Sano Pizza

Name

Sano Pizza

Legal name

Sano Pizza

Website

https://sano.pizza

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Casual Dining Pizza Restaurants

NAICS

Restaurants and Other Eating Places (72251), Limited-Service Restaurants (722513), Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Food Services and Drinking Places (722)

SIC

Retail-Eating Places (5812), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Pizza Fast Casual (THAFABAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Pizza QSR (THAFAAAB)

Keywords

• Neapolitan pizza restaurant
• Authentic italian pizza
• Casual dining pizza
• Pizza delivery service
• Corporate pizza catering

Headquarters

HQ city

Dublin

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Dine-in Restaurant Sales: Customers dine in at one of 6 restaurant locations and pay for their meals directly.
2. Pickup and Takeaway: Customers place orders through the Sano website for collection at their nearest branch.
3. Delivery through Aggregators: Orders delivered through Deliveroo, Just Eat, and Uber Eats platforms in all locations.
4. Corporate Bookings: Bulk pizza orders and event catering for corporate groups and office events.
5. Gift Vouchers: Digital and physical gift vouchers sold for all occasions, available in Ireland and Scotland.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Sano Pizza operates a chain of Neapolitan-style pizza restaurants serving pizza, desserts, and drinks for dine-in, takeaway, and delivery, with corporate catering and event venue hire. The group runs six locations across Dublin (Temple Bar, Ranelagh), Cork, and Glasgow (Finnieston, Merchant Square, Ashton Lane), with all branches offering gluten-free bases and vegan options. Orders are accepted on-premises, via the company's own Touch Takeaway pickup website, and through Deliveroo, Just Eat, and Uber Eats delivery aggregators.

Product overview

Sano Pizza is a Neapolitan-style pizza restaurant chain with locations in Dublin (Temple Bar, Ranelagh), Cork, and Glasgow (Finnieston, Merchant Square, Ashton Lane). The core offering is dine-in Neapolitan pizza service, supplemented by the Sano To Go pickup and delivery sub-product (integrating with Deliveroo, Just Eat, Uber Eats, and Touch Takeaway), Corporate Bookings for bulk orders and events, Sports Viewing at Merchant Square, and Gift Vouchers. All locations offer gluten-free bases and vegan options.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Sano Merchant Square What's On: Sports viewing venue at Merchant Square location featuring live sports on Sky Sports, Premier Sports, TNT Sports, and Amazon Prime, hosting up to 500 guests for events

Products and services

• Sano Pizza Restaurant (Dine-in Service) Neapolitan-style pizza dine-in restaurant service offered across six physical locations in Dublin (Temple Bar, Ranelagh), Cork, and Glasgow (Finnieston, Merchant Square, Ashton Lane), including pizza, desserts, and drinks. All branches provide gluten-free bases and full vegan options, online booking, kids menus, dog-friendly venues, and party hosting.
• Sano To Go (Pickup and Delivery Ordering) Pickup-and-delivery service that lets customers order Neapolitan-style pizza, drinks, and desserts for collection at any Sano location via the company's Touch Takeaway website, or for delivery through Deliveroo, Just Eat, and Uber Eats in Dublin, Cork, and Glasgow.
• Corporate Bookings and Event Catering Catering and bulk pizza ordering service for corporate clients, with set menus, full regular menu access, drink packages, and dedicated booking pages for Dublin, Cork, and Glasgow. Branches can host corporate bookings for up to 150 covers (Ranelagh, Cork, Merchant Square) or 90 covers (Finnieston).
• Sano Merchant Square Venue Hire Large-group event venue rental at the Merchant Square Glasgow location, accommodating up to 500 guests for birthdays, office socials, or parties with tailored seating, catering, and sports viewing.
• Sports Viewing at Sano Merchant Square Live televised sports viewing service at Sano Merchant Square in Glasgow, covering football, rugby, and major sporting events broadcast on Sky Sports, Premier Sports, TNT Sports, and Amazon Prime (including Celtic games).
• Sano Pizza Gift Vouchers Digital and physical gift voucher programme sold for all occasions via VoucherCart, with separate storefronts for Ireland (EUR) and Scotland (GBP) redeemable at any Sano Pizza location.

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• DeliveroocoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDelivery partnership allowing customers in Dublin, Cork, and Glasgow to order Sano Pizza for home delivery through the Deliveroo platform.
• Just EatcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDelivery partnership enabling Just Eat customers to order Sano Pizza for delivery across all locations in Dublin, Cork, and Glasgow.
• Uber EatscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDelivery partnership allowing Uber Eats users to order Sano Pizza for delivery in Dublin, Cork, and Glasgow locations.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Zizzi: UK casual-dining chain with pizza as a core menu category. Comparable as a multi-location casual-dining operator in UK high streets with a comparable demographic positioning.
• Pizza Express: Long-established UK casual-dining pizza chain with hundreds of locations. Comparable as a scaled multi-site pizza restaurant group competing for family and casual dining occasions in the UK.
• Domino's Pizza: Global pizza QSR leader with dense UK and Ireland delivery operations. Broad incumbent competitor for delivery and price-sensitive customers in the same cities Sano serves.

Direct peers

• Boojum: Irish fast-casual burrito-and-pizza chain with multiple Dublin and Belfast locations. Comparable as a young, founder-led, casual-format Irish restaurant group expanding across cities with a similar demographic and price positioning.
• Franco Manca: UK-based Neapolitan sourdough pizza chain with 50+ locations. Closest comparable to Sano: identical 'authentic Neapolitan craft' positioning, casual dining, multiple UK cities, and similar menu architecture.
• Pizza Pilgrims: London-founded Neapolitan pizza chain with multiple UK restaurants. Direct peer: Neapolitan-style dough, dine-in casual format, founder-led growth narrative, and comparable brand storytelling around Italian authenticity.
• NEEEPO: Dublin-headquartered Neapolitan pizza specialist with multiple Irish locations. Direct competitor in Sano's home market, operating the same authentic-Neapolitan casual-dining model.
• Apache Pizza: Ireland's largest pizza delivery/takeaway chain with broad national footprint and strong aggregator presence. Direct competitor for the takeaway and delivery side of Sano's business across Ireland.
• Paulie Pizza: Dublin-based Neapolitan pizza restaurant. Closely comparable as a craft-pizza casual-dining operator in the same Dublin neighborhoods (Temple Bar-adjacent) as Sano.

Emerging players

• MOD Pizza: US-origin fast-casual custom-pizza chain with a growing UK footprint. Comparable as a fast-casual pizza concept focused on customisation and speed, an adjacent emerging model to Sano's fast-casual craft-pizza positioning.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/sano.pizza
• TikToktiktok.com/@sano.pizza
• Xx.com/sanopizza
• Facebookfacebook.com/SanoDublin
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sanopizza

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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