All Abokado articles – Page 4
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Analysis & Insight
Piper finds gaps in the food to go market
Diners in Manchester are looking for greater choice in their lunchtime food to go options and people both there and in London are keen to see greater choice of healthy meals
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Brighton is first city to impose sugar tax
Brighton & Hove has become the first city in the UK to introduce a voluntary sugar tax to tackle obesity
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Government rejects Oliver’s sugary drinks tax
The Department of Health has stated it has no plans to introduce a tax on sugar sweetened beverages, despite the Jamie Oliver’s calls to impose a tax on sugary drinks
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Abokado sees uplift in breakfast sales
Abokado has said that breakfast sales now account for more than 10% of total sales
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Cabana joins Oliver’s Sugar Tax campaign
Cabana is joining Jamie Oliver’s Sugar Tax campaign and will introduce a 10p tax on sugary drinks.
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NewsGroups in talks to join Oliver’s sugar campaign
Jamie Oliver is in talks with a number of leading operators regarding signing up to his campaign to get the government to introduce a tax on surgery drinks
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Analysis & InsightThe lunch crunch
We would appear to be set for a wave of lunchtime sector M&A. However, there are a number of reasons why any M&A glut may be a little less frenzied than was the case with the restaurant sector, argues Sam Fuller of Altium Capital
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NewsAbokado secures £2.6m funding
Abokado, the London-based chain of healthy food bars, has secured £2.6m of funding to accelerate its growth plans.
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NewsAbokado reaches 25
Abokado will celebrate opening its 25th site in the capital by giving away pots of frozen yoghurt for only 25p across all its stores tomorrow (12 August)
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NewsAbokado unveils growth plans
Abokado has said it is on track to reach 30 sites by the end of the year before looking to grow nationwide from 2017
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Analysis & InsightStreet life
Street food, and all it entails whether that is through food, marketing or location, has become an increasingly influential part of the UK’s eating and drinking-out sector. Over the next few months and years that influence is set to further grow as the category evolves with the help of a number of established players.
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NewsAbokado builds pipeline
Abokado has announced that it has secured two further sites in the City of London
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NewsIndustry reaction to General Election result
Leading figures in the eating and drinking out sector have given their views to M&C Report on the likely impact of the election result on the industry.
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Abokado launches London Marathon offer
Abokado, the London-based chain of healthy food bars, is supporting the London Marathon by offering free lunches to runners.
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NewsZivkovic takes Abokado ops director role
Abokado has bolstered its management team with the appointment of Richard Zivkovic, formerly of Costa, TRG and Pret A Manger, as its new operations director
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NewsOperators on Q1 trading
Operators including Azzurri Group, Bill’s, Cote, New World Trading Company, Pho and Leon give their views on how trading has gone over the first three months of the year
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Analysis & Insight
UK foodservice industry to be worth £56.3bn by 2019
The UK foodservice sector is set for value growth of £10bn by 2019, making the industry worth over £56.3bn, according to consultancy Horizons.
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NewsAbokado achieves sales record
Abokado saw like-for-like sales running in the mid-teens in both December and January across its 23-strong estate,
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La Bottega appoints new director of operations
La Bottega, the Italian deli and café concept, has appointed Nicolas Gaillot, formerly of Villandry, as its new head of operations
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Abokado grows London pipeline
Abokado, the London-based chain of healthy food bars run by Mark Lilley, has lined up a pipeline of sites to reach 30 by spring 2015 before looking to expand nationwide in the next 18 months, M&C Report has learnt.