All MCA Insight articles in April 2018 – Page 9
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Majestic invests in plan to double customer base
Majestic Wines has announced a plan to invest £21m a year in new customer acquisition, saying there is potential over time to double its customer base from the current level.
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Intu sees footfall increase 1.5%
Intu, the shopping centre landlord, has reported a 1.5% rise in footfall across its estate since 1 January.
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Analysis & InsightJDW’s social media stunt goes viral
The news that JD Wetherspoon has pulled the plug on all of its social media activity prompted social, as well as the mainstream, media, to go into overdrive. Georgi Gyton asks whether it will have any impact and if it will encourage other food and drink operators to follow suit?
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Graffiti to relaunch Bold Street Coffee with eye on evenings
Graffiti Spirits, the Liverpool based restaurant and bar operator, has become a partner in Bold Street Coffee, and is to relaunch it as an all-day café and late night bar, MCA has learnt.
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Proust leaves Uber Eats
Uber Eats UK general manager Matthieu Proust has left the delivery platform, MCA understands.
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Abokado appoints FD and head of marketing
Health eating chain, Abokado, has promoted Richard Chee to the role of finance director.
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Chesser confirmed as new Punch CEO
Greene King has confirmed that Clive Chesser, managing director of its Brewing & Brands division, will be leaving the business on 31 May to become chief executive of Punch.
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NewsApril 2018
The April 2018 digital edition of the MCA journal is now available, including Prezzo’s life after the CVA, insights into the Italian casual dining sector and interviews with Clive Schlee of Pret, Joe Grossman of Patty & Bun, Brandon Stephens and Richard Morris of Tortilla, Charlie Young and Brett Woonton of Vinoteca, as well as Matt Grech-Smith and Jeremy Simmonds of Swingers.
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Hallmark takes control of Jamie's Italian Australia
The Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group has secured a new operating partner for its Australian business.
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NewsArévalo to head up Uber Eats EMEA
Uber has announced Rodrigo Arévalo, previously the company’s head of Latin America, as the new Uber Eats regional general manager Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
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NewsETM secures £10m funding package
ETM, the London-based pub and restaurant operator, has secured a £10m funding package from HSBC, which will allow the group to accelerate its growth plans.
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NewsJDW shuts social media accounts
JD Wetherspoon has announced it is to close its Twitter, Instagram and Facebook accounts for its individual pubs and head office, with immediate effect.
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OpinionPret’s restless psyche
Last month Clive Schlee celebrated 15 years as chief executive of Pret A Manger, and was named Retailers’ Retailer of the Year at MCA’s annual industry awards. To celebrate both milestones, Schlee shared his thoughts with James Wallin on the expansion of Pret and its closeness to customers.
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NewsDeliveroo to launch 10 more virtual restaurant brands
Deliveroo is working with an increasing number of operators on its ‘virtual restaurant’ concept, with a further 10 to launch in the UK in the next few months.
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OpinionAre hotels the new high streets?
With several branded restaurants recently announcing additional openings within hotels, as they look to become less reliant on the high street, Helen Gilbert looks at how the benefits can work both ways
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NewsVinoteca launches wine membership club
Wine bar and restaurant Vinoteca has launched a wine membership club, where consumers can sign-up to receive a hand-picked case of six wines per month, MCA has learnt.
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Spring menu round-up: Pret, Leon and ASK unveil light veggie focus
As spring finally begins to make a belated appearance, leading high street operators have unveiled their new seasonal menus, with a particular focus on lighter, vegetarian and vegan options
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Mandira launches simit spin-off
Mandira, the fresh yoghurt concept, is launching a spin-off format, SIMIT by Mandira, at Old Spitalfields Market, MCA understands.
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Grays & Feather to open sparkling wine bar
Grays & Feather is opening, what it claims is London’s first sparkling wine bar, in Covent Garden this summer.
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Analysis & Insight
Low-skill hospitality training “diminishing” apprenticeship quality
Low-skilled and often short training courses, involving serving customers in a coffee shop, or food and drink in a restaurant, should not count as apprenticeships, a report by independent think-tank Reform has suggested.