically contrarian in railing against the liberal consensus. But as a campaign mobilises in Walthamstow against a new bakery, at what point does an outspoken entrepreneur prove a turn off for consumers?
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NewsGail’s expands partnership with Waitrose
The premium bakery chain will open its first ‘store within a store’ with a 280 sq ft counter at Waitrose Canary Wharf, offering breads, baked goods, and specialty coffee
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NewsIn pictures: Gail’s reveals latest store design
The new bakery in West Bradbury Yard, Brentford, is housed in a listed warehouse building, and has taken inspiration from its industrial heritage
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InterviewsGail’s: ‘We’ve kept the brand at its purest’
MD Marta Pogroszewska speaks about the premium bakery concept’s approach to scaling nationwide and its appetite for testing new models, as it prepares to open its 131st shop this week
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NewsGail’s owners could begin sales process this year
Sky News reports Bain Capital Credit and EBITDA Investments, a fund backed by Henry McGovern of McWin, are drawing up plans to appoint bankers, potentially before the end of this year
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Analysis & InsightSpring menu innovation juggles indulgence, wellness and sustainability
The season’s latest slew of menu updates sees PizzaExpress going large with family-sharing extra dough, ASK Italian use regenerative flour in its pizza, while Leon also opts for a Mediterranean flavour
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InterviewsGail’s: Building craft at scale has forced ingenuity
Gail’s head of e-commerce, Rosie Hill explores how the bakery brand identifies as a “craft” business whilst also making room for innovation and technology, as it continues to grow at scale.