All Harvester articles – Page 4
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Analysis & Insight
Where does a pub end and a restaurant begin?
Simon Johnson of CBRE’s Corporate Advisory team looks at how managed pubs distinguish themselves from their restaurant cousins in the casual dining space and analyses the detail of the takeover of Punch
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Analysis & Insight
Pub brands struggling to stand out in crowded market
Pubs are finding it tougher than ever to stand out in a crowded eating out market, the latest MCA Pub Brand Monitor data shows.
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News
M&B to launch fast-casual concept
M&B is to launch a fast-casual concept based around burgers and steaks called Son of Steak later this spring
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Analysis & InsightCustomer service stars of 2016
MCA director of insight, Steve Gotham, looks at which operators topped the league tables for friendly and speedy service during 2016 and what lessons we can learn from their success.
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News
M&B appoints PR agency to help ‘reposition’ Harvester
M&B has appointed PR firm Threepipe as its new consumer agency for its Harvester chain, as its looks to “reposition” the brand
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Analysis & InsightMenu price inflation back with a vengeance
The latest MCA data has shown that menu price inflation has returned to the sector in the past year – significantly outstripping the Consumer Price Index.
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OpinionInside track: Byng bows out from Byron
Tom Byng will step down from Byron, the brand he founded in 2007, early next year to “pursue various exciting ventures”. He leaves a concept he created as a now £80m-turnover business, with backer Hutton Collins turning to a new chief executive and chairman, both of which are experienced in operating established brands, that they hope will now cement Byron’s credentials as a national brand and one that eventually has an international presence.
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News
Analyst corner: Rollo on pub companies - A Flat Pint
Leading analyst Jamie Rollo at Morgan Stanley has said that pubs face an unenviable combination of weakening sales, mounting costs, and rising capex
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Analysis & Insight
2016: A year of disruptions
MCA’s Peter Linden looks backs on a year of disruption in the eating out sector and ahead to prospects for the sector in 2017.
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News
M&B sees return to lfl growth
Mitchells & Butlers has seen a return to like-for-like sales growth following a “challenging” year to 24 September.
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Analysis & InsightScores on the doors
The latest data from MCA’s comprehensive Eating Out Panel has revealed a strong showing for pub companies, outperforming their restaurant counterparts in terms of net promoter scores throughout the day. MCA’s director of insight, Steve Gotham, looks at some of the reasons the Great British pub is still resonating so strongly with consumers.
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Analysis & Insight
Hungry Horse gains visit share as JDW form dips
Greene King is seeing dividends from its investment in Hungry Horse, MCA’s latest Pub Brand Monitor has shown, as JD Wetherspoon loses share at key dayparts.
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News
Burns: Landscape shifts set to continue
Analyst Karl Burns at Investec has said that the UK’s pub & restaurant sector is going through a period of significant change, resulting in market share shift, margin pressure and higher capex requirements, putting pressure on returns.
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News
Barnfather: M&B is a recovery story that is yet to deliver
Leading analyst Anna Barnfather at Panmure Gordon has said that Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) remains a recovery story that is yet to deliver
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News
Unhealthiest breakfast options of high street operators revealed
JD Wetherspoon serves one of the unhealthiest breakfasts on the high street, according to research of publically available nutritional information.
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Analysis & Insight
Urban renewal at M&B
Mark Wingett talks to Mitchells & Butlers chief executive Phil Urban about why there is no silver bullet for getting the company’s top line moving, but now the sector landscape has settled somewhat the business has an opportunity to make up ground.
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News
Urban: NLW to be a game changer
Phil Urban, chief executive of M&B believes the introduction of a National Living Wage (NLW) is a game changer for the sector
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News
Hotel Chocolat takes café concept to Worcester
Hotel Chocolat to open new site under its fledgling café concept at Cathedral Square in Worcester
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News
Meyer swaps Wagamama for Giraffe
Alex Meyer has stepped down as marketing director at Wagamama, the Duke Street Capital-backed chain, to join Giraffe
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OpinionGrowing pains
Bill’s and Byron, arguably two of the UK’s eating-out sector’s leading success stories over the last few years, are each facing, for very different reasons, their first challenging periods. At the same time, EAT has made another management change, which it will hope will finally push it forward and out of the long shadow cast by Pret A Manger