All MCA Insight articles in February 2016 – Page 17
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News
Hickory’s to launch evolved format
Hickory’s Smokehouse is to launch its first tavern-style restaurant this summer after securing its fifth site, in Warwickshire.
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NewsStonegate sets out TCG conversion target
Stonegate plans to convert 80% of the TCG estate it acquired for c£100m last year to its own formats over the next three years
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Belgo heads to the regions
Casual Dining Group is to launch its first regional Belgo site in Nottingham later this spring
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Investior appetite for SMEs reaches five-year high
Investor appetite for UK-based small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) reached a five-year high in 2015, new research reveals
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Land Sec & Crown JV acquires Oxford’s Castle Quarter
The Westgate Oxford Alliance, a joint venture between Land Securities and The Crown Estate, has acquired the Castle Quarter, Oxford for £47.2m
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NewsHealth scare impacts Chipotle Q4 sales
Chipotle has reported a 6.8% decline in fourth quarter sales to $997.5m, following the impact of an E.coli health scare
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Zapper partners with PayPal
Zapper partners with PayPal to provide customers with an alternative payment option
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NewsStar Pubs set for ‘continuous growth’ following restructure
David Forde, managing director of Heineken UK, has told M&C the recent restructure of Star Pubs & Bars has set the division up for continuous growth.
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Imbiba partners with Rankin on ‘Project Celsius’
Imbiba Partnership is partnering chef Neil Rankin on a “modern barbecue, wine bar and counter dining restaurant”.
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Le Bistrot Pierre extends Zonal partnership
Le Bistrot Pierre has announced it is extending its partnership with Zonal Retail Data Systems
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Wright & Bell plans ‘department store of dining’
Wright & Bell, the Imbiba-backed concept led by former M&B director Jayne Baker is already working on its second site, which is described as a ‘department store of dining’.
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NewsThe Alchemist to make North East debut
The Alchemist is to make its first foray into the North East, after securing a site in the intu Eldon Square scheme in Newcastle
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M&B to introduce 500 gaming machines
M&B has announced it will place up to 500 digital gaming machines across its estate
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Everards creates ‘micropub’ within a pub
Everards Brewery partners with licensees to to create Django’s Beer House & Bottle Shop – a beer-focused ‘micropub’ within a pub.
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NewsBrakspear appoints director of retail
Pub operator and brewer Brakspear has appointed Paul Gilchrist as director of retail for its managed pubs division.
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NewsCollyer: Bridge seized opportunity to transform GK
Leading analyst Geof Collyer at Deutsche Bank has said that outgoing Greene King chairman Tim Bridge seized the opportunities provided by the Beer Orders to expand the group’s geographical scale and sphere of influence
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Levi Roots partners with Flypay and CST
Levi Roots’ newly opened Caribbean Smokehouse in Westfield Stratford City, is trialling new technology that offers” a complete digital footprint of the entire customer journey”.
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Red Hot places two sites on the market
Red Hot World Buffet, the Risk Capital Partners backed buffet group, has placed two out of its six sites on the market
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Street food vendors taking over pub kitchens
The Duke of Hamilton will launch the first in a series of pub and street food collaborations with British Street Food this Friday.
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Opinion
Evolution of the operations role
This year marks 20 years since the creation of the ALMR’s Ops Awards. James Wallin speaks to its creator Nick Bish and the inaugural winner – Stonegate chief executive Simon Longbottom – about the evolving role of both the awards and of the operations manager