All MCA Insight articles in January 2019 – Page 13
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Taco Bell partners with Deliveroo in London
Taco Bell has partnered with Deliveroo across its London sites.
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Christou promoted to COO of Pret
Pano Christou has been promoted to chief operating officer at Pret, MCA understands.
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Happy Bar & Grill secures prime London TGI site
Happy Bar & Grill, the Bulgarian restaurant chain, is to make its debut in the UK after taking on the TGI Fridays site in London’s Coventry Street.
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Analysts corner: Wagamama
On the back of Wagamama’s Q2 trading update (see below), Peel Hunt analysts Douglas Jack and Ivor Jones have noted that costs “continue to surge”. They take a look at the prospects for the brand and its new parent company, The Restaurant Group, throughout 2019.
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Eric's to open two new sites in Spring
Eric’s Fish and Chips, the restaurant concept from the team behind Norfolk’s Titchwell Manor, is opening two new restaurants in early Spring 2019, MCA understands.
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Crussh to put vegan store to the vote
Crussh, the healthy grab and go concept, is trialling a vegan-only store in Soho, which it could convert permanently if customer demand warrants it.
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Emilia's Crafted Pasta to double up
Emilia’s Crafted Pasta, the St Katharine Docks concept, is opening a new site in Aldgate in February for its second restaurant.
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German salad concept looking to launch in the UK
German chopped salad concept Salaid is looking to launch in the UK through a franchise operation, MCA understands.
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Carluccio's appoints new marketing director
Carluccio’s has appointed Hilary Ansell as its new marketing director.
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McDonald’s adds first veggie Happy Meal to menu
McDonald’s UK has added a vegetarian wrap to its Happy Meal menu for the first time.
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Coca-Cola completes Costa acquisition
The Coca-Cola Company has completed its acquisition of Costa Limited from Whitbread PLC, it was announced yesterday.
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Analysis & Insight
Global menu trends for 2019
MCA’s sister title Food Spark asked its expert food panel what dishes, cuisines and technological innovations are going mainstream where they are in the world.
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McMullen to add at least four to managed estate in 2019
McMullen is looking to grow its managed pub estate by at least four sites in 2019, MCA has learnt.
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Burning Night to be 'cleaned up' ahead of trade sale
Burning Night Group’s venues, which were bought out of administration over the Christmas holidays, will be held by buyer Access Commercial Finance for at least 12 months while the business is ‘cleaned up’, before a trade sale is considered, MCA has learnt.
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Christmas trading update
Amid the blizzard of out-of-office replies this week, MCA has been able to gauge early signs of Christmas trading performance across the sector. Features D&D London, TGI Fridays, Stonegate, Hippo Inns and Coaching Inn Group
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Wagamama Q2 lfls up 12%
Wagamama saw UK like-for-like sales (lfls) grow 12% in its second quarter - the 12 weeks to 11 November.
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Opinion
Cool beans: The growth of speciality coffee
As Department of Coffee and Social Affairs and others make moves in the specialty coffee space, Finn Scott-Delany looks at the scope for growth and consolidation in the market.
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Gusto reports positive trading outlook despite hit to operating loss
Gusto Italian has seen a good trading performance for the year to date, with like-for-like sales in December up 7%, in what managing director Matt Snell described to MCA as “a stellar performance”.
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CDG partners with UK universities on new L&D courses
Casual Dining Group (CDG) has added a number of new courses to its learning and development programme, in partnership with UK universities.
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Vagabond set for St Paul's
Vagabond Wines, the wine shop, bar and deli concept, is looking to open in St Paul’s for its seventh London site, MCA understands.