All Wasabi articles – Page 5
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Analysis & Insight
Turning Japanese
Restaurant magazine’s Joe Lutrario talks to three Australians - Scott Hallsworth, Brett Redman and Ross Shonhan - who are dominating London’s Japanese restaurant scene with their riffs on the izakaya
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News
Eadon swaps Crussh for Wasabi
Anthony Eadon, the former head of marketing at Crussh, has taken up the same role at rival grab-and-go chain Wasabi
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News
Wasabi to offer brown rice sushi
Wasabi Sushi & Bento has claimed that it has become the UK’s first major operator to offer its sushi made with brown rice.
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News
Wasabi sees FY EBITDA fall 44%
Sushi and bento chain wasabi has recorded a 44% fall in EBITDA in the year to 2 January, despite revenue rising 14.3% to £72.7m.
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News
Lluch swaps Obica for Wasabi
Frederic Lluch has stepped down as UK managing director of Obica to become national operations director at Wasabi
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Analysis & Insight
Sweetfin tips the scales on poké
Hawaiian raw seafood speciality dish poké has set sail for the US mainland and new fast-casual chain has quickly got on board on the West Coast to make the most of this trending phenomenon. Kerstin Kühn finds out why the operator thinks it can capture the market and expand
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News
Wasabi set for Oxford
Wasabi, the London-based sushi and bento chain, is to further strengthen its regional estate with an opening in Oxford
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News
Good Stuff Eatery’s UK debut in doubt
Good Stuff Eatery, the US-based burger and shakes concept, launch in the UK is in doubt
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News
Wasabi doubles up in NYC
Wasabi, the London-based sushi and bento chain led by Dong Hyun Kim, has finally opened its second site in New York
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NewsThe Breakfast Club tops 2016 Growth Tracker
The Breakfast Club has topped the list of the UK’s eating and drinking-out market’s fastest-growing companies
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News
CDG to open Luton Airport Oriel
The Casual Dining Group is to open site under its brasserie concept Oriel and Bella Italia brand at Luton Airport
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News
Brown swaps Wasabi for BrewDog
James Brown has stepped down as operations director of Wasabi to join former G1 Group colleague David McDowall at BrewDog
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Analysis & Insight
Piper finds gaps in the food to go market
Diners in Manchester are looking for greater choice in their lunchtime food to go options and people both there and in London are keen to see greater choice of healthy meals
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NewsWasabi to invest £1m in Luton Airport launch
Wasabi has invested c£1m in launching its first UK airport site at London Luton
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Analysis & InsightThe lunch crunch
We would appear to be set for a wave of lunchtime sector M&A. However, there are a number of reasons why any M&A glut may be a little less frenzied than was the case with the restaurant sector, argues Sam Fuller of Altium Capital
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News
Wasabi to make Midlands debut
Wasabi is to make its debut in the Midlands, after securing a site in Birmingham
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News
Wasabi profits soar 1066%
Wasabi, the London-based sushi and bento chain led by Dong Hyun Kim, has reported turnover up 21% for the 12 months to 27 December to £63,593k
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Analysis & InsightLittle and large
The Azzurri Group has done a canny bit of business acquiring the fast-casual concept Coco Di Mama, while Costa has decided to follow rival Starbucks’ route in looking to enhance its food offer through a partnership with a smaller complimentary brand. Mark Wingett asks if it is time for more sector companies to seek new partnerships and add further strings to their bows.
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News
Ossett opens new Leeds site, launches BBQ partnership
Ossett Brewery is to open another site in Leeds and is launching its first partnership to offer food at its Hop Sheffield site, M&C has learnt.
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Diary
Diary: Pret, Deltic, Enterprise Inns and St Austell
In this week’s Diary we hear about some ‘interesting’ results from Pret’s evenings trial, look at trends in the late-night sector and get Rupert Clevely’s first impressions of the debut site he will develop with Enterprise Inns. All that and some truly awful beer and music-related puns