All MCA Insight articles in July 2014 – Page 3
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NewsDomino's: expansion, food costs, digital, analysts
M&C Report takes a closer look at the H1 results for Domino’s Pizza Group for the 26 weeks to 29 June, talks to new chief executive David Wild and reports from a presentation to analysts
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Analysis & InsightMore people eating out but spending less
Confidence is returning to the eating out sector as consumers are dining out more often than this time last year, with 71% eating out in the past two weeks, according to a Horizons’ consumer survey
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NewsBurger & Lobster eyes Middle East launch
Burger & Lobster is set to launch in the Middle East and is close to securing a franchise partner for an opening in Dubai next year
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NewsMcDonald’s set for 18 months of “soul searching”
McDonald’s is setting aside the next 18 months as a period not only to develop its normal line-up of new menu items but also to rebrand itself
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Deeming joins Peyton & Byrne
Paul Deeming, co-founder of the Ignite Group, has joined Peyton & Byrne, taking over from Matthew Britton as the group’s chief financial officer
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Noble Inns sets up new firm for diner venture
London-based gastropub operator Noble Inns has set up a separate company for its new diner-style concept Bad Egg that it hopes to grow to “10-plus” sites over the coming years, with possible expansion overseas, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsKout acquires further Costa franchisee
Kout Food Group (KFG), the Kuwaiti-based foodservice firm, has acquired its second Costa Coffee franchisee, Coffee Snobs, for c£5.2m
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Healthy fast-food concept eyes nationwide expansion
Superfoods, a Bristol-based healthy fast food concept, is planning to open another five stores before launching a franchise model for expansion, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsShakeaway grows UK and global pipeline
Shakeaway, the takeaway milkshake concept, is opening eight UK stores this year as part of a ten year plan to have more than 3,000 stores worldwide, M&C Report has learnt
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Hydes to open first value concept
Hydes, the Manchester-based brewer and pub operator, is to open the first site under its new value food concept this autumn as part of three openings during the season, M&C Report has learnt.
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Artisan coffee co placed on market
TRCU Coffee Concepts Ltd is to sell its two central London artisan coffee shops, trading as New Row Coffee and Freestate Coffee
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Creams Cafe grows pipeline outside London
Creams Cafe, the dessert cafe operator, is set to continue its expansion outside London with upcoming openings in Guildford, Reading, Brighton and Southend, M&C Report has learnt
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BTP heads to the south coast
Boston Tea Party, the South West-based independent café chain, is set to open its first site on the south coast, after securing a site in Southampton
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NewsLa Tasca set for new build launch in Birmingham
La Tasca, the Spanish tapas restaurant group, has agreed terms on a new build site in Birmingham
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Second Butcher's Hook to open
Gus Evans, who runs the Butcher’s Hook pub in Fulham, west London, has secured his second site in Hammersmith
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L’Anima opens second site
L’Anima, the award-winning restaurant run by Francesco Mazzei, has opened L’Anima Café in London’s Shoreditch
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Fort to oversee F&B at St Pancras International
Matthew Fort, the British food writer, critic and judge on BBC2’s Great British Menu, has been appointed to a new role to oversee the food and drink offer at St Pancras International station in London
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Drambuie hosts Edinburgh Festival bar
Drambuie is hosting a ‘Summer Hut’ pop-up venue at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from 30 July throughout the festival
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Mobile Papa John’s developed
A mobile trailer version of Papa John’s has been developed and will be made available to its franchisees across the country
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Gail’s takes Blackheath site
Gail’s, the bakery and café chain backed by Luke Johnson, has acquired its seventeenth site, after securing a unit in Blackheath