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Upcoming events
Food to Go Conference
5 Feb 2020 – Ham Yard Hotel, London
The food to go sector has continued to outperform the wider eating out market, with total visits up 6.4% year-on-year to 4.4 billion, according to MCA’s Food to Go Tracker. MCA’s Food to go Conference will examine growth opportunities and trends by bringing to the stage best-in-class operators and thought leaders.
NEW SPEAKERS CONFIRMED:
• Itsu’s group brand & marketing director Jemima Ferguson will identify and discuss a host of trends in food to go, including tech, digital, sustainability, flavours and ingredients.
• Borough Market’s MD Darren Henaghan will discuss the decline of ‘quick food to go’ and the move Borough is making towards communal dining with a focus on provenance.
• Pret’s new UK MD Clare Clough will discuss what Pret has planned for the Veggie Pret fascia and how the integration of the Eat estate is progressing.
• The key findings, insight, facts and stats from MCA’s Food To Go Report for 2020 will be presented by MCA’s senior insight manager Blonnie Walsh.
Other speakers confiremd include Five Guys, Salad Box and Neat Burger…
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Latest journals
November 2019
This month saw entirely predictable news with another delay to Brexit, but also the surprising sacking of McDonald’s CEO Steve Easterbrook. We take a look back at his transformative time at the food to go giant. Elsewhere the elusive Richard Caring opens up for a big interview alongside David Campbell to discuss the future for Bill’s, Caffé Nero CEO Will Stratton-Morris outlines his push towards premium and there is a profile of Canadian coffee chain Tim Horton’s as they settle into the UK.
Elsewhere, David Read has some advice for hospitality when it comes to squeezing the supply chain, Jasper Reid takes a deep dive into the market in India, Peter Martin takes a look at the rising demand for eco-friendly alternatives to meat and Steve Gotham says despite its woes Pizza Express has reasons to be cheerful.
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