All MCA Insight articles in January 2016 – Page 3
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SSP’s UK Q1 lfls “grew strongly”
SSP said it made a good start to its new financial year and that expectations for its full year remain positive and unchanged
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Fish-focused Galley secures United Ramen site
Galley, a restaurant serving international dishes with a strong focus on fish, is set to open its doors on Islington’s Upper Street next month
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Analysis & InsightOnes to watch
Mark Wingett studies the tea leaves before taking a look at eight concepts that he believes have an interesting 12 months ahead in terms of expansion and establishing themselves in the national consciousness
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NewsM&B lfls down 1%
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has this morning reported a 1% drop in like-for-like sales for the 17 weeks to 23 January 2016
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NewsFuller’s managed lfls up 5.3%
Fuller’s has reported like-for-like sales up 5.3% in its managed estate for the 43 weeks to 23 January.
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Analysis & Insight
Eating out spend over Christmas fell
The number of people eating out over Christmas rose marginally but average spend dropped, the latest figures from Horizons show.
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Analysis & Insight
Drinking out spend up 22% in December
Drinking out spend rocketed in December after a weak November, up 22% with a 13% increase for eating out.
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Analysis & Insight
Consumers becoming increasingly more adventurous
Consumers are becoming increasingly adventurous with their eating and drinking out choice with the trend being driven by millennials, the Greene King Leisure Spend Tracker has shown.
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Analysis & Insight
A need to build your hops up?
Award-winning beer writer Will Hawkes gives his views on what he believes will be the key beer trends for 2016, including the expected impact on the sector of the global hop shortage and the possibility of a surprise resurgence of fruit beers
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NewsNew salad bar concept for London
A salad bar concept which began as a blog has secured a permanent site in Neal’s Yard and will open in March.
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Fuel Juice Bars up to 30 sites
Fuel Juice Bars, the Kings Park Capital-backed smoothie and juice bar concept, has reported like-for-like sales up 5.5% for its first quarter and three new sites to take its estate to 30.
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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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Five Guys set for North East double
Five Guys is set to open its first two sites in the North East in the next couple of months, after securing a site in Newcastle
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CAU eyes overseas opportunities
CAU is eyeing overseas opportunities and expects to open a further international site by the end of this year
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Palmer becomes Bill’s property director
Bill’s Restaurants, the Richard Caring-backed concept, has promoted Tony Palmer to the role of property director
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Night Tube ‘still months away’
The start of Night Tube is still months away and may not even happen until after the London Mayoral election on May 5, unions have warned.
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Young become Aubaine CEO
Aubaine has appointed Nick Young, formally operations director at Spirit Pub Company and PizzaExpress, as its new UK chief executive
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Britvic UK revenue falls 1.2% in Q1
Britvic has reported a further fall in UK revenue – down 1.2% with Actual Realised Price (ARP) flat for the 12 weeks to 20 December.
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Itsu makes North West debut
Itsu, the Julian Metcalfe-founded, Asian-inspired brand, has made its debut in the North West in Manchester’s Spinningfields
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NewsFlypay and Deliveroo named in Bloomberg innovators
Mobile payment app Flypay has been named alongside Deliveroo in the inaugural Bloomberg Business Innovators list.