'Bad times fit' - Ocean Basket's recipe to tackle overseas markets – CEO Grace Harding

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Ocean Basket has been fishing in other waters since 2008 and when everybody battened down the hatches and pulled in the lines during the Covid-19 pandemic, the advice of the company’s founder was: it’s time to think about growing. The seafood restaurant, loved by South Africans, has just opened its second branch in London – a notoriously difficult market for restaurateurs. Ocean Basket CEO Grace Harding gave Linda van Tilburg the recipe for success in overseas markets, told her how Saffers in the UK are coming from far to eat at their favourite seafood restaurant, and how they are battling to find staff in London after Brexit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
7 Nov 2022 8AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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