All Five Guys articles – Page 23
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Opinion
Capital exposure
How much would you pay for a prime central London site? Well if you are US burger chain Five Guys looking to make your UK debut, the figure is rumoured to be close to £2m for Novus Leisure’s Long Acre bar site between Covent Garden and Leicester Square.And Five Guys ...
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Eating out 'enters new phase'
The eating-out sector is set to return to growth this year, but operators must decide how to adapt for the new customers who will return. That’s according to NPD Group, which believes the sector will move from the “new normal” stage, when consumers adjust to the economic downturn, to the ...
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Opinion
Five Trends for 2013
onsumer demands for customisation, new flavour, better-for-you food, flexibility…
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Opinion
New brands served with relish
The upmarket burger restaurant segment is going through a fresh ‘second wave’ of activity, but how will it compare to the first, asks Mel Flaherty.The downturn-defying number of new restaurant openings has been reported with wonder by the press, but even more eye-widening is the proportion of these dedicated to ...
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Opinion
How much better can it get?
For four hours today, Hendon, the London suburb most famous for being…
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News
Special report: What’s hot in the US?
Peter Backman, managing director of insight and information company, Horizons, provides a comprehensive roundup of the trends, innovations and issues, which dominated the recent National Restaurant Association (NRA) conference in Chicago.Grimly determined to hang on in thereThere is a real feeling of grim determination in the US foodservice industry - ...
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Fast food operators dominate franchise growth
Fast-food operators, including McDonald’s, KFC and Subway, dominated the top 10 in terms of worldwide sales in the latest international franchises list produced by the Franchise Times.The 12th annual publication of the list placed McDonald’s first with $77.3bn worldwide sales, with KFC in 3rd with $19.4bn sales, Subway 4th ($15.2bn) ...
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US restaurants see return to sales growth
US restaurant chains saw an annual sales growth rise of 1.8% in 2010, after reporting a fall of 0.8% in the previous 12 months, according to new research.The latest annual data from Technomic found that systemwide sales at the 500 largest chains in the US rose 1.8% to $234bn in ...