All Wasabi articles – Page 7
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News
Japanese Canteen targets 'untapped areas'
Japanese Canteen, the London-based restaurant concept, will target “untapped areas” of the capital for future openings and could expand out of the city, M&C Report has learnt
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OpinionTo invest or not to invest...
Private equity has provided the finance for most growth concepts on the UK’s pubs and restaurants scene. So what makes a great private-equity investment? Electra Partners’ Bill Priestley gives his view
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Analysis & InsightEd's takes top spot in Zolfo Cooper Profit Tracker
Ed’s Easy Diner has taken the top spot in this year’s Zolfo Cooper Profit Tracker, which tracks companies with the fastest-growing profits within the United Kingdom’s eating and drinking-out sector, with a compound annual growth rate of 127%
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NewsFive Guys secures Birmingham site
Five Guys, the popular US burger chain, has secured its first site in the Midlands, after taking on a unit in the city’s The Bullring shopping centre, M&C Report has learnt.
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Intu sees rise in catering spend
Intu Properties, formerly Capital Shopping Centres, the UK’s leading developer, owner and manager of prime regional shopping centres, has reported that the amount consumers spent on average catering across its estate in 2013 rose by 9%
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Analysis & InsightBranded dining sector to grow 7.6% by revenue in 2014
The UK branded dining sector will grow 7.6% by revenue in 2014, with outlet numbers increasing 5.5%, according to figures from Allegra’s Project Restaurant Report
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NewsFive Guys secures Lakeside site
Five Guys, the popular US burger chain, has secured a further site outside London, after exchanging on a unit at Lakeside Shopping Centre’s new £9m foodcourt in Essex
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NewsF&B outperforms retail at Network Rail stations
Like-for-like sales at pubs and bars at the stations grew 13.9%, with growth of 14.1% in dining outlets
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NewsWasabi makes US debut
Wasabi, the London-based sushi and bento chain led by Dong Hyun Kim, has opened its first international outlet in the US, in New York
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New wrap concept for Trinity Leeds
Wraps2Go is the creation of local businessman Adil Hussain and will serve “fresh gourmet wraps” with fillings inspired by recipes from around the world
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Analysis & InsightFine dining isn’t dead, it’s just had a facelift
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum, bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.’ In case you hadn’t heard, fine-dining restaurants have died. They had been on life support for a while now, apparently, but then suddenly the switch was flipped. That’s at least the story that sections of the press have been peddling in recent weeks
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D’Acampo secures Lakeside site
My Pasta Bar, the new fast-casual Italian restaurant fronted by TV chef Gino D’Acampo, has secured its second site at the Lakeside shopping scheme in Essex
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Analysis & InsightIntellectual property
As competition for good space intensifies, restaurateurs are having to become increasingly bricks and mortar-savvy. Have you got what it takes to bag that successful site asks Joe Lutrario, who talks to a number of leading property experts and operators – Scott Collins and Yianni Papoutsis of MeatLiquor, Alex Reilley of Loungers and Brandon Stephens of Tortilla
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NewsOperators sign up for Lakeside redevelopment
Wasabi, Rhythm Kitchen and Thai Express have become the latest operators to sign up for units at the £9m redevelopment of Lakeside shopping centre’s food court
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OpinionRise of the hybrids
There’s a shift away from comforting ‘crisis’ foods that prevailed since the recession began. And you can watch this evolution beginning to become mass market entry points for more unusual cuisine and ethnic influences reaching and mixing across menus. But Mike Palmer, the founder of food and drink consultancy Lostincatering.com, asks when will large-scale operators pick it up?
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NewsComptoir Libanais opens at Bluewater
Comptoir Libanais, the London-based Lebanese fast-casual concept, has opened its latest site in Bluewater, its seventh it total, as it continues to ramp up its rollout program
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Kimchee launches bar brand extension
Kimchee, the Korean casual-dining concept and sister brand of Wasabi, will open its first Kimchee Bar next month in the basement of its 165-cover flagship site in Holborn
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Kimchee: New menu, table service added
Kimchee, the Korean casual-dining concept and sister brand of Wasabi, has introduced a new menu, including a dessert range, and has also introduced table service
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Wasabi and Itsu secure Tottenham Court sites
Grab and go rivals Wasabi and Itsu have both secured new sites on London’s Tottenham Court Road.
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Analysis & Insight
Work placement
News earlier this month that Compass Group had opened its first Marks & Spencer (M&S)..