All Zizzi articles – Page 11

  • Weekend Press

    Weekend press round-up 2-4 May

    2015-05-05T07:38:00Z

    Weekend press round-up 2-4 May Restaurants Las Iguanas circled by private equity firms Las Iguanas, the Latin American dining chain, is being circled by private equity firms in the latest sign of growing investor appetite for restaurant deals. Bowmark Capital, the group’s owner, is understood to be looking ...

  • Pizza Kitchen & Bar
    Analysis & Insight

    The Crucible

    2015-05-01T16:55:10.180Z

    Catering is the only area of chain shop expansion to have seen unbroken growth in branch numbers for more than two decades. London has become the crucible for change

  • Cote exterior
    News

    ​Operators on Q1 trading

    2015-04-02T16:32:00Z

    Operators including Azzurri Group, Bill’s, Cote, New World Trading Company, Pho and Leon give their views on how trading has gone over the first three months of the year

  • Horizons top 25
    Analysis & Insight

    UK dining brands lead Europe’s top 25

    2015-03-27T16:16:00Z

    UK restaurant brands account for 15 of the top 25 companies by sales, accounting for 19% of the total market, according to Horizons

  • Giggling Squid exterior
    Analysis & Insight

    The Thais that bind

    2015-03-16T08:05:00Z

    There has been a lot of talk in the industry since the end of last year around consolidation. One segment of the industry that looks ripe for a consolidation play is the Thai-led one

  • ASK Italian
    News

    Gondola becomes Azzurri Group

    2015-03-13T08:30:00Z

    Gondola, the parent company of the Bridgepoint-backed ASK Italian and Zizzi chains, is set to be renamed Azzurri Group

  • News

    Wham Bam Tikka signs up for WestQuay

    2015-03-10T08:37:38.950Z

    Wham Bam Tikka, the Indian street food brand, has chosen WestQuay in Southampton, for its first permanent kiosk

  • ASK Italian
    News

    ASK to focus on city centres

    2015-02-26T08:31:00Z

    ASK Italian, the Bridgepoint-backed Italian restaurant, is to focus its expansion plans on city centres where it is “unrepresented”, according to CEO Stephen Holmes speaking at the Casual Dining show

  • Byrons
    Analysis & Insight

    Byron and Browns named most satisfying brands

    2015-02-20T09:11:00Z

    Byron and Browns have been named the most satisfying eating-out brands and Five Guys the best quality in CGA Peach’s BrandTrack survey.

  • News

    Huge potential for both ASK and Zizzi

    2015-02-08T21:19:00Z

    ASK Italian and Zizzi chief executive Steve Holmes has told M&C Report that there is huge potential for both brands

  • Zizzi
    News

    EBITDA up 21.1% at ASK and Zizzi

    2015-02-08T10:41:00Z

    ASK Italian and Zizzi, the Bridgepoint-owned restaurant chains, have reported a 21.1% rise in EBITDA to £17.6m in the 28 weeks to 11 January

  • Analysis & Insight

    Independents outperform chains on public Wi-Fi

    2015-02-06T16:34:50.187Z

    Independent hospitality businesses are beating the chains when it comes to providing public Wi-Fi, according to new research

  • Five Guys Bluewater
    News

    Five Guys and Nando’s set for Southampton

    2015-02-03T07:38:00Z

    Hammerson has signed Five Guys and Nando’s for WestQuay Watermark, its mixed-use, leisure led development in Southampton’s city centre

  • Wahaca
    News

    Wahaca closes in on City site

    2015-01-27T08:32:00Z

    Wahaca, the Capricorn Ventures-backed Mexican street food concept, is closing in on a further site in central London, in Bishopsgate, M&C Report understands.

  • TGI Friday's
    Analysis & Insight

    Feeding a casual-dining demand

    2015-01-21T08:24:00Z

    A year of rapid change in the casual-dining sector in 2014 is likely to be followed by even more activity in the year ahead, as group transactions continue unabated and consolidations fuel a pent-up demand. Cenkos Securities’ Simon French reports

  • Wahaca
    News

    Wahaca signs up for Southampton

    2015-01-14T08:00:00Z

    Wahaca has further strengthened its regional pipeline after securing a site in Southampton

  • Eat
    News

    EAT appoints new head of food & drink

    2015-01-13T08:11:44.697Z

    EAT, the Lyceum Capital-backed group, has appointed Helen Higgins, formerly of Zizzi and McDonald’s, as its new head of food & drink

  • Weekend Press

    Weekend press round-up, 10-11 January

    2015-01-12T08:28:00Z

    A round-up of the relevant national and selected local press from the weekend

  • Zizzi
    News

    Byron and Zizzi set for Southampton

    2015-01-08T08:01:00Z

    Former Gondola stable mates Byron and Zizzi have both signed up to open in Southampton

  • PizzaExpress apprenticeship
    News

    FY sales up 5.5% at Gondola

    2015-01-05T08:13:00Z

    Gondola Group has reported a 5.5% increase in sales across its restaurant estate in the year to 29 June 2014 to £579.3m