Azzurri
Reporting on strategy, portfolio performance, and F&B direction at a multi-brand UK restaurant group operating across high streets, travel hubs, and city centres. This section covers leadership changes, brand positioning, sustainability initiatives, and digital growth across concepts including Zizzi, ASK Italian, and Coco di Mama. Designed for hospitality professionals, operators, and group executives, it offers insight into how diversified casual dining portfolios adapt to changing consumer behaviour and economic pressures.
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Mar- 2025 -20 MarchNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief – 20/03/25
UKH have called for packaging supplied to venues to be exempt from the EPR. The likes of Azzurri Group, Burger King UK, Fuller’s, Marston’s, Punch Pubs, St Austell Brewery, Stonegate Group and Wells & Co have signed the letter to Steve Reed, the Defra Secretary of State, that states that…
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20 MarchBusiness
Hospitality businesses claim new packaging rules will ‘cost millions’
Pub and hospitality businesses have joined with UKHospitality to write to Steve Reed, the Defra Secretary of State, to call for packaging supplied to hospitality businesses to be exempt from the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). The likes of the Azzurri Group, Burger King UK, Fuller’s, Marston’s, Punch Pubs and Co,…
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Jan- 2025 -14 JanuaryNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief – 14/01/25
Pizza Hut’s biggest UK franchisee is close to finalising a rescue deal, according to Sky News. Directional Capital, which already controls a majority of Pizza Hut’s dine-in operations in Denmark and Sweden, would save the jobs of some 3,000 employees and acquire 140 sites across the UK. The deal could…
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14 JanuaryRestaurants
Azzurri Group reduces GHG emissions by 7% in 2024
Azzurri Group, investor in businesses such as ASK Italian, Zizzi and Coco Di Mama, has revealed that it has reduced its GHG emissions by 7% in 2024. During FY24, the company delivered a strong financial performance, opening additional restaurants, expanding retail offerings and growing its portfolio with Boojum, Dave’s Hot…
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Dec- 2024 -18 DecemberNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief – 18/12/24
Azzurri Group has seen profits rise from £21.3m to £41.9m in FY24, amid a year of “strong financial performance and transactional strategic progress. The Zizzi owner reported that revenues rose by 185 to £303.1m, while EBITDA more than doubled to £32.1m. It also acquired the UK&I master franchise rights for…
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18 DecemberRestaurants
Azzurri Group profits double to £42m in FY24
Azzurri Group, the operator of ASK Italian, Zizzi and Coco di Mama, has seen profits rise from £21.3m to £41.9m in its full-year results, amid a year of “strong financial performance and transformational strategic progress”.In the year ended 30 June, 2024, revenues rose by 18% to £303.1m, up from £257.8m…
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Oct- 2024 -11 OctoberNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief – 11/10/24
Boxpark has had its new location in Birmingham greenlit. Located in Digbeth, Boxpark has signed a 15-year lease in the Floodgate Street Arches. The new opening, which will see the group invest roughly £5m into the local area, is expected to create around 200 new jobs upon launch in 2025. …
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11 OctoberPeople
Sticks’n’Sushi appoints new CFO
Danish-Japanese restaurant group, Sticks′n′Sushi, has announced the appointment of Kushal Banerjee as its new chief financial officer. With over 17 years of experience, Banerjee brings “significant” expertise across M&A, capital markets and corporate strategy. He joins Sticks’n’Sushi after five years at Azzurri Group, the private equity-backed hospitality investment platform with…
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Mar- 2024 -11 MarchNews
Today’s news in brief – 11/03/24
Marston’s has announced that current chair William Rucker will step down in July. After five and a half years in the role, Rucker has informed the board of his intention to step down to focus on his other increased business commitments, which include being the chair designate of the British…
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11 MarchRestaurants
Azzurri Group achieves reduction in carbon emissions
Azzurri Group, the operator of ASK Italian, Zizzi and Coco di Mama, has achieved a reduction in carbon emissions, both in absolute terms and intensity reduction of 9.7% (tCO2e/ £1m turnover). Along with a strong financial performance and the opening of additional restaurants, the group’s reduction in absolute emissions was…
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