All articles by Georgi Gyton – Page 65
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NewsPret to launch in Spain and Portugal
Pret A Manger has reached an agreement with Ibersol Group to launch Pret in Spain and Portugal as it looks to grow its international reach.
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Analysis & InsightConfidence in business prospects sees ‘noticeable dip’
Seventeen percent of respondents said they were ‘very confident’, compared to 28% in October/November 2021, according to Haysmacintyre’s latest poll.
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NewsRevolution confident of beating market expectations
Revolution Bars Group has said that following strong trading over the Jubilee Bank Holiday its board is confident of delivering adjusted EBITDA of +£10m
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Analysis & InsightInflation outpaces market growth
The UK eating out market is forecast to reach £95.2bn in value this year – a 4% increase on its 2019 value, according to the new Lumina Intelligence Eating Out Market Report 2022
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InterviewsBusaba: ‘The business is in better shape than pre-pandemic’
The Thai restaurant group is looking to grow, despite “a loop of fresh challenges”, managing director Terry Harrison has told MCA.
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NewsUKHospitality launches strategy to tackle workforce crisis
The strategy covers recruitment, skills and training, as well as hospitality’s image as a sector in which to work
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NewsBrewDog bars see revenue up 31% in 2021
The Scottish brewer and bar operator said it has been achieving “record sales” in its bars so far this year, with 30 new venues due to open in 2022
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NewsCoyote Ugly to open first London bar
The Western-themed US bar chain is to make its debut in the capital, at Camden Market, later this year.
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NewsFranco Manca and GDK targeting corporate orders
The restaurant brands have both partnered with Just Eat for Business, in order to capitalise on the return of workers to the office
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NewsChinatown gains new international concepts
Sichuan eatery Zhang Liang Malatang is to make its UK debut later this summer, on London’s Shaftesbury Avenue, alongside Hong Kong-style tea restaurant The Eight
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Analysis & InsightBusinesses confident rebuilding margins
Six in ten business surveyed over the past month said they planned to raise prices in order to protect margins, according to Lloyds Bank’s latest monthly barometer
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NewsKricket partners with Growth Kitchen
The White Rabbit Fund-backed Indian restaurant group is looking to use the partnership to optimise its delivery-only offering.
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InterviewsRoger Whiteside: ‘Greggs is in safe hands’
From global pandemics to alien invasions, Greggs can survive whatever is thrown at it, former chief executive, and winner of MCA’s Lifetime Achievement Award, Roger Whiteside tells MCA
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NewsGreggs still considering overseas expansion
Former chief executive Roger Whiteside told MCA the food to go retailer still had a small team working on where there could be opportunities to take Greggs outside the UK
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Analysis & InsightDrink sales flat ahead of Jubilee week
Average sales across Britain’s managed pubs, restaurants and bars were only 0.2% behind the comparative week in 2019, according to the latest CGA Drinks Recovery Tracker
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NewsComptoir Group is back in profit
Chief executive Chaker Hanna said the business had emerged from the difficulties of the last couple of years in a better position than pre-pandemic, and had the confidence and ability to expand
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NewsPaula MacKenzie appointed PizzaExpress CEO
MacKenzie, who left her role as managing director at KFC UK & Ireland in March, will join PizzaExpress on 6 June, and will lead the 10,000-strong team on the next stage of its growth journey
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Analysis & InsightDip in restaurant bookings
Restaurant bookings fell by two percentage points in the week to 22 May, according to Open Table figures, collated by the Office for National Statistics
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NewsLiberation Group acquires two for Butcombe
The Northey Arms in Box, Wiltshire and The Rising Sun in Backwell, North Somerset have joined Butcombe’s estate of pubs and inns in the South West from OHH Pub Company
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NewsWingstop secures multi-million pound debt facility
Lemon Pepper Holdings, the master franchisee of Wingstop UK, has secured the facility from Barclays to help faciliate the continued roll out of the brand