All Honest Burgers articles – Page 3

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    Interviews

    Honest Burgers co-founder Phillip Eeles: 'Let’s innovate, let’s be nimble, and let’s crack on'

    2020-06-26T07:46:00Z

    For countless operators across the sector, the extent of their ambition through the coronavirus crisis amounts to one thing – surviving. And rightly so. Faced with a three-month closure and a complete collapse in like-for-likes overnight, even to survive this period would be no mean feat for many businesses. But as co-founder Philip Eeles tells MCA, Honest Burgers isn’t one of them.

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    News

    Honest reveals reopening plans

    2020-04-23T09:36:00Z

    Honest Burgers is planning to re-open some of its sites for delivery-only as early next month, Big Hospitality reports.

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    News

    Honest, Creams and The Antonio Carluccio Foundation launch support schemes

    2020-04-07T07:52:00Z

    Honest Burgers and Creams are the latest operators to launch NHS and community support initiatives in response to the coronavirus pandemic, whilst industry charity The Antonio Carluccio Foundation has extended its funding.

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    News

    Honest redeploys staff to retail and care sectors

    2020-03-31T08:06:00Z

    Honest Burgers has created a scheme to allow furloughed members staff to be seconded to other businesses, particular in retail and care.

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    Analysis & Insight

    Steve Gotham: The devil in the detail on outlet growth

    2020-02-28T08:35:00Z

    Outlet numbers are a critical metric we closely study within MCA’s Operator Data Index. Recently we rechecked December 2019 numbers, reassessed growth trends and reviewed outlook announcements from operators, ahead of producing our own forecasts of expansion/contraction across 250 leading casual dining brands.

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    News

    Looking for signs of life

    2020-01-20T08:57:00Z

    Graeme Smith and Craig Rachel look at M&A activity in 2019.

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    News

    Honest Burgers secures Covent Garden site

    2020-01-14T08:30:00Z

    Honest Burgers have further strengthened their London estate with a new site in Covent Garden.

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    News

    Honest Burgers lines up St Paul’s site

    2019-11-05T07:51:00Z

    Honest Burgers has lined up an opening in Paternoster Square, on the former site of Ernest Jones, MCA understands.

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    News

    Rare Restaurants appoints new group CFO

    2019-10-18T07:30:00Z

    Rare Restaurants, the operator of Gaucho and M Restaurants, has appointed Rob Dawson as group chief financial officer, MCA understands.

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    News

    TiPJAR begins rollout with Honest

    2019-09-27T07:35:00Z

    TiPJAR, the tip solutions platform from BrewDog retail director James Brown and Rosa’s Thai co-founder Alex Moore, has begun rolling out to restaurants, beginning with Honest Burgers.

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    Interviews

    Coqfighter: chicken for grown-ups

    2019-09-13T07:40:00Z

    In the early days of Coqfighter, a senior industry peer predicted that soon enough, they would be forced to ditch the vodka from their chicken batter due to mounting costs. The addition was inspired by Heston Blumenthal, with Coqfighter’s executive chef and ‘mad scientist’ Troy Sawyer using it to make the batter lighter and more crispy.

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    News

    Honest Burgers turnover grows but losses widen as it invests for expansion

    2019-09-11T07:22:00Z

    Honest Burgers has reported turnover up 38% to £30.7m in the full year ending 27 January 2019.

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    News

    Rare Restaurants ready for the next stage of growth

    2019-08-02T07:37:00Z

    Rare Restaurants has built up its senior team ready for the next chapter in its growth story, chief executive Martin Williams has told MCA.

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    News

    Rare Restaurants boosts its board

    2019-08-01T07:29:00Z

    Rare Restaurants has appointed two new members to its board, as it looks navigate “its next ambitious chapter”.

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    Opinion

    Patty & Bun: 'Complacency is death'

    2019-07-10T07:49:00Z

    Joe Grossman’s London-centric chain Patty & Bun is responding to challenges in the premium burger market with two new concepts and the launch of several vegan dishes, as Restaurant magazine’s Joe Lutrario finds out.

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    Opinion

    Bun fight

    2019-05-09T07:45:00Z

    Competition in the premium burger space is at an all-time high. Some are concentrating on getting the basics right, while others are expanding menus with novelty items. Restaurant Magazine’s Joe Lutrario investigates

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    News

    Active acquires stake in Northern Monk

    2019-05-09T07:44:00Z

    Leeds-based craft brewer Northern Monk has sold a stake in its business to Leon and Honest Burgers backer Active Partners.

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    Analysis & Insight

    Burger battleground in Covent Garden

    2019-05-03T07:54:00Z

    MCA market insight director Steve Gotham examines the fierce competition for the patty pound in one of London’s busiest markets and asks whether Covent Garden can be viewed as a microcosm of the wider market.

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    Opinion

    Gotham’s Easter quiz

    2019-04-18T07:21:00Z

    With the Easter bank holiday weekend almost upon us, MCA’s market insight director Steve Gotham offers up a bit of a light-hearted break from the norm with a test of your knowledge of the eating and drinking out market.

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    News

    Runners and riders highlight health of sector

    2019-04-17T07:18:00Z

    What sets the companies riding high in the AlixPartners Growth Company Index apart from their peers and able to continue to perform in the face of unprecedented headwinds? Graeme Smith and Craig Rachel take a closer look at the what this year’s list tells us about wider trends in the sector.