All MCA Insight articles in July 2018 – Page 12
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NewsCote signs up for Basingstoke
Côte, the BC Partners-backed group, is opening at Basingstoke’s Festival Place shopping centre.
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NewsPret to open store run by ex-homeless Rising Stars
Pret A Manger is planning to open a store staffed entirely by graduates from its Rising Star programme, which gives jobs to ex-homeless people.
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NewsCrust Bros to open third Editions site
Crust Bros, the artisan pizza concept, is launching a third site with Deliveroo Editions, and has switched its service style at its Waterloo restaurant, MCA has learnt.
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NewsLfls up 5.2% at JDW
JD Wetherspoon has this morning reported a 5.2% increase in like-for-like sales for the 10 weeks to 8 July 2018
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NewsJohnson: ‘Majority of investors have lost interest in sector’
“Nine out of 10 investors have lost all interest in the sector,” warned Luke Johnson, partner, Risk Capital Partners, at yesterday’s UKHospitality conference, Shaping the Future.
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NewsNaked Deli begins rollout with Newcastle Airport site
The Naked Deli, the three-strong, North East-based healthy eating chain, which recently secured £2.5m of investment from the Foresight Group, will begin its expansion with a site at Newcastle International Airport.
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Analysis & InsightLoyalty scheme users return once a week
Users of hospitality loyalty schemes return on average at least once week in order to redeem benefits, according to research by Como.
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NewsStarbucks pledges to phase at plastic straws by 2020
Starbucks has pledged to eliminate single-use plastic straws from its c28,000 stores worldwide by 2020.
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NewsKaye joins Morso as NED
Former Intertain chief operating officer Simon Kaye has joined the board of grappa and pasta concept Morso as a non-executive director, MCA understands.
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News'There’s a lot of good stories, but we need to talk more'
Adam Gregory, operations director of Be At One, discusses making bartending aspirational, the group’s intensive training programme, and building a family people culture.
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NewsTapas Revolution lines up Oxford opening
Tapas Revolution, the Spanish tapas group from Omar Allibhoy, has further strengthened its openings pipeline, after lining up a site in Oxford, MCA understands.
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NewsPrezzo hires restaurant support director
Prezzo, the TPG Capital-owned chain, has appointed Jon Green, formerly of PizzaExpress and Tragus, as a restaurant support director.
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NewsPatisserie Valerie rolls out further Sainsbury's concessions
Patisserie Valerie, the Luke Johnson-chaired concept, is rolling out concession counters to an additional 31 Sainsbury’s stores after a successful trial, bringing the total to 70.
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Analysis & Insight
Mind the gender pay gap
The publication of company data on gender pay discrepancies in April sparked intense public scrutiny and debate over long-term implications and strategies for change. In this blog, Jon Terry, UK diversity and inclusion consulting leader at PwC, discusses why hospitality leaders should already be turning their attention to next year’s deadline and how businesses can be on the front foot.
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NewsEiG ‘considering sale of commercial property arm’
Ei Group has appointed advisors to assess a potential sale of its commercial property division, according to reports.
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NewsYoung’s managed lfls up 5.2% in Q1
Young’s has reported like-for-like sales in its managed house arm up 5.2% in the first 13 weeks of the current financial year, with total sales for the division up 8.8%.
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NewsDaisy Green crowdfund aims to double estate
The Daisy Green Collection, the all-day restaurant, bar and coffee group, is over-funding by 190% in its £500,000 crowdfunding pitch to fund a planned doubling of its estate in the next four years.
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NewsLeon eyes 20 Irish sites by 2023
Leon, the healthy eating chain, is to open its first restaurant in Ireland, with plans to roll out to 20 sits in the country by 2023.
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NewsAnalysts corner: Peel Hunt on Greene King
Leading analysts, Douglas Jack and Ivor Jones, have given their view on the current prospects for investment in Greene King, saying the company remains unloved, but not broken.
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Analysis & InsightSomething to stake your reputation on
A number of runners and riders are jostling for position to invest in the struggling Gaucho business, even though some kind of restructuring seems inevitable. How will the business shape up after new investment is secured? At the same time will Brains be the perfect business for Alistair Darby to remind the pub sector of his talents? And as Leon announces plans to enter another country and roll out further Tuk Shops, could it have a another game-changing deal up its sleeve? Mark Wingett looks to provide some answers.