Hints and tips:
...Last year, a number of UK companies, including veterinary pharmaceuticals company Dechra and the restaurant group behind Japanese dining chain Wagamama, were acquired by buyout firms....
...A former top investment banker at Centerview Partners did not strike a valid agreement to become a full-fledged partner at the elite advisory firm during a restaurant meeting held more than a decade ago,...
...It dismissed a proposal by the two companies to divest several hundred stores as “inadequate”....
...Rashid, who had been fired from Apollo and repaid the expenses, offered an intriguing defence: He said he believed Apollo, not the funds, was reimbursing him for, among other things, restaurant boondoggles...
...It’s rare for buyout partners to become executives of the companies they own. Cutting costs, 3G sold off the 1,300 company-owned restaurants to franchisees....
...Apollo has done deals in the restaurant and entertainment sector before but has largely focused on companies in North America. Among its past investments are the Chuck E. Cheese restaurant chain....
...Private equity-backed chains such as Prezzo and Côte Restaurants have had to undergo restructurings to stay afloat. Burger chain Byron Burgers has also suffered financial difficulties....
...Think of the difference between a hotdog stand and a Michelin Star restaurant, both are in the food business and both serve food....
...Colorado alleged that Google’s treatment of internet companies focused on specific sectors — such as Expedia for travel or OpenTable for restaurant bookings — had anti-competitive effects in internet search...
...the Bengaluru-based group, which was once valued at $22bn, have alleged in Miami court filings that it transferred $533mn to an obscure Florida-based hedge fund with the registered address of a pancake restaurant...
...But above all she is, I quickly realise when we meet in a London restaurant, a believer....
...“They want to go to the same schools, and eat at the same restaurants . . . they want the fairy tale as well.”...
...When Emanuel co-founded the talent agency Endeavor in 1995, he worked out of a small office above a hamburger restaurant in South Beverly Hills....
...Roaring potato prices doesn’t seem to have hurt the company, nor weaker demand for frozen fries from US restaurants (footfall remains below the pre-pandemic level): Lamb Weston reported impressive earnings...
...Restaurants have used the scalability of online ordering to grow beyond the constraint of table covers using services such as Deliveroo and UberEats....
...He also extended a $30mn loan to a company registered in the name of Epstein’s private pilot. The company, Plan D LLC, owned a Gulfstream jet....
...“If Uber has an ad network — billboards on cars that previously didn’t have billboards, and is providing advertising opportunities when you’re getting groceries or food through restaurants — then they’re...
...“First Apple and now this . . . television, cable and satellite companies will struggle to respond”....
...QR codes have been around for a long time, and were popular in Asia, came to the west, but nobody really used them, then they became more of a thing during Covid when a lot of restaurants and places didn...
...This company shares a Russian director with “Velada LLC”, which was granted a concession by the Assad regime in Syria to explore for oil and gas....
...Fortress also owns the US restaurant group SPB Hospitality and this month took a majority stake in the Irish hotel company Prem Group....
...products and services would become a shadow of their former selves, “severely” hampering more modern features of Google’s search engine, such as additional functionality when researching flights or finding a restaurant...
...Case in point: Elliott’s 2018 victory at hotel and restaurant multinational Whitbread, when the activist used an — albeit uncharacteristic — gentle approach to get its way and spin off the group’s Costa...
...Ryan McMorrow and Eleanor Olcott report that the State Administration for Market Regulation found that Meituan had forced restaurants to exclusively sell food on its app by slowing down restaurant approvals...
...Get ready for lots more investigations into how Google ranked search results for restaurants, flights or hotels. Shopping comparison rivals could also claim billions in damages for lost revenues....
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