All Wagamama articles – Page 22
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OpinionFor better or worse
After a few months of searching, Hutton Collins, the backer of better burger chain Byron, has decided to stick with what it knows, in appointing Simon Cope as its new chief executive. It will now be down to Cope to plot a steady course to take the brand back to where it was – one of the sector’s key growth brands
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NewsCope to be named Byron CEO
Byron is poised to announce the appointment of a chief executive after a gap of five months
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Analysis & Insight
Smaller brands expanding faster than bigger names
Small casual dining brands are expanding six times faster than bigger names in the sector, according to the latest Market Growth Monitor
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News
Operators weigh in on Brexit consequences
More than 100 businesses, including Adnams, Charles Wells, Gourmet Burger Kitchen, St Austell and wagamama, have urged Brexit negotiators to be pragmatic or risk the “inevitable consequences for jobs and growth”.
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OpinionTunnel vision
It’s heads down, gritted-teeth tough out there at the moment for the majority of the UK’s eating and drinking-out market, and there aren’t many signs that things are going to pick up soon. Also what next for Byron?
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NewsJDW: Disposals; hotels and Irish expansion
JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin talks to MCA on the back of this morning’s preliminary results for the year to 30 July.
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NewsHOP secures £750k for two new City sites
HOP, the Vietnamese grab and go concept, has secured £750,000 in private fundraising for its next two sites.
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NewsHolbrook on Wagamama being “modest, sensible and brave”
Jane Holbrook, chief of Wagamama, talks to MCA about how the brand is outperforming the market, and about the US, delivery and investment
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NewsWagamama Q1 lfls up 6.6%
Wagamama saw like-for-like sales in the 16 weeks to 13 August increase 6.6%.
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NewsRosa’s Thai to consider its options
Rosa’s, the Thai cafe concept, has appointed advisors as it considers its funding options to support future growth
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Analysis & Insight
South East Asian invasion is gathering momentum
It is easy to see the appeal of South East Asian food. Bright and colourful, lighter and healthier yet packed with flavour, the cuisine has a lot going for it.
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Opinion
Lessons from the front line
International Market Management specialises in working with restaurant brands in setting up overseas. In the first of a series, founder Jasper Reid poses the question, why go abroad at all?
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NewsYO! lfls up 6.5%
YO! Sushi has reported consistent like-for-like sales growth of more than 6.5% since the end of its financial year.
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Analysis & Insight
PE remains sector’s growth partner of choice
Paul Hemming, managing director of AlixPartners, looks in detail at the figures from this year’s Growth Company Index, produced in partnership with MCA. In this article he looks at the enduring influence of private equity on growth companies.
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OpinionRamen retailer all souped up
Tak Tokumine sold a 40% stake in his Shoryu ramen business earlier this year and now plans to transform his Japan Centre brand into the Japanese equivalent of Eataly. Joe Lutrario reports
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NewsYau to return with Yamabahce
Alan Yau, the founder of Wagamama, Busaba Eathai and Hakkasan, has announced he is to return to make an unexpected and quick return to the sector with a new “mono product” concept called Yamabahce.
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Opinion
Have legs, will travel: UK casual dining goes global
Jon Midmer of global executive search firm JMA reflects on the changing culture of the UK’s casual-dining scene, an inward flow of leading personnel from other countries and a growing contingent of Brits heading to top jobs abroad
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NewsPoll shows demand for digital ordering in restaurants
Customers are keen to see restaurant brands adopt tablet or app-based ordering, a new survey has claimed.
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Analysis & Insight
Future of menu price inflation ain’t what it used to be…
Menu changes and associated price increases have typically come twice a year. However, as operators face ever more challenging headwinds, is more frequent menu adjustment becoming the new norm? Steve Gotham looks at what the data from MCA’s Menu Tracker can tell us.
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NewsBarber: Next year will be the time to look at opportunities
amie Barber, who oversees the Cabana and Hache brands, has said that the current year has been one of “battening down the hatches”