Restaurant transactions 2011
Note: Details of the transactions listed in the table above are taken from
information in the public domain and Christie + Co cannot warrant their accuracy.
Increase in the number of
restaurant businesses inspected
by Christie +Co in 2011 compared
with the previous year
15.5%
Date
Vendor
Purchaser
Deal
January Cloverleaf Restaurants
Greene King
Acquisition of the entire share capital of Cloverleaf Restaurants and its 12 pub
restaurants across the North of England for £55.8 million.
March
Coffee Nation
Whitbread
Acquisition of the Coffee Nation vending machine operator, for £59.5 million –
enabling the launch of Costa Express.
March
Baker Tilly Restructuring and Recovery
LLP, administrators of the Maypole Group
Marco Pierre White
Acquisition, out of administration of the six-strong Maypole Group for an
undisclosed sum.
March
Lion Capital LLP
Duke Street LLP
Acquisition of the Wagamama chain of Japanese-style noodle bars with 70
restaurants in the UK.
March
Penta Capital
Lyceum Capital
Acquisition of the Eat sandwich chain and its 110 UK stores.
March
Paramount Restaurants
Prezzo
Leasehold acquisition of six sites for £550,000.
April
Jamie Barber
Maison Madeleine
Acquisition of the two-strong Villandry restaurant business and its sites in Great
Portland Street, London and Bicester Village.
June
Capricorn Ventures
Consortium of investors
led by David Page
Acquisition of the Real Greek chain of three restaurants in a deal valued at
approximately £3 million.
August
Gordon Ramsay Holdings
Faucet Inns
Acquisition of the Warrington in Maida Vale, London off a reported asking price of
£5.5 million.
August
Bagel Nash
Management backed by
YFM Equity Partners
Management buy-in of Bagel Nash, the operator of 11 coffee and bagel bars in the
North of England and the Midlands for an undisclosed sum.
August
Administrators of Perfect Pizza
Jatinder Wasu
Acquisition, out of administration, of the 110-strong UK pizza delivery chain.
August
Punch Taverns
Brunning & Price
Acquisition of the Little Manor pub in Cheshire.
September Intertain
Mitchells & Butlers
The acquisition of eight Old Orleans sites in Birmingham, Cardiff, Coventry, Enfield,
Epping, Manchester, Reading and Thurrock for an undisclosed sum.
September Banger Bros
Grab Restaurants
Acquisition of the London-based specialist sausage chain operator for an
undisclosed sum.
October
Coffee#1
S A Brain and Co Ltd
The acquisition of Coffee#1 Limited – a chain of 15 high street coffee stores
throughout South Wales and the South West for an undisclosed sum.
November Relish Restaurants
Tasty
Acquisition of two Café Pasta-branded leasehold restaurants from Relish Restaurants
for a total consideration of £640,000.
November
Deloitte, administrators of
Chez Gérard Restaurants Limited
Brasserie Blanc
Acquisition of Chez Gérard and its eight London sites in a deal worth approximately
£10 million.
December
Begbies Traynor, administrators of
Howies Restaurant Group
Inveresk Holdings
Acquisition of the restaurant group, with its three remaining sites in Edinburgh and
Aberdeen, by an investment group led by the group’s founder David Scott.
December
Deloitte, administrators of Paramount
Restaurants
Spaghetti House
Acquisition of two former Paramount Restaurant sites in London.
December
Deloitte, administrators of Paramount
Restaurants
Prezzo
Acquisition, out of administration, of three former Paramount Restaurant sites
for £1.125 million.
December Baker Tilly
Marco Pierre White
Acquisition of two sites in Berkshire and Oxfordshire formerly owned by
Merchant Inns.
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