Wasabi (restaurant)

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Wasabi
Industryfast food
Founded2003
Headquarters
London
,
UK
Number of locations
38 (January 2015)
Area served
London and New York
Key people
Dong Hyun Kim (founder)
Revenue£64 million (2014)[1]
Number of employees
1,500 (2015)[1]
Websitewww.wasabi.uk.com

Wasabi is a UK fast food restaurant chain, focused on Japanese food, especially sushi and bento, and operating in London and New York.

Wasabi was founded in London in 2003 by Dong Hyun Kim, a Korean entrepreneur.[2]

As of January 2015, they had 37 outlets in central London, and had opened their first one in New York.[2] In June 2015, they opened in Cambridge.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c 18 June, 2015 - 15:34 By Kate Sweeney (2015-06-18). "Sushi surge as Wasabi opens £1m Cambridge outlet | Business Weekly | Technology News | Business news | Cambridge and the East of England". Business Weekly. Retrieved 2016-03-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b "New York expansion eats into Wasabi profits". Telegraph. Retrieved 2016-03-27.

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