The following Wikipedia contributor may be personally or professionally connected to the subject of this article. Relevant policies and guidelines may include conflict of interest , autobiography , and neutral point of view .
[[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{1}}}|talk]] · [[Special:Contribs/{{{1}}}|contribs]])
Restaurant franchise company
Vapiano Company type Societas Europaea [1] Industry Franchise Restaurants Founded 2002; 22 years ago (2002 ) Founder
Kent Hahne
Gregor Gerlach
Klaus Rader
Mark Korzilius
Headquarters , Key people
Alan Laughlin (CEO)[2]
Monika Czyz (COO)
Hassan Mechmechani (Development Director)
Lukas Linhart (FD)
Products Pizza , pasta , salads Revenue 385.9 million EUR (2014)[3] Number of employees
approx. 10,000 (2016)[4] Website www .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]
^ Vapiano SE . In: Unternehmensregister . Bundesanzeiger Verlag, Amtsgericht Bonn, HRB 16304. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
^ "About" .
^ Schraa, Rolf (2015-07-17). "Bei Vapiano klingelt die Kasse". Neue Westfälische .
^ Bognanni, Massimo (2016-01-22). "Koch oder Kellner". Manager Magazin .
^ "Imprint" .
^ Rohwetter, Marcus (2016-03-23). "Mach du mal!". Die Zeit .
^ Aichele, Christoph (2012-09-22). "Vapiano feiert Jubiläum". Allgemeine Hotel- und Gastronomie-Zeitung .
^ Vapiano AG . In: Unternehmensregister . Bundesanzeiger Verlag. Amtsgericht Hamburg, HRB 85489. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
^ Laufer, Sophie (2009-03-13). "Vapiano: Eine Hamburger Idee geht um die Welt" . Hamburger Abendblatt . Retrieved 2016-06-08 .
^ Ritter, Johannes (2011-06-16). "Tchibo-Erben kaufen Anteil an Restaurantkette" . Faz.net . Retrieved 2016-06-09 .
^ Stech, Julian (2015-10-06). "Hahne gibt Vapiano-Restaurants ab". General-Anzeiger.
^ Dité, Helmut (2013-04-19). "Wien-Mitte verpflegt die Stadt". Wiener Zeitung .
^ "Roll-out der VAPIANO-App ab April 2017: jetzt mit mobiler Bezahl- und Bestellfunktion" . franchise-lounges.de . 2017-04-18. Retrieved 2017-05-05 .
^ Hage, Simon (2012-02-17). "Chain-Gang". Manager Magazin .
^ Taylor, Edward (2020-03-20). "Restaurant chain Vapiano reports 'cash flow insolvency' " . Reuters .