All MCA Insight articles in January 2022
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Analysis & Insight
Food to Go: Innovation continues to drive recovery
This year is set to be an exciting one of innovation, concept development and new ways of doing business in food to go, according to IGD
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News
Busaba profits £2.87m year after CVA
The Thai-inspired casual dining operator said its balance sheet had been favourably impacted by the write off of supplier debts in the CVA
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News
Greggs named most admired company
The brand was hailed for its quality of management, inspirational leadership and effective corporate governance, at the Britain’s Most Admired Companies awards
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Daisy Green eyes expansion
The Antipodean café operator plans to open two to three sites per year, as well as expand its direct to consumer business, having raised £2.6m in equity capital
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Interviews
The Alchemist hails greenkeeper sustainability champions
In the latest in a series profiling the nominees of our new Sustainability category at the Retailers’ Retailer Awards, MCA speaks to The Alchemist about how its bartenders, chefs and waiters are stepping up to the plate
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News
Food To Conference 2022: new sessions announced
Tortilla and Wasabi join a panel on the investment climate, while Greggs and Pure will discuss the value of customer loyalty
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Arc Inspirations secures £14m arrangement with HSBC
It includes a separate £5m facility to underpin the group’s expansion and growth
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UKH produces calorie labelling guidance
It is intended to help affected businesses and ensure consistent enforcement post-April, and is available to anyone in the sector, including non-members
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Richard Caring in bun fight for control of the Wolseley
The billionaire is eyeing up a bid for the celebrities’ favourite restaurant, The Times reports
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News
Mitchells & Butlers is left with a sweet hangover
M&B chief executive Phil Urban has long hoped that this will prove a big weekend for his 1,640-odd pubs, The Sunday Times reports
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News
Wolseley owner Corbin & King lands in the soup as investor battles for control
In the Corbin & King saga, culinary art has clashed with commerce, The Sunday Times reports
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News
Upper Crust owner faces revolt over paying bonuses despite keeping furlough cash
SSP is braced for a row with shareholders over a decision to pay bosses bonuses while refusing to repay taxpayer-funded furlough cash, The Sunday Telegraph reports
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Pubs and brewers call for level playing field on tax
A group of UK publicans and brewers have written an open letter to Chancellor Rishi Sunak calling for a levelling up of the high tax rates that are burdening businesses.
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News
Wagamama to fully reopen London estate
The Restaurant Group-owned business said that following months of increased demand at Wagamama’s other central London sites, the five that had stayed shuttered would reopen over the next month
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News
Gordon Ramsay to open third Savoy restaurant
Restaurant 1890 by Gordon Ramsay will open on 23 February and will pay homage to French chef and restauranteur Georges Auguste Escoffier.
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News
Busaba branches out with new concept
The Thai restaurant group is to open an Asia inspired cocktail bar, called Ajia, in Oxford, next month.
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Interviews
Hero Award: Ian Cutler was ‘the conscience’ of M&B
In the latest of a series of articles profiling nominees for MCA’s Hero Award at the Retailers’ Retailer Awards, we speak to M&B CEO Phil Urban about why he nominated his head of safety
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Analysis & Insight
Drinks sales lag behind pre-pandemic
Drinks sales in England were 10% down on 2020 levels, but in Scotland and Wales, where restrictions have been stricter, they were 25% and 24% short respectively
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News
Pizza Punks breaks the mould on delivery
Pizza Punks is to build on its innovative waiters at the door delivery concept, as well as appoint two new senior figures over the coming months
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News
UK contributes to strong lfl growth for McDonald’s
Strong sales at McDonald’s UK & Ireland have contributed to significant like-for-like growth in the global fast-food chain’s international markets.