All MCA Insight articles in January 2018 – Page 17
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Brunning & Price to take Beaconsfield Loch Fyne
Brunning & Price, the 52-strong, The Restaurant Group-owned pub operator, is set to further increase its presence in the south east, with an opening in Buckinghamshire. The company, which is set to soon open the Old Courthouse on the former Jamie’s Italian site in Cheltenham, has secured the Loch Fyne ...
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Arepa & Co to take ex-Paradise Garage site
Arepa & Co, the Venezuelan café bar concept, is to double its presence in the capital with an opening in Bethnal Green
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Upham lfls up 6.5% in December
Upham Group, the brewer and pub operator, saw gross pub sales on a like-for-like basis grow 6.5% to £2.3m in the five trading weeks to 31st December 2017.
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Dirty Martini sees 10.8% lfls growth in December
CG Restaurants & Bars has reported that its core Dirty Martini brand generated a 10.8% uplift in like-for-like sales in December
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McDonald’s agrees to pay £10-an-hour wages
McDonald’s is to pay staff aged over 25 in its company-owned stores £10-an-hour from 22 January.
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Twist Kitchen doubles up
Twist Kitchen is to open a second site in the capital, after securing a site in Stoke Newington
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Red Mist reports record December
Red Mist Leisure reported a record month in December, with sales exceeding £900,000 for the first time.
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NewsCrozier to replace Baker as Whitbread chair
Whitbread has announced that Adam Crozier is to replace Richard Baker as chairman at the end of the next financial year - 28 February.
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NewsStonegate festive lfls up 5.5%
Stonegate has reported like-for-like sales for the four weeks to 31 December up 5.5%.
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NewsGaucho appoints Meakin as CEO
Gaucho Group, the Argentine steak restaurant group, has appointed former Mitchells & Butlers director Oliver Meakin as its new chief executive.
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NewsFurther management changes at Byron
The management team at Byron, the better burger chain, is set to further change with the departures of its chief financial officer and commercial director
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NewsStrada shutters tranche of sites
Strada, the Italian restaurant chain backed by sector investor Hugh Osmond, closed a tranche of its sites over the festive season
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NewsBarworks reviews its options
Barworks, the London-based pub and bar group led by Marc Francis-Baum, is considering its funding options
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NewsPret introduces 50p reusable cup discount
Pret A Manger introduced its 50p discount yesterday to encourage more customers to bring reusable coffee cups into its sites.
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NewsDerbyshire swaps Itsu for Wagamama
Phil Derbyshire, formerly of the Casual Dining Group (CDG) and Itsu, is to become the new property director at Wagamama
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Kensington Roof Gardens to close
Kensington Roof Gardens has announced its imminent closure after 37 years in business
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NewsRequien swaps Park Chinois for D&D
Jean-Baptiste Requien has stepped down as director of operations at Park Chinois, the high-end Chinese restaurant and bar venue in Mayfair, to re-join D&D London
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NewsChicken & Blues to launch at Deliveroo Editions in Reading
Chicken & Blues is to open its third site after partnering with Deliveroo at its Reading Editions site.
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NewsVelez joins Black Sheep Coffee
Marta Velez has left Itsu to join Black Sheep Coffee, the fast-growing brand, as its new operations director
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NWTC beer guru named in Female Groundbreakers list
New World Trading Company’s beer guru, Lauren Soderberg, has been name as one of the female groundbreakers of 2017.