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Prezzo Holdings Limited
Company typePrivate
IndustryRestaurant
Founded4 February 2000; 24 years ago (2000-02-04)
Headquarters,
Key people
Jon Hendry Pickup (CEO)[1]
ParentTPG Capital
SubsidiariesChimichanga
Cafe Uno
Prezzo
Cleaver
MEXIco
Websitewww.prezzorestaurants.co.uk

Prezzo Holdings Limited[1] is a chain restaurant operator in the United Kingdom.

History

In 2014 the company was bought by private equity investment firm TPG Capital for just over £300 million.[2]

On 23 March 2018 Prezzo Holdings announced it was closing the 33 branch Tex-Mex chain Chimichanga, and closing 92 branches of the Prezzo chain, in a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) restructuring whereby rents at 57 other sites were to be reduced by between 25% and 50%. The contraction jeopardised up to 1,800 out of the 4,500 jobs at the time.[2]

Subsidiaries

It operates using several casual dining brands:[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "PREZZO HOLDINGS LIMITED - Overview". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Prezzo restaurant chain to close 92 outlets". BBC News. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Restaurant group Prezzo to go private?".