All MCA Insight articles in January 2019 – Page 12
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Freehold pub prices up 6.9% in 2018
The latest survey of pub prices by Fleurets has shown freehold prices growing 6.9% in 2018 to an average of £445,537.
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Greggs managed lfls up 5.2% in Q4
Greggs saw like-for-like sales (lfls) grow 2.9% at its company-managed stores in the year to 29 December with total sales growing 7.2%.
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SEV eyes Shoreditch site for Hijingo
Social Entertainment Ventures (SEV), the operator of Bounce and Puttshack, has lined up a site in Shoreditch for its Hijingo Bingo concept.
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Livelyhood Pubs acquires sixth London site
Livelyhood Pub Group has secured a sixth site in south London.
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Radix joins Petersham Nurseries
Bharti Radix, formerly of Draft House and Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, has joined Petersham Nurseries as finance director, MCA understands.
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Uber Eats trials variable delivery charge
Uber Eats is trialling a variable delivery charge that depends on how far the consumer lives from the restaurant.
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Canteen at Royal Festival Hall replaced by Spiritland
Spiritland, the music-led concept, has replaced its Canteen diner concept at Royal Festival Hall with a theatre-inspired 180-cover, late night restaurant.
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Starbucks scales back speciality ambitions
Starbucks chief executive Kevin Johnson has scaled down his predecessor’s aspirations to open 1,000 of its speciality-style Reserve format coffee shops.
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200 Degrees secures Lincoln site
200 Degrees, the Foresight-backed speciality coffee shop operator and wholesaler, is set to open in Lincoln for its eight site.
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Christmas trading update, part 2
With January now in full swing, and many more operators having crunched the numbers, MCA takes another look at how the festive trading faired for the sector, with strong like-for-like growth reported by many. Featuring Brasserie Bar Co, Crussh, Arc inspirations and Dirty Martini
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Tossed sees strong lfls on back of tough trading year
Healthy-eating chain Tossed has seen strong like-for-like (lfl) sales growth for the year to date, following a tough trading period in the financial year ended 31 March 2018.
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Discount app Dinabite looks to roll out across capital
Restaurant discount app Dinabite is looking to expand its reach across the capital. The East London start-up has just launched its new app and are working to cover the whole of London by the end of the year.
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Consumers to curb spending in 2019 - RSM
Consumers plan to curb their spending on going to the pub, eating out, and ordering takeaway in 2019, according to research by RSM.
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Young’s to launch The Depot in Greenwich in April
Young’s has announced the opening date and name for its long-awaited site in the Kidbrooke development in Greenwich.
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Analysts corner: Peel Hunt on Greene King
Leading analysts Douglas Jack and Ivor Jones, of Peel Hunt, have given their view on this morning’s year-to-date trading statement from Greene King, saying it represents a “very strong start to statement season”.
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Food inflation exceeded 6% in November
Foodservice price inflation exceeded 6% in November, driven by steep rises in dairy, fish, oils and fats, the latest figures show.
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Three Joes exceeds 80% of £400k crowdfund goal in 24 hours
Three Joes, the pizza concept from POD co-founders Tim Hall and Emma Blackmore, and former Byron operations director, Peter Bruton, has raised more than 80% of its £400,000 crowdfunding target with 24 hours of its launch on Crowdcube.
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GK YTD managed lfls up 3.2%
Greene King has this morning updated on trading in the 36 weeks to 6 January, in which its managed Pub Company arm grew like-for-like sales by 3.2%.
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Cookie cutter rollouts should be consigned to history
Tim Mutton, founder of specialist F&B design agency Blacksheep, discusses his concerns that rapid rollout programmes have led many brands to mimic the look and feel of competitors. He asks why the sector has not kept up with the relentless pace of innovation in other industries and argues that the successful operators will be the ones with the courage to do things differently.
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Toridoll to bring Marugame Udon to UK
Japanese restaurant group, Toridoll Holdings, is to bring its Marugame Udon brand to the UK, after partnering with Seeds Consulting.