Tanuki

Tanuki − a chain of Japanese restaurants in Russia and Ukraine. It has been operating in Russia since 2004.

History

As of March 31, 2015, 70 restaurants in cities were opened and operate:

• Moscow,
• Yekaterinburg,
• Voronezh,
• Samara,
• Krasnodar,
• Perm,
• Kyiv,
• Donetsk,
• Kharkov,
• Nizhny Novgorod,
• Novosibirsk
• Ufa.

2023: Founder wanted

In mid-November 2023, Alexander Orlov was put on the wanted list, follows from the database data. MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS Russia It follows from it that the 52-year-old restaurateur and founder of the chains "" and Tanuki"Ruff" are wanted under the article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. For which one, the Ministry of Internal Affairs does not specify. More. here

2022: Entry into the Uzbekistan market

At the end of August 2022, Tanuki announced its entry into the market. Uzbekistan The first restaurant the Russian network will open in early September 2022 in. Tashkent

According to Forbes, citing a representative of Tanuki, the volume of investments in the project is estimated at 100 million rubles. This amount includes the cost of developing interior design, repairs, buying equipment, as well as rental costs, staff and products.

Russian network "Tanuki" entered the market of Uzbekistan

The new point will be positioned as a restaurant of the "high-quality middle segment" with a wide range of dishes. Earlier, the chain has already successfully opened Tanuki restaurants abroad: in addition to Russia, the chain's establishments operate in Kazakhstan, the UAE and the United States.

{{quote 'We have a very wide range of sentences, so everyone can find what they love. Here are classic Japanese cuisine with rolls, sashimi, and vegan dishes. There are also meat positions. Therefore, our main unique trading offer is that we satisfy the needs of everyone, - said Natalya Panova, Marketing Director of Tanuki, commenting on the start of the company's work in Uzbekistan. }} According to her, Tanuki will be able to compete with local players thanks to "attractive" interior design and qualified staff.

In July 2022, Alexander Orlov, co-owner of the Tanuki chain of Japanese restaurants and owner of the Bulldozer Group restaurant holding, decided to sell the holding fully or partially to entrepreneurs from the UAE. The names of the buyers, the value of the transaction by the end of August 2022 are still unknown.

Earlier, Orlov opened in Uzbekistan a non-chain restaurant of pan-Asian cuisine TOKU. In the future, it is planned to launch three to four more establishments. According to Forbes, for the development of the restaurant business in the country, the entrepreneur attracted several partners, whose names are not disclosed in the company.^[1]

2020:15% off for refusing to use your smartphone during lunch

At the end of October 2020, Tanuki began offering visitors to its restaurants a discount for refusing to use a smartphone at a table. The waiter takes the gadget and puts it in a special safe, and takes the key to the safe with him.

Guests just need not ask him back before receiving the bill, and then fill out a short questionnaire. In gratitude, Tanuki gives a 15% discount on the order made to all participants in the action.

Going to a restaurant is a way not only to enjoy tasty food and a pleasant atmosphere, but also to have a high-quality time with friends, colleagues and family, "says Stanislav Koloskov, Marketing Director of TanukiFamily, commenting on the social experiment. - In modern realities, when we are constantly "in touch," it can be difficult to distract from a smartphone. Therefore, Tanuki restaurants will create conditions to help guests try to get rid of gadgets for at least an hour.

"Tanuki" reduces the bill by 15% if the visitor hands over the smartphone to the waiter

TanukiFamily cited data from the Australian anti-fabbing organization (the habit of constantly being distracted by gadgets), according to which, on average, during dinner in a restaurant, a couple can count up to 36 cases of a bad habit. In addition, 97% of people who eat with a phone in their hands stop noticing the taste of the dishes. Moscow ranks 12th in the twenty most Fabberian cities in the world.

From a bad habit, fabbing can develop into a mental disorder, have a devastating effect on social ties and cause harm to physical health, TanukiFamily notes, citing expert data.

The experiment will be attended by Tanuki restaurants in Moscow, located at the following addresses:

• Tsvetnoy bldr, d. 5;
• st. Shabolovka, d. 25, p. 2;
• Bolshaya Zlatoustinsky per., d. 1, p. 1;
• st. Pyatnitskaya, d. 53/18, p. 1;
• 120 Mira Avenue;
• Preobrazhenskaya street, d. 5/7;
• Mosfilmovskaya st., d. 22;
• st. People's militia, d. 22, p. 1;
• Shchelkovskoe sh., 33;
• st. Pererva, d. 58.^[2]

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