All Wagamama articles – Page 26
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News
Patisserie Valerie and Bill’s sign up for Lexicon Bracknell
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.
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Wagamama makes property team changes
Wagamama has strengthened its property team with two appointments from Sainsbury’s
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News
Wagamama debuts in Spain
Wagamama, the David Campbell-led group, opened its first restaurant in Spain yesterday, in the Salamanca district of Madrid
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Opinion
Wagamama’s silver anniversary
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
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News
HOP reveals multi-format growth strategy
HOP founder Paul Hopper is considering a number of different formats for his Vietnamese concept as he gears up to aggressively expand.
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Analysis & Insight
Italian lessons
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
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News
FY turnover at Byron passes £80m
Byron, the better burger concept, saw revenue increase by 17% to £80.5m in the year to June 2016
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Analysis & Insight
Market towns not so Tasty
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
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News
Red’s enters refinancing talks
Red’s True Barbecue has entered refinancing talks after breaching its banking facility
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News
Wagamama debuts in Bulgaria
Wagamama, the Duke Street Capital backed restaurant group, has opened its first site in Bulgaria, in the capital Sofia.
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News
Speculation mounts over Wagamama sales process
Speculation has increased that Duke Street Capital will look to exit its investment in Wagamama
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Analysis & Insight
Following the crowd
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.
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News
Turtle Bay tops Growth Company Index
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.
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News
Wagamama secures Italy debut site
Wagamama has secured its first site in Italy, after signing a deal to launch in the country last July
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Analysis & Insight
Regional focus: Wales
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.
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News
Woods swaps Merlin for Wagamama
Wagamama has further strengthened its management team with the appointment of Emma Woods as its new customer director
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News
Wagamama in Meantime collaboration
Wagamama has collaborated with Meantime Brewing Company to produce two new craft pale ales
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News
Campbell soups up Wagamama
Wagamama’s David Campbell explains how he rediscovered the brand’s lost momentum.
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News
Wagamama’s Campbell named Retailers’ Retailer
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.
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News
Wagamama Q3 lfls up 9%
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.