All MCA Insight articles in April 2014 – Page 13
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Tesco developing food-to-go format
Tesco is understood to be developing a high street ‘Tesco Express food-to-go’ store format as it looks to compete with the likes of Pret A Manger and EAT across the lucrative lunchtime market
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NewsPizzaExpress secures prime Manchester site
PizzaExpress has secured the former Le Relais de Venise L’Entrecote site in Manchester for an opening later this year
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NewsGiggling Squid grows pipeline
Giggling Squid is in talks to secure a further five sites, as it gears up to open three new units over the next three months
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SSP opens new US diner concept at Newcastle airport
SSP has opened two new concepts at the new £14m development at Newcastle International Airport’s departure lounge, including an American-style diner called The Flying Hippo and another of its Beer House outlets
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Drinks Group eyes further Chilli White openings
The Drinks Group, a vehicle formed out of remains of the former Yellowhammer estate, is looking to add further sites under its Chilli White restaurant and bar brand
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Analysis & InsightPubs cheaper than fast food outlets for burgers
Cash-strapped consumers can now get burger meals more cheaply at many pubs than at McDonald’s or Burger King
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NewsJDW negotiates for UK’s biggest pub
JD Wetherspoon is in negotiations with Ramsgate council to acquire the Royal Victoria Pavilion, which could be the UK’s biggest pub
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Restaurant delivery service Meals.co.uk comes to London
Meals.co.uk, the restaurant food delivery start-up company, is launching its service in London following a one-year trial in Bristol and Bath
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NewsMan’oushe Street eyes 200 UK and Ireland sites
Man’oushe Street, the Dubai-based Arabic street food concept, is looking to build a significant presence in the UK and Ireland, with at least 200 sites targeted over 10 years, founder and chief executive Jihad El Eit has told M&C Report
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Masala World confirms Chutney Mary relocation
MW Eat (Masala World) has confirmed that it will relocate its Chutney Mary site to the original Wheeler’s of St James’s restaurant and bar in London’s Mayfair
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Pita Pit secures new franchisees
Pita Pit, the North American-based healthy fast food concept has secured two further franchisees as it looks to expand in Leeds and London
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Hakkasan brings Chrysan to the market
Hakkasan has placed Chrysan, its fine dining Japanese restaurant in the City, on the market, a year after it closed the site
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Brighton’s Oceana to become Pryzm
The Luminar Group, the UK’s biggest nightclub operator, is spending £1m revamping Oceana in Brighton to its new Pryzm concept
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Trade bodies resist 'complex and unfair' licence fee changes
Trade bodies have warned that the Government’s proposed changes to licence fees could result in ‘increased costs and complexity’
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Porky’s BBQ to double up
Porky’s, the Memphis-inspired BBQ concept, is to open a second site in London after the success of its first in Camden
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Black Country Ales grows estate
Black Country Ales has acquired a new site in Bearwood that was a former HSBC bank and is eying a site in Wolverhampton to bring its estate to 33
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Stonegate opening in Ramsgate
Stonegate Pub Company, the TDR Capital-backed group, is opening the Goose in Ramsgate, formerly the Sovereign, following a £220,000 refurbishment
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Livelyhood continues expansion
Livelyhood Venues, the privately-owned London-based pub and restaurant group, is planning to make two acquisitions this year and grow its estate to ten over the next three years, M&C Report has learnt
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Pickles extends refurb programme
The Bay Horse pub in Cowling, which has recently been leased from Punch Taverns by Yorkshire pub group Pickles Pubs, has undergone a £250k as part of the group’s substantial refurbishment plan for the year.
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OpinionOpening the door to opportunity
As the UK economy continues to recover, Hill Campbell Partners’ Paul Campbell says this is the perfect time for restaurant entrepreneurs to make their mark