All MCA Insight articles in February 2019 – Page 10
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Marco's New York Italian closes in Sheffield
Marco’s New York Italian, the Black & White Hospitality restaurant concept, has closed its Sheffield site after seven years.
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Near & Far heading to Camden
Near & Far, the cocktail bar and café concept, is opening a third venue, in Camden, MCA understands.
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Post summer blues create wage drop-off
The average hourly pay of hospitality staff over 25 fell significantly over the autumn following a drop-off in demand for labour after the World Cup and heatwave, new data from Fourth reveals.
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O’Riordan joins Turtle Bay as chair
Jane O’Riordan, group strategy director at Nando’s has joined the board of Turtle Bay as its new chair.
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PubLove appoints ops director
PubLove, the Ei Group joint venture, has appointed Matthew Aket as operations director.
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Pret not told for nine months about Natasha’s death
Speaking at MCA’s Food To Go Conference yesterday, former Food Standards Agency chief executive, Tim Smith, called for wholesale changes to the reporting of serious allergen-related incidents.
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EiG managed lfls up 5.7% in Q1
Ei Group has reported like-for-like net income growth of 2% across it tenanted and leased pubs estate in the 18 weeks to 2 February.
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Richoux shareholders back de-listing plan
Richoux Group shareholders have given their backing to the group’s plans to de-list and re-register as a private company.
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Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group in investment talks
Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group is to open discussions with potential private equity partners about funding the next phase of its development, MCA understands.
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Cream Curls goes fourth
Cream Curls, the North East dessert parlour concept has opened its fourth site, in Newcastle’s Percy Street.
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Too Good To Go raises £5.3m for London growth
Too Good To Go, the Danish leftover food start-up, has raised €6m (£5.3m) from some of its existing investors, as it prepares to expand in 2019.
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Analysis & Insight
Restaurant and pub spending up in January
Restaurant spending grew by 11% year on year in January while pub spending grew by 15%, according to data from Barclaycard.
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Hi Coffee to launch franchised operation
Hi Coffee, the Wales-based grab and go concept, is launching a franchising business to fast-track its expansion, MCA has learnt.
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Dishoom and Vinoteca linked with Birmingham development
Dishoom and Vinoteca have been linked with new openings in Birmingham.
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Alastair Gordon appointed MD at Chiktopia
Alastair Gordon has been appointed managing director of New Orleans-inspired chicken concept Chiktopia.
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Deliveroo launches insight tool for restaurants
Deliveroo has launched Restaurant Home, a tool for operators to access data and insight about their performance, and aimed at giving them more power over menus, particularly in relation to calories and allergens.
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Gong Cha targets Manchester for UK launch
Gong Cha, the c1,500-strong global bubble tea brand, has appointed advisors to assist its UK expansion, with Manchester and other northern cities being targeted first, MCA understands.
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Bill’s ready for next step in refresh programme
David Campbell, the executive chairman of Bill’s, has told MCA that the brand is moving on to the next stage of its “2020” refresh.
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NewRiver completes Hawthorn integration
NewRiver chief financial officer Mark Davies has told MCA that the synergies from the integration of the Hawthorn Leisure estate could exceed the target £3m.
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Analysis & Insight
Food to go to outperform wider market again in 2019
The food to go sector has grown its market share by 4.3 percentage points over the past decade, and now accounts for almost a quarter of the turnover for the total eating out market.