All Franco Manca articles – Page 3
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OpinionNot quite goodbye to Ralph…
Dominic Walsh bids farewell to outgoing Marston’s CEO Ralph Findlay after 20 years at the helm, and pays tribute to the ongoing success of the Franco Manca sourdough pizza brand
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InterviewsDavid Page: ‘Fulham Shore can open up to 250 sites’
As trading volumes at Fulham Shore rise by a quarter, MCA spoke with David Page, executive chairman, to discover more about the company’s plans for expansion and an idea for a new store format, which highlights the need to cater for robust, ongoing delivery sales. Overall, the company is currently benefiting from a depleted retail sector, and from having retained most of its workforce. Looking forward, it has eyes on eventually opening up to 250 sites in the UK.
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NewsFulham Shore to trial ‘light kitchen’ model
In a MCA exclusive, David Page, executive chairman of Fulham Shore, announces a new operating format called ‘light kitchens’. Two Franco Manca light kitchen sites, which have limited dine-in and additional delivery capacity will be opened in London to cater for the company’s continued strong growth in delivery.
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NewsFulham Shore eyes 150 new sites
Fulham Shore has 12 sites in legal negotiations, with a further 150 locations identified as part of its medium term growth plans.
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NewsLoungers: ‘Calorie labelling would be costly and distracting’
The requirement for large hospitality operators to display calorie information from April next year would be “distracting and expensive”, voiced Loungers’ CEO Nick Collins on MCA’s The Conversation.
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EventsLoungers and Franco Manco join The Conversation
Loungers CEO Nick Collins and Fulham Shore chairman David Page join UKHospitality CEO Kate Nicholls on MCA’s The Conversation today.
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NewsFulham Shore sees sales up for first week indoors
Fulham Shore saw group revenues at around 103% of the levels seen in a similar week in 2019, during its first full week of indoor trading, with like-for-like sales at around 92% of their levels two years’ ago.
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NewsFulham Shore presented with new sites on almost daily basis
Fulham Shore is continuing on its search for new locations for both its Franco Manca and The Real Greek businesses and is being presented with “excellent potential retail locations, almost on a daily basis”.
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NewsCast your vote in the Retailer’s Retailer Awards
Make sure you cast your vote in MCA’s Retailer’s Retailer of the Year Awards, as we count down to the big event on 11 March.
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InterviewsDavid Page: ‘It’s a frustrating experience, not being in charge’
Franco Manca chairman David Page has spoken of the frustration, but inevitability, of working with delivery partners during the pandemic.
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NewsHugh Osmond: ‘Even big chains can’t afford rent backlog’
If something isn’t done to deal with the rental backlog, hospitality will see a huge number of business closures, Hugh Osmond has warned.
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OpinionPeter Martin: ‘Eat Out to Help Out an opportunity to consolidate consumer connection’
Operators must utilise what time remains of the Eat Out to Help Out scheme to consolidate a consumer connection, and encourage a return visit, MCA’s The Conversation has heard.
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OpinionPeter Martin: Impact of weather on consumer behaviour the “one thing that hasn’t changed”
British weather, in all its unreliability, is the single most unchanging factor in its impact on consumer behaviour, MCA’s The Conversation has heard. Speaking at the event, MCA contributing editor Peter Martin told attendees that in his ten years of operating the Coffer Peach Business Tracker – a sector sales tracker produced by CGA in association with The Coffer Group and RSM – “the weather is the one thing that hasn’t changed over the years.”
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OpinionDominic Walsh: Casual dining one of ‘big losers’ of pandemic
It used to be so simple. Come up with a restaurant concept and a brand, open one restaurant, then a second, then aim for five outlets then ten and 20, and if it’s still working, press the button on a nationwide rollout. Well, something like that, anyway.
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NewsFulham Shore raises £2.25m in share placing
Fulham Shore has raised £2.25m in a share placing that was oversubscribed.
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NewsFulham Shore - sales around 72% on previous year
Fulham Shore has released a trading update and announced a fundraise as it looks to fight its way though the coronavirus crisis. It said it has 49 out of 51 Franco Manca sites open, and 14 out of 18 Real Greek restaurants open, and though social distancing means they are only operating at between 60-70% of their previous capacity, this has “to some extent” been compensated by an increase in delivery and takeaway sales. It said in the four weeks since 6 July, like-for-like restaurant sales at reopened sites were around 72% year on year.
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NewsOperators announce next wave of reopenings
Dishoom and Crussh are among the latest operators to open their doors this week, whilst the reopening programmes of Loungers, Turtle Bay, Franco Manca and more have started to pick up momentum. Of the larger to-go operators, KFC, McDonald’s and Costa have reached reopening milestones this week, whilst Greggs announced a significant acceleration in its reopening plans.