All MCA Insight articles in August 2015 – Page 3
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Benugo in John Lewis link up
Benugo, the restaurant and deli operator, is set to become the latest operator to launch a site within a John Lewis store
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Obica eyes further London growth
Obica, the international mozzarella bar chain, is seeking to ramp up its presence in London
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Analysis & Insight
Food To Go market value up 7% year-on-year
The value of the Food To Go market has increased by 7% in the past year, driven by a rise in the number of average visits, M&C Allegra Foodservice’s Food To Go Tracker Q2 2015 shows.
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Oliver: Migrant workers ‘vital’ to business
Jamie Oliver has claimed that if it was not for workers from abroad “every one of my businesses would close tomorrow”.
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Admiral recruitment head joins BII board
The British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) has appointed Admiral Taverns’ head of recruitment and people development Suzanne Smith as a non-executive director.
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Listed status for 21 pubs built between world wars
The Government has given listed status to 21 pubs built between the First and Second World War.
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CAMRA urges NewRiver not to develop Punch sites
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has urged NewRiver Retail to re-consider any plans to develop surplus land on the 158 sites it has acquired from Punch Taverns.
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Kurobuta announces Harvey Nichols residency
Ex-Nobu chef Scott Hallsworth has announced that his Japanese restaurant concept Kurobuta will take up residency at Harvey Nichols’ Knightsbridge store later this year.
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Analysts on TRG H1
Numis analyst Douglas Jack has said The Restaurant Group’s new openings are generating sales 15% above the group average
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TRG H1 lfls up 2.5%
The Restaurant Group (TRG) has this morning announced a 2.5% increase in like-for-like sales for the 26 weeks to 28 June 2015, with total revenue up 8% to £334m
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Night Tube delay ‘shows strikers holding London to ransom’
A leading figure in London’s late-night sector has accused unions of “holding London to ransom” as it was revealed the introduction of the Night Tube would be delayed.
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GK to convert Spirit HQ into Retail Centre
Greene King has today unveiled plans to convert the Spirit Pub Company headquarters in Burton into a hub for the combined 1,750-strong managed pub estate “to equip the business for future growth”.
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Analysis & Insight
Beer sales fell 5.6% in Q2
Beer sales fell 5.6% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2015 with the off-trade faring worse than the on-trade for the first time in more than two years.
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Analysis & Insight
Better burgers help drive market growth
Brits’ hunger for a superior burger among other factors is having a positive influence on the overall burger bar market
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Purple Pig gears up for expansion
Purple Pig is gearing up for further expansion with the appointment of its first head of operations
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Calls for lowering of pubs code cap
The Pubs Advisory Service has called on the Government to conduct a review into the threshold for the market rent only (MRO) element of the pubs code.
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Franks steps down from Apostrophe
Richard Franks has stepped down as managing director of bakery café group Apostrophe, M&C has learnt
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Derby Pub Company eyes further growth
Derby Pub Company, the EIS-funded operator, is in negotiations to add four further pubs to its growing estate
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Chilango eyes return to the regions
Chilango, the Mexican restaurant group, hopes to return to the regions in 2016 and is looking at an international launch
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Analysis & Insight
Independent burger sector growing faster than brands in US
The US independent burger sector grew faster than its branded rival in 2014, according to new research.