All MCA Insight articles in January 2015 – Page 7
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NewsCote eyes 15 openings
Cote is looking to open up to 15 new sites across the UK this year, which would take its estate past the 70-restaurant mark
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NewsPrezzo shareholders accept TPG Capital bid
The board of Prezzo has announced shareholders have accepted TPG Capital £303.7m bid to acquire the company.
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Burger Bear secures Old Street roundabout site
Burger Bear, the burger concept that began as street food stall is opening its first permanent restaurant site in Hackney in March on the Old Street roundabout, M&C Report has learnt
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D&M unveils plans for second Refinery
Drake & Morgan, the Bowmark Capital-backed restaurant and bar group, is opening its eighth venue at London’s Regent’s Place this spring
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Berkley Street ‘London’s top restaurant location’
Berkley Street in Mayfair is becoming London’s most sought-after restaurant location, according to Collier International.
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Dark Star offers to turn failing Tesco stores back into pubs
Dark Star Brewing has contacted Tesco offering to take on any former pubs among the 43 stores the supermarket giant is closing across the UK.
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Diners to vote in Sustainable Restaurant Awards for first time
This year’s Sustainable Restaurant Awards will, for the first time, feature nominations from diners.
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Sacla to enter food service market
Sacla, the Italian pesto and pasta sauce brand, is entering the food service market in the UK for the first time with a range of sauces, pesto, vegetables and anti-pastas, M&C Report has learnt
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Exclusive Inns to add to accommodation offer
Exclusive Inns, the Suffolk-based freehold pub operator, is planning to add letting rooms to another two of its sites, M&C Report understands.
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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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