All MCA Insight articles in April 2019 – Page 7
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News
Pod sees ‘dramatic turnaround in performance’ in 2018
Pod Food has said it saw a “dramatic turnaround in performance” last year, as forecast in last year’s accounts, with EBITDA levels improving by £1.2m, to reach a positive £0.4m figure for the year to 3 January 2019.
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Analysis & Insight
Popularity of decaf coffee seeing a boost
More than a million people have switched to drinking decaffeinated coffee over the past 12 months, according to research agency Mintel.
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TRG Concessions opens new concept in Eurostar lounge
TRG Concessions has launched a new concept called The Station Pantry within Eurostar’s departure lounge.
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Nobu to open fourth London site in Portman Square
Nobu, the upmarket Japanese restaurant and hotel concept, backed by Hollywood actor Robert De Niro, is opening a fourth site in London.
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Simply Fresh to launch food hall
Simply Fresh, the upmarket grocery store, is set to launch a food hall store in June, with four food concessions, a bar and live music creating a ‘convenience plus’ space.
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Coal Shed hires Choa
Coal Shed Restaurants has appointed Tania Choa, formerly of Soho House and Columbo Group, as group finance and operations director, MCA understands.
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Analysis & Insight
Why BrewDog is really cultured
MCA contributing editor Peter Martin looks at the remarkable rise of Scottish brewer and pub operator BrewDog from a disruptor to a global beer titan now valuing itself at £1.8bn.
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BrewDog appoints Neary, posts pre-tax loss
BrewDog has appointed Just Eat EU finance director Dominic Neary as its new chief finance officer.
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Whitbread to cut head office
Whitbread is expected to cut more than 100 head-office jobs as a result of its sale of Costa Coffee to the Coca-Cola Company for £3.9 billion – though none of the executive committee is thought to be affected.
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Opinion
Analysts corner: Peel Hunt on the modern leisure generation
Douglas Jack and Ivor Jones take a deeper look at the leisure industry, the consumer trends making waves and the external influences fuelling upward cost pressures, and theorise about what we might see in the future.
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Analysis & Insight
Sector back on “even keel”, with lfls up 3.5%
Managed pubs and restaurants saw collective like-for-like (lfls) sales up 3.5% on March last year, suggesting putting the market back on “an even keel”, according to the latest Coffer Peach Business Tracker.
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Tracey Matthews: “Restaurants aren’t strategic with HR”
Former Gaucho chief operating officer and HR guru Tracey Matthews is overseeing the rollout of upmarket home counties steak restaurant brand Prime. She speaks to Restaurant magazine’s Joe Lutrario.
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B&W announces two new Steakhouses
Black & White Hospitality, the Marco Pierre White fronted group, has announced two new sites under his Steakhouse Bar & Grill concept, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Sheffield Park, and Bredbury Hall Hotel, near Stockport.
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Opinion
Can US sensation The Halal Guys conquer the UK?
MCA’s sister title Food Spark talks to Jan van Delden, partner at franchisee ITICO UK, about The Halal Guys’ entry into Britain’s fast-casual food market.
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Mac Factory opens in Westgate Social
The Mac Factory, the mac and cheese concept, has opened a site at Oxford’s Westgate Social.
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Lane7 lines up Liverpool
Lane7, the boutique bowling alley concept, is opening in Liverpool’s Clayton Square.
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Rosa’s Thai to open in Trinity Leeds
Rosa’s Thai Cafe is to open its second regional site, in the Trinity Centre in Leeds, next month.
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Pheby launches Salt and Smoke Rib Club
Pheby Foods has launched another virtual brand, Salt and Smoke Rib Club.
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Intu appoints interim CFO
Intu has appointed Barbara Gibbes as its interim chief financial officer, following the announcement, earlier this month, that current CFO Matthew Roberts would be taking up the role of chief executive.
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Patty & Bun to trial chicken burger concept Jefferies
Patty & Bun is launching a chicken burger concept called Jefferies at Incipio Group’s The Prince this summer.