All MCA Insight articles in July 2015 – Page 6
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Auntie Anne's on-track for growth
Auntie Anne’s, the pretzel on the go concept, is on track to add a further eight units this year targeting transport and shopping centre locations, M&C has learnt
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Hotcha launches £1m mini-bond
Chinese takeaway operator Hotcha has launched a crowd funding campaign to raise £1m to grow as national chain over the next five years
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NewsLeon to open in South Kensington
Healthy fast food concept Leon is opening a site in South Kensington by mid-August
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Strada grows summer menu
Hugh Osmond’s Strada has launched its set lunch menu as part of his plans to completely overhaul the restaurant group’s offering
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Notes: overfunding offers flexibility
Notes, the London-based coffee shop and wine bar concept, has said exceeding its crowdfunding target will give greater flexibility in terms of site locations and expansion, M&C has learnt
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Verden prepped for expansion
The founders of Verden, a multiple award winning restaurant and wine bar in Clapton, east London, have told M&C the model has been conceived to allow them to open multiple sites under the format
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OpinionThe social that packs a punch
With Punch Bowl Social now gaining huge prominence in seven US states, Kerstin Kühn discovers how the core elements of food, drink and entertainment have been put together with equal billing to form an alternative concept
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Premium wine sales boom in restaurants and gastro pubs
Premium wines are continuing to buck the trend of overall declining wine sales in restaurants, pubs and gastropubs , with the sector experiencing double digit sales growth year-on-year
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Busaba appoints new marketing director
Former marketing controller for the Hungry Horse brand has joined Busaba Eathai as its new marketing director.
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Beds & Bars and Team Margot launch Live Your Life Day
Beds & Bars has teamed up Yaser Martini’s charity Team Margot to launch the first Live Your Life Day on 30 July.
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Moët director joins Chapel Down
Former business development director at Moët Hennessey producer LVMH has been appointed the new managing director, wines at Chapel Down.
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NewsCirrus set for “aggressive” expansion
Cirrus Inns, the investment vehicle launched to back a premium estate of freehold pubs with rooms, has secured a further two sites, as its looks to ramp up its expansion plans over the next two years, M&C has learnt.
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SABMiller appoints new CFO
SABMiller has promoted current director of group strategy Domenic De Lorenzo to chief financial officer.
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NewsBanwell House secures Bath Stable site for new concept
Toby Brett, founder of Banwell House Pub Company, has told M&C he has secured the former Stable site in Bath for a new concept, which he hopes to rollout nationally.
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NewsCaring lines up third Ivy offshoot
Richard Caring, the serial restaurant investor, is believed to have lined up a third site in London for his fledgling Ivy Market Grill format, M&C understands.
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Novus head of digital steps down
Novus Leisure’s head of digital has left the company to take up a role at a new private members’ health and well-being club.
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Fever-Tree H1 sales up 61%
Fever-Tree, the tonic and mixers group, has said sales for the six months to 30 June are expected to be up 61% year-on-year to £24m.
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NewsFilmore & Union increases equity offer in crowdfunding push
Filmore & Union, the café and deli group, has increased the amount of equity offered in exchange for the £500,000 it is seeking through crowdfunding.
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NewsInn Collection adds fifth site and plans new build
Inn Collection, the north-east based coaching inn operator, has secured its fifth site and is about to start work on its latest new build.
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NewsD&M plans Edinburgh site
Drake & Morgan, the Bowmark Capital-backed restaurant and bar group, is planning its first site away from London at a new development in Edinburgh