How Tom Waes and Marc Coucke will play a role in the possible takeover of the Lunch Garden

The point of comparison lies precisely in this investment fund which is owned by Marc Van Hool. Indeed, Tom Waes, who had a huge crash of his Porsche in 2024, and Marc Coucke, are also active in the investment fund.

The current majority shareholder of the RSCA had, moreover, taken over the Zoute Grand Prix which was in great difficulty with CIM Capital last year.

Therefore, Waes and Coucke could own part of the Lunch Garden.

Last year, the Van Hool company made a lot of media noise due to the bankruptcy of the famous bus company which bore the same name. At the time, this resulted in the loss of nearly 2,500 jobs.

Marc Van Hool is the grandson of Bernard, the founder of the bus company, but he no longer has any connection with this family company. During the bankruptcy, CIM Capital had negotiated to take over the bus company. Negotiations that had failed.

For several years, CIM Capital had made a specialty of buying companies in difficulty to reorganize them. This is exactly what the fund achieved with the travel agencies Neckermann and Veritas. Now, CIM Capital has a similar plan for Lunch Garden.