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Patisserie Holdings - Cafe and casual dining chain targets ambitious roll-out

July 2014

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Subscribers of a certain age may recall the phenomenal success of Pizza Express, which back in 1993 reversed into shell company Star Computers at 40p a share and under the stewardship of Chairman Luke Johnson quickly grew from 12 to over 250 restaurants, which propelled the shares to a high of 977p. Johnson's latest venture is Patisserie Holdings, a leading UK branded cafe and casual dining group, which was introduced to AIM by Canaccord at 170p and has quickly risen to a high of 210p. Our interest is piqued by the fact that Patisserie, which raised £32m to repay debts, has already established a strong record with pretax profit rising 67% to £8.3m in the two years to 30 September 2013 through a combination of acquisitions and stro ...

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Patisserie Holdings - Cafe and casual dining chain targets ambitious roll-out

July 2014

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