All Analysis & Insight articles – Page 148
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Analysis & InsightDry January effect fades with drinking out spend up 6%
Dry January had a lessening impact this year, according to the Greene King Leisure Spend Tracker, which shows average household spend on drinking out up 6% year on year.
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UK inbound tourism hits new record in 2015
The number of inbound tourists hit a new record level in 2015 with 35.8 million visits, up 4% compared with the 2014
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Analysis & InsightDesignated drivers
Known for finding and nurturing generations of staff, Living Ventures finds itself at a crossroads in its life cycle. Founder Tim Bacon and group managing director Paul Moran talk to Mark Wingett about how the group is changing tack to replenish its pool of talent
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Five minutes with…Paul Newman, New Moon Co
This week M&C takes five minutes with Paul Newman, co-founder of New Moon Co which runs five pubs and three restaurants in the northwest. He talks about why he’s not expanding this year, his worries about a burst of new players in Manchester and why he wants to run a F1 team
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Over a third of food to go customers earn £40k+
The food to go market is increasingly attracting the most affluent customers, with 36% earning over £40,000 – up three percentage points year on year.
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It’s the people, stupid
Research has consistently shown that attracting and keeping high-quality staff is essential to a business’s wellbeing. Steve Gotham reveals what’s on sector leaders’ minds going into 2016
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Domino’s tops Youth 100 List 2016
Domino’s Pizza has again topped the fast food and restaurant category in this year’s Youth 100 List: which highlights the UK’s top brands according to 18-24 year olds
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Poll of operators shows mixed forecast for 2016
Sector leaders have given a mixed view of trading prospects for the coming year, according to a survey by M&C Allegra Foodservice.
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Poll shows need for better training in pubs
A new poll has shown customers consider bars and wet-led pubs are trailing the rest of the sector in terms of training their staff.
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Alcohol price hikes help boost inflation
Increases in alcohol prices helped to increase inflation to its highest rate for a year in January
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Lfl growth in regions dwarfed London in January
Pub and restaurant groups outside the M25 saw the best of the January trading uplift, with like-for-like sales up 2.4% on last year, compared to 0.4% in London.
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Analysis & InsightFood to go visits highest in two years
Food to go visits at breakfast, dinner and for snacking are at the highest levels seen since M&C Allegra began tracking them two years ago.
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Hub of activity
Tech-driven delivery is this year’s big disrupter of food retailing and foodservice. Street food has impacted many parts of the UK eating and drinking-out scene, it is not surprising that its ethos could soon be translated to a delivery model. At the same time, we take a look at how pubs should be tapping into a growing online community to attract future consumers
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Analysis & InsightRegions benefiting from high London rents
Eating out spend grew across the UK during 2015 as key players from London made moves into the regions and innovative concepts were developed away from the capital, M&C Allegra Foodservice figures show.
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Analysis & InsightSpend rises across all day parts for first time in two years
The final quarter of 2015 saw average spend per head per visit rise across all day parts year on year – for the first time in two years, according to the latest research from M&C Allegra Foodservice.
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Spending on hospitality jumped in January
Spending across hotels, restaurants and bars increased by 9.7% in January
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On-trade beer sales fell 2.9% in 2015
On-trade beer sales fell 2.9% in 2015, according to the latest statistics from the British Beer & Pub Association.
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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