All Analysis & Insight articles – Page 154
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Analysis & InsightAverage hourly wage in sector is £6.75
The average hourly wage in the pub and restaurant sector is currently £6.75, according to research from Fourth Hospitality.
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Mexican cuisine named family favourite
Mexican cuisine has been named the most popular choice for families dining at home followed by Moroccan and fiery American BBQ according to research by Future Thinking
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Getting your foot in the door
With a buoyant market and great demand for key central London locations, Duncan Lillie, managing director of Shelley Sandzer Professional Services, asks where does this leave new and aspiring operators looking to acquire their first sites or in the early stages of organic growth?
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Grocery prices increase
Prices for the UK’s most popular grocery products have risen for the first time in over six months
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Five minutes with… Scott Murray, Bar Sport
This week M&C spends five minutes with Scott Murray, founder of Bar Sport, on why the attitude of the police towards licensed premises is a challenge, why Budweiser has got the right idea and what happened when a real life Goodfella met Richard & Judy.
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Average shopping trip now takes four hours
An average shopping journey including browsing, researching, checking prices and purchasing now takes more than four hours
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Analysis & InsightTwo in five diners remain loyal to their favourite brands
More than a third (39%) of all diners in the UK say they are loyal to the restaurants and coffee shops they visit
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Bigg Market for tapas dining
Mark Wingett talks to Camino founder Richard Bigg about the next stage of development for the Business Growth Fund-backed Spanish restaurant and bar concept
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Analysis & InsightSet your sites on recruitment
Recruitment is routinely cited as the key challenge for operators across the sector, but to what extent are they harnessing their online presence to boost their attractiveness to job hunters? James Hacon, of Elliotts, looks at how six leading companies are tackling this challenge
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Google to give expert help to Britain’s best high streets
Google is to send a taskforce of experts into hundreds of high street stores to help Britain’s businesses to grow
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CEOs concerned about skills shortage
Chief executives are more concerned about the impact of a skills shortage on their business than at any point in the last six years
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Consumers prefer shopping centre F&B
A third of people will visit a shopping centre solely to eat and drink according to CBRE’s latest food and beverage in shopping centres report
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Analysis & InsightHayes: Craft beer has been mis-sold and is losing appeal
The term craft beer is losing its appeal with customers who have been ‘mis-sold’ by corporations and poor operators, Craft Beer Co founder Martin Hayes has told M&C.
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Analysis & InsightHard work pays off for Lounger
Dedication to the job has helped Will Morris climb the work ladder to the position of operations manager for Loungers in Bournemouth. Ruth Williams finds out how the winner of M&C’s Rising Star for operations (restaurants), has done so at such a young age and in which direction he sees the hospitality sector going in the future.
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Analysis & InsightThe hopes and fears facing our industry
As we stand at the midpoint of 2015, it now seems timely to reflect on the ‘Hopes and Fears’ facing our industry and what we might expect to see in the latter half of the year, writes Stephen Evans, development director at Gourmet Burger Kitchen
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Analysis & InsightDrinks sales growth outstrips food again in May
For the second time in three months spend on drinking out grew faster than eating out in May, the latest Greene King tracker shows.
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Five minutes with... David Abrahamovitch: Grind & Co
M&C takes five minutes to talk to David Abrahamovitch, co-founder of Grind & Co., which recently launched a crowdfunding campaign to expand across London and establish its own roastery, about growing Grind to meet the demand for high-quality coffee
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Analysis & InsightBack on track… probably
Carlsberg chief executive James Lousada admits that the company took its eye off the ball, losing sight of the brand’s strength, but tells Mark Wingett how concentrating on its ‘bread and butter’ is set to make 2015 a pivotal year for the business
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Analysis & InsightJDW top pub brand for consumer awareness
JD Wetherspoon is leading the pub market in terms of consumer awareness, consideration and usage, according to M&C Allegra Foodservice’s Q1 2015 Pub Brand Monitor.
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Crafting a legacy
Samuel Adams founder Jim Koch gives an insight into his career, the evolution of the American beer industry, and how he approaches leadership and management