News / UK and world by Press Association February 6, 2019, 11:30 am Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter Jamie Oliver is on the hunt for a new investor in his restaurant business, which was forced to close several sites last year amid the casual dining crunch. The TV chef’s restaurant group has hired advisers at Alix Partners as it eyes selling a stake to an investment partner. A spokesman for Jamie Oliver Group said: “Building on the success of Jamie’s recent books and TV shows, Jamie Oliver Restaurants Group is seeking an investment partner to work alongside Jamie and the team to evolve and expand the business in the UK and international markets.” Any deal is also likely to include a fresh injection of capital from Oliver himself, who put £13 million of his own money into the business when it ran into trouble last year. In January 2018, the group shut 12 of its 37 Jamie’s Italian restaurants amid rising … [Read more...] about Jamie Oliver seeks fresh investment for restaurant group
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Jamie Oliver says casual dining restaurants primed for comeback
News / UK and world by Press Association January 15, 2019, 12:03 am FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter Casual dining is set for a comeback, according to Jamie Oliver, whose restaurant chain was one of many forced to close sites last year. Speaking to the Press Association, the TV chef said there would “always be room for all sectors” in the eating-out industry, but casual dining had been hit hard by recent challenges. “I think mid-market particularly was just in a perfect storm of rents, rates, over-saturation, and we’d just come out of a recession and went into Brexit-ville,” he said. Mr Oliver’s chain Jamie’s Italian closed 12 sites last year, amid tough competition and rising costs. He later revealed that the business had been hours away from bankruptcy, having “simply run out of cash” before he put £13 million of his own money in to keep it afloat. … [Read more...] about Jamie Oliver says casual dining restaurants primed for comeback
Best San Francisco restaurants to dine solo, according to Reddit
By Dianne de Guzman, SFGATE Updated 9:16 pm PDT, Tuesday, July 31, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-10', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 10', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-15', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 15', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-20', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery … [Read more...] about Best San Francisco restaurants to dine solo, according to Reddit
Reddit users share favorite San Francisco restaurants for ‘not rich’ people
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San Francisco restaurants can’t afford waiters. So they’re putting diners to work.
Emily Badger, New York Times 2:59 pm, Monday, June 25, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-10', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 10', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-14', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 14', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Stephen Lam, Special To The Chronicle Image 1of/14 CaptionClose Image 1 of 14 An exterior view of Souvla in … [Read more...] about San Francisco restaurants can’t afford waiters. So they’re putting diners to work.