EQT takes bite out of China firm December 16, 2013 EQT yesterday bought a stake in the owner of China’s biggest ice cream chain and second biggest pizza restaurant. The private equity group, based in Sweden, has taken a majority stake in China F&B, which owns the franchise to China Dairy Queen and US-based chain Papa John’s Pizza. No financial terms were disclosed.
London snubbed by Russian Papa John’s February 13, 2011 THE RUSSIAN franchise of Papa John’s, the global pizza chain, has snubbed London to list on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Worldwide Papa’s, which operates four outlets in St. Petersburg under the American brand Papa John’s, will today begin trading in Germany. The development comes after a slew of Russian companies pulled plans to list in [...]
Cold weather helps to boost Domino’s January 6, 2010 DOMINO’S PIZZA said yesterday people staying in because of the cold weather helped its sales beat City forecasts. The fast food delivery chain, which has 608 stores in the UK and Ireland, said in a fourth quarter trading update like-for-like sales rose 8.6 per cent in the 13 weeks to 27 December, despite the downturn [...]