All articles by Georgi Gyton – Page 69
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NewsJDW pushing coffee and breakfasts to boost sales
Chairman Tim Martin told MCA the pub company was looking to boost breakfast sales with its coffee offer, which includes refills and is priced lower than the average pre-pandemic price
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NewsCat Rock urges votes against Just Eat board
Alex Captain, founder and managing partner at the activist investor, said JET shareholders had been “punished” by a -75% stock price decline in less than two years
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NewsGreene King makes carbon zero pledge
The pub company and brewer has committed to become a net zero carbon business by 2040, and is targeting a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030
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NewsGravity to open £10m Liverpool One experience
Grosvenor – co-owner and asset manager of Liverpool One – and Gravity Active Entertainment have announced plans for a 100,000 sq ft space at the retail and leisure destination
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NewsBurger King UK sees lfls up 46%
The fast food chain said strong sales and profit had been driven by continued restaurant expansion and franchise acquisitions, alongside the digital transformation of the business, with a further 200 restaurant openings targeted by 2026
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NewsPoke House lines up a further eight UK sites
The Italian-based poke business will open in Covent Garden and Battersea Power Station as part of its plans to open 65 UK sites by the end of next year
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NewsGaucho and M beat target for carbon-neutral beef
Rare Restaurants will now serve carbon-neutral beef across all of its Gaucho and M Restaurants sites – two years ahead of its original 2025 target
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NewsEG Group’s UK foodservice business to fuel growth
EG’s plans including rolling out 50 Leon and 30 Cooplands sites per year, as part of a target to create more than 32,000 jobs globally over the next five years
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NewsTim Hortons announces first London site
The Canadian QSR brand plans to double its estate in the UK, to 100 sites by the end of 2023, with its first location in the capital to open later this month
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Analysis & InsightInflation hitting margins and spending
Managed restaurant, pub and bar groups achieved like-for-like sales growth of +4% in March, but the effect of inflation was felt in the latest numbers from the Coffer CGA Business Tracker
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InterviewsCamerons to expand Bar Soba concept
The North East brewer and pub operator is looking to kick start its growth strategy following a bank refinancing at the tail end of 2021, CEO Chris Soley tells MCA
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NewsTaster accelerating UK growth; launches new brand
The creator of virtual restaurant brands is looking to have built up a network of 200 digital restaurants in the UK by the end of 2022
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NewsFridays appoints chief marketing officer
Rhiannon Scarlett, who takes up her role at Hostmore later this month, will oversee the marketing, PR and digital operations for Fridays UK and its sister brand 63rd + 1st
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NewsJust Eat maintains strong order levels
Just Eat UK & Ireland achieved order numbers of 67.6m in Q1 2022, compared to 67.3m in Q1 2021, with GTV up 7% over the period
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NewsCamerons welcomes return to profit
The North East brewer and pub operator achieved a profit after tax of £0.4m in the eight months to 2 January 2022, following a loss of £7.4m the previous financial year
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Analysis & InsightPub and bar sector to regain market value this year
The UK pub and bar sector is expected to reach a value of £22.6bn in 2022 – 99% of its 2019 market value, according to the latest data from Lumina Intelligence’s Operator Data Index.
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NewsHall & Woodhouse returns to profit
The independent family brewer and pub operator said that the last financial year had been challenging, but the crisis had given rise to opportunities for acquisition
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Analysis & InsightLate nights out back to pre-Covid frequency
The average consumer visits a late night venue 1.2 times a week – the same as in 2019, according to Rekom’s latest Night Index, with spend just shy of pre-pandemic levels
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Analysis & InsightRecruitment: ‘You have to go the extra mile’
With EU workers having left the UK hospitality sector and Brits failing to fill the gaps, MCA asks operators how they are mitigating the challenges around recruitment
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NewsBoxPark secures site for first London BoxHall
The group has agreed a 15-year lease with TfL for the Metropolitan Arcade building, near Liverpool Street station, for an opening in the summer of 2023