All MCA Insight articles in February 2014 – Page 12
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Hotel and pub owners eye burger restaurant chain
A pair of Scotland-based property developers plan to launch a chain of burger restaurants
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Geronimo wins award for sustainability
Geronimo Inns, the Young’s-owned pub group, has been named Sustainable Large Group of the Year at the Sustainable Restaurant Awards
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NewsPubcos 'should segment estates by trading type'
Tenanted pub companies should segment their estate according to trading types, All Our Bars chief executive Paul Wigham has told the inaugural PubOpsClub event
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Luminar investments continue
Luminar, the nightclub operator, has continued its investment programme by spending £500,000 refurbishing Batchwood Hall in St Albans, Hertfordhire
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Analysis & InsightFine dining isn’t dead, it’s just had a facelift
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum, bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.’ In case you hadn’t heard, fine-dining restaurants have died. They had been on life support for a while now, apparently, but then suddenly the switch was flipped. That’s at least the story that sections of the press have been peddling in recent weeks
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Analysis & InsightA tale of three exiting CEOs
Three tales of CEOs leaving sector companies have played out recently at Novus Leisure, The Restaurant Group and Enterprise Inns. Dominic Walsh takes a look behind the scenes of each
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Weekend Press
Weekend press round-up, 15-16 February
Punch Taverns Shareholders in Punch Taverns face being wiped out under fresh restructuring plan from lenders Shareholders in Punch Taverns, Britain’s second-largest pubs group, face being wiped out under a fresh restructuring plan from lenders. Proposals put forward by management and due to be voted on last week were withdrawn ...
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NewsBrasserie Bar Co secures £13.5m of new funding
Brasserie Bar Co, the owner of the Brasserie Blanc chain and White Brasserie Company, has secured £13.5m of new funding to support the expansion of the group by at least 20 new sites over the next three years
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NewsLiving Room conversions will have Missoula bias
Stonegate’s conversions of its Living Rooms sites will have a “bias” towards Missoula, the group’s new US-inspired concept, chief executive Toby Smith has told M&C Report
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Rock Restaurant sites placed on the market
Rock Restaurants, the restaurant and bar concept co-founded by experienced caterers Nick Atkins, Jonny Townsend and Jeremy Brown, has placed its two sites on the market
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Tsuru in funding talks
Tsuru Sushi, the four-strong Japanese restaurant chain, is in talks with private equity houses as it looks to open further sites under its flagship brand as well as its Tonkotsu Bar & Ramen concept
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Downey helps street food growth
Two street food vendors are set to make the transition from pop-ups to permanent sites thanks to Jonathan Downey’s bar and members’ club business Rushmore Group
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NewsLe Bistrot Pierre lines up Birmingham opening
Le Bistrot Pierre, the highly-rated French restaurant chain, will open a new site in Birmingham this August
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NewsTurtle Bay to grow South East presence
Turtle Bay, the five-strong Caribbean restaurant chain led by Aj Jaya-Wickrema, is looking to grow its presence in the South East, and is currently in talks regarding its first site in London
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Guildford next for Stonegate's Popworld
Stonegate has continued the rollout of its Popworld late night format with the conversion of its Flares unit in Guildford, Surrey
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Analysis & InsightMajority eating out once a week or more
The majority of consumers (57%) eat out once a week or more, with one in five (20%) visiting restaurants twice a week and more than one in ten (13%) dining out almost every other day, according to the Bookatable Dining Index
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Analysis & Insight
Rise of ‘citizen food critics’
We are a nation of social foodies with diners sharing, liking and booking restaurants in line with their Facebook newsfeed, says Bookatable.com
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NewsBatram: TRG a well-oiled machine
A leading analyst has said that there will be no slowing down from The Restaurant Group (TRG) when it delivers its full year update on 26 February, with the company expected to report another impressive performance
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NewsBatram: Domino’s model remains robust
A leading analyst has said that although he believes there are several challenges in Domino Pizza’s UK business, ultimatelyits model remains robust and highly cash-generative
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Waitrose facing backlash on free coffee offer
Supermarket chain Waitrose is facing a growing backlash from coffee shop operators and now an MP over its free tea and coffee offer