All MCA Insight articles in February 2015 – Page 5
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Analysis & Insight
Focus on kids menus and sustainability key trends in the US
A focus on kids menus, food waste reduction and management and pickling are set to be amongst the key trends in the US restaurant sector
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News
TLG eyes further expansion
The Thai Leisure Group has lined up four further openings for Thaikhun, its street food-inspired concept, after securing a new funding package
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News
Half of diners concerned about food safety
More than half (51%) of diners are ‘fairly’ or ‘very’ concerned about food safety in UK restaurants, pubs, cafes and takeaways, a report by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has found
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Report claims over 1,000 pubs saved by beer duty cut
A new report has estimated 1,047 additional pubs would have closed if the Government had not scrapped the beer duty escalator and cut beer duty in 2013 and 2014.
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Tiger Bills eyes Ukraine for expansion
Tiger Bills, the Thai-grill fusion concept from Lifestyle Hospitality Group (LHG) is expanding into Ukraine by beginning its search for sites in the capital city of Kiev
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Johnson: Hospitality a more attractive career choice
Luke Johnson has said that Britain’s new foodie culture coupled with a more focused approach to training is helping to make hospitality a more attractive career choice for young people
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Pure Craft Bars launch recruitment drive ahead of rollout
Pure Craft Bars, a collaboration between Paul Halsey’s Purity Brewing in Warwickshire and former Michelin-star chef Andreas Antona, is seeking to recruit managers across the country as it aims for a national rollout.
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SRA names most sustainable pub and restaurant
The Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) has named The Truscott Arms in Maida Vale as its Sustainable Pub of the Year, while Daylesford and The Captain’s Galley scooped Sustainable Restaurant awards
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Hospitality firms who failed to pay minimum wage named
Employers who failed to pay their workers, including a number of hospitality businesses have been named and shamed by the Government.
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Coast 2 Coast signs for Potteries
Coast 2 Coast, the American-diner concept from The Restaurant Group, is the sixth restaurant to sign up to the intu Potteries retail centre in Stoke-on-Trent
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News
Report names top 10 locations for business rates appeals
Colliers International has published its list of the areas that would most benefit from lodging an appeal against their business rates.
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News
Operational team shake up at G1
G1 Group is shaking up its operational team, which will see the departure of directors David Tracey and James Brown
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Akbar’s eyes further expansion
Akbar’s, the Bradford- business restaurant chain, is eyeing further expansion, after opening its latest site in Sheffield city centre
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Jam Tree looks to expand across London
The team behind London gastropub group Jam Tree is looking for sites in the City before spreading across the capital, co-founder Yann Roberts told M&C Report
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Pubs warned over energy meter tampering
A crime-fighting charity has launched a campaign to prevent meter tampering and energy theft, following the discovery that a number of pub licensees meddled with their supplies in order to save money.
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Granger & Co confirms third site
Australian chef Bill Granger has confirmed plans to open a third restaurant in London under his Granger & Co brand
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TGI Friday’s set for Leicester
TGI Friday’s, the Karen Forrester-led chain, has secured a site In Leicester’s Highcross to open in an underperforming area of the city later this year
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Vianet and Casio launch next generation of pub management tools
Vianet has partnered with Casio Electronics to combine its iDraught pub management tool set with the latter’s new V-R7000 EPOS solution
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McDonald’s readies biggest investment in McCafé
McDonald’s is to launch “McCafé moments”, a partnership with Channel 4 that it hopes will establish the brand as a destination for premium beverages
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Findlay joins Bovis board
Marston’s chief executive Ralph Findlay will be appointed a non-executive director of Bovis Homes Group PLC with effect from 7 April 2015