All MCA Insight articles in August 2013 – Page 15

  • News

    Ed’s lined up for Derby

    2013-08-14T07:33:00Z

    Ed’s Easy Diner, the fast-growing American-style casual dining chain, is understood to have secured a site in Derby for a further opening this year

  • News

    Realpubs lines up two further GK conversions

    2013-08-14T07:33:00Z

    Realpubs has lined up a further two sites owned by parent company Greene King for conversion to its format in north London

  • News

    Wagamama and Coal for MK Xscape

    2013-08-14T07:33:00Z

    Wagamama and Coal Bar & Grill have both secured sites at the Xscape leisure park in Milton Keynes

  • News

    Chopstix set for Crawley

    2013-08-14T07:33:00Z

    Noodle Oodle Group has continued the rollout of its Chopstix brand, after a site in Crawley

  • News

    Subway opens 4,000th store in Europe

    2013-08-14T07:33:00Z

    Subway, the global sandwich chain brand, has opened its 4,000th store in Europe, at the Gara de Nord railway station in Bucharest, Romania

  • News

    Jahan Group takes Little Chef site

    2013-08-14T07:02:00Z

    Jahan Group, the northern England-based Indian restaurant operator, has taken the lease on a former Little Chef in Merseyside, taking its estate to five as it looks to expand in the region

  • News

    Domino’s to open 2,000th European site

    2013-08-14T06:56:00Z

    Domino’s Pizza will open its 2,000th European store tomorrow (15 August) at Kier Park, Maylands Avenue in Hemel Hempstead

  • Drinking beer in a pub
    Analysis & Insight

    Pubs boost July sales performance

    2013-08-14T06:39:00Z

    Like-for-like sales across 27 of the UK’s leading pub and restaurant brands grew 1.3% in July, driven by a 2.9% rise in like-for-like sales across managed pub groups, which benefited from the prolonged sunny weather and a revival in trade in the capital after last July’s pre-Olympic sales dip

  • News

    Porter named Champion Beer of Britain

    2013-08-13T16:40:00Z

    Elland 1872 Porter from Elland Brewery in Yorkshire brewing has been crowned champion beer of Britain 2013 at the Great British Beer Festival

  • News

    Pub sector supply chain faces disruption

    2013-08-13T13:53:00Z

    Nearly 1,000 workers at Kuehne + Nagel Drinks Logistics are being balloted this week for industrial action over continual breaches in working agreements

  • News

    Nusa eyes expansion

    2013-08-13T07:49:00Z

    Nusa Kitchen, the Singapore-influenced soup kitchen brand, has secured its third site in London and is eyeing further expansion in the capital

  • News

    Timothy Taylor pares pub estate in drive for quality

    2013-08-13T07:49:00Z

    The Yorkshire family brewer is selling or converting all but two of its managed pubs as it refocuses its retail proposition on a quality tenanted estate, M&C Report learns

  • News

    TRG builds C2C pipeline

    2013-08-13T07:49:00Z

    The Restaurant Group (TRG) will open five further sites under its fledgling US-style restaurant format Coast to Coast before the year end and is working on its 2014 and 2015 pipeline for the brand

  • Dipna Anand of Spice 2 Go
    News

    Spice 2 Go: London, evolution, appointment

    2013-08-13T07:49:00Z

    The Indian takeaway chain secures a site in Sidcup, prepares to open an evolved version of the brand in Cardiff, and appoints renowned chef Dipna Anand to the board

  • News

    Tesco reveals further food focus

    2013-08-13T07:48:00Z

    Tesco revealed further food-led components at its new Extra store model in Watford yesterday at its official launch, including a City Kitchen area allowing consumers to make their own meals

  • News

    French downgrades Whitbread

    2013-08-13T07:48:00Z

    Analyst believes Costa and Premier Inn will reach saturation in the UK earlier than anticipated, while ROIC at Whitbread Hotel & Restaurants is static

  • News

    TLC eyes Grand Central options

    2013-08-13T07:48:00Z

    TLC Inns is looking to secure its second Grand Central site in Cambridgeshire next month as it eyes further rollout of the American restaurant and bar concept

  • News

    Mission Burrito up to six, eyes rollout

    2013-08-13T07:48:00Z

    The burrito chain has secured its sixth site in Cardiff as it looks to add another five over the next couple of years

  • News

    John Lewis to launch new restaurant brand

    2013-08-13T07:48:00Z

    John Lewis is set to become the latest retailer to ramp up its catering offer, with the launch of a restaurant brand

  • News

    Bounce eyes Victoria launch

    2013-08-13T07:48:00Z

    Bounce, the fledgling ping pong bar/restaurant concept, backed by a number of industry veterans, is in talks to open its second site in London, in Victoria