All MCA Insight articles in July 2017
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Rodizio Preto strengthens pipeline
Rodizio Preto is set to add a further two sites to its eight-strong estate, with another two in legals
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Leon partners with gut health specialist for new menu
Leon has partnered with gut health specialist Dr Megan Rossi on its new Feel Sunny Inside campaign.
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Stonegate makes £100m bid to acquire Revolution Bars
Revolution Bars Group has confirmed it has received a conditional proposal from Stonegate to acquire the company , which values it at c£100m.
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Nando’s begins rollout of own delivery option
Nando’s has begun the rollout of its own delivery service to further locations across the UK
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Analysis & Insight
‘Significant’ financial distress up 25% year on year
New research from Begbies Traynor shows that 329,834 UK companies were experiencing “significant” financial distress at the end of Q2 2017, a 25% increase yoy
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M&B confirms Just Eat trial
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has confirmed it has started a trial with Just Eat, the online delivery platform, across a number of its leading brands
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Dirty Martini to strengthen regional presence
CG Restaurants & Bars is to strengthen the national presence of its Dirty Martini brand, after securing sites in Leeds and Birmingham
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Heineken H1 beer volumes up 2.6%
Heineken has reported consolidated beer volume up 2.6% for the first half of 2017 with growth in all regions.
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Jack: Demand is shifting away from in-restaurant dining
Leading analyst Douglas Jack at Peel Hunt has said that demand and supply growth within the full-service restaurant market is moving into negative territory
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Analysis & Insight
Service before marketing
Mark Palmer, the former marketing director of Pret A Manger and Green & Black’s, talks about the basics behind marketing and looks back at how a 30-minute meeting with Pret founder Julian Metcalfe proved the most useful of his career.
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Paul UK reports lfls up 3%
Paul UK, the French bakery and café brand, has reported like-for-like sales up 3% in the year to 31 December.
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Temple becomes COO at Turtle Bay
Turtle Bay, the Piper-backed Caribbean chain, has appointed Jon Temple as its new chief operating officer
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Moores swaps Busaba for Coaching Inn Group
The Coaching Inn Group has appointed Chris Moores, formerly of Busaba Eathai, as its new head of HR.
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M&B links up with Just Eat
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has started a trial with Just Eat, the online delivery platform, across a number of its leading brands
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Just Eat sees mixed results from pilots with brands
Just Eat has said its initial pilots with branded operators have had mixed results.
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Analysis & Insight
Talking about their generation
Operators are all too aware of the need to appeal to the Millennial generation but how many have started preparing to attract Generation Z? At MCA’s Managed Pub Conference last month, we presented our own bespoke research and heard from Generation Z expert Chloe Combi. MCA looks at a group that wants to drink soft and die old.
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Wadworth partners with Conviviality
Wiltshire brewer and pub operator, Wadworth, has announced a “two-pronged partnership” with Conviviality.
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Wickwar up to 17th with hotel acquisition
Wickwar Wessex Brewing has secured another addition to its estate, two weeks after it acquired the six-strong Cascade pub estate.
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Wagamama to launch second NY site in October
Wagamama is to launch its second New York site, in the East Village, in October.
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Shoryu Ramen sets out expansion plans
Shoryu Ramen is targeting Liverpool and Birmingham for its next regional openings