All MCA Insight articles in January 2018 – Page 5
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OpinionHow to create a successful national marketing campaign
Following the news earlier this month that cross-industry consumer campaign There’s A Beer For That (TABFT) will be evolving to focus on beer duty, programme director David Cunningham discusses the marketing strategy for the national campaign and how its successes will influence activities in the future.
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News
Honest Burgers strengthens team
Honest Burgers has strengthened its head office team, ahead of further expansion over the next 12 months
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Crepeaffaire eyes new formats as it looks to triple estate
Crepeaffaire, which has just secured £2m investment from BGF, will look at different store formats as it seeks to triple its UK estate from 15 to 45 in the next four years, MCA has learnt.
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NewsMarket Halls targets 10-12 food halls
Market Halls, the food hall concept from Andy Lewis-Pratt and Simon Anderson, has announced its first three locations
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Discounting predicted to remain at elevated levels
The level of discounting in the eating and drinking-out sector hit epic proportions last year and shows no sign of abating as we head into 2018, according to industry experts.
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Best Bar None finalists announced
Bolton, Sheffield, Plymouth and Torquay have made it through to the final of the ‘National Best Bar None Awards’
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Tapas Revolution set for Chester
Tapas Revolution, the Spanish tapas group from Omar Allibhoy, is set for further expansion in the north west, after securing a site in Chester.
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Hammond swaps Cabana for Elite
Sarah Hammond has left her role as head of people at Cabana to join Kent & Sussex-based operator, Elite Pubs.
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Fever-Tree UK revenue up 96% in 2017
Fever-Tree, the premium mixers and spirits producer, has said revenue in the UK for the year to 31 December is expected to be up 96% on the previous year.
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Sugar tax may boost lager sales
Researchers have found that lager sales increase when the price of sugary drinks goes up
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Ex-Jamie Oliver Restaurants MD joins No 1 Lounges
Ryan Jacovides, the former managing director of Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, has joined No 1 Lounges, the airport lounge operator, as chief operation officer, MCA understands. Jacovides had been with the Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group since 2009, starting out as operations manager, before becoming regional director, director of operations, and ...
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NewsBrunning & Price acquires new site in Warwickshire
Brunning & Price has acquired a new site in Warwickshire, as the pub operator continues to expand outside its heartland.
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NewsBar 44 recruits operations director as it targets fifth site
South Wales-based restaurant group Bar 44 Tapas y Copas has recruited Natalie Isaac as its new operations director as the business looks to expand.
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NewsMarston’s eyes 25 openings in FY19
Future growth will come from Marston’s pipeline of new site development, as well as the realisation of opportunities following its acquisition of Charles Wells Brewing Business, chief executive Ralph Findlay told MCA.
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Opinion
Every day is a discount day
A necessary evil or just the norm? Georgi Gyton investigates the growing spread of discounting, and asks what we can expect from the year ahead.
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NewsJDW Q2 lfls up 6%
JD Wetherspoon saw like-for-like sales in the 12 weeks to 21 January increase 6%, with total sales up 4.3%.
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Ex-Greene King FD joins Byron
David Brown, a former finance director of Greene King, has joined Byron, the struggling better burger chain, as its interim chief financial director
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Freshii makes London debut
Freshii, the health-focus, fast-casual chain, has launched its first site in London, in Chancery Lane
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Wing Wing to double up
Wing Wing, a Korean-style chicken and beer ‘chimaek’ shop concept, is to open its second site in London
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Ex-Tragus COO joins Tootoomoo board
James Parsons, the ex-chief operating officer of Tragus, has joined the board of Tootoomoo