Pizza Express, which is controlled by a group of debt funds, has made tentative contact with The Restaurant Group but has yet to make a formal counterbid, Sky News learns.
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Pizza Express is potentially considering a surprise move to gatecrash a takeover of Restaurant Group PLC, the owner of Wagamama.
Sky News reported that the restaurant chain is at the preliminary.