All JD Wetherspoon articles – Page 31
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Analysis & Insight
Learning to live with the Living Wage
With the eating and drinking out sector facing a war for talent over the coming years, the national living wage is an added hurdle to overcome. But how far does the sector have to go and does the announcement undermine efforts to build a broader platform of benefits for those seeking a career in hospitality? Also, what does the exit by the Tolley family from Harris + Hoole mean for Tesco’s other investments in dining out?
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News
Jack: Winners and losers of National Living Wage
Douglas Jack, of Numis, has altered his forecasts for most of the managed pub and restaurant to reflect the impact of the new National Living Wage.
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Analysts’ corner: JDW Q4 performance
Analysts give their verdict on JD Wetherspoon’s performance in the final quarter of its financial year, including what impact its pledge to increase starting wages by 8% is likely to have.
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Numis downgrades JDW 2016 projections
Leading analyst Douglas Jack, of Numis, has cut pre-tax profit forecasts for JD Wetherspoon after it announced a further 8% increase to staff starting pay.
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NewsJDW Q4 lfls up 2.9%, year to date 3.4%
JD Wetherspoon has reported a 2.9% rise in like-for-like sales in the 11 weeks to 12 July and a 3.4% increase in the year to date (50 weeks to 12 July).
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NewsJDW opening six pubs in July
JD Wetherspoon will open four pubs on the same day next week as part of a six-strong opening programme in July.
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Grain Store set for Gatwick Airport
Gatwick Airport’s South Terminal is to become the first location of chef Bruno Loubet and The Zetter Group’s (TGZ) Grain Store Café and Bar
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Breathalyser scheme risks ‘criminalising customers’
A new scheme in Cornwall in which pubs will volunteer to breathalyse customers before entry presents a risk of “criminalising customers”, a trade body has claimed.
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NewsSummer budget: Operators’ response
Operators and commentators tell M&C what impact they think yesterday’s Budget announcements, including the introduction of a National Living Wage, will have on the sector.
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OpinionCloud on the horizon of sector’s sunny outlook
Against a positive backdrop of economic stability, growing demand for eating out options and increasing interest from investors, why aren’t sector like-for-likes keeping pace. Peter Hansen, founder of Sapient Corporate Finance gives his view.
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NewsJDW to invest £10m on Glasgow hotel development
JD Wetherspoon aims to invest £10m in developing a hotel on a plot of land vacant next to its Crystal Palace pub in Glasgow
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NewsJDW: disposals a “commercial decision”
JD Wetherspoon has said that it has taken a commercial to dispose of its largest package of pubs since 2004
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NewsJack: JDW disposals make sense
Leading analyst Douglas Jack at Numis has said that JD Wetherspoon’s plan to dispose of 20 sites makes sense
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NewsJDW places 20-strong package of pubs on the market
JD Wetherspoon has placed a package of 20 leasehold pubs on the market
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Analysis & InsightJDW top pub brand for consumer awareness
JD Wetherspoon is leading the pub market in terms of consumer awareness, consideration and usage, according to M&C Allegra Foodservice’s Q1 2015 Pub Brand Monitor.
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NewsPotbelly UK appoints head of operations
Potbelly, the US sandwich chain, has appointed James Rushton as head of operations for its fledgling UK venture
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JDW invests £9m in four new hotels
JD Wetherspoon will open four new hotels in a £9m investment in the next ten weeks.
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NewsMcDonald’s and Nando’s lead on social media engagement
Nando’s, McDonald’s and Domino’s lead the way when it comes to social media engagement in the UK’s eating and drinking-out sector,
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Analysis & InsightManaging expectations
The pub market is expected to reach a value of £24.3bn by 2018. This growth will be driven mainly by managed & branded pubs, but the challenge for this sector is to manage expectations as consumers increasingly measure operators against their restaurant peer group
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Analysis & InsightWet is the new dry
Amber Taverns has made a mockery of the industry adage that pubs need to serve food to succeed. James Wallin spoke to the founders to find out how they kept faith with the old-fashioned wet-led boozer