All Wagamama articles – Page 7

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    Analysis & Insight

    2019 Consumer award winners Part 2: Spotlight on NPS and RI

    2020-01-13T08:27:00Z

    After last week’s focus on the best in class quality, value for money and friendly service award winners, this follow-up analysis shines a spotlight on those out-performing operators topping the league tables at Net Promoter Score (NPS) and Revisit Intention (RI).

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    News

    Imbiba backs Wireless Social with £1m

    2020-01-10T08:33:00Z

    Imbiba, the specialist leisure investor, has backed hospitality tech business Wireless Social with £1m of funding.

  • Frankie and Bennys
    News

    TRG appoints Chambers as leisure brands CEO

    2020-01-10T08:30:00Z

    The Restaurant Group has appointed Mark Chambers to the new position of CEO of its leisure brands.

  • Baton Berisha (1)
    News

    Bills promotes Berisha, Campbell and Hills depart

    2020-01-09T07:42:00Z

    Bills Restaurants has announced Baton Berisha, managing director of The Ivy Collection, will take on management of Bills with immediate effect.

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    Analysis & Insight

    And the 2019 consumer award winners are…

    2020-01-08T08:31:00Z

    While we are in the midst of the entertainment awards season it would be most neglectful not to extend this to the worlds of foodservice and hospitality. 

  • Patisserie Valerie
    News

    Patisserie Valerie makes senior appointments

    2020-01-06T08:39:00Z

    Patisserie Valerie has appointed Kam Bains, formerly of Punch Taverns, as marketing director.

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    News

    How can tech ease the customer journey?

    2020-01-06T08:38:00Z

    Greggs, Leon and Wagamama are just the latest to join the self-ordering revolution, with the latter’s new grab and go concept Mamago one of the most hotly discussed openings of last year. To share their early exeperiences and more, MCA brought together marketing, IT and digital leaders from across the sector to consider how new technology can help, and sometimes hinder, the customer experience

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    News

    Veganuary operator offering round-up

    2020-01-03T08:18:00Z

    Once again, Veganuary is upon us, and with the number of vegans more than doubling to 600,000 between 2016 and 2019, this year’s operator offering is bigger than ever. 

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    News

    Pastaio’s Stevie Parle: ‘People want in-your-face flavours’

    2020-01-03T08:18:00Z

    The chef-owner of the pasta joint talks about expanding the Pastaio brand, his approach to menu development and why he’ll never compromise on quality.

  • Rugby
    News

    Review of the Year Part Two

    2019-12-20T08:12:00Z

    When England achieved the impossible, and destroyed the indestructible All Blacks in the semi-finals of the Rugby World Cup, it looked like it was going to be a bumper day for hospitality on the day of the final. The UK would wake up early and hit the pubs and bars first thing to watch England win the final, followed by trips to restaurants, followed by pubs, bars and clubs, before ending up slumped on the sofa trying to focus on the highlights and order a Deliveroo. All England had to do was win.

  • Coco-di-Mama
    News

    Fast-moving grown-up Coco di Mama ‘can do’

    2019-12-17T08:14:00Z

    Carbs and caffeine is a formula that has fuelled Coco di Mama’s expansion well. The fast-casual brand has been deftly serving long queues of office workers just that since 2011. This sweet spot customer, the 25-35-year-old affluent City worker, was the genesis of the brand in Fleet Street. While this core demographic served Coco well in its early years, a new management team last year realised it needed to broaden its appeal if it was to continue its expansion into adulthood.

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    News

    M&A Review of the Year

    2019-12-16T08:08:00Z

    It certainly hasn’t been a year in hospitality M&A for the faint hearted, but for those who have stuck with the sector and taken a long-term view, opportunity has knocked. Despite fears of an investor hiatus as a result of lingering uncertainty (ongoing Brexit delays certainly haven’t been helpful to M&A advisors!), the past 12 months has again proved the robustness of the M&A market in this sector, and points to further opportunities for 2020.

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    News

    Dark kitchen boom throws-up licensing and regulatory concerns

    2019-12-12T08:22:00Z

    Practically unheard of 18-months-ago, ‘dark kitchens’ is a phrase fast becoming common currency in the burgeoning food-delivery market. However, the very nature of them, coupled with the speed at which they’re being opened, is throwing-up a number of licensing issues, with some local authorities said to be playing catch-up when ...

  • Carluccio's new generation store
    News

    Gunwharf Quays – Restaurant and retail therapy a plenty!

    2019-12-11T08:17:00Z

    With more than 30 bars, cafés and restaurants (as well as over 90 shops) Gunwharf Quays offers an abundance of opportunities for plenty of remedial treatment. Supported by its impressive waterfront location, attractive design and assorted leisure-related reasons to visit, Gunwharf Quays is one of the UK’s finest outlet shopping centres. So amongst some Christmas shopping, I was keen to see how it is using its extensive assortment of Food & Beverage purveyors to both restore weary shoppers as well as to act as a footfall driver in its own right. But also, and more critically, I was keener to see some something new and surprising.

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    News

    The Highs and Lows of Promotions

    2019-12-09T08:40:00Z

    In recent weeks I have looked into various elements of economising behaviour by consumers, including targeting low prices and more spending at weekends as opposed to weekdays, today’s focus is on the widely prevalent, yet potentially damaging, practice of promotional activity. Key questions asked include whether its usage is rising, who’s buying into the offers the most and what are the most popular promotion types. The core focus area is the key dinner day-part within the chain restaurant sector and the source of answers is MCA’s consumer tracking service, the Eating Out Panel.

  • Nandos restaurant
    News

    A successful restaurant story – Nando’s

    2019-12-05T08:21:00Z

    How about this for a straightforward, five point recipe for scalable restaurant success? Step 1, target the highest eating out frequency demographic with a highly affordable offering. Step 2, develop a distinctive proposition that avoids imitating any direct competitor. Step 3, keep the product offer tight to support consistent product quality. Step 4, develop a format strategy that works across multiple locations while not overpaying for sites. Step 5, work hard on building loyalty and repeat custom.

  • Jo Fleet
    News

    Jo Fleet named ‘unsung hero’

    2019-12-05T08:21:00Z

    Flat Iron, Wagamama, Caravan and Lina Stores were among winners at Restaurant magazine’s R200 Awards held in London last night (4 December).

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    News

    Another Deliveroo ad banned for misleading customers

    2019-12-04T08:25:00Z

    The ASA has banned a recent Deliveroo TV ad for misleading consumers. The ad showed a woman receiving a Deliveroo order to her home, then handing out meals from various restaurants to her family and friends from a single bag, calling out “Chinese, KFC, Wagamama, Greek salad, Pizza Express, Burger King, Five Guys, Doner, Buon Giorno Italiano, prawn crackers…” before disappearing into the bag.

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    Analysis & Insight

    Delivery menus 6% more expensive

    2019-12-04T08:24:00Z

    Average dish prices are 6% higher on delivery menus compared to in-restaurant menus, MCA analysis reveals.

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    News

    Hop Vietnamese closes in on crowdfunding target

    2019-11-28T11:58:00Z

    Hop Vietnamese has raised more than three quarters (81%) of its £750k crowdfunding target, with 19 days still left to go.