All MCA Insight articles in January 2015 – Page 18
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Carlsberg consider options for Special Brew and Skol Super
Carlsberg is to review the futures of Special Brew and Skol Super in the face of an industry crackdown on super-strength lager.
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More companies join BBPA waste packaging scheme
Nine new members have signed up to BBPA’s waste packaging compliance scheme.
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Korev lager to be official beer of Surfing GB
Korev Cornish Lager will be the official beer of Surfing GB, the national governing body for surfing in Great Britain.
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NewsPunch offers 21 new pub leases
Fleurets is marketing 21 new letting opportunities for Punch Taverns, the majority on nil premium.
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Jack: Cineworld FY to be in line
Leading analyst Douglas Jack expects full year trading at Cineworld to be broadly in line
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Weekend Press
Weekend press round-up, 10-11 January
A round-up of the relevant national and selected local press from the weekend
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OpinionWhen it all comes together
Describe the UK operating sweet spot at the moment, and all-day, fast casual and healthy would undoubtedly be at the forefront. As the market narrows to focus on this segment, one concept is in the perfect position to take advantage and build on growing momentum to finally go national and even international
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Corbin & King returns to profit for FY14
Corbin & King, the group behind the Wolseley and the Delaunay, has reported adjusted EBITDA up £308% for the year to 30 March 2014.
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NewsWagamama secures new head office
Wagamama, the Duke Street Capital-backed chain, is to move to a new headquarters in London, after securing a space in Soho’s Wardour Street
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Spaghetti House to close Knightsbridge site
Spaghetti House has announced that its branch at 77 Knightsbridge, London, will officially cease to trade after 46 years in business, on 29 January
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NewsTRG on track to create 2,500 new jobs
The Restaurant Group’s chief executive Danny Breithaupt says that the Frankie & Benny’s and Chiquito operator is on track to create c2,500 new jobs in 2015
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Former Drake & Morgan director plans eight sites for Pedler
Former Drake & Morgan director Taskin Muzaffer’s new Peckham restaurant Pedler is the first of eight sites planned for the capital over the next five years.
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NewsShepherd Neame grows Coffee & Ale House brand
Shepherd Neame has hailed the success of its Coffee & Ale House brand, which has been taken up by 50 of its 299 tenanted pubs in its first year.
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NewsM&C20 up following positive festive trading
Positive Christmas trading has helped M&B and The Restaurant Group’s share price while a weak Euro, fears of Ebola and terrorism in France may have affected travel concession operator SSP, says Will Brumby of Langton Capital as the M&C20 outperforms the All-Share Index
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Oakman Inns appoints Peach Pubs’ Taylor
Oakman Inns has recruited Jonathan Taylor from Peach Pubs for a new role aimed at managing a cluster of sites and training staff for promotion, M&C Report has learnt.
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Dunkin’ Donuts announces plans to open 1,400 China sites
Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc has unveiled what it calls its largest ever development agreement – with a plan to open 1,400 new Dunkin’ Donuts cafes in China over the next 20 years.
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River Cottage sets out “organic” growth plans
River Cottage Canteen, the restaurant group headed up by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, expects to open one or two restaurants in 2015 as it looks across the south spreading eastward from its current heartland, M&C Report has learnt
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Analysis & Insight
Speakeasies - blind pigs might fly
That disused room that doesn’t attract passers-by could be a highly marketable ‘open secret’ venue, says Jessica Mason.
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NewsAnalyst corner: TRG
Analysts have responded to TRG’s “solid performance” in its FY2014 trading update this morning with the consensus being that 2015 will present the company with opportunities for growth.
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Frizzenti director retorts to Prosecco legal battle
Daniel Spinath, director of sparkling wine supplier Frizzenti, has hit back at claims that selling Prosecco on tap will be “illegal” if Italian producers of the wine win the legal right to fine bars and pubs that sell the drink by the keg instead of bottles