All MCA Insight articles in July 2026 – Page 2
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NewsElliott Advisors plots bid for 300 Stonegate pubs
Sky News reports the activist investor is the latest firm to explore a deal to buy c.300 pubs from the UK’s largest pubco, with bidding rivals including Terra Firma
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Analysis & InsightIs Taco Bell planning to launch Live Más café in the UK?
Taco Bell has launched the cult Mountain Dew Baja Blast across its UK estate, a move that could signal wider ambitions for its drinks-led Live Más café concept in Britain
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NewsBone Daddies shifts focus to core concept
The group has closed two sites - Shackfuyu and Flesh & Buns Oxford Circus - following a decline in net revenue, instead focusing on its core ramen bar proposition
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NewsHarry Ramsden’s continues disposals and conversions
The group is unifying its estate under its core fish & chips brand, but has also identified new formats that could support future expansion
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NewsPeter Borg-Neal joins Hydes as chairman
Borg-Neal brings more than 40 years of high-level experience in multi-site hospitality and consumer-facing sectors, including Whitbread, Allied Domecq and latterly Oakman Inns
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InterviewsChickpea Group: ‘We want to bring the buzz back to rural living’
The Wiltshire-based pubs with rooms operator is looking at opportunities outside of its core model - but sees accommodation as a key driver of return on investment, co-founder Ethan Davids told MCA’s Pub Conference
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NewsYoung’s sales boosted by ‘exceptional’ bank holiday weekend
Young’s reports a 9.4% increase in total sales for the first 14 weeks from 31 March 2026, with sales boosted by the warm weather, start of the FIFA World Cup and Wimbledon and its recently acquired Cubitt House pubs.
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InterviewsChopstix: ‘The French market offers a real opportunity for us’
The Asian QSR brand is planning to open between six and nine sites in France this year, following its debut in Paris in January, with further European countries being scoped out, MD Jon Lake tells MCA
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NewsVue expecting ‘strong and well-balanced’ year
The cinema operator’s optimism about the year ahead comes on the back of strong results for the year to 30 November 2025, with the business continuing to gain market share in the UK.
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NewsSoul Foods Group appoints new group CFO
Darren Keats brings more than a decade of experience in finance, corporate strategy, and business transformation to the group, which operates more than 400 franchise restaurants under the KFC, Taco Bell and Starbucks brands.
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NewsCarlsberg strikes Sapporo UK distribution deal
The strategic partnership will see the Japanese brewer’s flagship premium lager produced and distributed for UK pubs and bars under a long-term licensing agreement
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NewsLate-night England game provides 11% boost to UK pubs
Half of UK fans stayed out to watch England’s World Cup match against Mexico with both Marston’s and Stonegate reporting strong sales
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NewsEG On The Move completes acquisition of 85 UK forecourt sites
The addition of Prax’s petrol forecourt network provides further opportunities for the Zuber Issa-led group to expand its branded foodservice offering.
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NewsFive Iron Golf to invest £20m in UK expansion
The tech-driven, experiential golf concept is set to launch its first UK outpost in the City of London this week under a 10-site franchise agreement
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NewsSticks’n’Sushi reports 6% growth in revenue
The Danish-Japanese restaurant group has achieved revenues exceeding £100m for the first time, in what CEO Andreas Karlsson describes as a year of real progress for the group
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NewsThe Gym Group tops one million members
In a pre-close trading update, the low-cost fitness operator said revenue for the six months to 30 June increased 10% to £133.1m, up from £121.0m in the same period last year
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NewsFast-food operators cleared in landmark HFSS ad rulings
Complaints against ad campaigns by Burger King, Domino’s Pizza, KFC, Papa Johns and Uber Eats were rejected after the ASA concluded the products featured were not classified as high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS)
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NewsBenugo posts record turnover as profits surge in 2025
The café operator, which serves customers at some of London’s leading museums and cultural attractions, saw turnover increase by 7% to £145.7m in 2025
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Analysis & InsightPrivate equity gives way to trade buyers in hospitality deals
In Q1 2026, private equity was involved in just 15% of all recorded hospitality transactions – a significant decrease from last year, according to a new report from Moore Kingston Smith