All Wagamama articles – Page 24

  • News

    The Diner launches vegetarian menu

    2017-10-06T15:44:41.670Z

    The Diner, the US style restaurant concept led by Marc Francis-Baum, is the latest brand to introduce a vegetarian menu as the popularity of plant-based food grows.

  • News

    Wagamama launches vegan menu

    2017-10-05T08:36:42.900Z

    Wagamama has become the latest established operator to launch a dedicated vegan menu

  • Steve, Leigh and Rhys - Be At One
    News

    Be At One refinances; ends sales process

    2017-10-01T20:42:00Z

    Be At One has completed a £20m refinancing, and ended the sales process it started earlier this year

  • Wagamama
    News

    Sherwood joins Wagamama

    2017-09-29T16:16:00.700Z

    Nigel Sherwood, formerly of Byron, Shake Shack and Nando’s, has joined Wagamama, the Duke Street Capital-backed company

  • News

    Wagamama strengthens head office team

    2017-09-29T16:15:27.320Z

    Wagamama, the Duke Street Capital-backed group, has strengthened its head office team, with four new appointments, including a new UK marketing director

  • Loungers interior
    News

    Loungers, JDW & Wagamama winners at Vegan Food Awards

    2017-09-28T08:35:00Z

    Loungers, JD Wetherspoon and Wagamama were amongst the sector winners at the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Vegan Food Awards 2017

  • Simon Cope, Byron
    News

    Cope confirmed as Byron CEO

    2017-09-26T08:31:00Z

    Simon Cope has been confirmed as the new chief executive of Byron, the Hutton Collins-backed burger chain

  • Byron Interior
    Opinion

    For better or worse

    2017-09-26T08:14:00Z

    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

  • Byrons
    News

    Cope to be named Byron CEO

    2017-09-25T07:10:00Z

    Byron is poised to announce the appointment of a chief executive after a gap of five months

  • Analysis & Insight

    Smaller brands expanding faster than bigger names

    2017-09-21T08:09:00Z

    Small casual dining brands are expanding six times faster than bigger names in the sector, according to the latest Market Growth Monitor

  • News

    Operators weigh in on Brexit consequences

    2017-09-19T08:24:00Z

    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”.

  • Customers eating out in restaurant
    Opinion

    Tunnel vision

    2017-09-18T08:02:00Z

    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?

  • Tim Martin of JD Wetherspoon
    News

    JDW: Disposals; hotels and Irish expansion

    2017-09-15T15:55:00Z

    JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin talks to MCA on the back of this morning’s preliminary results for the year to 30 July.

  • Paul Hopper
    News

    HOP secures £750k for two new City sites

    2017-09-15T15:54:00Z

    HOP, the Vietnamese grab and go concept, has secured £750,000 in private fundraising for its next two sites. 

  • Jane Holbrook
    News

    Holbrook on Wagamama being “modest, sensible and brave”

    2017-09-14T08:45:00Z

    Jane Holbrook, chief of Wagamama, talks to MCA about how the brand is outperforming the market, and about the US, delivery and investment

  • Wagamama
    News

    Wagamama Q1 lfls up 6.6%

    2017-09-14T08:28:00Z

    Wagamama saw like-for-like sales in the 16 weeks to 13 August increase 6.6%.

  • Rosas Thai Cafe
    News

    Rosa’s Thai to consider its options

    2017-09-05T08:33:00Z

    Rosa’s, the Thai cafe concept, has appointed advisors as it considers its funding options to support future growth

  • Analysis & Insight

    South East Asian invasion is gathering momentum

    2017-08-29T07:08:00Z

    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.

  • Opinion

    Lessons from the front line

    2017-08-25T15:35:13.997Z

    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?

  • Robin Rowand, YO! Sushi CEO
    News

    YO! lfls up 6.5%

    2017-08-22T07:19:00Z

    YO! Sushi has reported consistent like-for-like sales growth of more than 6.5% since the end of its financial year.