All Five Guys articles
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NewsFive Guys kickstarts 2023 expansion
The brand is set to open restaurants in Queensway and Bridgend, after 20 new site openings in 2022
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Analysis & Insight
Five Guys boosts UK profits
Five Guys has reported a 45% increase in revenue within its UK business, to £237.3m for the year to 31 December 2021,with profit after tax of £26.2m - up from £1.8m the prior year.
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News
Five Guys: ‘There are 250,000 unique ways to eat our burgers’
Five Guys Europe CEO John Eckbert speaks to entrepreneur Steven Bartlett about building a burger empire in the podcast Diary of a CEO
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Interviews
Five Guys: ‘We are expecting record store openings this year’
CEO John Eckbert spoke to MCA about a year of records in 2021, its strength as an affordable luxury and how it’s zigging when everyone else is zagging.
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Five Guys: ‘We’ve made a bet on the future’
Five Guys CEO John Eckbert has spoken of the brand’s strategic decision to “accelerate into the chicanes” and capitalise on post-pandemic growth opportunities
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Sustainability is on the agenda at MCA’s Restaurant Conference
Pizza Hut Restaurants, Burger King UK and Darwin & Wallace will take part in a special panel on sustainability with Zero Carbon Forum.
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Five Guys to press on with UK rollout
The European holding company reported a total comprehensive loss of £58.4m for 2020
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Minister Scully and AlixPartners to speak at MCA Restaurant Conference
Business minister Paul Scully and AlixPartners’ MD, hospitality and leisure, Graeme Smith have joined the line-up at MCA’s Restaurant Conference 2021.
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Five Guys and Corbin & King to speak at MCA’s Restaurant Conference
MCA is excited to unveil the first of many big-name speakers at its 2021 Restaurant Conference, with Five Guys’ chief executive John Eckbert and Jeremy King, chief executive, Corbin & King, joining the line-up.
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Analysis & Insight
Dessert parlours and QSR chains to lead outlet expansion
While outlet numbers are forecast to decline for the second year running during 2021, there remain strong pockets of expansion, much of which is driven by the use of franchises. Dessert parlours and certain QSR chains in particular are growing rapidly.
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Five Guys: ‘Delivery is here to stay’
Future demand for delivery may be hard to predict but the market is not going to go away, Five Guys UK chief executive John Eckert has told MCA.
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Sector hits back at ventilation claims
Pub and restaurant operators have fought back against claims from the British Medical Association (BMA) that the hospitality sector needs to do more to improve the ventilation in their venues in order to reduce the airborne risk of Covid-19 transmission.
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Five Guys CEO says technology has aided survival
Five Guys UK CEO John Eckbert has said its ability to use technology in order to offer new sales channels to customers has helped ensure its survival during the pandemic.
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Events
Food to Go Conference - View Now
MCA’s annual Food to Go Conference streamed online on Tuesday 23rd March 2021, a must-see event for senior operators, suppliers, investors and other sector stakeholders.
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Interviews
John Eckbert: ‘Landlords can’t be immune from this pandemic’
Five Guys CEO John Eckbert has responded to reports that central London landlord Criterion Capital has filed a £1.5m county court claim against the business.
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News
Five Guys to push on with expansion following strong lockdown trading
Five Guys will push on with its expansion plans despite the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic, with at least three new openings set before the end of the year.
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Analysis & Insight
Brandwatch: Five Guys
Long before the pandemic struck, Five Guys was one of the most aggressively expanding operators in the sector, snapping up prime real estate across the country.
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News
BrewDog confirms Plymouth bar
BrewDog has confirmed it will be opening a 4,000 sq ft bar at The Barcode, the new leisure and entertainment development, located next to Drake Circus in Plymouth city centre.
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Five Guys UK CEO John Eckbert: ‘The rent issue comes down to your own moral compass’
The existing rent model doesn’t accommodate for a period of forced closure, so dealing with accrued rental debt comes down to a question of morals, The Conversation has heard.
