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All Wagamama articles – Page 25
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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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NewsJapanese cuisine to reach value of £797m in 2017
Japanese cuisine is set to grow turnover in the UK to £797m in 2017, the latest MCA research has shown.
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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”
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News
Wagamama to launch second NY site in October
Wagamama is to launch its second New York site, in the East Village, in October.
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NewsWagamama best performing operator for Hammerson
Hammerson says Wagamama is the best performing restaurant operator by like-for-like sales growth within its portfolio
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News
Cochran to double up with Angel Central opening
Chef James Cochran is to open his second site in the capital after securing a unit at Angel Central in Islington
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NewsYFM acquires stake in Friska; Hill to chair
Friska is set for further expansion after securing £3m of growth capital from YFM Equity Partners
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News
Deliveroo extends delivery in London to midnight
Deliveroo has extended its delivery hours in London from 11pm to midnight.
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News
Yau not involved in new Ichibuns concept
Alan Yau, the founder of Wagamama, Busaba Eathai and Hakkasan, has distanced himself from having any involvement in Ichibuns, the new Japanese burger concept, which is gearing up to open in London’s Soho.
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NewsFY lfls up 8.2% at Wagamama
Wagamama saw turnover for the year to 23 April 2017 increase 15.8% to £266.1m on the back of its continued expansion
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News
Wagamama joins Rushden Lakes
Wagamama has joined the line-up at the £140m retail and leisure development Rushden Lakes, the Northamptonshire Telegraph reports.
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News
Limeyard appoints operations director
Cote has appointed Christine Chung, formerly of Caprice Holdings, as operations director for its Limeyard concept
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Analysis & InsightInside track: Next in line
A plethora of changes at the top across some of the UK’s leading and up-and-coming eating and drinking-out groups has thrown up questions on the role of succession planning in the sector and whether private-equity groups are increasingly questioning existing growth strategies and those they have backed to implement them in the face of a challenging trading environment. Mark Wingett gets the thoughts of leading recruitment executives.
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News
Lucky Voice to add to London estate
Lucky Voice, the karaoke bar operator, is to add to its London estate with an opening near Ludgate Hill
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Analysis & InsightKeeping the Express on track
The season of changes at the top of the UK’s leading restaurant brands continued earlier this week with the abrupt departure of Richard Hodgson as chief executive of PizzaExpress. Mark Wingett examines his time at the helm of the UK’s largest casual dining brand and why the company’s future growth is increasingly dependent on its expansion plans in the Far East.