All MCA Insight articles in July 2013 – Page 5
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Orchid integrates data systems
Orchid Group has claimed an industry first by integrating the data from its loyalty card, reservation and till data systems
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Chinn to make UK debut
High-profile chef Bobby Chinn is to open his first UK restaurant in London’s Soho this autumn
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Ceviche to operate Heathrow pop-up
Ceviche is to operates a pop-up restaurant, at Heathrow Airport in partnership with Virgin Atlantic
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McMullen's to name new pub after royal prince
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
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Analysis & InsightEating-out spend increasing
Consumer spending on eating out is increasing as confidence begins to return to UK households, according to Deloitte
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NewsBramwell opens second Wild Lime
Bramwell Pub Company, the managed operator, has opened the second of its three pilot Wild Lime Bar & Kitchen sites in Banbury, Oxfordshire
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Ramsay secures Battersea site
Gordon Ramsay is believed to have secured the former Bennett’s Brasserie and Oyster Bar site in Battersea Square for his next restaurant venture
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Fuller's mends roofs while the sun shines
Fuller, Smith & Turner has caught up on the repairs programme and trading that was disrupted by last year’s summer rain
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TRG Concessions opens Frae at Heathrow
TRG Concessions has opened its first site with Frae, the frozen yoghurt concept, as a pop-up at Heathrow Terminal 5
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CGR plans multi-million pound expansion
CG Restaurants & Bars plans to acquire 12 new sites in London over the next three years, centred on high-end retail and footfall locations
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M&B reports 1.6% rise in Q3 lfls
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
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NewsJoffe: Giraffe at the start of a “great journey”
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”
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Wrap It Up! to introduce new design
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
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Analysis & InsightOut-of-town take up
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
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Five Guys strengthens pipeline
Five Guys is understood to have secured its fourth site here and taken further steps to strengthen its pipeline outside of the capital
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Iberico doubles up
Iberico, the Spanish restaurant concept led by Dan Lindsay, has secured its second site in the Midlands, in Derby
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Charles Wells trials value food offer
Charles Wells, the brewer and pub operator, is trialling a value food package for its tenanted pubs that currently have no food offer
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Catering income rises at Heathrow
Heathrow Airport’s catering income climbed by 5.6% to £19m in the first six months of 2013
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Casual dining transforming out-of-town parks
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
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Best Placed to re-start private equity talks
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