All MCA Insight articles in July 2013 – Page 5

  • News

    Orchid integrates data systems

    2013-07-26T07:34:00Z

    Orchid Group has claimed an industry first by integrating the data from its loyalty card, reservation and till data systems

  • News

    Chinn to make UK debut

    2013-07-26T07:34:00Z

    High-profile chef Bobby Chinn is to open his first UK restaurant in London’s Soho this autumn

  • News

    Ceviche to operate Heathrow pop-up

    2013-07-26T07:34:00Z

    Ceviche is to operates a pop-up restaurant, at Heathrow Airport in partnership with Virgin Atlantic

  • News

    McMullen's to name new pub after royal prince

    2013-07-26T07:34:00Z

    McMullen’s is to open its eighth Chicken & Grill pub, a new build in Milton Keynes, which will be named after the new royal prince

  • Deloitte consumer spending table
    Analysis & Insight

    Eating-out spend increasing

    2013-07-25T12:04:00Z

    Consumer spending on eating out is increasing as confidence begins to return to UK households, according to Deloitte

  • Wild Lime, Banbury
    News

    Bramwell opens second Wild Lime

    2013-07-25T11:06:00Z

    Bramwell Pub Company, the managed operator, has opened the second of its three pilot Wild Lime Bar & Kitchen sites in Banbury, Oxfordshire

  • News

    Ramsay secures Battersea site

    2013-07-25T10:17:00Z

    Gordon Ramsay is believed to have secured the former Bennett’s Brasserie and Oyster Bar site in Battersea Square for his next restaurant venture

  • News

    Fuller's mends roofs while the sun shines

    2013-07-25T08:10:00Z

    Fuller, Smith & Turner has caught up on the repairs programme and trading that was disrupted by last year’s summer rain

  • News

    TRG Concessions opens Frae at Heathrow

    2013-07-25T08:00:00Z

    TRG Concessions has opened its first site with Frae, the frozen yoghurt concept, as a pop-up at Heathrow Terminal 5

  • News

    CGR plans multi-million pound expansion

    2013-07-25T07:59:00Z

    CG Restaurants & Bars plans to acquire 12 new sites in London over the next three years, centred on high-end retail and footfall locations

  • News

    M&B reports 1.6% rise in Q3 lfls

    2013-07-25T07:58:00Z

    Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has this morning reported a 1.6% increase in like-for-like sales in its third quarter, including a 2% rise in performance in the most recent nine weeks

  • Giraffe external shot
    News

    Joffe: Giraffe at the start of a “great journey”

    2013-07-25T07:57:00Z

    Russel Joffe, co-founder and managing director of Giraffe, has told M&C Report that the group’s relationship with new owner Tesco was “going well” and that both group’s were at the start of a “great journey”

  • News

    Wrap It Up! to introduce new design

    2013-07-25T07:55:00Z

    Wrap It Up!, the London-based world gourmet wrap concept, is to introduce a new design at three sites in the City of London that could form a template as the company continues its expansion

  • knight frank graph
    Analysis & Insight

    Out-of-town take up

    2013-07-25T07:54:00Z

    Casual dining is becoming an essential part of the retail experience in the UK. It is now widely acknowledged that an attractive leisure mix leads to increased dwell time, as well as an improved consumer experience, says Andrew McGregor, head of leisure at Knight Frank

  • News

    Five Guys strengthens pipeline

    2013-07-25T07:54:00Z

    Five Guys is understood to have secured its fourth site here and taken further steps to strengthen its pipeline outside of the capital

  • News

    Iberico doubles up

    2013-07-25T07:54:00Z

    Iberico, the Spanish restaurant concept led by Dan Lindsay, has secured its second site in the Midlands, in Derby

  • News

    Charles Wells trials value food offer

    2013-07-25T07:54:00Z

    Charles Wells, the brewer and pub operator, is trialling a value food package for its tenanted pubs that currently have no food offer

  • News

    Catering income rises at Heathrow

    2013-07-25T07:54:00Z

    Heathrow Airport’s catering income climbed by 5.6% to £19m in the first six months of 2013

  • News

    Casual dining transforming out-of-town parks

    2013-07-25T07:54:00Z

    The strong increase in the number of casual dining outlets on retail parks compared with fast food sites has been a significant recent trend in the out-of-town sector

  • News

    Best Placed to re-start private equity talks

    2013-07-25T07:54:00Z

    The London-based operator hopes to re-start conversations with private equity in one month as it looks to rollout its new burger concept further, MD Ben Stackhouse tells M&C Report