niall & faith macarthur headquarters london uk revenue 2012 100m 1 owner niall & faith macarthur 45 % penta capital 45 % management 10 % parent eat 2008 limited website eat.co.uk footnotes references registration no. 06522686 an eat shop in charing cross road eat styled as eat . is a chain of sandwich shops with over 110 branches in the uk the majority in london . the first shop was opened in october 1996 in villiers street london next to charing cross railway station . owned and run by couple niall and faith macarthur the company is similar to pret a manger insofar as all the produce is freshly made . 2 eat says it donates unsold food items to charities and hostels . 3 the style of eat outlets was designed by david collins who also designed the look of caf rouge . 4 the business previously owned by penta capital was bought by lyceum capital a private equity company in march 2011 . 3 annual sales were 68 million in 2008 and approximately 100 million in 2012 . the 2012 profit was 2.7 million . 3 in november 2012 the company opened a 1 million flagship outlet in the strand london . 3 5 footnotes edit niall and faith macarthur . the sunday times . 26 april 2009 . bridge rachel 15 january 2006 . from rugs to riches for healthy eating tycoon . the sunday times . a b c d hiscott graham 21 november 2012 . eat ready to take it away sarnie chain expansion starts . daily mirror . p. 40 . bread winners . the independent . 29 february 2004 . bold ben 21 november 2012 . eat opens strand concept store . marketing magazine . retrieved 22 november 2012 . external links edit official website v t e food chains in the united kingdom casual dining angus steakhouse ask beefeater grill bella italia brewers fayre byron hamburgers caf rouge carluccio s chiquito damon s ed s easy diner frankie & benny s giraffe gourmet burger kitchen harry ramsden s harvester hungry horse la tasca little chef loch fyne restaurants nando s ok diner pizza hut pizzaexpress prezzo strada table table taybarns t.g.i. friday s toby carvery tony roma s wagamama wahaca wildwood kitchen zizzi fast food barburrito burger king chicken cottage chipotle mexican grill dixy chicken domino s pizza five guys kfc mcdonald s morley s papa john s pizza sam s chicken sbarro southern fried chicken subway taco bell tops pizza tortilla wasabi wimpy yo sushi baked goods auntie anne s cinnabon cooplands ditsch dunkin donuts eat greggs krispy kreme millie s cookies patisserie valerie pret a manger sayers spudulike upper crust the west cornwall pasty company coffee shops and tea rooms amt coffee betty s caff nero caff ritazza coffee 1 coffee republic costa coffee harris hoole starbucks dairy baskin robbins ben & jerry s kaspa s shakeaway pub chains all bar one chef & brewer o neill s scream pubs slug and lettuce walkabout wetherspoons yates s retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title eat restaurant & oldid 716541518 categories fast food chains of the united kingdomcompanies based in londonrestaurants established in 19961996 establishments in englandhidden categories use dmy dates from october 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 22 april 2016 at 08 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view