Pizzaexpress Share Discussion Threads

[utsushi] 10/12/2002 09:41

I hope so.....

[dondee] 08/12/2002 17:20

That rumour if that is what it is,(about the size of the plates)is in todays broadsheets financial pages. They have just said they will increase the diam. of their pizzas by 1.5". Could this mean the share price will also become bigger.

[scottishboy] 08/12/2002 15:43

crockery not corckery
sorry

[scottishboy] 08/12/2002 15:42

I hav heard rumors that pizza express have bought new corckery which is smaller than the original set, their plates are now of a smaller diameter so that less of the rim shows as the pizza size decreases...sneaky b*stards

[ydderf] 07/12/2002 13:00

they have just announced that they will be increasing the size of their pizzas by 15% from next week - to 10.5 inches, another 1.5 inches at no extra cost - this should add 15% at least to the share price very soon imho - GREAT NEWS AND THE BEGINNING OF A FIGHT=BACK!

[ydderf] 24/11/2002 05:43

so let's get this straight, a dot.com gossip site is quoting a NEWSpaper which is reporting market speculation about trading about a quarter which has only just begun but detailed to 1.4% of sales...............lol

[m.t.glass] 22/11/2002 08:49

"..Dealers believe investors face the prospect of further bad news at the next quarterly trading update in January. The latest talk suggests that the decline in like-for-like sales for its core pizza brand in the UK has risen from the 4.4% revealed last month to closer to 6%.." (nothing-ventured.com quoting The Times)

L2 shows all 10 MMs moving the price downwards in turns today.

[m.t.glass] 22/11/2002 08:47

"..Dealers believe investors face the prospect of further bad news at the next quarterly trading update in January. The latest talk suggests that the decline in like-for-like sales for its core pizza brand in the UK has risen from the 4.4% revealed last month to closer to 6%.." (nothing-ventured.com quoting The Times)

L2 shows all 10 MMs taking turns to move their prices downwards today.

[monty burns] 21/11/2002 00:39

So lemme guess - this is the buying opportunity referred to in post 31?

Not being completely sarcy - if there is a time, it's now. Big if, though. Any views?

[bigboyo] 12/11/2002 22:07

looks like not ----

[ydderf] 10/11/2002 08:34

lets face it, no bid is gonna succeed at less than close to a fiver

[emporio] 08/11/2002 11:00

i agree with u

[jtcod] 06/11/2002 13:50

Earlier this week I posted on MF that the management were not seeming to act as owners. In other words their lack of action and response to the bid was suspicious to me. It seemed that they were allowing the bid talks of 350p to gain an air of respectability.

It appears I am not alone in my view.

For the full and frank statement from Analyst see


Very informative
JT

[bigboyo] 06/11/2002 09:25

so have they made an offer or haven't they ?

[emporio] 05/11/2002 10:21

yes i think there is something as most of directors are good friends with mr osmond, i worked with this guys for years & im sure there must be something...

[bigboyo] 05/11/2002 10:11

does anyone think that there is any correlation between the negative announcements pronounced by pizza express and the low level of the bid ?

[daytona222] 04/11/2002 17:31

After testing the water with a low offer, I think the answer from todays close is that there is plenty of fight from shareholders who've bought at (sometimes) significantly higher prices.

The trouble with this stratagy (although there's no getting away from it) is that it could smoke out any other potential bidders leading to an auction. Furthermore, it could, make any MBO more palatable in the face of an 'external' threat.

I think this one's got a long way to go, given the latest (Oct '02) Analyst magazine DCF valuation of 700p on zero sales growth.

Cheers

Daytona

[emporio] 04/11/2002 15:40

well what a nice game, hugh was a director of pizzaexpress & alen used to work for him in pizzaexpress building 3 years ago & now they are buying the company... dont you guys think this is ......

[kasg] 04/11/2002 15:00

Twigway plc - see

[ydderf] 04/11/2002 10:03

.......i am unbeatable by ordinary muppets and mortals........super - of course they won't sell at 350 and the share price could well reverse when they announce that, but that is just a buying op for johnny comelatelys

[jtcod] 04/11/2002 09:48

No way the approach will lead to anything at that price.

A chancers offer!

Who has made the approach?
JT