All MCA Insight articles in July 2019

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  • Bluewater YO! Sushi
    News

    Sushi sales up at Yo!

    2019-07-31T08:11:00Z

    Yo! Has reported a 69.6% group sales hike to £152.5m for the year ending 27 November 2018. It said the figure reflected Yo!’s “strategic pivot” with the acquisitions of Bento and Taiko, while the business had been “further diversified” by its merger with SnowFox, the second largest sushi kiosk company in the US.

  • mildreds
    News

    Kerr joins Mildreds as FD

    2019-07-31T07:23:00Z

    Gordon Ramsay Group finance director David Kerr has joined Mildreds, the vegetarian restaurant group, in the same role, MCA understands.

  • Loui Blake 2
    News

    Gap in Brighton market for more refined vegan offering

    2019-07-31T07:23:00Z

    Loui Blake, the vegan influencer behind Erpingham House, believes there is a gap in the Brighton market for a more refined vegan offering, he has told MCA.

  • Inn
    News

    Inn Collection announces new Sunderland site

    2019-07-31T07:23:00Z

    The Inn Collection is set to open a 40-bedroom three-storey inn on Sunderland seafront as part of a £1.5bn regeneration plan for the area. The business wants to have 20 inns by 2022, it currently has ten.

  • Amber Taverns The Northern Way
    News

    Admiral Taverns appoints new head of property

    2019-07-31T07:23:00Z

    Admiral Taverns as appointed Andrew Hallam as head of property. Hallam held previous roles at the property team at Mitchells and Butlers and Tesco, where he was responsible for property within its hospitality division.

  • 003_Terra Terra_Logo_Gold_72ppi - web
    News

    Ghost Group looking to expand Terra Terra concept

    2019-07-31T07:22:00Z

    The Ghost Group is looking to expand its newly-developed Italian casual dining concept Terra Terra in the UK and overseas.

  • Comptoir Libanais food
    News

    Comptoir CFO to step down

    2019-07-31T07:22:00Z

    Comptoir Group has announced that Mark Carrick is to step down from his role as chief financial officer.

  • high street shoppers
    Analysis & Insight

    Commercial property rental suffers largest decrease in 10 years

    2019-07-31T07:22:00Z

    UK prime commercial property rental values fell -0.2% in Q2 2019 - the largest decrease in ten years, according to property firm CBRE.

  • Pumpkin Spiced Latte 2019
    News

    Greggs: “We can do more”

    2019-07-31T07:21:00Z

    There is a lot more that Greggs can do in terms of its coffee offer, Roger Whiteside, chief executive of the food-to-go retailer has told MCA.

  • Just Eat delivery scooters
    News

    Just Eat sales up but profits down

    2019-07-31T07:21:00Z

    Just Eat has revealed a sales uplift of 30% in its half year results to 30 June 2019. Orders were up 21% and the business said it had gained two million customers, with 27 million customers now placing an order 8.7 times a year on average, compared to 8.1 in ...

  • Miller & Carter
    News

    Sales up at Mitchells and Butlers

    2019-07-31T07:21:00Z

    Mitchells and Butlers has said sales increased by 4.1% for the 43 weeks in the year to date, ending 27 July 2019. Over the same period it’s also opened six new sites and revamped 230 existing sites. It also said LFL sales for the ten-week period since its last announcement grew by 2.8%, a performance it said was “ahead of the market”.

  • Uber Eats 1
    News

    Uber Eats could team up with Sainsbury’s

    2019-07-30T07:17:00Z

    Uber Eats has become the latest food delivery service to be linked with a supermarket after the Telegraph reported Sainsbury’s is interested in using Uber Eats to deliver small supermarket shops like bread, milk and ready meals. It also said Sainsbury’s was considering launching a series of in-store restaurants where ...

  • Bar drinking spirits cocktails
    Analysis & Insight

    Spend on drinking on the up, but flat for eating out

    2019-07-30T07:17:00Z

    Consumers are planning to spend more on drinking in bars and bars during the third quarter of 2019, according to Deloitte’s latest Leisure Consumer Report.

  • Terra Terra - close up exterior view
    News

    Ghost Group to open first of several casual dining concepts

    2019-07-30T07:16:00Z

    The Ghost Group is to open an all-day restaurant and café – the first of a group of casual dining concepts it is planning to launch.

  • Bundobust
    News

    Bundobust to open Manchester restaurant and brewhouse

    2019-07-30T07:16:00Z

    Bundobust, the Indian vegetarian restaurant and craft beer concept, is to open a second site in Manchester that will also be home to a large in-house brewery.

  • Bellanger
    News

    Corbin & King to close Bellanger, secure Notting Hill Gate site

    2019-07-30T07:16:00Z

    The Wolseley operator Corbin & King has announced it will close its Islington French brasserie Bellanger, while it has secured a new restaurant site in Notting Hill Gate.

  • Bill's
    News

    Bill’s announces 8% like for like rise

    2019-07-30T07:16:00Z

    Bill’s has said like for like sales for its whole estate are up 8%. It added sales were now “consistently ahead of the CGA Peach Tracker every Month” since late 2018.

  • Daisy Green Collection
    News

    Brunel Building opening on the cards for Daisy Green

    2019-07-30T07:15:00Z

    Daisy Green has lined up an opening in the new Brunel Building at Paddington Exchange.

  • Farmer J
    News

    Farmer J lines up Broadgate opening

    2019-07-30T07:14:00Z

    Farmer J has lined up an opening at 1 Finsbury Avenue, near Liverpool Street Station.

  • Roger Whiteside, chief executive, Greggs
    News

    Greggs hails vegan sausage roll for ‘exceptional’ H1 trading

    2019-07-30T07:13:00Z

    Greggs has delivered an “exceptional trading performance” in the first half of 2019, off the back of the popularity of its vegan sausage roll, and building on a successful end to 2018.