All MCA Insight articles in February 2019 – Page 5
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News
Curious Venues launches new games concept
Curious Venues, the Nottinghamshire based operator, has replaced its Curious Manor bar in Nottingham with a games-led bar concept Monty’s Bar and Social.
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News
The Gentlemen Baristas line up three London sites
The Gentlemen Baristas has lined up three new sites in central London for its coffee shop and business, MCA has learnt.
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News
February 2019
This month’s edition of MCA delves into the sensitive subject of communicating allergen information and to what extent the sector should shoulder the responsibility of individual choice. We also feature the first column from MCA’s contributing editor Peter Martin, returning to the title he co-founded in 1996, as well as chronicling the quiet growth of the dessert café segment, profiling The Alchemist’s Simon Potts and introducing a new feature on key markets for international growth.
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News
Dubai restaurant The Maine eyes London opening
Dubai-based The Maine Oyster Bar & Grill is eyeing a site in central London, MCA understands.
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Opinion
Diary: Punch Bowl Social
Not one to pass up gossip on a new experiential venue opening, MCA understands that US operator Punch Bowl Social is eyeing a site in the capital.
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News
Stuart Inns to be liquidated
Stuart Inns, the Suffolk-based gastropub operator, is being liquidated, MCA understands.
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News
Giggling Squid eyes private equity for next stage of growth
Giggling Squid co-founder Andy Laurillard has confirmed the Thai restaurant group has appointed advisors to assess its next stage of growth, which is likely to involve finding a new private equity partner.
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Analysis & Insight
Vast majority see trading as 'challenging'
The vast majority of operators in the eating market have described the trading environment as challenging (76%), MCA and HIM’s Top of Mind Survey reveals.
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News
Market Halls to shake up 'boring' shopping centres with Lakeside launch
Market Halls chief executive Andy Lewis-Pratt has told MCA he hopes new concept The Hall will shake up regional shopping centres by offering visitors a new dining experience.
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Analysis & Insight
Hybrid approach needed in challenging times
The divide between retail and eating out will continue to narrow in 2019 as operators search for new channels and growth opportunities.
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News
Firezza founder launches Estro Pizza
Firezza co-founder Ado Medjedovic has returned to the pizza restaurant industry with the launch of a new concept Estro in Tunbridge Wells, MCA has learnt.
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News
Usher to return to Kickstarter to plug £100k Kala shortfall
Gary Usher is preparing to return to Kickstarter to plug a £100,000 shortfall in the budget for his new Manchester restaurant Kala.
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Intu says consumers increasingly want more experiential day out
Intu Properties has said that as the proportion of consumer spend on leisure increases, they want shopping centres to offer a more experiential day out, be it cafes, restaurants or activities like mini-golf.
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Subway announces new partnership with Amadeus
Subway has partnered with catering solutions provider Amadeus on a new store at the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Birmingham, with more venues potentially in the pipeline.
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Analysts corner: Hargreaves Lansdown on Greggs
In its trading update yesterday Greggs upgraded its profit expectation for the current financial year, due to ‘an exceptionally strong start to the year’, with shares rising 8% in early morning trading. Laith Khalaf, senior analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown discusses the part played by its vegan sausage roll launch.
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Opinion
If Amazon ran a restaurant group, how would it use data?
The role that data plays in the running of a restaurant business was debated by Jamie Oliver Group’s Jon Knight, Gavin Adair of Rosa’s Thai Café and Gary Goodman of Yumpingo at last month’s Hostech conference.
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Opinion
Navigating the debt landscape
With the well-publicised issues facing the UK’s hospitality sector, many would believe that lenders are steering clear. However, despite clear caution, debt options remain available to the right businesses, write Jacco Brouwer and Thomas Paterson of AlixPartners
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News
Just Eat to kick out operators with zero hygiene rating
Just Eat is to start removing operators with food hygiene ratings of zero form its platform from 1 May.
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Analysis & Insight
Report shows link between strong high streets and f&b offer
A report by the Centre for Cities thinktank has highlighted the link between strong city centres and the share of f&b as part of the wider high street mix.
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News
Cat Rock increases pressure on Just Eat
Just Eat investor Cat Rock has increased pressure on the online delivery platform to appoint a chief executive with experience in the industry or to initiate merger talks.