All MCA Insight articles in June 2015 – Page 3
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News
Le Pain lines up Chelsea opening
Le Pain Quotidien, the all-day bakery and cafe concept, is set to open its latest site in London, in Chelsea
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Wadworth warns of challenging summer comparatives
Wiltshire brewer and pub operator Wadworth has warned that comparatives with a strong summer last year are likely to affect trading figures for this financial year.
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DF/Mexico and Leon confirmed for Tottenham Court Rd
DF/Mexico and Leon have been confirmed to open at 1+2 Stephen Street, Derwent London’s mixed-use scheme on Tottenham Court Road
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Holborn bar to focus on street food and vinyl records
A Holborn restaurant and bar offering South Asian street food and DJs playing vinyl records, is to open next week.
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Ikea to launch smaller format with café
Ikea has unveiled plans to trial smaller format stores which will also include a cafe
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Ossett opens new Leeds site, launches BBQ partnership
Ossett Brewery is to open another site in Leeds and is launching its first partnership to offer food at its Hop Sheffield site, M&C has learnt.
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Late Knights secures north London site
Late Knights Brewery has secured its first site in north London, founder Steve Keegan has told M&C.
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Operators in talks on Edinburgh development
A number of leading London-based operators are believed to be in talks to take units at the South St Andrew Square development in Edinburgh
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Noble sees potential for more Smokehouses
Noble Inns believes there is potential to operate up to five sites under its Smokehouse concept in the capital
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Interviews
The Good, the Bad and the Eggy
With two Smokehouses in London and all-day diner Bad Egg, Neil Rankin is scorching his name on the London food scene
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Hawthorn begins Artisan Tap expansion
Hawthorn Leisure has begun the expansion of its new craft beer concept Artisan Tap
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Whitbread appoints new restaurants MD
Whitbread has appointed Phil Birbeck, formerly of Dixons Carphone, as the new managing director of its restaurant division
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Silverburn £20m leisure extension opened
Hammerson has today officially opened its new £20m leisure extension at Silverburn in Glasgow
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Analysis & Insight
Back on track… probably
Carlsberg chief executive James Lousada admits that the company took its eye off the ball, losing sight of the brand’s strength, but tells Mark Wingett how concentrating on its ‘bread and butter’ is set to make 2015 a pivotal year for the business
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Diary
Diary: Pret, Deltic, Enterprise Inns and St Austell
In this week’s Diary we hear about some ‘interesting’ results from Pret’s evenings trial, look at trends in the late-night sector and get Rupert Clevely’s first impressions of the debut site he will develop with Enterprise Inns. All that and some truly awful beer and music-related puns
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Camm & Hooper lines up third site
Camm & Hooper, the Imbiba Partnership-backed events-focused vehicle, has lined up a third opening in London’s Bishopsgate
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One in five Brits visits pub at least once a week
One in five Britons drinks in a pub at least once a week with one in ten choosing the pub as a place to eat on a weekly basis.
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Craft Beer Co to open first site outside south east
Craft Beer Co is set to open its first pub outside the south east with founder Martin Hayes telling M&C that a site in Bristol “is ours if we want it”.
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Analysis & Insight
JDW top pub brand for consumer awareness
JD Wetherspoon is leading the pub market in terms of consumer awareness, consideration and usage, according to M&C Allegra Foodservice’s Q1 2015 Pub Brand Monitor.
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Potbelly UK appoints head of operations
Potbelly, the US sandwich chain, has appointed James Rushton as head of operations for its fledgling UK venture