联锁饭店我家妈妈被拍卖

Pan-Asian restaurant chain Wagamama is being put up for sale by its private equity owner, it has been reported.

有报道称，泛亚联锁饭店我家妈妈将被其私人股份所有者拍卖。

Lion Capital bought Wagamama in 2005

Majority owner Lion Capital is hoping to sell the company for as much as £250m, according to the Sunday Times.

The UK private equity（私人股本） group, which bought an 88% stake in Wagamama for £102m in 2005, has not been available for comment.

Wagamama has rapidly grown since it opened its first restaurant in 1992, and now has 105 outlets（销售点，品牌折扣店） .

These include 66 in the UK, which employ 2,300 people, and a further 39 branches overseas.

Wagamama's most recent annual report showed that its sales for the year to April 2009 rose 13% to £101m.

Back in 2007, Lion Capital had proposed floating Wagamama on the stock market, but this was abandoned as the credit crunch（信贷紧缩） took hold.