Food Master is a Russian restaurateur company, founded in 1997. It develops its own catering chains: “ Fork-Spoon ”, “Pechki-Lavochki” and “Fish. Figure”. Founders - Igor Kim and Andrey Alekseev . The general director is Ilya Serov [1] . The head office is located in Novosibirsk .
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Base | 1997 |
Founders | Andrey Alekseev Igor Kim |
Location | Russia : Novosibirsk |
Industry | Catering |
Affiliated companies | " Fork Spoon " "Stove-shop" "Fish. Rice" |
Site | food-master.ru |
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History
The company was founded in 1997, and its appearance was largely due to the successful project of the Novosibirsk fast-food restaurant Grill-Master, opened in 1996 by entrepreneur Andrey Alekseev at his own expense. The project was attended by banker Igor Kim, who provided space for the new facility in the central part of Novosibirsk and, moreover, provided financial assistance. Management took Alexeyev. The cost of the restaurant paid off in a few months.
Financial success stimulated the restaurant business partners to further develop the project. They create on a parity basis the company “Food Master” and continue to develop catering in Novosibirsk, and after that in Yekaterinburg , Kemerovo , Tomsk , Novokuznetsk . The most popular formats of the company are the tavern "Zhili-byli" (later renamed the "Oven-benches") and "Fork-Spoon". 8 years after its creation, the network has increased to almost 50 points. In 2005, its turnover amounted to more than 900 million rubles.
In the mid-2000s, a restaurant holding company launched the process of diversifying its business, starting to invest in various projects that are not related to catering.
In 2007, entrepreneurs decided to divide the company's assets. Igor Kim left the restaurant business, Andrei Alekseev - development projects, which Food Master began to develop in the mid-2000s.
In 2014, Food Master sold non-chain restaurants Makaroni and Murakami, located in Novosibirsk. The company decided to devote all resources to the development of network brands [2] .
Activity
The restaurant holding company operates mainly with the franchise method and focuses mainly on 3 network projects: “Stoves-benches”, “Fish. Rice” and “Fork-Spoon” [2] [3] .
Projects
Network Brands
- Stove-benches is a network of inns created in 2001. Design elements were borrowed from the Christmas tree-stick network. As of November 4, 2017, the restaurant network operates in Novosibirsk and Barnaul [4] [5] .
- Fork Spoon - a network of canteens, opened in 2002. The first institution appeared in Novosibirsk. As of November 3, 2017, Fork-Spoon has 38 outlets in Novosibirsk (14), Yekaterinburg (15), Barnaul (3), Novokuznetsk (2), Ufa (2), Chita (1) and Nizhny Tagil (1 ).
- "Fish. Rice"
- Percini [6] [7]
Non-network restaurants
In addition to the network brands, Food Master developed individual projects. Non-network restaurants were present in Novosibirsk, Barnaul, Kemerovo, Omsk , Tomsk , Krasnoyarsk , Yekaterinburg, Moscow and Alma-Ata . But later the company decided to focus on networked establishments [2] [8] .
Other projects
- Big Dipper is a building materials trade and exhibition complex, built on the territory of the Ekran plant in Novosibirsk. In 2005, Food Master invested $ 60 million rubles in the construction of the complex. After the division of the Big Bear business, Alekseev was taken over.
- “AYA” is a shoe center, in the creation of which the restaurant holding company has invested 9 million rubles. After the separation of the “Food Master”, Alekseev also retired, but was sold by an entrepreneur even before the discovery to unnamed persons [9] .
Notes
- ↑ Serov Ilya Yuryevich. Business quarter.
- ↑ 1 2 3 The owner of "Macaroni" closed the institution and put it on sale. Business quarter.
- ↑ Copy success. Kommersant.
- ↑ Borsch with western flavor. Expert.
- ↑ The official website of the company “Pechki-benochki”
- ↑ Sushi with spaghetti. Kommersant.
- ↑ “Food Master” united “Fish. Rice” and “Percini” into one restaurant. NGS. Business.
- ↑ Separation of “Food Master”. Kommersant.
- ↑ Novosibirsk experience: how to do business on platforms for healthy recreation. RBC.