All Food to go articles – Page 15
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NewsSushiDog to open second London site
SushiDog has announced expansion plans across London, with a second site in Covent Garden due to open in March.
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NewsSugo bids to create Italian street food chain
Italian street food trader Sugo has launched a crowdfunding campaign to support the opening of its first bricks and mortar restaurant in London.
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NewsFast-moving grown-up Coco di Mama ‘can do’
Carbs and caffeine is a formula that has fuelled Coco di Mama’s expansion well. The fast-casual brand has been deftly serving long queues of office workers just that since 2011. This sweet spot customer, the 25-35-year-old affluent City worker, was the genesis of the brand in Fleet Street. While this core demographic served Coco well in its early years, a new management team last year realised it needed to broaden its appeal if it was to continue its expansion into adulthood.
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NewsTossed operator CVA proposals approved
Tossed and Vital Ingredient parent company Zest Food has had its CVA plans approved, safeguarding its 24-strong estate from closures for now.
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NewsDonut King launches third Debanhams site
Donut King, the Australian-founded brand from Retail Food Group (RFG), has opened its third UK site with Debenhams. The latest site opened in Debenhams’ Wigan store, and follows previous openings in Basildon’s Eastgate Shopping and Sheffield earlier this year. The partnership is being led Sam Shutt, head of retail food ...
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NewsTossed and Vital to undergo CVA
Tossed and Vital Ingredient operator Zest Food has submitted proposals for a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA), following a decline in trading at the Vital estate.
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InterviewsPaul UK: ‘The brand has huge untapped potential’
The development of a franchise operation for Paul UK is high up on the agenda for its new chief executive Mark Hilton. He talks exclusively to MCA about the development of its new café format, current performance and tapping into the evening day part.
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NewsWheelcake Island secures debut in Westfield London
Taiwanese pancake and snack brand Wheelcake Island has secured its first standalone site, in Westfield London
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NewsGreggs of the Future concept shop: in pictures
Greggs has launched a new concept store featuring self-ordering kiosks and made to order sandwiches.
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NewsCharcoal Concepts lines up new concept
Indian foodservice corporation K Hospitality is launching a new fast-casual concept, Tamarind Tiger, on Baker Street, MCA understands.
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NewsSales soar at German Doner Kebab
German Doner Kebab has reported a 49.6% sales hike after it opened 36 outlets in the past two years. It also plans to open a further three stores in the UK this year, and has ambitious plans to expand into Saudi Arabia and open 100 stores over the next ten years. It is also targeting the US. The kebab house, owned by Hero Brands, said it appealed to the “next generation” of consumers.
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OpinionGoing Global – India: maker and destroyer of dreams
In his latest column Going Global column for MCA, international franchising expert Jasper Reid discusses the huge opportunities to be had in the country of contradiction – and why scale, and a long-term view, is key.
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NewsDomino’s delivers ‘solid’ performance
Domino’s has hailed a “solid” performance as it released a Q3 trading update for the 13 weeks to 29 September 2019.
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NewsMegan’s lines up seventh site
All-day brunch restaurant Megan’s, backed by Tossed founder Vincent McKevitt, is to open its seventh London site in January 2020.
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NewsPapa John’s profits fall
Papa John’s has revealed a slump in profits for the year ending 30 December 2018. Pre-tax profits were down 53%, from £6.4m to £2.9m. Sales rose 1.7% to £68.4m but like-for like sales fell 4.5%. The business said this was its first decline in 12 years, which it blamed on “heightened competition and a long hot summer”.
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NewsMore growth for Greggs
Greggs has revealed 7.4% increase in like for like sales for the 13 weeks to September 28, 2019. Total sales were up 13.9% and the business opened a net total of 56 shops. Greggs said the business “continued to trade very strongly in the third quarter. As expected, the rate of year-on-year sales growth moderated as we came up against stronger comparative sales from the previous year, but sales were still up strongly, driven predominantly by growth in customer numbers.”
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NewsGreggs tops Brand Health index
Greggs has been named the number eating out brand in YouGov’s Brand Health Index.
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NewsAbokado launches CVA after sales decline and fraud
Healthy eating concept Abokado has launched a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) after suffering a sharp reduction in sales and banking fraud.
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NewsCrosstown Doughnuts picks up new contract with Harrods
Artisan doughnut and coffee concept Crosstown Doughnuts has boosted the wholesale arm of its business, with a new deal to supply Harrods with its products.
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NewsSushiDog widens reach with virtual kitchens
Fusion brand SushiDog has launched a second virtual kitchen, in partnership with Deliveroo and Kitopi, MCA understands.