Franco Manca

Franco Manca
Casual dining pizza place
Founded 2008, Brixton Market, London, England
Founder Giuseppe Mascoli
Products Pizza and Italian food
Owners Giuseppe Mascoli, David Page, Nabil Mankarious, and David Sykes
Website www.francomanca.co.uk

Franco Manca is a sourdough Neapolitan pizza business operating over 40 pizzeria in the UK and Italy. It was founded in 2008 by Giuseppe Mascoli[1]. The first store was opened on Market Row in Brixton Market.[2] Initially new sites were in the London area, however the company has now expanded into Italy with a busy Summer pizzeria on the island of Salina, Sicily. The company has also opened restaurants in towns and cities around the UK, including Brighton, Bristol, Bath, Oxford and Cambridge.[2] Since the first site was opened they’ve served and promoted slow rising sourdough pizza and properly sourced, small supplier, seasonal ingredients. Franco Manca was named the UK's best Italian Restaurant on Yelp.[3][4] Franco Manca's menu consists of mostly pizza with various meat and vegetarian options. It uses a traditional Neapolitan soft base.[5]

Ownership

In March 2015, Franco Manca was purchased by The Fulham Shore, which also owns ‘The Real Greek".[6] The Fulham Shore is owned and operated by Giuseppe Mascoli, David Page, Nabil Mankarious, and David Sykes.[7] In July 2017 they said that the uncertainty over Brexit was 'already affecting the availability of skilled European restaurant staff’.[8] In July 2018 they stated in the company report that more than 50% of the shareholders of the company worked in the business.

References

  1. ↑ Prince, Rose (2013-03-28). "Word of mouth: Giuseppe Mascoli, Brixton's pizza king". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
  2. 1 2 "The Man Behind Franco Manca". Brixton Blog. 2015-01-23. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
  3. ↑ "Welcome to Franco Manca !". Francomanca.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  4. ↑ "Franco Manca is named the UK's best Italian restaurant on Yelp". Business Insider. Uk.businessinsider.com. 2016-06-14. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  5. ↑ Chomka, Stefan (2015-01-12). "Business Profile: Franco Manca". Big Hospitality. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  6. ↑ "Into the black for Franco Manca owner The Fulham Shore". Investors Chronicle. 2016-07-26. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  7. ↑ "London's best pizza maker Franco Manca expanding across UK after profits soar". This is Money. 2016-07-14. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  8. ↑ "Pizza chain Franco Manca says Brexit is 'already affecting the availability of skilled European restaurantstaff'". Business Insider. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
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