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itsu (いつ/itsu is Japanese for when) is a British chain of East Asian-inspired fast food shops and restaurants and a grocery company.[1] The company offers franchises.[2]
History
The chain was founded by Julian Metcalfe, co-founder of sandwich chain Pret a Manger, in partnership with Clive Schlee.[3]
In 2006, following the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, traces of the deadly isotope Polonium-210 were found at the Piccadilly branch of Itsu in London, where Litvinenko had dined on the day he was poisoned.[4][5]
Outlets and expansion
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The first itsu restaurant opened in Chelsea, London in 1997. In September 2013, itsu opened its first restaurant outside London, in Oxford.[6]
In January 2016, itsu opened its first Northern England restaurant, in Spinningfields, central Manchester.[7] The chain later opened a branch in Leeds.
since 2022[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". itsu had 76 restaurants in England, including 54 in London (44 in February 2023), and one in Brussels Airport, Belgium.[8]
In June 2018, the company opened a branch in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, US.[9] In February 2023 itsu's Web site listed Brussels and Paris as the only non-UK locations; the US Web page was dead.
itsu [grocery]
In March 2012, Metcalfe's Food Company, run by Robert Jakobi, launched the itsu brand into retail[10] under the name itsu [grocery].
Partnerships
In January 2014, itsu became the official partner of the Volleyball England Beach Tour,[11] but was not listed on the UKBT Web site as of 2021.[12]
References
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- ↑ Moules, Jonathan. "itsu founder nurtures a new generation" Template:Webarchive, Financial Times, London, 21 January 2014. Retrieved on 21 January 2014.
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- ↑ Vince Bamford, "itsu to target retailers with new Asian snacks" Template:Webarchive The Grocer, June 2011
- ↑ Charlotte Edwardes, "Mr itsu: Julian Metcalfe on beautiful lean cuisine, why he loves London's hard-working immigrants and his noisy troupe of children and steps Template:Webarchive, "London Evening Standard", 3 February 2014
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External links
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