All MCA Insight articles in August 2018 – Page 12
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News
Triple Two Coffee outlines expansion plans
Triple Two Coffee, the café franchise, is seeking rapid growth on the high street, shopping centres and retail parks as it seeks to reach 200 stores by 2021, MCA has learnt.
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Benito’s Hat secures £1m investment to fuel growth
Benito’s Hat has secured £1m from existing investors to fund a three-year growth plan.
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Analysis & Insight
Lateral lessons from the High Street
There has been much talk of the changing face of Britain’s high streets and the declining fortunes of the retail brands that have dominated them. MCA’s director of insight Steve Gotham investigates what lessons can be learnt and parallels drawn for the eating and drinking out sector.
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Analysis & Insight
CAMRA poll shows 56% think price of pint is “unaffordable”
A survey by the Campaign for Real Ale found 56% of respondents felt the price of a pint of beer in UK pubs has become “unaffordable”.
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News
Aprirose acquires Wear Inns
Aprirose, the real estate investment company, has further strengthened its presence in the pub sector with the acquisition of Wear Inns for £22.4m
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Leon trialling cans of water as part of sustainability drive
Leon is trialling of cans of water as part of its work to cut down on single-use plastic bottles.
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Service sector growth slows
Growth in the UK’s services sector slowed last month, according to IHS Markit’s purchasing managers’ index (PMI) survey.
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SSP takes over Starbucks in Dutch travel hubs
SSP Group has been awarded the contract to take over operations of 29 Starbucks stores in Dutch railway stations.
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Byron reshuffle as Young leaves, De Polo promoted
Byron chief operating officer Nick Young is leaving the company, while Steve De Polo has been made managing director and taken some of Young’s responsibilities, MCA understands.
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News
Carlyle makes bid for Gaucho
Carlyle, the US private equity firm, has made a bid to buy Gaucho out of administration, Sky News reports.
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Chestnut Group adds two inns to portfolio
The Chestnut Group has acquired two costal inns from Agellus Hotels to add to its existing five-strong estate.
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Pret appoints Just Eat’s Dawe as first chief customer officer
Pret has created the new role of chief customer officer and appointed Barnaby Dawe, the former global chief marketing officer for Just Eat.
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Farmstand secures funding for expansion
Farmstand, the sustainable fast-casual concept, is planning further sites in London, after securing $3m (£2.3m) in funding from Kindred Capital, the seed and early stage venture capital investor.
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Wasabi strengthens M&S tie-up
Wasabi, the sushi and bento chain, has strengthened its partnership with Mark & Spencer, opening three new counters.
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Blind Tiger Inns sees opportunity for five more sites in 2018
Blind Tiger Inns is eyeing up a further four to five pub openings before the end of the year, MCA has learnt.
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CDG to open ale & coffee house concession at Jersey Port
Casual Dining Group (CDG) has signed a concessions agreement to open a pub at Jersey Port under its ale & coffee house format.
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News
Jacovides leaves No 1 Lounges
Ryan Jacovides, the former managing director of Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, has left his role at No 1 Lounges, MCA understands.
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News
Junkyard Golf Club confirms Leeds opening
Junkyard Golf Club has confirmed it is to open a new site in Leeds at leisure and retail space The Light, this September, as reported by MCA in May.
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News
Munden to leave Davis Coffer Lyons
Tim Munden, executive director at Davis Coffer Lyons, is stepping down after 30 years as head of the lease advisory team.
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News
Former oil exec and champion roaster to launch Milk Beach
Former oil executive Elliot Milne and award-winning coffee roaster Matthew Robley-Siemonsma are launching a new coffee shop, all day café and wine bar, MCA understands.