All MCA Insight articles in January 2024 – Page 10
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News
Pizza Hut appoints regional CMO
Jana Ulaite, formerly head of marketing at TikTok, is tasked with transforming Pizza Hut into a “younger, more culturally relevant, and digital-first brand”
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Analysis & Insight
Festive activities give sector 8.9% boost
Christmas parties fuelled spending at pubs, bars and clubs, up 7.9%, while restaurants, though still in a -8.8% decline, had their best month since August.
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Interviews
WatchHouse: ‘People who take the risks are the ones who win’
With ambitions to open 500 WatchHouse coffee shops in the next ten years, CEO Roland Horne explains how a distinctive approach to risk and legacy is emboldening the brand’s rapid expansion plans
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Interviews
Crêpeaffaire targeting 100-site mark
The crêpe specialist is targeting up to 350 sites in the next five years, including 100 in the UK as it continues its national and international rollout, founder Daniel Spinath tells MCA
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News
Costa Coffee appoints CMO
Cecile Angrand has previously worked for Bel, Mars, Nesporesso and Cadbury
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Analysis & Insight
Festive celebrations boost hospitality spending
Christmas parties and gatherings fuelled spending growth at pubs, bars and clubs by 7.9% in December, according to Barclays data
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Domino’s begins trial with Uber Eats
The delivery trial follows the announcement last year of a global agreement between the two companies
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Analysis & Insight
Foodservice inflation ‘falls like a feather’
The CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index (FPI) for November saw inflation fall to 15.0% - its lowest level since July 2022 - but the rate of decline remains stubbornly slow
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News
Stephen Finch departs Vagabond
According to updates on Companies House, Finch is no longer a person with significant control at the Imbiba-backed wine bar concept, which he founded in 2010
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News
Papa John’s closes multiple ‘non-viable’ franchises
As the US pizza brand optimizes its UK business, it expects to make more strategic closures of low-performing restaurants to drive improved profitability
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News
Ralph Trustees backs Pure
After Whitbread exited its stake in the health-focused food to go chain, MCA understands that family-run hospitality group Ralph Trustees has stepped in as its new backer
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Insomnia Cookies UK appoints head of property
The late-night cookie brand has appointed Kevin Norman, who joins the company from Rekom UK, as head of property
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News
RMT calls off London Underground industrial action
UKHospitality had warned that the planned strikes, set to cause widespread disruption across London Underground services, were expected to cost the sector up to £50m
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News
Incipio closes Pergola Paddington
The outdoor food and drinks venue will close on 20 January following six and a half years of trading
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News
Hannah Berry joins MJMK Restaurants
After six months at Azumi Restaurant Group, Berry has been appointed marketing director for the Casa do Frango operator
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News
London tube strike to go ahead as talks end without breakthrough
The London Underground will come to an effective standstill for most of next week
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News
Diageo shares hit lowest level in four years amid China trade row
Shares at the Guinness maker are now trading at their lowest level since November 2020 in the face of weakening sales and trouble with Chinese trade
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Analysis & Insight
Will weight loss drugs kill the fast food business?
Many firms see the dire forecasts as ‘overblown,’ but they know they will have to adapt products to make ‘every bite counts’
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Analysis & Insight
Living wage 'forces' bar closures
Revolution is shutting one in ten of its venues as it seeks to reduce losses before the government’s increase to the national living wage
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Interviews
UK’s alcohol-free beer Lucky Saint says it is not reliant on teetotallers
The start-up’s founder says customers looking to moderate their intake is the biggest driver of sales