Tasty Share Discussion Threads

[hybrasil] 09/9/2017 09:47

someone else thinks its cheap

50000 shares traded at 42p

[hybrasil] 07/9/2017 10:06

Now valued at £400k per restaurant

[haroldthegreat] 27/8/2017 11:04

Giving away a pizza or pasta costs very little. If the promotion results in bums on seats and everyone buys a drink and a coffee it will result in increased gross profit admittedly at a lower %.one earns nothing on an empty table. it is less costly to the company than giving a % off the total bill.
It will appear to be a good deal to the public and less expensive to the company than buy a main course and get a second one free (the cheaper of the 2 )
There is a lot of competition out there and promotional activity is a necessity.

[hybrasil] 26/8/2017 04:42

Topvest
You again
We have both been on these boards for a very long time
This one is one I definitely got wrong
I foolishly thought I was getting in at the bottom
Happily there haven't been to many of these
Are you still invested in the property sector?

[jonc] 16/8/2017 10:56

It was reasonably busy but was almost empty when we left at 9.15. Even with the discount with a couple of beers raspberry lemonade for the missus and starters it was still £43 for the two of us. Prezzos across the road looked to be a bit busier and certainly had more customers as we walked past on the way to the car.

I always enjoy the experience and do actually want them to succeed.

As I have said before any sign of a turnaround and this time I will be in.

[totalgeek69] 16/8/2017 09:57

I've been to Wildwood Crawley and Kingston 3 times Kingston is always pretty busy but they do have plenty of capacity. I had Starter, Main and a Drink for a £10 (Again Mon-Thu) very good food and service on every occasion. Personally I think the mix is good on the menu. There is something for everyone! Faced with a choice in our family of six of always upsetting one or two members of our family because they wanted x,y or z (one wants to go to Wagamamas the other to Pizza Express and the other to Frankie and Bennies.. Wildwood solves this dilemma....

[topvest] 16/8/2017 09:10

That's quite usual for Mon-Thu trading.

[jonc] 09/8/2017 21:04

This will be low 20s before the end of the year. There is absolutely zero reason to hold them. Interims are likely to show a loss in excess of £3m £8m for the full year.

Compare the like for likes and see just how rapidly this has gone into reverse.

[topvest] 09/8/2017 14:44

Yes, difficult sector. Tried a Wildwood in Worcester a few weeks back. Pretty good. Agree with the posts above though in that it's not distinctive enough as a roll out concept. Bit of everything. Doesn't look a winner to me.

[bookbroker] 09/8/2017 13:38

Must be throwing away half the food, if the Ilkley Wildwood any guide, rarely do I see any volume there, always appears empty even on a weekend!

[tiredoldbroker] 09/8/2017 13:21

Just looking at the menu on their website, wildwoodrestaurants.co.uk

Looks like they are doing too many things, and I wonder if they can run into problems with food wastage. Five sections under Mains: grill (burgers/ribs/chicken/fish/steak): 11 choices; pasta: 10 choices; pizza: 10 choices; risotto: 4 choices; salads: 5 choices; and 5 rather unimaginative-sounding side dishes. Plus 12 things listed under starters, 10 desserts, 6 Specials and a Kids menu. It's possibly just too many things, I suspect it introduces a higher level of operational gearing, because you need to be seating a LOT of people to make a menu that complex work, plus you need more kitchen space and have a higher kitchen fit-out cost. Doesn't matter in the good times, but as they say, anyone can make money in a rising market; it's what you do on the 'down' cycle that matters.

[lbo] 09/8/2017 11:04

Remember they only just revised down the figures in March and now it's got worse again.

[falia] 09/8/2017 10:42

get your money back , entu going up

[twistednik] 09/8/2017 10:36

Not much downside left?

Stuck locked into long-term leases which are not profitable? An operationally geared business can become loss making quite quickly... Don't fall in love with this business.

It's a tough time in the sector and only the best operators will survive over the long-term. Personally, I wouldn't be confident that this is one of them.

[totalgeek69] 09/8/2017 09:29

Difficult to digest but there isn't much downside left here...

[masurenguy] 09/8/2017 08:22

"the Group has a property estate with desirable locations which will deliver significant financial performance."

This might be viewed as a potential 'come on' to other more successful restaurant chains and an asset sale would almost certainly recoup the initial investment made by the directors in this business.

[kemche] 09/8/2017 07:34

Not Tasty at all.

[che7win] 09/8/2017 07:21

This is a terrible update, profits more or less wiped out, they need drastic action to remedy this IMHO.

[jonc] 09/8/2017 07:19

Not good. It's going lower.

[totalgeek69] 28/7/2017 09:04

Yeah.... Like I said sector is going through tough times... Last time I went to Pizza Express it cost 20% more so I stopped going there. Used to go 1-2 times a month...

[che7win] 27/7/2017 14:37

I am watching, their store in Lincoln was empty a couple of weeks ago - anecdotal evidence I know, but then CAKE was also quite empty.

The thing I noticed was how big the Wildwood restaurant was - much bigger than elsewhere, I wonder if thats part of the problem?

[fillipe] 27/7/2017 14:28

Incidentally, there's not a sniff of a broker/any old tout forecast , anywhere - at least as far I can see.

The last tp I see is W/house 17-4-2012 @ 60p, when the share price was 60.5p - or so I read.

Obviously no-one is "chancing their arm" with any numbers.

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