All Analysis & Insight articles – Page 91
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Analysis & InsightTop 100 casual dining brands boost delivery offer
The top 100 casual dining brands increased their delivery availability, from 61% in 2017 to 66% in 2018, driven by fast food outlets and branded restaurants, MCA analysis reveals.
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Analysis & InsightDelivery spend to reach £8.1bn in 2018
The delivery market is set to grow by 13.4% in 2018 to a total implied spend of £8.1bn, MCA analysis reveals.
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Analysis & InsightBranded restaurant numbers grow 1% - CGA
The number of restaurants in Britain slipped by 2% over the year to September 2018, with family run Family-owned Chinese, Indian and Italian businesses worst affected, the new edition of the Market Growth Monitor from CGA and AlixPartners reveals.
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Analysis & InsightA step in the right direction
With Brexit threatening to worsen the already difficult process of finding staff, some operators are looking to alternative resource pools. Georgi Gyton spoke to businesses using hospitality charity Only A Pavement Away about how the process works and the benefits of giving people a second chance.
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Analysis & InsightResearch highlights growth in 'playful premiums'
A new survey has found 43% of 18-45 year olds are eating less meat than they used to - rising to 52% for 36-45-year-olds.
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Analysis & InsightAccessibility 'no barrier' to consumers seeking out restaurants
Over a quarter of Londoners (27%) are willing to spend an hour in traffic to reach a particular restaurant.
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Analysis & InsightHow Vietnamese chain HOP is innovating for the grab-and-go market
MCA’s sister-title Food Spark talks to founder Paul Hopper about moving into an evening offering, changing the breakfast menu and his ambition expansion plans.
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Analysis & InsightMillennials shift £1bn of spending from eating out to delivery
A fifth of millennials are eating out less and shifting £1bn worth of spending to home delivery, research from Planday reveals.
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Which came first – the meatless chicken or the vegan egg
Concerns over sustainability as well as lifestyle choices have fuelled the growth of a new breed of alternative protein providers – from steals created from animal cells, to no-fish seafood and vegan eggs. Kerstin Kuhn profiles some of the leading players in this field and the technology fuelling their innovation.
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Analysis & InsightFood to go outperforms wider eating out market
Food to go is outperforming the total eating out market, with year on year growth in visit frequency of 2.4%, against a drop of 0.5% in the wider market, MCA analysis reveals.
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Analysis & InsightNever want to get cosy
There is an addiction to providing genuine hospitality that runs right through the continuing success of café/bar concept Loungers, that makes sure it continues to generate standout year-on-year performance. A laser-like focus on providing value-for-money, authentic community engagement and a “home-from-home” proposition, have become key calling cards for the Nick Collins-led business, but with talk of a possible IPO resurfacing, what will the City make of this regional success story, asks Mark Wingett.
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Analysis & InsightPicking out the positives amid the challenges
Good news stories have often been hard to come by in the sector of late but according to MCA’s head of consumer insight, Gareth Nash, there are plenty of reasons to be cheerful when you look closely at the figures behind the recent performance of the eating-out sector
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Analysis & InsightA swing and a hit
Competitive socialising has been a rapidly growing sub-sector of the UK leisure market for some time now. Be it crazy golf, darts, ping-pong, escape rooms, shuffle-boards or even axe-throwing, this segment is a broad church. The question raised more than most is will it be a sustainable part of the sector in the long term? With the recent fundraising by Flight Club and now Swingers, that conversation has now moved on to who will be the winners and losers. With a multimillion-pound investment from a leading investment firm, Swingers seems set to be one the formers, writes Mark Wingett.
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Grab and go operators take market share from retailers
Coffee shops, food to go operators and bakeries are taking market share from convenience stores in food and drink to go, research from HIM reveals.
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Analysis & InsightThe dessert bars that are booming
Despite all the hype around healthy eating, consumers are still looking for indulgent treats. MCA’s sister-title Food Spark took a lot as some of the operators who are expanding on the dessert bar scene.
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Analysis & InsightGetting to grips with the urban grab-and-go space
In the latest of a series of articles on brand propositions within the key segments of the eating and drinking-out industry, Ian Dunstall looks at the key players in this largely lunch-led market sector.
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Analysis & InsightLandlords should realise 'place-making' potential of rooftops
Landlords are failing to realise the potential the roofs of their assets can bring in terms of leisure usage, a report from Cushman & Wakefield has found.
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Analysis & InsightOverall growth flat for pubs and restaurants in October
Collective like-for-like (lfl) sales growth across the pub and restaurant sector was relatively flat during October, up 0.2%, according to the latest Coffer Peach Business Tracker.
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Food service management report highlights staffing concerns
Nutrition, healthy eating and sustainability are the driving forces in an increasingly diverse food service management sector, according to a new report.
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Analysis & InsightOut-of-home bakery visits up 1% year-on-year, but down since Q2
The number of out-of-home bakery occasions has increased by 1%, to 1.393bn during Q3 2018, on the comparable period in 2017, according to the latest MCA data.