All MCA Insight articles in January 2016 – Page 16
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Downing partners with Burning Night on new concept
Downing LLP has committed over £3m for the roll out of bar and grill concept Potting Shed Bar and Gardens, with the Burning Night Group.
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Camino LFLs up 20%, takes on new marketing manager
Camino has reported December LFL trading was up almost 20% on 2014 and the Spanish restaurant group has “strengthened the bench” with a new marketing manager, M&C understands.
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NewsBe At One reports strong December
Be At One is on target to achieve full-year like-for-like sales growth of over 9% for the fourth consecutive year
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Crussh strengthens head office team
Crussh, the London-based healthy eating concept, has appointed Rowan Grobler, formerly of Nando’s, as its new finance director
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‘No closed door’ to sugar tax
New evidence supporting the introduction of a sugar tax has meant there is “no closed door” to the measure, according to a report in The Times this morning.
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Majestic Wine sees festive sales boost
Majestic Wine saw sales rise 7.3% for the 10 weeks to 4 January, with group sales up a total of 42.6%, boosted by a strong performance from recently acquired online retailer Naked Wines.
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NewsBrasserie Bar Co grows pipeline
Brasserie Bar Co has reported a 6% increase in like-for-like sales across its Brasserie Blanc chain and a 9% rise across its White Brasserie Pub Company during December.
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NewsAzzurri appoints new MD for ASK
The Azzurri Group, operator of Zizzi and Coco di Mama, has appointed Harry Heeley, formerly of the National Trust, as the new managing director of its ASK Italian brand, M&C understands.
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Giraffe to Stop at Heathrow T3
Giraffe, the Tesco-backed chain, is to launch a further transport site under its Stop format at Heathrow Airport later this year
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NewsAmber Taverns seeks growth to 125 in 2016
James Baer, managing director of Amber Taverns has told M&C he expects the company to grow to 125 sites in 2016.
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Analysis & InsightIt’s the maths, stupid
JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin asks how well individual publicans, pubcos and the trade press understand the tax and economic disparity between pubs and supermarkets? And how well have the issues been articulated to the public?
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Coffee#1 lines up four new sites
Coffee#1, the SA Brain-owned coffee shop brand, has lined up a further four openings between now and March.
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Mothership launches hot dog concept
Nightclub operator the Mothership Group has launched a new gourmet hot dog restaurant at its Brighton venue, Patterns.
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Hill & Szrok to open Old Street pub
The team behind successful London butcher and cookshop Hill & Szrok, in Broadway Market, have announced the opening of their first pub on Old Street.
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Beds & Bars eyes more franchise opportunities
Beds & Bars is planning an initial 10 franchise partnerships after its deal with Copenhagen Downtown Hostel in Denmark helped boost revenue by 36%.
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Midlands brewer raises £10m to open 50 pubs
West Midlands-based Global Star has raised £10m to build a 50-strong estate of pubs under the Dares from Davenports brand over the next five years.
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Analysis & Insight
Horizon: Foodservice trends for 2016
The Olympic Games in Rio this summer is likely to drive interest in South American food, according to the new year predictions by foodservice consultancy Horizons.
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Revere to open smokehouse in Victoria
Revere Pub Company is opening an American-inspired smokehouse concept in a basement pub in Victoria as it seeks a growth rate of up to five sites a year, M&C understands.
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NewsHouse to leave Wagamama
Glyn House is to step down from Wagamama after 10 years with the company, including the last eight as operations director
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NewsSplendid to support Jack & Alice growth
Jack & Alice, the concept led by former Mitchells & Butlers retail director Mark Hall, has come under the umbrella of Splendid Restaurants