Secrets To Restaurant Success With Alen Mansour of Mocca Deli
When three experienced hospitality brothers join forces, you can expect fireworks. Mocca deli is a place for all-day dining, drinking and enjoying life. It has everything that makes hospitality irresistible: great coffee, delicious food and every type of drink one can desire. Before Mocca Deli Tony, Salle and Alen Mansour were each working in their own corner of […]
Secrets To Restaurant Success With Sihaam Masae of Oh Poké
“Find the right concept and the right partners, and be hands-on” — Sihaam Masae, founder & creative director, Oh Poké group. Some people have the gift of getting straight to the point. Sihaam is one of them. When I asked her about the secret to scaling up a restaurant, she boiled it down to these three key factors. […]
Secrets To Restaurant Success With Henrik Mattsson of Brödernas
“On average we open one restaurant a week.” Brödernas has a black belt in scaling. How do they do it? From 7 stores in August 2020 to 90 nearing 100 today. The pace is mind-boggling. I asked Henrik Mattsson. Vice VD, Henrik Mattsson, explains: 💪 Courage – “First of all, the ambition has to be there. The founders, Joakim […]
Secrets To Restaurant Success With Brazer Bozlak of Basta
BASTA! Urban Italian serves between 1000 – 1200 dishes a day in Stockholm alone.” For a casual dining restaurant with full table service, that’s crazy. I asked founder & CEO Brazer Bozlak about his vision and approach. “Our business idea is simple: hire talented people and give them an opportunity to grow with the company.” Today Basta runs […]
Secrets To Restaurant Success With Joseph Youssef of Naughty Group Oyj
If building a restaurant brand was a university study, Naughty BRGR | Retail | Studios | Lab would be the professor. This Finnish burger chain is on fire. 🔥 “We are ready to open 4-5 stores yearly,” says business director Joseph Youssef. I asked him what the secret was. Today Naughty Brgr group comprises three business […]
Secrets To Restaurant Success With Christian Mouysset of Tenzo
“Going from 1 to 2 locations was difficult. Going from 2 to 3 and more was harder. There is a learning curve, and things break down if you don’t have the right systems and processes in place.” We asked Christian M. how he overcame the challenges and scaled Hummus Bros to 6 units and 100s […]
Secrets To Restaurant Success With Mads Bentzen of OLIOLI
“We’ve opened three new stores in the last few weeks”, says Mads Bentzen. Mads is CFO at the mighty OLIOLI, Denmark’s leading poke bowl brand. I asked him what the secret is to their success. OLIOLI is a young company, both in years and in the age of the people running it. “The founders, Nicolai […]
Secrets To Restaurant Success With Rasmus Christensen of Pico Pizza
“It’s great to take a product that has been around for ages and create something new that people love.” Rasmus Christensen – Pico Pizza I’ve said it many times before: the best part of my job is interviewing inspiring people in food service. Rasmus is no exception — hardworking, upbeat with a refreshing dose of humour (that photo […]
Secrets To Restaurant Success With Daniel Spinath of Crêpeaffaire
“You can have a strong brand but still be locally sensitive.” Apicbase CEO Carl Jacobs asked Daniel Spinath, the founder of Crêpeaffaire, how he grew the brand and successfully entered the international market with a niche product: crêpes. From a single location in downtown London to 30 stores across the UK and the Middle East, […]
