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Big Mamma looking to open Manchester site

25-Mar-2024 By Restaurant

Restaurant group Big Mamma is understood to have found a site in Manchester for what would be its first UK opening outside the capital.

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Will investors have an appetite for hospitality in 2024? I think they will

14-Dec-2023 By Stefan Chomka

As another year’s gap is put between the Covid lockdowns and the present there are signs that optimism is returning to investors in hospitality.

Victor Lugger: “There was way less interest in the business than I expected”

22-Nov-2023 By Stefan Chomka

Interest in Italian restaurant group Big Mamma fell short of expectations despite the company having a successful 10-year track record that has seen it open 23 restaurants in four countries, its co-founder has revealed.

'The most significant stage of a magnificent European journey': Big Mamma Group is finally opening in Italy

24-Oct-2023 By Restaurant

French founded Italian restaurant group Big Mamma is making its first move into the country that has inspired its cuisine.

Big Mamma to open 'intimate trattoria' Carlotta in Marylebone

07-Mar-2023 By Restaurant

Big Mamma has announced the opening of another restaurant in the capital, this time in Marylebone.

Latest opening: Jacuzzi

15-Feb-2023 By James McAllister

Big Mamma has gone west for its latest London restaurant – a bougie, bucolic ‘pleasure palace’ where even a disco toilet doesn’t look out of place.

Big Mamma heads to Kensington for first West London restaurant

25-Oct-2022 By James McAllister

French-owned Italian restaurant group Big Mamma is to launch its first West London location early next year on Kensington High Street.

Payment solution Sunday secures an additional $100m

23-Sep-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Victor Lugger and Tigrane Seydoux’s Sunday has secured $100 million in its latest funding round, making it one of the sector’s most heavily backed payment solutions.

Latest opening: Ave Mario

07-Jul-2021 By James McAllister

Big Mamma's flair for grandiose ostentation remains undimmed with its third London restaurant, which combines glitz, glamour and decadence with a dash of Roman Catholicism.

Victor Lugger: "We want to be PayPal for bricks and mortar"

15-Apr-2021 By Joe Lutrario

Big Mamma Group co-founder Victor Lugger is looking to shake up how customers pay the bill following a €20m (£17.3m) seed-funding round for his QR-code based mobile payments start-up Sunday.

Big Mamma's Napoli Gang crosses the river

06-Nov-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Napoli Gang - the recently launched delivery-only brand from Gloria and Circolo Popolare operator Big Mamma - is crossing the river for the first time with the launch of a dark kitchen site in Wandsworth.

Big Mamma launches forward-thinking delivery-only brand

22-Sep-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Gloria and Circolo Popolare owner Big Mamma is to launch a pizza-focused delivery-only brand called Napoli Gang that seeks to make things more equitable for both its own staff and delivery drivers.