All Analysis & Insight articles – Page 183
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Consumers want permission to receive mobile marketing
New research on social-local-mobile (SoLoMo) marketing has revealed that 70% of UK consumers are only happy to receive location-based commercial messages via their mobile phone if they have given prior permission
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Analysis & InsightLeisure businesses help fill vacant retail units
The number of empty shops on the UK’s high streets has decreased significantly, with food and leisure businesses accounting for some of the uptake of empty shops, new research shows
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Taking Mexican street food to new heights
Wahaca co-founder Mark Selby’s entrepreneurial approach to business development is helping to grow the number of sites and expand the concept
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Energy costs 'biggest threat to restaurant profits'
Rising energy prices have had the biggest negative impact of any factor affecting profits in the hospitality industry over the past six months, a new survey shows
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Next generation of investors to be more conservative
The next generation of investors are extremely conservative, savers not investors, and not nearly as self-directed as one would expect, according to new research from UBS
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Analysis & InsightDemystifying the craft-beer movement
So what is craft beer? Jessica Mason unpicks the meaning of the term, examines its performance in the UK on-trade, and finds out why there has been such a surge in interest in all things craft
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Analysis & InsightLocal benefit of beer and pubs revealed
The British Beer & Pub Association has published details of the impact of the beer and pub sector for every UK Parliamentary constituency
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Analysis & InsightIntellectual property
As competition for good space intensifies, restaurateurs are having to become increasingly bricks and mortar-savvy. Have you got what it takes to bag that successful site asks Joe Lutrario, who talks to a number of leading property experts and operators – Scott Collins and Yianni Papoutsis of MeatLiquor, Alex Reilley of Loungers and Brandon Stephens of Tortilla
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Analysis & InsightUnion Jacks lowers flag
Jamie Oliver has brought an abrupt end to his Union Jacks brand just three years after it was launched, prompting debate over the reasons behind the first misstep by the high-profile chef and his team
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Consumers' eating out concerns revealed
Consumers’ top three eating out food safety concerns are food hygiene, the use of additives and food poisoning, according to the Food Standards Agency
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Sustainability and CSR taking on greater importance
Sustainability and social responsibility are taking on greater importance within the foodservice industry, according to a new study by Technomic
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Analysis & InsightThe fast food debate
Of the top 50 brands in the recent Youth 100 Report from Voxburner, seven were fast food operators. So why are these fast food brands thriving in particular? Are there commonalities between them that make them likeable or even loveable? And what can be learnt from them? asks Jonathan Emmins, founder of leading marketing agency, Amplify
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Analysis & InsightAccess all areas
As a debate rages on the meaning of informality in the fine-dining sector, operators further down the cheque-range are looking at ways to grow volumes through making their offers more informal and subsequently more accessible. At the same time, the UK’s managed pub sector has started the year in fine fettle, but what does this mean for one its main players Orchid and backer Deutsche Bank, which is currently reviewing its options for the business
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Analysis & InsightEating out spend grows
Net spending on eating out and short breaks increased in Q4 2013 despite a dip in consumer confidence, new research from Deloitte shows
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Analysis & InsightPret, Greggs and Toby rate highly for customer satisfaction
Pret A Manger, Greggs and Toby Carvery have been named among the top performing brands and organisations in the UK in terms of customer satisfaction, a new survey shows
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Analysis & InsightGastropub’s virtuous circle
As Tom Kerridge’s Hand & Flowers is named top UK gastropub for the third year running, Jo Bruce asks whether it is time the phrase gastropub was brought in from the cold
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Two in three sector firms to increase wages
More than two thirds (69%) of UK hospitality & leisure (H&L) businesses plan to increase wages in the coming year, according to a survey of 684 firms by Barclays
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UK craft beer market grew 53% in 2013
The UK craft beer sector grew in value by 53% last year, according to figures from Greene King quoted in the Herald Scotland
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F&B deal volumes rose in Q4
Deal volumes in the food and beverage sector rose slightly in Q4 2013 compared to Q3 2013 as the number of private equity backed deals increased by 60% in the same period
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Analysis & InsightPub beer sales dip 2.2%
UK beer sales have increased for two consecutive quarters - the first time in 10 years – although pub beer sales were down by 2.2%