All MCA Insight articles in January 2019 – Page 11
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Brighton Pier Group reports “challenging” conditions for bars
Brighton Pier Group, the Luke Johnson-chaired group, has said it expects pre-tax profits to be c18% lower than expected in the current financial year.
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Polpo’s Notting Hill site on the market
Polpo’s Notting Hill restaurant is being marketed by CDG Leisure, MCA has learnt.
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Cityglen Pubs takes on sixth site
Cityglen Pubs is to open its sixth site in March, after taking on the former Gipsy Hill Tavern.
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Brand expert joins Thwaites board
Andrew Stothert, the former brand marketing director at AG Barr, has joined the board of Thwaites.
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Half Cup eyes Barts Square
Half Cup, the all-day brunch operator, is eyeing a second site, having submitted an application to open in Barts Square in the City of London.
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Fuel Juice closes four, posts c£1m loss
Fuel Juice Bars, the Kings Park Capital-backed concept, has closed a further four sites since entering into a CVA just over a year ago.
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Five Lads looks to expand franchise operation on national scale
Fast-casual peri peri chicken concept Five Lads is looking to roll out its franchise operation throughout the UK, MCA has learnt.
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Loungers selects advisors
Loungers, the Lion Capital-backed operator has chosen advisors ahead of a potential IPO push.
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M&B Q1 lfls up 4.7%
Mitchells & Butlers has reported like-for-like sales (lfls) in its first quarter – to 5 January – up 4.7%, with total sales growing 5.1%.
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Generation Next: Leggero
Gluten-free Italian restaurant business Leggero is looking to expand with a three-pronged strategy, which includes opening additional London sites.
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Papa John’s delivers host of new openings before the year-end
Papa John’s added nine new sites to its estate before the end of 2018, taking it well over the 400-site mark.
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Analysts corner: Greene King
Following Greene King’s trading update yesterday, MCA round-ups the views of analysts from JP Morgan Cazenove, Liberum, Hargreaves Lansdown and Goodbody.
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Inn Collection Group secures £10m OakNorth funding package
Alchemy-backed The Inn Collection Group has secured an additional £10m funding package from OakNorth, to support its plan to double the estate by 2022.
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NWTC to offer staff life insurance as standard
New World Trading Company is to offer full life insurance and critical illness cover to staff as standard.
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Analysis & Insight
Futureproofing for Generation Z
Chloe Combi, the Generation Z expert and co-founder of consultancy, Zed, looks at some of the ways in which the sector can appeal to a new breed of diners and drinkers. From playing to the tribe, tapping into a thirst for nostalgia and offering doggy bags, she explores what makes Gen Z tick.
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Deliveroo rolls out tranche of white label brands
Deliveroo has rolled out a number of virtual white label brands to its latest Editions kitchens in what appears to be a further move into vertical integration, MCA understands.
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Young’s acquires Wildwood site
Young’s has acquired the Wildwood restaurant in Cobham, MCA understands.
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Red Mist acquires Brasserie Blanc site
Red Mist Leisure has acquired its 10th pub, talking on the Brasserie Blanc site in Farnham, Surrey.
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Loungers to open 25 sites this year
Loungers is set to open seven new sites before its year-end in April, with 25 openings planned in total for 2019.
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Boo Burger eyes two more in 2019
Boo Burger, the Leicester fast food concept, is looking to open two further restaurant sites this year after trialling its offer with Deliveroo.