All MCA Insight articles in February 2016
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Analysis & InsightWhat goes up…
So current rent levels are unsustainable but are we heading for a recalibration? According to the latest insight, our high street sandwiches and coffees are full of salt and sugar respectively, but does the sector wait for Government target setting on health issues or make the first move itself and why new M&B chief executive Phil Urban looks like he is getting to the heart of the matter
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Starbucks to open first store in Italy
Starbucks is to open its first store in Italy after signing a deal with the Percassi Group to launch in Milan early next year before rolling out across the country.
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Thwaites expands Inns of Character estate
Thwaites has secured its ninth Inns of Character, after acquiring the Beverley Arms Hotel, in Beverley, Yorkshire.
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GK wins Employer of the Year award
Greene King has won the Employer of the Year Award at the Apprenticeships4England Awards 2016.
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Beefeater enters new era
Beefeater is set to enter a new era next week with the launch of its high street-focused Bar + Block concept, with the group set to focus on its expansion over the next couple of years
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Analysis & Insight
Johnson on taking an investment "punt"
Serial industry investor Luke Johnson talks about what he looks for when making an investment; confesses that assessing a business’ value can often be a stab in the dark; how he can get “carried away” with investing and probably diversifies too much; and that he still has an appetite for further investment despite warning signs in the sector
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Brickwood café owner to launch pizza concept
Jayke Mangion, founder of the Brickwood Coffee & Bread café concept, is set to launch a new pizza concept in Clapham Common
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CDG to take Belgo to Manchester
Casual Dining Group (CDG) is set to launch its Belgian concept Belgo in Manchester
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Nespresso to bring café concept to the UK
Nespresso is to launch its Café Nespresso concept in the UK, after securing a site in London’s Cheapside
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Analyst corner: Batram on Domino’s Pizza
Nick Batram, leading analyst at Peel Hunt, argues that with the disposal of its German business, Domino’s Pizza is poised to start 2016 fresh
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TGI secures Brighton Marina site
TGI Friday’s, the Karen Forrester-led, Electra Partners-backed chain, is set to open its first site in Brighton
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The Real Greek enjoying sales uplift
The Real Greek is seeing like-for-like growth and strong returns on investment across its rebranded sites, as its closes in on a further opening in North London
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NewsHemmerdinger to leave GK
Greene King has told M&C that Anthony Hemmerdinger, managing director of its Local Pubs division, is leaving the business.
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NewsB&L secures Leicester Sq flagship site
Burger & Lobster, the Goodman Restaurant Group-owned brand, has secured a flagship site in London’s Leicester Square
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NewsAuthentic Pub Co adds eighth site
Authentic Pub Co has added an eighth site to its portfolio, M&C understands.
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NewsSolita sets out growth strategy
Franco Sotgiu, co-founder of bar and grill chain, Solita, has told M&C he expects to build an estate of 15 to 20 sites in the next three years before seeking to sell the business.
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Analysis & InsightJanuary sees coffee shops increase market share
January was a strong month for coffee shops with the channel cementing its number one spot at breakfast and gaining share of visits at both lunch and dinner, the latest data from M&C Allegra Foodservice has shown.
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Number of female chefs falling
The number of female chefs in the UK is falling with nearly two in five women considering leaving the industry.
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NewsCampbell: Wagamama needed to regain momemtum
Wagamama chief executive David Campbell said that when he took the job in 2013 he saw a “very strong brand that was very much loved in people’s minds, but it felt to me that it had kind of lost a bit of its momentum”.
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CDG closes in on La Tasca US sale
CDG has moved a step closer to agreeing to sell its four-strong La Tasca US operation to the company’s current management team