All Wagamama articles – Page 26

  • News

    Patisserie Valerie and Bill’s sign up for Lexicon Bracknell

    2017-04-25T08:08:00Z

    Patisserie Valerie and Bill’s have been announced to the line-up at The Lexicon Bracknell, the £240 million retail and leisure development in Berkshire.

  • News

    Wagamama makes property team changes

    2017-04-21T16:04:19.313Z

    Wagamama has strengthened its property team with two appointments from Sainsbury’s

  • News

    Wagamama debuts in Spain

    2017-04-21T08:27:11.837Z

    Wagamama, the David Campbell-led group, opened its first restaurant in Spain yesterday, in the Salamanca district of Madrid

  • Opinion

    Wagamama’s silver anniversary

    2017-04-21T08:15:00Z

    Wagamama first opened for business, in Bloomsbury, London, on 22 April 1992. To mark its 25th anniversary this weekend, chief executive David Campbell sent a message to the company’s growing family of 169 restaurants in 20 territories worldwide

  • HOP
    News

    HOP reveals multi-format growth strategy

    2017-04-06T08:37:00Z

    HOP founder Paul Hopper is considering a number of different formats for his Vietnamese concept as he gears up to aggressively expand.

  • Analysis & Insight

    Italian lessons

    2017-04-06T08:31:00Z

    With the demise of its Union Jacks brand and the furore over its comments about Brexit, Jamie’s Italian is taking some strong learnings into the coming years. The company’s chief executive Simon Blagden talks to Joe Lutrario at Restaurant magazine

  • News

    FY turnover at Byron passes £80m

    2017-04-04T08:11:00Z

    Byron, the better burger concept, saw revenue increase by 17% to £80.5m in the year to June 2016

  • Wildwood
    Analysis & Insight

    Market towns not so Tasty

    2017-03-30T08:16:00Z

    The sobering full-year update from Tasty, the Kaye family-backed operator of the Wildwood and Dim T brands earlier this week, was the first one that I think gave a truer reflection of where the market actually is, with the real hard yards set to kick in

  • Reds True Barbecue
    News

    Red’s enters refinancing talks

    2017-03-29T08:43:00Z

    Red’s True Barbecue has entered refinancing talks after breaching its banking facility

  • News

    Wagamama debuts in Bulgaria

    2017-03-29T08:38:00Z

    Wagamama, the Duke Street Capital backed restaurant group, has opened its first site in Bulgaria, in the capital Sofia.

  • Edi Truell
    News

    Speculation mounts over Wagamama sales process

    2017-03-27T07:45:00Z

    Speculation has increased that Duke Street Capital will look to exit its investment in Wagamama

  • Analysis & Insight

    Following the crowd

    2017-03-27T07:45:00Z

    Over the past few years crowdfunding has gone from a curiosity to a major source of finance for businesses looking to scale up. Analyst Geof Collyer examines the statistics behind this phenomenon and how it is impacting on the eating and drinking out sector.

  • Turtle Bay
    News

    Turtle Bay tops Growth Company Index

    2017-03-22T08:18:00Z

    Turtle Bay, the Piper-backed Caribbean chain, has topped the list of the fastest growing companies in the UK’s eating and drinking-out sector.

  • News

    Wagamama secures Italy debut site

    2017-03-17T16:05:35.107Z

    Wagamama has secured its first site in Italy, after signing a deal to launch in the country last July

  • Cardiff Bay
    Analysis & Insight

    Regional focus: Wales

    2017-03-17T13:38:00Z

    Wales was the only region of the UK to see a fall of more than 1% in food-led licensed premises, during 2016, according to the CGA Peach/AlixPartners Market Growth Monitor.

  • News

    Woods swaps Merlin for Wagamama

    2017-03-15T08:12:03.497Z

    Wagamama has further strengthened its management team with the appointment of Emma Woods as its new customer director

  • News

    ​Wagamama in Meantime collaboration

    2017-03-15T08:10:45.910Z

    Wagamama has collaborated with Meantime Brewing Company to produce two new craft pale ales

  • David Campbell collecting the Retailers Retailer of the Year award
    News

    Campbell soups up Wagamama

    2017-03-14T08:14:00Z

    Wagamama’s David Campbell explains how he rediscovered the brand’s lost momentum. 

  • David Campbell collecting the Retailers Retailer of the Year award
    News

    Wagamama’s Campbell named Retailers’ Retailer

    2017-03-08T08:44:00Z

    David Campbell, the driving force behind the resurgence of Wagamama, has been singled out by his peers as the stand-out individual in the UK’s eating and drinking-out market.

  • Wagamama exterior
    News

    Wagamama Q3 lfls up 9%

    2017-03-07T08:27:00Z

    Wagamama, the Duke Street Capital-backed, David Campbell-led group, saw like-for-like sales across its UK estate climb 9% in the 12 weeks to 29 January 2017, with turnover increasing 15.7% to £64.2m.