All MCA Insight articles in July 2018 – Page 3
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News
GBK appoints new marketing director
Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK), the Famous Brands-owned chain, has appointed Jay James as its new marketing director on an interim basis.
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Cloudwater Brew Co opens taproom
Cloudwater Brew Co has opened a new brewery tap room, called Unit 9.
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Chicago Rib Shack teams up with pub for opening
Chicago Rib Shack, part of the Camden Dining Group, has opened its seventh site, within a pub called The Gipsy Queen.
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BrewDog converts MK Draft House
BrewDog has converted the Draft House site in Milton Keynes to its eponymous brand, four months after acquiring the business.
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McDonald’s UK & Ireland records 49th quarter of growth; coffee big driver
McDonald’s UK & Ireland has continued on its growth trajectory notching up 49 consecutive quarters of sales and guest count increases.
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Opinion
Room service
Established restaurant operators are increasingly partnering with hotel chains to transform their food and beverage operations. Poppleston Allen’s Lisa Sharkey looks at the opportunities and challenges for operators looking to get into this burgeoning market.
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Sethi family to launch new concept called Berenjak
The Sethi family are set to launch a new restaurant in London’s Soho called Berenjak
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Kettlebell Kitchen gears up for new openings
Kettlebell Kitchen, the Manchester fit fast food group, is preparing to launch a number of new of new sites, including a new HQ and central production unit, which will include a grab and go restaurant.
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Grillstock founders launch new all-day concept
Grillstock founders Jon Finch and Ben Merrington have launched new all-day dining concept Quay St Diner in Bristol city centre, MCA understands.
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Analysis & Insight
Disengaged restaurant managers are fuelling the retention fire
Scott DeKoster, senior managing consultant at performance management consultancy Gallup, offers up three ways to reduce employee turnover, and it starts with engaging managers
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Analysis & Insight
Hix: ‘I’m not going to do any more restaurants in London'
Chef-owner of Tramshed Mark Hix, talks to MCA’s sister title Food Spark about street food, seasonality and how restaurants will move out of Soho and into East London
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News
Boyers joins TRG
Brett Boyers, who stepped down from Boparan Restaurant Group earlier this year, has joined The Restaurant Group
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Cambscuisine appoints Spragg to board; launches equity raise
Cambridge pub and restaurant operator Cambscuisine has launched a £550,000 equity raise on the SyndicateRoom platform as it looks to expand its Smokeworks concept.
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Gail’s appoints head of property
Gail’s Bakery, the c40-strong chain chaired and backed by Luke Johnson, has appointed Brett Parker as its new head of property. Parker joins Gail’s from the Crew Clothing Co, where he spent nearly three years as its property manager. Gail’s recently opened in Balham and Muswell Hill to take its ...
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Fischel to depart Intu
Shopping centre landlord, Intu has announced that chief executive David Fischel is to step down after 17 years in the role and 33 with the company.
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Diageo reports 4% FY revenue growth in Europe
Diageo saw net sales in Europe grow by 4% in the year to 30 June, with the UK among the growth drivers with an increase of 8%.
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Kochhar: 'Birmingham is still on'
Chef-restaurateur Atul Kochhar has told MCA the launch of his fusion casual dining concept NRI is still going ahead in Birmingham’s Mailbox amid reports he had pulled out of the scheme.
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News
Doughnut Time trials ice cream spin-off concept
Doughnut Time, the Australia-founded concept, is trialling a spin-off concept in Soho, Mister Fitz’s Finest Ice Cream, MCA understands.
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Pender to step down as BII chair
The British Institute of Innkeeping has announced that Anthony Pender is to step down from his role as chairman after four years, with a search for a successor now underway.
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Analysts corner: Goodbody on Marston’s, Caffè Nero and Costa Coffee
Performance within Marston’s Destination & Premium estate was ‘somewhat disappointing’, according to leading analysts at Goodbody, whereas Caffè Nero’s strong revenue growth is giving Whitbread’s Costa Coffee some cause for concern