All MCA Insight articles in February 2017 – Page 4
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Wadworth gives away c5,000 pints for RAOK week
Wadworth has given away 5,000 pints as part of Random Acts of Kindness Week.
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Chilango places Camden site on the market
Mexican restaurant group Chilango has placed its site in Camden on the market
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Balans poised for next stage of growth
David Taylor, the co-founder of Balans, has told MCA the group has the firepower to expand and is aiming to hit all points of the compass in London after its first foray south of the river next month.
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Analysis & Insight
Pub brands struggling to stand out in crowded market
Pubs are finding it tougher than ever to stand out in a crowded eating out market, the latest MCA Pub Brand Monitor data shows.
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Lambert steps down as Firezza MD
Neil Lambert has stepped down as joint managing director of Firezza, the PizzaExpress-owned upscale delivery concept
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DoCaSA plans to double in size this year
The Department of Coffee and Social Affairs (DoCaSA) has updated its expansion pipeline for the next year, which will see it double in size to reach 22 sites.
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TRG appoints MD of Leisure
TRG has appointed Murray McGowan, formerly of Costa, to the newly created role of managing director across its leisure division
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IRC lines up Harrogate for Gino opening
IRC is to continue the roll out of its Gino D’Acampo My Restaurant concept, with an opening in Harrogate
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Punch grows Village Pub & Kitchen estate
Punch has grown its Village Pub & Kitchen to seven sites and is assessing its estate for the next stage of rollout, MCA has learnt.
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Innis & Gunn signs export deal for China
Scottish brewer and pub operator Innis & Gunn has signed a deal to distribute its beer to the on and off-trade in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
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Ministers set to soften stance on business rates
Ministers are set to give way over business rates and pay hundreds of millions of pounds in compensation to those worst hit by the tax
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CAMRA’s Winter Beer of Britain revealed
Old Freddy Walker from Bristol-based Moor Beer Company has won the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA)’s National Winter Ales Festival.
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CAMRA criticises inaccurate reporting on alcohol harm
The Campaign for Real Ale has pleaded with national newspapers not to misreport studies on alcohol consumption.
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Gluten-free brewery launches £500k fundraise
Bellfield Brewery, which claims to be the UK’s first dedicated gluten-free micro-brewery, has launched a funding drive to raise £500,000 to support its rapid expansion.
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Barrel & Stone eyes rollout to 400 pubs
Barrel & Stone, the pub pizza format, plans to grow its portfolio of partners within the pub trade to 400 in the next three years.
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Foodservice inflation now at 2.9%
Low supply and rising costs of key items has led to a 2.9% increase in foodservice prices in January 2017
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Laine lfls up 10% for H1
Laine Pub Company has reported like-for-like sales in the first half of its current financial year up almost 10%.
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Analysis & Insight
Fox starts to leave prints on Bill’s
It is less than a year into his stewardship of the Richard Caring-backed group and Mark Fox has been busy putting in place the foundations to make sure the company can return to the expansion trail in better shape than it left it, while also getting ready to take a bite out of the grab-and-go market
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Government must act quickly over rates concerns
The government must act quickly if it is to mitigate against the crippling rises facing the restaurant and pub sector, ALMR chief executive Kate Nicholls has warned.
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Deltic appoints group FD
Late-night operator the Deltic Group has promoted current head of finance Alex Millington to group finance director.