All Itsu articles – Page 4
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NewsItsu partners with Autogrill for Brussels opening
The new restaurant, which opens today, will be the first to be located in an international travel hub in mainland Europe
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Weekend PressJulian Metcalfe on seeking ruthless efficiency
The founder and CEO of Asian fast-food chain Itsu listens to staff and suppliers in a quest to keep meals at £7
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NewsItsu ‘courageously’ expanding its reach
Property director Vishal Talreja has hailed Itsu’s partnership with Pizza Hut Restaurants for unlocking access to new areas such as retail parks and market towns
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NewsFamously Proper appoints new COO
Nicolas Barnoin, who joins from Itsu, will work across Famously Proper’s Byron Burger and Mother Clucker businesses.
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NewsHawksmoor, Itsu and Deliveroo join Restaurant Conference
Delivery, click & collect, retail and meal kits will be explored in a panel at MCA’s Restaurant Conference
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NewsHot property: Big Table, Popeyes and Itsu join Restaurant Conference panel
The special panel will examine the opportunity for well-capitalised businesses looking to grow.
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NewsItsu to raise hourly wages by 11%
Itsu, the 72-site Asian food chain created by Julian Metcalfe, has announced that from tomorrow, September 17, it is increasing the hourly wage for entry-level team members by 11% to a minimum of £10.40 an hour.
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NewsItsu appoints CCO
Itsu has appointed digital transformation expert Neil Miller as its new chief customer officer (CCO).
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NewsItsu confirms significant Bridgepoint deal
Itsu has confirmed that it has signed a significant deal with international asset group Bridgepoint, which see it acquire “a meaningful minority stake” in the Asian-inspired food brand, enabling it to add a further 100 outlets to its estate over the next five years.
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NewsBridgepoint set to take significant stake in Itsu
Bridgepoint is poised to take a significant stake in Itsu, in a deal which would value the business at £100m, Sky News has reported.
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InterviewsItsu: ‘We now have both eyes outside London’
Itsu’s chief executive Ganan Kanagathurai is relatively mild-mannered compared to the gregarious, outsized personality of the group’s founder, Julian Metcalfe, which might explain why his promotion more than a year ago slipped under the radar.
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NewsItsu: ‘We have the potential to add another 150 UK sites’
Itsu is to open its first franchise UK franchise site later this year, as well as its first in Europe, as the business looks to expand its footprint in this country and internationally, chief executive Ganan Kanagathurai has told MCA.
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InterviewsItsu: ‘Increasing our hot food sales is a key focus’
The pandemic has accelerated Itsu’s move to make hot food a more prominent part of its offer, chief executive, Ganan Kanagathurai has told MCA.
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EventsFood to Go Conference - View Now
MCA’s annual Food to Go Conference streamed online on Tuesday 23rd March 2021, a must-see event for senior operators, suppliers, investors and other sector stakeholders.
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NewsPret rejects Metcalfe lockdown comments amid uproar
Itsu CEO Julian Metcalfe has caused outrage after saying society will not recover another lockdown in order to save “a few thousand lives of very old or vulnerable people”.
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NewsJulian Metcalfe lambasts PM’s ‘exaggerated nonsense’
Itsu CEO Julian Metcalfe has savaged Prime Minister Boris Johnson for “spouting Churchillian nonsense” and called a new six-month call to work from home “criminal”.
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Analysis & InsightSnapshot: Itsu ‘store of the future’ in pictures
Itsu, the Asian-inspired, healthy fast-food brand, has unveiled its new ‘Store of the Future’ concept, which uses robot technology.
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NewsItsu to reopen train station stores
Itsu is set to reopen a selection of its travel hub sites this week, following calls from the Prime Minister that people should return to work if they can.
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NewsItsu hopes to cut rents on 53 sites in CVA
Itsu plans to close two and cut rents on 53 of its sites by means of a company voluntary arrangement.
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Analysis & InsightAnalysis: Clinging to life in the ghost town
London, you may have heard, is a ghost town. In the latest round of borderline dystopian statistics to surface as a result of the pandemic, just 7,000 of the 120,000 workers based in Canary Wharf are back at their desks. And although office workers across the capital may be thrilled to be without the twice daily commuter Hunger Games, for those in hospitality, a few stifling minutes on the Central line is a non-issue if the alternative is unemployment. In the last month alone, city-based to-go brands including Wasabi, Tossed, Pret and most recently Itsu have appointed advisors to assess their options, but whilst, historically, the mention of advisors might ring alarm bells, faced with the current economic climate, it could be time to shed the stigma.