All Beefeater articles – Page 2
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Analysis & InsightBeefeater grows share of visits at every day-part
Beefeater has grown its share of visits at every day-part, as a result of site and menu refreshes, according to the latest MCA Pub Brand Monitor Q2 2018.
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NewsWhitbread expands Cookhouse and Pub portfolio
Whitbread has expanded its Cookhouse and Pub portfolio with the opening of two new sites, in St Columb, Cornwall and Northwich, Cheshire.
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NewsWhitbread to cut 250 jobs across pub-restaurants
Whitbread has confirmed that its £250m cost-cutting programme will include the loss of 250 staff across its Beefeater and Brewers Fayre brands.
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OpinionThe renaissance of the wet-led pub
Wet-led venues are emerging from the shadows of casual dining and gastropubs with buoyant sales and less exposure to headwinds. Investors are clearly taking note, with wet-led businesses at the centre of much of the sector’s M&A activity over the past year. Sapient Corporate Finance founder, Peter Hansen, explains why he sees this segment going from strength to strength.
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Analysis & InsightHarvester sees boost to visits following site refresh
Harvester has seen an overall boost to visits following a refresh at many of its remaining sites, according to data from MCA’s Pub Brand Monitor (Q1 2018).
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NewsBoston Tea Party appoints Hooker as ops director
Boston Tea Party (BTP), the Bristol-based café and restaurant brand, has appointed Paul Hooker, formerly of Whitbread, as its new operations director.
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Analysis & InsightModest price rises as operators watch consumer spending pressures
Modest price rises of 2% have been introduced on spring and summer menus as operators carefully manage increases in their own costs and pressures on consumer spending, MCA analysis reveals.
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Analysis & InsightMenu innovation dips in 2018
Menu innovation across the eating out sector has fallen over the past year, the latest analysis from MCA has shown.
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NewsWhitbread Restaurants – star of the show or work in progress?
Coverage of Whitbread’s results yesterday was dominated by the fall in like-for-like sales across its UK equity Costa stores and flat trading in hotels.
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Activist investment prompts renewed speculation about Whitbread break-up
Shares in Whitbread rose 7.6% after an activist investor took a stake in the company, prompting speculation about a break-up of the group.
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Analysis & InsightMomentum in vegan trend merits greater recognition
Veganism is one of the UK’s fastest growing lifestyle trends, but how can operators capitalise on its popularity and what is currently stopping them? MCA’s Steve Gotham reports.
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Analysis & InsightAutumn / winter menu prices up 3.4%
Menu prices for same-line dishes rose 3.4% year-on-year, initial data from the MCA Menu Tracker has shown.
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Costa lfls up 0.1% in Q2
Like-for-like sales at Costa’s UK equity stores grew 0.6% in the six months to 31 August, slowing to 0.1% in the second quarter.
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Whitbread launches Cookhouse concept
Whitbread has launched its new pub format called Cookhouse & Pub and already lined up a further opening under the concept
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Chain restaurants still failing to serve healthy children’s meals
Children’s menus at some of the UK’s leading restaurant and pub chains are still dominated by super-sized calorific puddings and unlimited refills of unhealthy sugary drinks – undermining efforts to tackle the obesity crisis, according to a new report.
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OpinionGet Carter
There was an oversight at MCA’s annual Restaurant Conference, which took place last month. It was an oversight that some of the leading operators quietly pointed out to me; we had forgotten to mention a growing brand that was having an impact on the performance of parts of their estates – Mitchells & Butlers’ (M&B) premium steakhouse concept, Miller & Carter
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NewsLoungers, JDW & Wagamama winners at Vegan Food Awards
Loungers, JD Wetherspoon and Wagamama were amongst the sector winners at the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Vegan Food Awards 2017
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Whitbread to trial new pub format
Whitbread is to launch the trial of a new pub format called Cookhouse & Pub next month
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NewsFurness-Smith joins Brakspear
Former McMullen managing director, Peter Furness-Smith, has joined Brakspear.
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Analysis & InsightCustomers scoring pubs higher
The latest data from MCA’s Pub Brand Monitor has shown customers are more likely to recommend leading pub brands than they were a year ago.