All MCA Insight articles in January 2019 – Page 7
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News
Chicago Rib Shack shutters two operations
Chicago Rib Shack has closed its Aldgate East restaurant, as well as its kitchen operation within The Gipsy Queen pub in Kentish Town, MCA understands.
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News
Lee Ginsberg steps down from Patisserie Holdings
Patisserie Holdings has announced that non-executive director and deputy chairman Lee Ginsberg has resigned with immediate effect.
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Cabinet row over menu calorie counts
Plans to introduce mandatory calorie counts on menus could be scrapped, after a rift emerged within the Government, reports have suggested this morning.
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Bubble & Squid dissolved
Bubble & Squid, the seafood shack concept form Paddy & Scott’s founder Paddy Bishopp has been dissolved, MCA has learnt.
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News
Dishoom: Third way advocate
With the opening of their latest (and current favourite) site in Manchester, has Dishoom made the step up to national operator? Not quite, according to co-founder and chief babu Shamil Thakrar, who spoke to Finn Scott-Delany.
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News
Analysts corner: Rollo on Whitbread
Morgan Stanley analyst Jamie Rollo gives five reasons to stay positive about Whitbread following its announcement of faltering like-for-like sales in its third quarter.
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News
Honest Burgers festive lfls up 22.2%
Honest Burgers saw like-for-like sales grow 22.2% in the three weeks to 6 January, the company has told MCA.
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Richoux board bids to go private
Richoux Group plans to cancel trading in its shares on AIM and re-register as a private company.
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News
Harris swaps Polpo for East London Pub Co
Graham Harris, the former finance director at All Star Lanes, is understood to have joined East London Pub Co.
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News
Revere to open Lazy Pig in the Pantry in Chesham
Revere, Marston’s premium pub arm, is to open the Lazy Pig in the Pantry in Chesham, Buckinghamshire this Spring.
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Nusa eyes delivery-only with launch in Canary Wharf
Nusa Kitchen, the Singapore soup concept, has opened a delivery-only site in Canary Wharf, a part of business it hopes to expand via B2B platforms such as Seamless and Feedr.
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Cross-party group of MPs calls for pub business rates reform
A cross-party group of MPs has called for meaningful reform of business rates at a Parliamentary debate on the future of Britain’s pubs.
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News
Sushimania looks to add up to four this year
Sushimania is looking to add another three or four sites to its estate in the next 12 months, and is currently negotiating on sites in St Albans and Camden, MCA understands.
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News
Young’s acquires Upham pub
Young’s has acquired The Plantation in Canford Cliffs, Poole, from Upham Pub Company.
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NewRiver beer volumes up 10.2% at Christmas
NewRiver has reported beer volumes across its 671-strong pub estate up 10.2% in the two weeks to 31 December.
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Clive Watson: Price increases, delivery and accommodation
City Pub Company expects to see the positive impact of price increases in its current financial year after reporting like-for-like sales growth of 1.6% in 2018 largely through volume growth.
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Whitbread f&b sales down 2.2% in YTD
Whitbread has delivered its first trading update since the £3.9bn sale of Costa to Coca-Cola, reporting like-for-like sales across its remaining estate down 0.6%.
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Opinion
Brand Watch: ZA by PizzaExpress
Following yesterday’s revelation that PizzaExpress is launching a new brand, ZA, taking it into the food to go sector, James Wallin takes a closer look at how the company looked to the past to create a new vision for the future.
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News
Analysts corner: City Pub Company
Following its 2018 trading update, analysts at Liberum and Berenberg share their views on City Pub Company’s performance.
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Analysis & Insight
The Dom Walsh Awards 2019
Our regular columnist hands out his annual awards to brands and operators who have made the past 12 months newsworthy – for better or for worse