All MCA Insight articles in June 2014 – Page 4
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Analysis & InsightConsumers prefer high streets to large malls
Investment in facilities is vital to reinvigorate smaller and high-street retail centres, with around half of consumers saying they prefer the convenience of local shopping to dominant, purpose-built malls
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NewsComptoir Libanais on target for four sites this year
Comptoir Libanais, Lebanese fast-casual restaurant concept, plans to open between four and five new sites each year for the next two years before further ramping up its expansion programme
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NewsBrewDog trials new food menu
BrewDog, the Scottish brewer and pub operator, a trialling a new food menu that it says could be rolled out across its bar estate
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Pizza Pilgrims to include Terrone Coffee concession at next restaurant
Pizza Pilgrims, the fledgling Soho pizzeria, is teaming up with Terrone Coffee to sell take away coffees from a concessionary stand at its new restaurant in London
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Hardknott opens first brewpub
Cumbria-based Hardknott Brewery is opening its first craft beer bar on Friday at the Millom railway station to attract the ‘railway driven drinking’ trade and plans to open more craft beer pubs in towns in the northwest
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NewsTrio of operators confirmed for Camberley
Wildwood, Creams Café and Bill’s have also been confirmed as new tenants for Standard Life Investments Pooled Pension Property Fund’s The Atrium, in Camberley
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New raw food concept to open in Chelsea
Tanya’s Café, a new raw food restaurant and bar from chef, author and raw food expert Tanya Maher, is set to open in Chelsea later this summer
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Jar Ltd takes landmark Belfast pub, eyes more
Belfast-based operator Jar Ltd is set to take over management of a landmark pub in the city as it looks to acquire more sites, according to the Belfast Telegraph
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Innsatiable owner applies for premises licence
Local pub operators have hit out at Innsatiable, the controversial Surrey “furniture shop” that gives away beer, after its owner said he was applying for a premises licence
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Punch adds fourth Champs sports bar
A fourth Punch pub is being transformed to its Champs sports bar concept
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UK supermarkets subsidising tax increase on alcohol
Supermarkets are not increasing the price of lowest priced beers and spirits in line with tax increases, according to research from the University of East Anglia’s (UEA) Norwich Business School
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NewsQuestions raised over Chilango’s mini-bond move
Questions have been raised over Chilango new mini-bond funding initiative, with Reuters saying that if retail investors “hungry for high returns could face a nasty shock if the company does not perform in line with expectations”
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Gastropub group launches Crowdcude fundraising bid
A new gastropub group is looking to raise £150,000 for expansion by selling a 7.5% stake in their business on the crowdfunding website Crowdcude
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River Cottage Canteen raises £1m in under 36 hours
River Cottage Canteen, the restaurant and deli concept led by high profile chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, has reached its £1m fundraising target via the crowd-funding website Crowdcube in under 36 hours
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News'Lack of clarity' feared for statutory pubco code
The Government has today published the bill containing its plans for a statutory code governing the tenanted pub sector
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NewsMore Nando's wanted by 8.4% of UK
More people would like to see a Nando’s open up near their home than any other branded restaurant, closely followed by Wetherspoons, Harvester, TGI Friday’s and Wagamama
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NewsNando’s owner considers Strada bid
Capricorn Ventures, the private equity backer of Nando’s, GBK and Wahaca, has run the rule over the rump of the Strada estate
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NewsPhilpotts eyes new-format conversions, targets London
Philpotts, the artisan sandwich chain owned by Patisserie Holdings, plans to convert about three quarters of its stores to its new evolved concept Café Philpotts and is also looking to enter the London market, managing director Lisa Brook has told M&C Report
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M&B appoints new retail director for Harvester
David Hoyland, who was at Marston’s for over 14 years, has joined Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), as retail director for its Harvester brand
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Analysis & InsightUK on-trade beer market falls 3.4%
The UK on-trade beer market fell 3.4% in 2013, compared to growth of 3.5% in the off-trade, according to the British Beer & Pub Association’s Annual Barrelage Survey