All MCA Insight articles in August 2015 – Page 5
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Analysis & Insight
Consumer confidence fell in Q2
The latest Deloitte Consumer Tracker shows a fall in consumer confidence in Q2 2015 with the first decline for 18 months in sentiment on disposable income.
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News
Starbucks planning 2,000 US Evenings stores by 2019
Starbucks is planning to roll its Evenings model out to 2,000 US stores by 2019.
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News
Coffee Republic expansion continues
Coffee Republic, the rapidly expanding coffee shop group, is adding 20 UK franchises this year as it looks to double its estate while concurrently opening international units
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News
Dindin Kitchen sets out growth plan
Dindin Kitchen, the Persian food to go concept, has secured its second site at Margaret Street, near Oxford Circus, to open in the third week of September
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News
Amazon tests restaurant delivery service
Amazon is testing a restaurant delivery service, according to reports in the US
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News
Harry Ramsden’s secures Saudi Arabia franchise
Fish and chips restaurant chain Harry Ramsden’s is to return to Saudi Arabia after agreeing a franchise arrangement that will see three restaurants open initially.
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News
July weather hits drink spend but eating out grows
Poor weather in July has been blamed for a sharp decline in drinking out spend and a rise in eating out.
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News
MEATliquor secures second Singapore site
MEATliquor has secured its second site in Singapore, with an opening scheduled before the end of the year
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News
NewRiver keen to expand pub portfolio further
NewRiver Retail plans to make more pub acquisitions and is looking to recruit an experienced pub operator to manage its portfolio, M&C understands.
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News
City Pub Co to make Bristol debut
The City Pub Company is to make its debut in Bristol, with the opening of The Prince Street Socia
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News
Nudo plans Manchester rollout
Nudo Sushi Box, the fledgling grab and go operator, is set to launch across Manchester after securing three sites in the city
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News
Square Pie extends mini-bond
Martin Dewey, the founder of Square Pie, has told M&C he is confident the company will reach its £750,000 target after extending its crowdfunding campaign for another 45 days.
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News
Former Soho House chef secures first Darkhorse site
Lee Glen, former chef at Soho House, is gearing up to launch a new concept called Darkhorse at the East Village development in London
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News
Tossed to close crowdfunding campaign
Tossed, the healthy food to go concept, expects to attract further investment to its 162% over-funded crowdfunding campaign before it closes on Friday.
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News
21 Hospitality launches noodle bar concept
Newcastle-based restaurant operator 21 Hospitality is launching a new noodle-bar concept at the city’s Fenwick’s Food Hall.
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News
T2 eyes UK expansion
T2, the Unilever-owned Australian tea retail chain, will have 11 sites by the end of 2015 and has the potential to reach 50 or 60 it believes
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News
Walkabout spends £1m on Sheffield refurb
Intertain has spent c£1m on refurbishing its Sheffield Walkabout site.
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News
Oka lines up third site
Oka, the pan-Asian concept, is understood to have lined up its third site in London, in Chelsea
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Opinion
Telling the natural story of food
Street Kitchen’s Mark Jankel was always frustrated with a lack of information about where produce came from. He tells Ruth Williams how that changed when he started his own business
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News
Hansen: Expect more tenanted pub disposals
Peter Hansen, of Sapient Corporate Finance has predicted further activity in the tenanted pub market following Punch’s disposal of 158 pubs.