All MCA Insight articles in December 2015 – Page 7
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Camerons takes on first pub in Sheffield
Camerons Brewery has acquired its 16th managed pub – branching out from its North East heartland.
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Parliamentary Pub Chef awards finalists named
Eight UK pub chefs have been named as finalists in the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) and All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group’s Parliamentary Pub Chef awards.
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Oak Taverns to dispose of East Anglia pubs to fund growth
Simon Collinson, managing director of Oak Taverns, has told M&C the group is adopting a ‘two-pronged’ approach to growth, partly funded by some of its sites in East Anglia.
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Intertain eyes four more openings next year
Walkabout operator Intertain could match its 2015 pipeline of opening four new venues next year as well as refurbishing between five and eight sites, M&C understands.
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Pitt Cue Co secures second site
Pitt Cue Co, the London-based American-style BBQ concept, is finally set to open a second site in the capital next February, in the City
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Honest Burger strengthens London pipeline
Honest Burgers has lined up a further two openings in London, in Covent Garden and the City
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Brakspear acquires Pierre White pub in Cotswolds
Brakspear chief executive Tom Davies has said the acquisition of the Frogmill Inn in Andoversford near Cheltenham boosts the company’s presence in Cotswolds.
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St Austell's managed food revenue tops £15m
St Austell Brewery has announced a rise in food sales revenue across its managed estate to above £15m over the last year.
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Coffer Group: Yield compression to come to an end
The leisure investment sector is likely to see a slow-down in transactions from 2015, due to a shortage of prime properties coming to the market
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Shawa confirmed for Bluewater
Bluewater has confirmed that Shawa, the sister brand to Comptoir Libanais, will open in its Winter Garden
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Ex-Diageo CEO working on Peroni and Grolsch bid
Paul Walsh, the former chief executive of Diageo, is exploring a potential £2bn takeover of the Peroni and Grolsch brands, in conjunction with Prezzo-owner TPG Capital, writes Sky News. It reports that Walsh is in the early stages of working with TPG Capital on an offer for the brands, which ...
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Earl of Sandwich set for another crack at UK market
The Earl of Sandwich, the sandwich bar concept, is to have another crack at the UK market, after securing a site at Bluewater
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DCL: Expect to see an in-fill of A3 sites in fringe locations
Expect to see an in-fill of A3 sites in fringe locations, especially around Holborn, Bloomsbury, Queensway, Southwark, City Road, Aldgate, and Deptford, in 2016
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JDW acquires Newcastle freehold for £5.6m
JD Wetherspoon has acquired the freehold of one of its pubs in Newcastle for £5.6m
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Zonal appoints liveRES directors
Zonal Retail Data Systems has appointed two directors for online bookings business, liveRES
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Crepeaffaire confirms Kuwait opening
Crepeaffaire, the all-day creperie concept, has confirmed it has opened its first site in Kuwait
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Analysis & InsightNorth East outpaces London on food-led openings
The North East has outpaced London in food-led premises openings over the past five years
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The way we eat
The next set of shifts in “the way we eat” may again be generated by our supply chain and production capabilities, but the drivers of change may be different but equally compelling, argues Prestige Purchasing chief executive David Read. In his view these drivers will be Climate Change and Obesity
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Analysis & InsightUK coffee shop market to be worth over £15bn by 2020
The UK coffee shop market is set to be worth over £15bn by 2020 with over 30,000 outlets nationwide
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Food inflation expected to be 0% in 2016
Next year will see food inflation rise slightly to 0%, with soft drinks returning to inflation at 0.5%, whilst prices for alcoholic beverages continue to fall with deflation at -1.0%