All Giggling Squid articles – Page 4

  • Tonkotsu
    News

    Tonkotsu to explore its options

    2018-10-11T08:28:00Z

    Tonkotsu, the Emma Reynolds and Ken Yamada-founded ramen concept, has appointed advisers as it looks to secure new investment to fund its next stage of growth, MCA understands.

  • News

    Giggling Squid to replace Loch Fyne in Oxford

    2018-10-10T08:47:00Z

    Giggling Squid, the Business Growth Fund (BGF)-backed group, has further strengthened its openings pipeline, after securing the former Loch Fyne site in Oxford, MCA understands.

  • Giggling Squid exterior
    News

    Giggling Squid to replace Gusto in Chislehurst

    2018-09-05T08:34:00Z

    Giggling Squid, the Business Growth Fund (BGF)-backed group, has further strengthened its openings pipeline, after securing a site in Chislehurst, Kent.

  • Alberts Schloss
    News

    BGF in Mission Mars talks

    2018-07-17T08:39:00Z

    Business Growth Fund is believed to be in talks to invest in Mission Mars

  • Gusto
    News

    Gusto holds fire on new openings as it builds HQ

    2018-07-04T08:37:00Z

    Gusto’s new MD Matt Snell has pressed the pause button on new openings, as the group gears up for the planned separation from Living Ventures.

  • 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

  • Robin Rowand, YO! Sushi CEO
    Opinion

    Thai breaker

    2018-06-11T08:37:00Z

    TriSpan’s acquisition of a significant stake in Rosa’s Thai Café should provide a timely boost to a market buffeted by the headwinds currently blowing through it. Mark Wingett discusses how this deal also welcomes a new investment player into the mix - one determined to make its own mark on the sector.

  • Bill's
    News

    Bill’s appoints Katte as its new CMO

    2018-05-24T08:49:11.847Z

    Bill’s, the Richard Caring-backed chain, has appointed Camilla Katte, formerly of Giggling Squid, as its new chief marketing officer, MCA understands.

  • News

    Marthinusen becomes Giggling Squid COO

    2018-05-15T08:27:54.963Z

    Rory Marthinusen has stepped down as managing director of River Cottage Canteen, to join Giggling Squid

  • Giggling Squid food
    News

    Giggling Squid to replace Jamie’s in Kingston

    2018-05-09T08:48:00Z

    Giggling Squid is to open its second London site after securing a site in Kingston-upon-Thames

  • Chris Hill NWTC
    News

    NWTC named sector’s fastest growing company

    2018-03-08T08:23:00Z

    New World Trading Company, the Graphite-backed pub group, has been named the fastest growing company in the UK eating and drinking-out sector over the past year.

  • 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

  • Wahaca
    Analysis & Insight

    Innovation is on the menu, but the price has to be right

    2018-02-12T07:48:00Z

    Which operators are making the greatest strides in evolving their product offer, who stands out for their approach to pricing? Steve Gotham looks at what data from MCA’s Menu Tracker can tell us on the crucial subjects of price and product innovation.

  • Giggling Squid exterior
    News

    Giggling Squid to reach 30 this year

    2018-02-08T08:27:00Z

    Giggling Squid, the BGF-backed Thai casual dining group, is set to reach 30 sites by the end of the year.

  • News

    Koh Thai and Buenos Aires Restaurants in merger

    2018-02-06T08:19:00Z

    High Road Restaurants BidCo, the owner of the Koh Thai Tapas chain of Thai restaurants, yesterday announced a share merger with Buenos Aires Restaurants Holdings, owner of the Buenos Aires steakhouse chain, to form a multi-branded restaurant group.

  • News

    Crepeaffaire eyes new formats as it looks to triple estate

    2018-01-24T08:29:55.470Z

    Crepeaffaire, which has just secured £2m investment from BGF, will look at different store formats as it seeks to triple its UK estate from 15 to 45 in the next four years, MCA has learnt.

  • Turtle Bay interior
    News

    MCA and AlixPartners launch Growth Company Index 2018

    2018-01-23T08:29:45.570Z

    MCA is once again teaming up with leading advisory firm AlixPartners to identify the top 50 private firms with the fastest-growing profits in the UK eating and drinking-out sector.

  • Daniel Spinath
    News

    BGF invests in Crepeaffaire

    2018-01-23T08:13:00Z

    Crepeaffaire, the multi-site crêperie brand, has secured £2m investment from The Business Growth Fund (BGF) to accelerate its new site rollout.

  • News

    Giggling Squid set for Harpenden

    2018-01-11T08:40:08.520Z

    Giggling Squid has further strengthened its openings pipeline for this year, after securing a site in Harpenden

  • Strada exterior
    News

    Strada shutters tranche of sites

    2018-01-03T08:28:00Z

    Strada, the Italian restaurant chain backed by sector investor Hugh Osmond, closed a tranche of its sites over the festive season