Private equity
Reporting centres on investment activity across the UK hospitality and foodservice sector, with analysis of buyouts, growth capital, and ownership changes involving restaurant groups, pub companies, and catering operators. Coverage includes deal flow, fund strategy, portfolio performance, and investor outlook, offering valuable intelligence for senior executives, founders, and stakeholders navigating funding, expansion, and exit planning.
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Jul- 2024 -19 JulyCafes and Coffee Shops
Cooks Coffee appoints new UK-based board members
Cooks Coffee Company, the international coffee-focused café chain, that operates Esquires, the Organic Coffee Company in UK and Ireland has appointed Gareth Lloyd-Jones and Gordon Robinson as non-executive directors. The news comes after New Zealand based non-executive board member Mike Hutcheson resigned after more than 10 years on the board.…
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8 JulyPubs and Bars
Slug and Lettuce posts pre-tax loss of £3.1m
Slug and Lettuce has reported a pre-tax loss of £3.1m for the 12-month period to September 2023 after the bar chain initially recorded profits of £2.2m in 2022. Slug and Lettuce has attributed its performance to revenues inching down from £48.6m to £48.5m due to “the impact of the macroeconomic…
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3 JulyRestaurants
Hawksmoor explores sale to aid international expansion
Hawksmoor has reportedly begun exploring a sales process that could value the restaurant group at roughly £100m in a bid to grow its international presence, according to The Financial Times. It is understood that investment bank Stephens has been appointed to run the sale process, and has already begun talking…
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May- 2024 -22 MayNews
Food and Beverage M&A activity reaches highest deal volume since 2016
M&A in the UK food and beverage sector reached its highest deal volume since T1 2016 according to the new UK Food and Beverage Sector M&A report by Oghma Partners. For the first four months of 2024, there has been an increase by 30.3% in the volume of deals (43…
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Apr- 2024 -10 AprilPubs and Bars
Portobello Pub Company acquires Darwin and Wallace
The Portobello Pub Company has acquired London-based bar-restaurant business, Darwin and Wallace for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition will add seven “high-volume” venues located in some key London ‘villages’ including Battersea Power Station, Clapham Old Town, Wimbledon and Richmond. Darwin and Wallace will continue to operate under the same name,…
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Feb- 2024 -22 FebruaryNews
Today’s news in brief – 22/02/24
Sticks’n’Sushi has secured a £22m loan from Oak North Bank to support further growth. The business was acquired by private equity firm, McWin Capital Partners, in January this year. Most recently, the group had successfully scaled to 27 restaurants with 12 in Copenhagen, 12 across the UK, and three in…
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22 FebruaryRestaurants
Sticks n Sushi secures £22m loan
Sticks n Sushi has revealed that it has secured a £22m loan from Oak North Bank to support further growth. The business was acquired by leading private equity firm, McWin Capital Partners, in January this year. McWin is a sector specialist with stakes in a number of chains, including: Gail’s…
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Jan- 2024 -15 JanuaryPubs and Bars
More than 4,500 Stonegate pubs at risk amid £2.6bn debt
More than 4,500 Stonegate pubs could be at risk as parent company TDR capital seeks to refinance £2.5bn of debt, GMB Union has warned. Gary Lindsay, boss of TDR Capital which also owns supermarket giant Asda, told the Business and Trade Select Committee on Tuesday [9 January] he was ‘confident’…
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12 JanuaryPubs and Bars
Corporate buyers return to pub market in 2023
Tenanted pub companies made up 23% of freehold buyers in 2023, compared with 12% in 2022, according to data from Christie and Co. Furthermore, Christie and Co’s pub price index dropped 8.1% for 2023 as a result of interest rate hikes and a stubborn inflationary environment during 2023. Activity was…
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12 JanuaryRestaurants
TDR secures majority stake in Popeyes UK
Private equity firm TDR Capital has secured a majority stake in Popeyes UK following a subsequent investment. The news comes after TDR made a £50m investment in Popeyes last year and has since raised its ownership to effectively overtake dual partner Ring International Holdings, who hold a minor stake. The…
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