All Analysis & Insight articles – Page 94
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Analysis & InsightPlaying hard to get
The board of Revolution Bars Group has once again rejected the possibility of a deal with Deltic. James Wallin looks at what was actually being discussed, gauges the thoughts of Revolution shareholders and asks what’s next for the key participants, as well as former suitor Stonegate.
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Analysis & InsightSector headcount could shrink 10% by 2022 unless Government acts
New research has highlighted the potential for the sector’s economic contribution to fall 5% and for its workforce to decline 10% by 2022, due to increasing external pressures.
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Analysis & InsightBusiness re-modelling in the full-service casual dining sector
The casual dining market grew over the last 30 years in response to customer needs for accessible and assured restaurant brands. However, new market segments are emerging that challenge the future consumer need for casual dining. How do brands in this sector evolve to ensure long term success and growth? Ian Dunstall discusses
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Services industry recruiting at lowest level for 25 years
The services sector, including pubs, restaurants and hotels, are recruiting staff at their lowest levels seen in 25 years, according to the British Chambers of Commerce’s (BCC) latest Quarterly Economic Survey.
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Analysis & InsightThe Modern Pantry: 'People don't want to read menus in the City’
The Modern Pantry’s chef Anna Hansen chats to MCA’s sister title Food Spark about how to remain relevant despite the tough conditions, the challenge of finding staff and the fact City workers’ aren’t bothered about perusing a menu.
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Analysis & InsightCustomers cutting back on courses eaten out
Economic pressures and health considerations are prompting restaurant customers to reduce the number of courses they are ordering at meal occasions, MCA data shows.
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Analysis & InsightSupply chain concerns: How operators are preparing for Brexit
With less than six months to go until the UK leaves the European Union, MCA investigates how operators are responding to widely reported concerns regarding the supply of food and drink from the EU. Featuring commentary from Oakman Inns, Gusto, Prestige Purchasing and UKHospitality.
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Analysis & InsightThe changing face of the high street
The sector’s role in reviving the UK’s high street was a key topic of debate at MCA’s Restaurant Conference earlier this month. James Wallin discusses how operators are adapting to appeal to a new breed of consumer and what the industry needs to be demanding of Government to do this.
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Analysis & InsightDavid Jones: 'Food innovation is becoming more difficult - you can't reinvent the wheel'
As one half of food innovation company Bingham & Jones, the chef speak to MCA’s sister title Food Spark about the prominent trends he thinks are fads and why breakfast food-to-go is a category lacking innovation in retail.
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Analysis & InsightFrom sea to spoon: what blockchain can do for hospitality
There’s more to blockchain than bitcoin – and the applications in the hospitality sector are wide ranging. Daniel Gross, associate at law firm DWF’s German branch, explores how the promise of blockchain technology could be tranformative for the supply chain.
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Analysis & InsightMajority of cask drinkers want cooler pints
The Cask Report 2018 has shown there is an appetite among consumers for cask beer served at a lower temperature.
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Analysis & InsightItalian and Latin cuisines losing market share
Italian and Latin/South American cuisines have both lost share of the UK restaurant market over the past year, according to the latest MCA data.
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Analysis & InsightDark kitchens come into the light
MCA editor James Wallin looks at how the delivery segment and its relationship with operators has evolved and how the growth of remote kitchens and virtual brands is impacting on the wider market.
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Analysis & InsightThe virtual world becomes reality
Virtual restaurants might sound like a computergenerated fabrication – but the food they delivery is very much a physical reality, and it’s growing. As the major delivery companies start to push into restaurant brands, Finn Scott-Delany examines the lie of the land.
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Analysis & InsightMAC recommendations deliver ‘crushing blow’ to sector
The Migration Advisory Committee’s Brexit report recommendations have left the leisure and hospitality sector reeling, writes Claire Taylor-Evans, senior associate – solicitor at law firm Boyes Turner.
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Analysis & InsightBranded restaurants remain in growth despite wider sector troubles
Turnover decline in the restaurant sector is set to slump to its lowest point since the recession, according to the latest data from MCA.
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Looking the wrong way
Prestige Purchasing’s chairman David Read looks at the reasons behind the dramatic fluctuations in food inflation over the past two years and highlights the supply risks in the year ahead.
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Analysis & InsightSector leaders say Brexit damage already evident
A survey of sector leaders has revealed 71% feel Brexit has already had a negative effect on their business – rising to 80% in London.
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Lessons from the US masters
Operators in the UK have always looked across the Atlantic for inspiration, so AlixPartners US managing director Adam Werner highlights some of the key trends affecting the US market at the moment. James Wallin finds out more.
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Analysis & InsightFood to go on the wane at forecourts
Food to go’s relevance to petrol forecourt convenience stores is on the wane in favour of top-up and treat missions, research from MCA’s sister company Him reveals.