All Analysis & Insight articles – Page 139
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Average transaction value down in restaurants
Consumer spending rose 3.8% in January, continuing the strong run of growth in 2015, with spending growth up 13.5% in restaurants,
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Rise to challenge of site prices
Almost universally, operators hold the view that increasing property costs are presenting an enormous challenge to the restaurant and licensed property sectors in the UK. The question is, are the costs sustainable, do they present a real danger to the sector, and if so, where?
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The penny drops on cash sales
With a reduction in the use of banknotes, Tom Weaver takes a look at how electronic payments have become the norm and where they go from here
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Pret voted most admired brand
Pret A Manger has been voted the Most Admired Brand in the UK foodservice industry by industry leaders for the seventh year running, M&C Allegra Foodservice has revealed.
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One million more active customers in eating out market
The eating out market in the UK now has one million more active customers, M&C has revealed.
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Opportunities for morning glory
Darren Tristano, of Technomic, explains why offering morning options throughout the day is easy win for restaurateurs
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Restaurants need to be more adventurous
Nearly two thirds (62%) of consumers believe that food from many high street restaurant chains is far too basic
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Dealing with an act of terrorism
A terrorist threat is not welcome subject matter for meetings but what happens if your business is affected by it. This is not something that can be planned for perfectly, but Mark Stretton gives you a head start
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Kings maker
Mixing business and pleasure is part of Jason Katz’s ‘daily grind’. In fact, to the founding partner of Kings Park Capital, the specialist private equity firm dedicated to investing in the leisure industry, they are one and the same. And that’s just how he likes it. “In many ways the ...
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The shape of things to come
Marketing expert Mark McCulloch takes a look at some of the trends likely to impact on the sector over the next few months, and warns that brands rushing to develop apps for their products may have to brace themselves for disappointment:
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Analysis & InsightOnes to watch
Mark Wingett studies the tea leaves before taking a look at eight concepts that he believes have an interesting 12 months ahead in terms of expansion and establishing themselves in the national consciousness
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Eating out spend over Christmas fell
The number of people eating out over Christmas rose marginally but average spend dropped, the latest figures from Horizons show.
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Drinking out spend up 22% in December
Drinking out spend rocketed in December after a weak November, up 22% with a 13% increase for eating out.
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Consumers becoming increasingly more adventurous
Consumers are becoming increasingly adventurous with their eating and drinking out choice with the trend being driven by millennials, the Greene King Leisure Spend Tracker has shown.
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A need to build your hops up?
Award-winning beer writer Will Hawkes gives his views on what he believes will be the key beer trends for 2016, including the expected impact on the sector of the global hop shortage and the possibility of a surprise resurgence of fruit beers
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UK contactless spending up 2.6 times in 2015
The number of ‘touch and go’ contactless transactions made by Barclaycard’s UK customers more than trebled in 2015
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Easterbrook on a year of change at McDonald’s
McDonald’s chief executive Steve Easterbrook talks about how 2015 was a year of change for the fast food behemoth and how it is at the first stage of “fortifying the fundamentals of our business and restarting growth”
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Brits spend £76m daily on breakfast out
Britons spend £76 million per day eating breakfast away from home, data supplied to M&C has revealed.
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Analysis & InsightWake up and smell the breakfast
When it comes to eating out at certain times, lunch remains king but M&C Allegra Foodservice director of insight Steve Gotham reveals how you have to get up pretty early in the morning to beat the possibilities that a breakfast can offer
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Analysis & InsightSouth East Asia takes on America's casual dining foothold
Expect to see 17 new sites opening a week this year as key operators in the industry continue to expand, M&C Allegra Foodservice’s latest Outlet Growth Analysis report suggests.