All Wahaca articles – Page 3
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NewsBababoom: ‘People aren’t rebelling against chains, they’re rebelling against bad value’
Having established two profitable restaurants, and raised close to a million pounds in crowdfunded investment, Eve Bugler is ready to take Bababoom to a prime site London.
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NewsHeather swaps Pho for Wahaca
Pho operations director Mathew Heather has left to join Wahaca in the same role, MCA understands.
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NewsJo Fleet named ‘unsung hero’
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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NewsBababoom launches fundraise for 20-strong rollout plan
Kebab restaurant concept Bababoom is launching a fundraising drive to support its target of reaching 20 sites by 2024, MCA can reveal.
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Analysis & InsightMenu price inflation slower than CPI
Menu prices increased by 1.8% in Spring/Summer 2019, compared to the same period in 2018, MCA’s Menu Tracker reveals.
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NewsWahaca tightens up walk-outs policy
Wahaca has tightened up its policy on walk-outs, after a waiter was reportedly told to pay part of the bill when customers left without paying.
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OpinionSatisfaction or sales – how can you measure success?
New ways to “measure the unmeasurable” mean that satisfaction data could start to rival sales data as a key metric for operators, according to Gary Goodman, chief executive of Yumpingo.
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Analysis & InsightFostering the next generation of female entrepreneurs
Holly Addison, head of hospitality and consumer digital at executive recruitment firm Odgers Berndtson, takes a closer look at the reasons behind the gender imbalance when it comes to female-founder businesses gaining financial backing and suggests great role models are key to any change.
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NewsRhys Oldfield joins BabaBoom as backer; Jenkins and Fish depart
Be At One founder Rhys Oldfield has joined BabaBoom as a backer of the kebab restaurant concept, MCA has learnt.
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NewsLost Boys Pizza to open second site, with Absinthe bar
Vampire-themed operator Lost Boys Pizza, is to open its second site this December, in Camden.
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NewsByron launches Facebook Messenger payment bot
Byron has launched a Quickpay bot allowing customers to pay for their bill using Facebook Messenger.
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NewsHOP secures flagship site at Cheesegrater
HOP, the Vietnamese inspired concept, has secured the former Bel-Air site at the Cheesegrater building for a flagship, new format restaurant and bar site, MCA has learnt.
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Opinion
If Amazon ran a restaurant group, how would it differ to yours?
Yumpingo chief executive Gary Goodman says customer data can be as transformative in our sector as it has been in retail - but it must be a force for good which enhances the guest experience rather than a disruption.
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NewsYumpingo signs TGI Fridays as first US customer
Restaurant intelligence platform, Yumpingo, has made its debut in the UK after signing a deal with TGI Fridays.
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NewsWahaca and El Bandito launch rooftop bar
Wahaca has teamed up with Graffiti Spirits at its Liverpool city centre restaurant on a rooftop bar.
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NewsEx-Wahaca people director to joins Bill’s
Odette Schwartz, who earlier this year stepped down as people director at Wahaca, is set to join Bill’s, the Richard Caring-backed restaurant chain, as its new full-time HR director, MCA has learnt.
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Analysis & InsightNew research highlights areas of ethical improvement for restaurants
The majority of restaurants are falling behind consumer expectations when it comes to ethical standards, according to the author of a new guide by Ethical Consumer.
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NewsBanarse swaps Gaucho for Wahaca
Suresh Banarse, the global HR director for the Gaucho group, is leaving to join Wahaca as people director, MCA understands.
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NewsPizza Pilgrims to open in the City
Pizza Pilgrims, the London-based sourdough pizzeria concept, is to open its first standalone site in the City, after securing the recently closed former Temple & Sons unit
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NewsBabaBoom secures former Vintage Salt site
BabaBoom, the kebab restaurant concept, has secured its second site, in Islington Upper Street.