All Gail’s articles – Page 3
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NewsGail’s to open new Windsor site
Bakery chain Gail’s is set to open a new site in Windsor this week, pushing on with expansion plans despite the coronavirus lockdown.
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NewsLuke Johnson: Lockdown will kill more than virus
Gail’s Bakery backer Luke Johnson believed the lockdown will cause more deaths than the coronavirus itself.
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NewsLuke Johnson urges operators seeking investment to contact him
Luke Johnson has urged certain hospitality operators seeking investment to contact him.
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NewsLuke Johnson: ‘Terrible trade-off’ lies ahead in virus fight
Luke Johnson has warned the UK could face a “Great Depression” and would have to decide if the containment measures were worth the “collateral damage” of falling living standards and damage to mental health.
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NewsListed groups make heavy losses amid coronavirus bloodbath
Listed restaurant and pub suffered a day of carnage today as the coronavirus outbreak took its toll on operators’ share prices.
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NewsM&A Review of the Year
It certainly hasn’t been a year in hospitality M&A for the faint hearted, but for those who have stuck with the sector and taken a long-term view, opportunity has knocked. Despite fears of an investor hiatus as a result of lingering uncertainty (ongoing Brexit delays certainly haven’t been helpful to M&A advisors!), the past 12 months has again proved the robustness of the M&A market in this sector, and points to further opportunities for 2020.
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NewsGail’s Bakery pre-tax profit up 10% to £1.1m
Gail’s, the artisan bakery chain backed by Luke Johnson, has reported turnover up 18.4% to £47.6m in the year ending 28 February 2019.
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NewsPatisserie Valerie unveils its vision of the future
The bakery chain is overhauling its menu and branding, promising ‘no more frozen pies in microwaves’. But can its new owners secure its place on the high street?
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NewsJohnson revives sale plan for Gail’s
Entrepreneur Luke Johnson is reviving plans for a sale of Gail’s Bakery, Sky News reports.
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NewsGail’s looking to double estate in three years
Gail’s, the Luke Johnson-backed bakery chain, is looking to double the size of its business to around 100 sites over the next three years.
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Analysis & InsightBakery brands hit the spot with trend for food-to-go
Branded bakery is outperforming the total eating out market, as the likes of Greggs and Warrens bakery tap into the growing food-to-go channel, according to analysis by MCA.
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NewsHeidi Bakery acquires Caracoli
Heidi Bakery, the two-strong Windsor-based bakery concept, has acquired two stores and the business of coffee shop Caracoli.
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Opinion
OK computer
Labelled by some as the flat white economy, the growth of freelance work culture, particular in the Millennial-dominated digital industries, has led to a familiar site in coffee shops – heads buried in laptops, eking out cups of coffee.
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Analysis & InsightGender pay gap reporting: Has progress been made?
With the deadline now passed for operators to report their gender pay data for the second year running, MCA takes a look at the numbers from last year to see how they compare.
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NewsRadio Alice secures third site
Radio Alice, the Azzurri Group-backed pizza concept, has secured its third site – after taking on the former GBK unit in Canary Wharf’s Jubilee Place, MCA understands.
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NewsFarmstand takes Canary Wharf and Waterloo sites
Farmstand, the sustainable fast-casual concept, has taken two new restaurant sites, in Canary Wharf and Waterloo, MCA has learnt.
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Opinion
The pirates of pizza
As one of the newest players in the burgeoning pizza sector, Radio Alice is out to get Londoners on its wavelength. Stefan Chomka, editor of MCA’s sister title, Restaurant Magazine, meets the founders, Matteo and Salvatore Aloe, and managing director, Emma King, to discuss tapping into the UK casual dining scene and the partnership with the Azzurri Group.
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NewsSt Austell acquires first Dorset pub
St Austell has made its first acquisitions in Dorset, taking on two sites in Lyme Regis.
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Analysis & InsightA swing and a hit
Competitive socialising has been a rapidly growing sub-sector of the UK leisure market for some time now. Be it crazy golf, darts, ping-pong, escape rooms, shuffle-boards or even axe-throwing, this segment is a broad church. The question raised more than most is will it be a sustainable part of the sector in the long term? With the recent fundraising by Flight Club and now Swingers, that conversation has now moved on to who will be the winners and losers. With a multimillion-pound investment from a leading investment firm, Swingers seems set to be one the formers, writes Mark Wingett.
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NewsDiary: Wind blowing in wrong direction for Gail’s
Diary was interested in reports overnight that the mooted IPO or sale of Bread Holdings, the owner of Gail’s Bakery, the Luke-Johnson chaired group, had been postponed. The reason being given is the uncertainty over the UK leaving the European Union. Diary has a stab at thinking of some others.