Article: Pizza Express stores changing name amid court battle

Article: Honey, they've shrunk the pizzas! (and their profits); ...
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  November 10, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... ago, where did he take his girlfriend? Pizza Express. For 30 years, Pizza Express has been classic first-date territory ... margheritas and quattro formaggis. Peers go to Pizza Express. Criminals go to Pizza Express. Peers who ...

Article: u260 MILLION BID BATTLE HOTS UP AT PIZZA EXPRESS.
The Evening Standard (London, England);  February 27, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... million bid battle erupted today for Pizza Express after entrepreneur Luke Johnson ... Johnson, who famously floated Pizza Express in 1993. Johnson, in partnership with Ian Eldridge who quit as Pizza Express's chief executive almost exactly ...

Article: Pizza Express bidding war looms.(Business)
The Birmingham Post (England);  February 28, 2003 ;     699 words ...Former Pizza Express chairman Luke Johnson yesterday faced ... struggling chain. Mr Johnson and ex-Pizza Express chief executive Ian Eldridge are ... developments come more than two months after Pizza Express first announced it had attracted ...

Article: Pizza Express shares fall as Osmond walks away from ...
The Scotsman;  November 21, 2002 ;     663 words ...STRUGGLING restaurant chain Pizza Express saw its shares dive more than ... GBP 250 million takeover bid. Pizza Express said it was "unable to accept ... which would have been paid by Pizza Express to cover part of Twigway's ...

Article: Brand mot.(various restaurant executives offer their opinions on ...
Brand Strategy;  December 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... As Hugh Osmond, the former owner of Pizza Express, abandoned his 250m [pounds sterling ... years ago, people were still trying Pizza Express for the first time but now it's lost ... for good value food, deliver it. Pizza Express has grown so much that it will never ...

Article: Battle to be upper crust; Dough is big bucks, which explains why ...
The Sunday Herald;  November 10, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... pounds) 250 million offer for the Pizza Express restaurant chain and rekindled corporate ... the serial entrepreneur who built Pizza Express into one of the country's most successful ... Parcs just 24 hours after his move on Pizza Express. Osmond (who set up Sun Capital Partners ...

Article: Is the pizza market sliced up too thinly? Despite enjoying ...
Marketing Week;  June 3, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... The largest chains, Pizza Hut and Pizza Express, have been on the high street for ... number of quarters. Both Pizza Hut and Pizza Express have recently appointed marketing directors ... where he was marketing director, and Pizza Express has appointed Helen Benedict as commercial ...