All MCA Insight articles in April 2016 – Page 5
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News
Rockey steps down from Big Easy
Steve Rockey has left his post as head of people at Big Easy after less than a year with the company.
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The Alchemist secures Liverpool site
The Alchemist, the cocktail bar and restaurant concept, will open its first site in Liverpool this summer
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LDC backs Vital Ingredient MBO
LDC has backed the management buyout of Vital Ingredient, as part of a £12m funding package that will support the expansion of the current 17-strong healthy food-to-go concept
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Property tycoon takes on Winnicott Group
Keith Heaney, property tycoon and former owner of Truro City football club, has taken on the ownership of Winnicott Group, the London-based pub venture
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Las Iguanas appoints new head of marketing
Las Iguanas, the Casual Dining Group (CDG) brand, has appointed Magali Podesta, formerly of Bacardi, as its new head of marketing
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Analysis & Insight
March breakfast and lunch spend a 12-month high
Spend at breakfast and lunch hit a 12-month high in March, according to the latest data from MCA’s Eating Out Panel.
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Tonkotsu set for St James’s Market development
Emma Reynolds and Ken Yamada, operators of the Tonkotsu and Tsuru concepts are set to join the list of operators opening at the St James’s Market development
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MEATliquor and Fergus Henderson create Brain Burger for charity
MEATliquor has teamed up with St John restaurant owner Fergus Henderson to create a Brain Burger for charity
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Bosi brothers to open Esher pub
Michelin-starred chef Claude Bosi and his brother Cedric have acquired The Swan Inn pub in Esher, Surrey
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Opinion
Return of the Mac
Steve Easterbrook, chief executive of McDonald’s, talks about the improvements the fast food chain has made over the last 13 months, how the company is applying forensic analytics across all aspects of its businesses to identify opportunities for longer-term growth and how the group is developing a new teaching approach ...
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Bounce re-branded for US launch
Adam Breeden has revealed a re-brand of his ping pong bar and restaurant concept Bounce for the US market, ahead of its launch in Chicago in June after a £4.7m.
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Café Pistou eyes growth
Café Pistou, the fledgling concept from Charlie McLean, the former managing director of CAU Restaurants, hopes to have a second site secured before the end of the year
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New Moon eyes three-pronged growth plan
New Moon Co intends to open its second Mockingbird Taproom in the first quarter of next year, as it pursues a three-pronged expansion strategy.
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Analysis & Insight
Fall in consumer confidence in Q1
The latest Deloitte Consumer Tracker shows a fall in consumer confidence in the first quarter of 2016, which it said was a sign of a degree of caution returning to the consumer sector
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Coaching Inn Group eyes next stage of growth
Coaching Inn Group finance director Edward Walsh has told MCA the group is targeting EBITDA of £5m by the end of 2017.
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GK partners with Prince’s Trust
Greene King has announced a partnership with The Prince’s Trust to launch a scheme giving unemployed young people an opportunity to get into work.
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NTIA launches #nightlifematters campaign
The Night Time Industries Association has announced a year-long series of events aimed at celebrating UK nightlife and its cultural heritage.
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Burger & Lobster secures second New York site
Burger & Lobster hopes to open its second site in the US before the end of the year, after securing a further unit in New York
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Strong steps down as Chameleon MD
Phil Strong, co-founder and managing director of Chameleon Bar and Dining, has announced he is stepping down after 15 years with the currently five-strong group.
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Costa FY lfls up 2.9%; Whitbread sales up to £2.9bn
Whitbread has reported UK retail sales at Costa up 15.7% in the year to 3 March with like-for-like sales in UK equity stores increasing by 2.9%.