All Harvester articles – Page 5
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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
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M&B signs up with Quidco
Mitchells & Butlers has signed up with cashback and rewards platform, Quidco.
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NewsUrban: M&B more likely to focus on start-ups
Phil Urban, chief executive at M&B said that the company is more likely to look at start-ups or small chains as future acquisition targets
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Bermondsey Pub Co ops director steps down
Enterprise Inns first operations director for its Bermondsey Pub Company managed vehicle, Karen Baskett, has left her role after less than a year, MCA understands.
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Analysis & InsightOnly 18% of top brands vary prices across country
There are significant opportunities for the sector to use regional price differentiation as a way of offsetting rising costs, research by MCA has shown.
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NewsM&B: Harvester, culture, strategic options, coffee trials
On the back of its half year update yesterday, MCA talked to Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) chief executive Phil Urban
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H1 lfls down 1.6% at M&B
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has this morning reported an overall like-for-like sales decline of 1.6% in the six months to 9 April 2016
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Cox & Rabbit launch Serendipity Inns
Serendipity Inns and Bars, a new company set up by Richard Cox and Kieran Rabbit, has taken on its first pub
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Harvester launches new children’s menu for spring
Harvester, the Mitchells & Butlers-owned chain, has announced the launch of a new children’s menu for spring.
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NewsM&B restructures senior operations team
Mitchells & Butlers has restructured its senior operations teams around four business divisions, MCA has learnt.
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Analysis & InsightHad their fill?
Did the recovery in the wider economy mean that timing was always against Red Hot World Buffet emerging from the swathe of all-you-can-eat buffet operators that sprung up during the downturn? At the same time, Mark Wingett looks at the upcoming change at the top at Young’s and whether anyone will take up the challenge of unlocking the potential of Loch Fyne from Greene King.
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ETI creates property director role
Enterprise Inns has restructured its executive management team to bring in a property director, MCA understands.
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NewsPizza Hut commences sales process
Rutland Partners, the private equity backers of Pizza Hut Restaurants, has appointed advisors to oversee the sale of the c280-strong group
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Hopkins follows Urban to M&B
Chris Hopkins, formerly commercial director at Grosvenor Casinos, has joined former colleague Phil Urban at Mitchells & Butlers (M&B)
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M&B appoints new group head of recruitment
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has appointed Mark Gilbertson as its new group head of recruitment
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NewsSkingley steps down from M&B
Jeremy Skingley has become the latest long-serving brand operations director to retire from Mitchells & Butlers (M&B)
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Harvester donates 5,000 meals to local causes
Harvester, the Mitchells & Butlers-owned chain, has treated a multitude of charities local based near its 230 sites to free Christmas meals
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M&B’s Cox takes early retirement
M&B has announced that Richard Cox, brand operations director for Harvester, has decided to take early retirement
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Analyst corner: Collyer on M&B
Leading analyst Geof Collyer at Deutsche Bank believes that the Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) supertanker has finally turned the corner but estimates that progress to full steam ahead is 18-24 months away
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Analysis & InsightM&B triple number of Christmas dinners sold
The number of Christmas dinners sold at M&B pubs during the first half of December tripled between 2012 and 2014