Vapiano

Vapiano
Company typeSocietas Europaea[1]
IndustryFranchise Restaurants
Founded2002; 22 years ago (2002)
Founder
  • Kent Hahne
  • Gregor Gerlach
  • Klaus Rader
  • Mark Korzilius
Headquarters
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia
,
Germany
Key people
  • Alan Laughlin (CEO)[2]
  • Monika Czyz (COO)
  • Hassan Mechmechani (Development Director)
  • Lukas Linhart (FD)
ProductsPizza, pasta, salads
Revenue385.9 million EUR (2014)[3]
Number of employees
approx. 10,000 (2016)[4]
Websitewww.vapiano.com

Vapiano SE is a European restaurant franchise company headquartered in Cologne.[5] The chain's restaurants offer Italian food adhering to the fast-casual principle.[6] Vapiano was established in 2002[7] in Hamburg.[8][9] Its largest shareholder since 2011 is the private equity firm, Mayfair Vermögensverwaltung.[10] Roughly one-third of the restaurants are operated by the company itself,[11] but the majority are run as franchise or as joint ventures.[12] In April 2017, Vapiano had 180 locations in 31 countries,[13] including Australia, China, Egypt and the United States.[14] On 20 March 2020, Vapiano announced its cash-flow insolvency due to a sharp drop in sales after most restaurants had to close due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[15]

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  6. ^ Rohwetter, Marcus (2016-03-23). "Mach du mal!". Die Zeit.
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  8. ^ Vapiano AG. In: Unternehmensregister. Bundesanzeiger Verlag. Amtsgericht Hamburg, HRB 85489. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
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  10. ^ Ritter, Johannes (2011-06-16). "Tchibo-Erben kaufen Anteil an Restaurantkette". Faz.net. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
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  12. ^ Dité, Helmut (2013-04-19). "Wien-Mitte verpflegt die Stadt". Wiener Zeitung.
  13. ^ "Roll-out der VAPIANO-App ab April 2017: jetzt mit mobiler Bezahl- und Bestellfunktion". franchise-lounges.de. 2017-04-18. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
  14. ^ Hage, Simon (2012-02-17). "Chain-Gang". Manager Magazin.
  15. ^ Taylor, Edward (2020-03-20). "Restaurant chain Vapiano reports 'cash flow insolvency'". Reuters.