All Carluccio’s articles – Page 2

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    Carluccio’s enters administration

    2020-03-30T12:50:00Z

    Carluccio’s has formally entered administration. Geoff Rowley and Phil Reynolds, partners at specialist business advisory firm FRP, have been appointed Joint Administrators of the 71-strong Italian restaurant and deli group. Its Ireland operation and its franchise business in the Middle East are unaffected by the administration.

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    Carluccio’s on the verge administration

    2020-03-27T20:16:00Z

    Carluccio’s is on the verge of administration, it emerged this evening.

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    Carluccio’s staff take 50% pay cut

    2020-03-26T13:02:00Z

    The entire staff of Carluccio’s is facing a pay cut as the company fights to stay afloat amid the coronavirus crisis.

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    UKH and Industry CEOs call on Government for immediate support

    2020-03-17T15:11:00Z

    In a joint letter with UK Hospitality, over 200 CEOs from across the hospitality industry have appealed to the Prime Minister to ’act without delay’ in implementing immediate government support for the sector.

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    Carluccio’s: ‘There will be no high street left if the government does not intervene.’

    2020-03-17T10:52:00Z

    The hospitality sector is on a “war footing”, and requires an “across the board, fast injection” of capital from government, Carluccio’s CEO Mark Jones has told MCA.

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    Bourke joins Wireless Social as NED

    2020-03-02T08:53:00Z

    ETM Group director of sales and marketing Sam Bourke has taken on additional role as non-executive director of Wireless Social.

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    Instagram: Looking Good Enough To Eat

    2020-02-21T08:31:00Z

    No dish reaches the candy pink menu at EL&N cafe without having its photo taken first. The chain’s head of food Daniel Booth will “play around with dishes during the development process, taking photos to see how they look through a lens before finalising them,” says head of marketing Sahar Mahdavian. The result is immaculate. Sambazon acai smoothie bowls and edible flowers perch pristinely on ancient grain granola, more modern art than breakfast. 

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    All’s fair in love and restaurants – how did the operators line up to fight for the Valentine’s share of wallet?

    2020-02-18T07:54:00Z

    If French is the language of love, then presumably a French restaurant should be where I head with my true love on Valentine’s Day. Certainly, the leading French chains are using several seduction techniques to secure my custom – and for good reason. February is a slow trading month and an event where consumers might be more inclined to loosen the purse strings for fear of having their heart strings damaged, is well worth aiming to capitalise upon. So who offered what on the big day?

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    Steve Gotham: Recovering confidence and and accelerating growth in 2020

    2020-02-14T08:30:00Z

    Encouragingly for most, MCA predicts that 2020 will see stronger net physical increases in store portfolios across the majority of leading operators.MCA’s Operator Data Index includes over 350 branded operators with five or more outlets at December 2019. These stretch across the full spectrum of the market and account for close to 27,000 outlets which claimed modest overall year on year growth of just under 1% in 2019. We are expecting this growth rate to double to 2% in December 2020, with over 500 net new outlets to open, equating to 11 per week.

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    Analysis & Insight

    Bangkok bounce back?

    2020-02-12T07:55:00Z

    Once the darling of the Thai restaurant scene, Busaba has had a tough few years, with falling profits and site closures. Now with a simplified offer and a fresh focus on the capital, it’s looking to bounce back

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    A stock-take on physical expansion

    2020-02-05T08:52:00Z

    A stock-take on physical expansion – Review of 2019 risers and fallers

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    Flour power: how Padella changed London’s pasta landscape

    2020-01-28T08:18:00Z

    Padella (named after the Italian for frying pan) created the blueprint for pasta-focused small plates places when it opened in 2016. Four years on, founders Jordan Frieda and Tim Siadatan face stiff competition in the space they established as they open their second London site.

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    2019 Consumer award winners Part 2: Spotlight on NPS and RI

    2020-01-13T08:27:00Z

    After last week’s focus on the best in class quality, value for money and friendly service award winners, this follow-up analysis shines a spotlight on those out-performing operators topping the league tables at Net Promoter Score (NPS) and Revisit Intention (RI).

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    Imbiba backs Wireless Social with £1m

    2020-01-10T08:33:00Z

    Imbiba, the specialist leisure investor, has backed hospitality tech business Wireless Social with £1m of funding.

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    Analysis & Insight

    And the 2019 consumer award winners are…

    2020-01-08T08:31:00Z

    While we are in the midst of the entertainment awards season it would be most neglectful not to extend this to the worlds of foodservice and hospitality. 

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    How can tech ease the customer journey?

    2020-01-06T08:38:00Z

    Greggs, Leon and Wagamama are just the latest to join the self-ordering revolution, with the latter’s new grab and go concept Mamago one of the most hotly discussed openings of last year. To share their early exeperiences and more, MCA brought together marketing, IT and digital leaders from across the sector to consider how new technology can help, and sometimes hinder, the customer experience

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    Gotham’s Christmas-ish Quiz!

    2019-12-18T08:16:00Z

    It’s the week before Christmas and I hope many thresholds are being crossed, multiple tipples downed and that tills are ringing out! For my part, I have been thinking about what sort of Christmas present to get lucky readers – I have been racking my mind and the best I can do is the joy of a quiz!

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    Gunwharf Quays – Restaurant and retail therapy a plenty!

    2019-12-11T08:17:00Z

    With more than 30 bars, cafés and restaurants (as well as over 90 shops) Gunwharf Quays offers an abundance of opportunities for plenty of remedial treatment. Supported by its impressive waterfront location, attractive design and assorted leisure-related reasons to visit, Gunwharf Quays is one of the UK’s finest outlet shopping centres. So amongst some Christmas shopping, I was keen to see how it is using its extensive assortment of Food & Beverage purveyors to both restore weary shoppers as well as to act as a footfall driver in its own right. But also, and more critically, I was keener to see some something new and surprising.

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    Carluccio’s seeks franchise partners for airport expansion

    2019-12-10T08:44:00Z

    Carluccio’s has announced it’s seeking strategic franchise partners to support expansion in the travel market and within the Republic of Ireland.

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    Iddon departs Le Pain Quotidien after three months

    2019-11-29T08:39:00Z

    Former Restaurant Group CIO Simon Iddon has left his role at Le Pain Quotidien, MCA understands.