Multi-Brand Sushi Platform and Eatertainment Time Lapse

By MRM Staff

The Magnificent Monday version of MRM's Daily Bite has news from YO! Sushi and Bento Sushi, Punch Bowl Social, Bite Squad, HUNGRY and California Tortilla.

Send news items to Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. 

 

YO! Sushi Acquires Bento SushiYO! Sushi acquired Bento Sushi to create a global multi-channel and multi-brand sushi platform. The acquisition values Bento at CAN $100 million and has been facilitated by Mayfair Equity Partners, who partnered with the YO! management team as part of a management buyout in 2015.

Bento, founded in Toronto in 1996 by Ken Valvur, is the second largest sushi brand in North America, and the largest in Canada trading from over 600 locations, while supplying sushi to a further 1,700 partner sites. Bento operates across a range of formats which complement YO!'s existing proposition. These include quick service restaurants, on-site kiosks in supermarkets and other food service locations, and a number of production…