All articles by Georgi Gyton – Page 58
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Burger King UK to launch new loyalty programme
Your Burger King will launch on 26 July and will enable customers to acquire points which can be redeemed against 22 menu items
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Tipping bill ‘good starting point’ says UKH
The introduction of a Private Members’ Bill which would see hospitality operators forced to hand over all tips to staff has been welcomed by industry bodies.
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Deliveroo feels impact of consumer cost pressures
The delivery company has updated its guidance, and downgraded its forecasts for full-year gross transaction value growth
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Tortilla like-for-like sales up 19%
Group revenue increased by 60%, to £26.9m, in the half year to 3 July 2022, compared to 2019 – a 55% increase excluding the impact of its acquisition of Chilango in May this year
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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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Analysis & Insight
New report calls out high salt content in kids’ meals
Campaign group Action on Salt said one in three children’s meals contained 2g or more of salt and is calling for mandatory reformulaton programmes
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Ghetto Golf to rebrand as Golf Fang
Imbiba-backed The Fang Collective has made the decision to rebrand its Ghetto Golf venues to coincide to the reopening of its refubished Birmingham site
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Jonathan Neame: ‘There need to be more financial incentives for training’
Operators can’t continue to blame Brexit for hospitality’s struggles with the recruitment – but there are things the government could do to help, the Shepherd Neame CEO told MCA’s Pub Conference
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Analysis & Insight
Eating out spend up on last year, but down on 2020
The removal of lockdown restrictions saw spend across pubs, bars and restaurants boom between 2021 and 2022, new data from Cardlytics has found
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Loungers: ‘The pipeline has never been stronger’
The Lounge and Cosy Club operator is confident it can achieve its larger roll-out target, and is opening sites better than ever, chief executive Nick Collins told MCA
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Loungers appoints chief people officer
Guy Youll will join the business in the autumn and lead the people side of the business, building on “the important work we have done this year”
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Ascona targeting 30 Greggs sites
The forecourt operator has opened its first Greggs site at Crossways Service Station in Pembroke in North Wales, with planning permission submitted for a second at Holywell
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Loungers reports record full year sales
The group achieved revenues of £237m for the 52 weeks to 17 April 2022 and has increased its openings target from 25 to 30 sites per year
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In pictures: ASK Italian's new community concept restaurant
Learnings from the revamped restaurant in Horsham will be rolled out to other ASK Italian sites in the coming year.
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Big Fang Collective: ‘We want to expand across the UK’
The Imbiba-backed experiential group is looking to regenerate local areas with its multi-site crazy golf themed venues
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Shepherd Neame: ‘A 2024 recovery feels right’
Jonathan Neame, chief executive of the family brewer and pub operator said the decisions it is making now will act as building blocks to capitalise on a post-recession boom
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Turtle Bay reports record sales
The Piper-backed Caribbean restaurant group reported sales of £85.4m for the year ended 27 March 2022, with trading in the first 13 weeks of the year still strong.
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Mowgli is surpassing pre-Covid numbers
Founder and CEO Nisha Katona said the performance of the Indian street food restaurant was being boosted by its strong brand presence in the north
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Licensing systems remains 'flawed'
Little progress has been made in addressing the lack of coordination between licensing and planning, according to a report from the House of Lords.
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Hostmore lfls in line with expectations
In an update on trading for the 26 weeks ended 3 July 2022, the group, which operates Fridays and 63rd+1st said guidance for the full year remained unchanged