All MCA Insight articles in December 2017 – Page 7
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Cottons founder laments consumer squeeze
Cottons founder Chris Singam has told MCA “the chickens have come home to roost” as a consumer spending squeeze hurts restaurant trading.
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Four Winters eyes 10 UK sites
Four Winters, the Jordon-founded ice cream parlour group, is opening a fourth UK site in Bluewater Kent, part of a target to open 10 in the next three years, following its acquisition by its UK franchise owner.
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Smokin' could be rolled out
Smokin’, the new concept from Burning Night, which launched at the group’s Bierkeller Entertainment Complex in Leeds, could be rolled out to Liverpool and Nottingham, MCA has learnt.
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Burning Night to launch high-end destination bar concept
Burning Night Group, the Leeds based operator, is working on a multimillion-pound destination bar concept with fashion designer Tiziano Mazzilli, MCA has learnt.
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Pho on track to break £30m FY sales mark
Pho is set to break the £30m-sales mark in its current financial year, driven by good like-for-like sales growth
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Jackson & Rye appoints new ops director
Jackson & Rye the BC Partners-backed group has appointed Adelle Pearman as its new operations director.
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Kitty Fishers team to open second site
Cora Pearl, a new restaurant from the team behind the Mayfair-based Kitty Fishers, is set to open next spring in Covent Garden
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Liberty Cheesesteak Co to launch standalone site
Liberty Cheesesteak Company is to open its first standalone restaurant site next year in London’s Fitzrovia
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Arkells acquires Cotswolds inn
Arkells Brewery has acquired The Priory Inn, in the Cotswolds town of Tetbury, off a guide price of £1.95m.
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Analysis & Insight
The future of restaurant marketing: Are you ready?
The role of the restaurant chief marketing officer (CMO) has never been easy—and it’s not getting easier, argues Oliver Page, principal at Deloitte Digital, Deloitte Consulting LLP in the US
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Analysis & Insight
Foodservice inflation to ease to 3.4% by end of 2018
Foodservice price inflation is expected to ease to 3.4% by the end of 2018 but many products will continue to cost more.
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Zing Zing overfunding on £500k crowdfund
Zing Zing, the Chinese delivery concept, is already overfunding on its £500,000 crowdfunding campaign.
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Viner swaps Waitrose for Burger King UK
Matthew Viner has become the latest appointment to the new operations team at the Bridgepoint-backed Burger King UK
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Whitbread partners with Black Sheep for celebratory beer
Whitbread has partnered with Black Sheep Brewery to produce a limited-edition coffee infused beer - 1742
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Ahi Poké secures fourth site
Ahi Poké, the Hawaiian raw-fish concept, has secured its fourth site, in Spitalfields.
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Sugar reduction is key trend for 2018
The impact of healthy eating trends coupled with the upcoming tax on sugary drinks next year, is prompting businesses to consider how they can reduce the sugar content in their food and drink. Speaking at last week’s MCA Marketing Conference, Kelly Healing, senior manager – leisure, Coca-Cola European Partners, said ...
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Operators should not ignore £1bn free-from market
Foodservice operators should not ignore the growing gluten-free opportunity in the UK, delegates at MCA’s Marketing Conference heard last week. Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne, chef and entrepreneur, Genius Foods, said the free-from category was currently worth £1bn in the UK, with 25% of the population buying into the gluten-free occasion – 8% ...
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Snell swaps Boparan for Gusto
Matt Snell has been appointed commercial director of Gusto Restaurants.
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Westfield subject of £18.5bn bid
French property group Unibail-Rodamco has made a bid for the owner of Westfield shopping centres, in a potential deal worth $24.7bn (£18.5bn).
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McMullen acquires Essex pub
McMullen, the Hertfordshire-based brewer and pub operator, has acquired a pub in the Essex village of Great Notley, MCA understands.