YO! Sushi

We were excited this week to see our new frozen ranges go live nationwide within Tesco, bringing bold Japanese-inspired flavours with four frozen dishes straight to homes in the UK. Designed for ultimate convenience without compromising on taste, there’s something for everyone - from delicious Chicken Teriyaki and Korean Style BBQ Beef to the iconic Chicken Katsu and an all-new Chicken Katsu Bao Bun Kit.   With this range comes a bold new packaging design, inspired by the iconic colours of our restaurant experience. The fun and vibrant palette takes cues from the famous plates on our signature Kaiten-zushi, while our unmistakable orange remains front and centre - ensuring instant recognition in the freezer aisle.    Mark Turner, Commercial Director of YO! said: “We’re thrilled to be building on our long-standing partnership with Tesco and expanding our offering with this exciting new frozen range. Bringing the bold flavours and iconic dishes our customers love into even more homes across the UK is a huge milestone for YO!. From our signature Chicken Katsu to the all-new Bao Bun Kit, we can’t wait for shoppers to experience the same great taste and quality they’d expect in our restaurants – now straight from their own freezers."

Franchise opportunity with YO! At the Wonderfield Group we believe in eating well without compromise. We have a vision to be the #1 Japanese food business for revenue, brand recognition, stakeholder value and we have a strong commitment to sustainability. We're committed to spearheading the growth of our exciting category. Through our YO! brand we are offering you the chance to realise this vision by becoming a Franchise Partner within a proven model that has already helped many business owners achieve their dreams. With a large proportion of our YO! kiosks already franchised; we are thrilled to extend this opportunity. Our YO! kiosks have seen huge successes in terms of both customer numbers and revenue. We are now seeking investors like you to share in this success. Seize this exceptional opportunity today and become part of our thriving franchise network. Let’s work together to ensure your long-term success and bring healthy, accessible, Japanese & Asian food to more people around the UK Are you ready to make your mark with us? Contact us at franchising@wonderfieldgroup.com to learn more about becoming a YO! franchisee.

We are proud to announce our partnership with Stonewall Housing - the leading UK charity supporting LGBTQ+ people who are experiencing homelessness or living in an unsafe environment. We truly value the work that Stonewall Housing do and believe this long term partnership can really make a difference. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/e4xZrStq

A huge thanks to Harry Bliss from Champion Health who joined our UK teams for an insightful LIVE Webinar last week, which covered a breadth of topics as part of Men's Health week. Throughout the call we tackled a range of Men’s Health topics and also touched upon best practice, preventative measures including where to signpost and access support. One focus was Male Suicide which is the biggest killer of men under the age of 35 and all people under the age of 50 in the UK. If you have any worries about friends, family or colleagues then please read and share these resources and signposts we talked about below: Champion Health and the CLASS Approach https://lnkd.in/eEXUYRS5 Ronan Kemp Documentary https://lnkd.in/d3FQQ7m Ben Stokes Documentary https://lnkd.in/eUUFT_8b The Burnt Chef Project The Burnt Chef Project https://lnkd.in/eGh34w7g NHS Talking Therapies https://lnkd.in/geUmpQY6 A big thanks to Harry for taking the time out to join us for this session and to our team. We are very proud of the support we offer all our teams through our range of EAP services, Mental Health First Aiders and our partnership with Wellhub to promote the health of all our team here.

Last week we launched our incredibly exciting and new volunteering policy and program in partnership with our partners at Neighbourly. This partnership and program will give every single member of our team the opportunity to take a day off work each year to participate in a local community project which they choose themselves via the neighbouring platform. We are hoping to see our teams perform over 600 hours of volunteering collectively this year as we aim to be better neighbours and give our teams the opportunity to give back to their local communities.

Last week we were delighted to open our new YO! Restaurant in Bluewater and YO! To Go location in Rushden Lakes (Northampton). A huge thanks and congratulations to all the team involved in making these new openings happen and ready in time for the Easter weekend. We have been open in Bluewater since 2006 with our iconic kaiten dining experience and our new location within the shopping centre is next level YO! At Rushden Lakes we’re dishing up all your YO! favourites; from hand-crafted sushi to the best of Japanese street food, perfect to refuel during a busy days shopping. Good luck to both our teams!

As part of Neurodiversity Celebration Week last week we held a LIVE Webinar which was hosted by the fabulous Gamiel Yafai from Diversity Marketplace and featured a panel of Neurodiverse members of our Teams from across all our UK Operations. Our Panel talked openly about Neurodiversity to give all our teams a greater perspective and insight into Neurodiversity. Our teams heard about many types of Neurodiversity from our panel and the superpowers our Neurodiverse team bring to YO! We are extremely supportive of all our team here at YO!, wanting our people to thrive and flourish with their careers here with us. This webinar (supported by some very insightful videos from our team across our internal comms channels throughout the week) has really helped us all understand more about how we can support our Neurodiverse team so they realise their ambitions. It’s so great to connect our teams and give them fresh perspectives and appreciation for each other. A big thanks to Gamiel, our talented panel and all the team who attended and interacted.