Barburrito

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BarBurrito
Company type Privately held company
Industry Restaurants
Genre Fast food
Tex-Mex
Founded2005;19 years ago (2005) in Manchester, England, United Kingdom
FounderMorgan Davies
Paul Kilpatrick
Headquarters,
United Kingdom  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Area served
United Kingdom Canada
Products Burritos, tacos, nachos
Website www.barburrito.co.uk

BarBurrito is a British fast casual restaurant chain, focusing primarily on Tex-Mex cuisine salads, tacos, and Mission burritos made to order in front of the customer. As of September2024, the chain operates 13 stores across 8 towns and cities in the United Kingdom [1]

BarBurrito was founded by Morgan Davies and Paul Kilpatrick in 2005, with its first store opening in Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester. [2] In April 2010, the chain was operating stores in Deansgate in Manchester and Liverpool. [3] In 2012, the company had sales of £5 million. [4]

BarBurrito received an investment of £3.25 million from the Business Growth Fund to expand to a number of different locations, including locations in London which would become the chain's first stores outside the North West. [5] [6] [7] In June 2013, the chain opened two stores in London at Paddington Station and Cowcross Street. [8]

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