All MCA Insight articles in June 2016 – Page 19
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Brasserie Bar Co eyes cluster approach for pubs
Brasserie Bar Co is eyeing a cluster approach for the expansion of its White Brasseries portfolio as the pub operation gears up to make its debut in the North West
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Market Town Taverns MD steps down
Al Cross has left his role as managing director of Market Town Taverns after less than a year in the post.
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Adam Davies to launch Bronte this summer
Adam Davies and the team behind Covent Garden’s Circus restaurant have revealed more details ofn their plans for the former Strand Dining Rooms.
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Milan street food market set for UK debut
Milan’s urban street food market Mercato Metroplitano is coming to the UK.
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Starbucks and AB InBev agree joint venture
Starbucks and AB InBev have agreed a partnership to produce a ready-to-drink line of the former’s Teavana brand.
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Analysis & Insight
Poll shows evolution of business lunch
A poll has shed light on the dining habits of workers hosting business lunches – with alcohol now less of a feature, speed of the essence but the tradition itself in decline.
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Campaigners ask restaurants to turn down the music
Campaigners are calling on restaurants, cafes and pubs to turn down loud music to make eating out a more ‘pleasant’ experience for hard of hearing diners
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Burger & Lobster ends “no-menu” policy
Burger & Lobster is ending its “no-menu” policy after receiving over 1,000 emails asking what it serves
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Analysis & Insight
Only 18% of top brands vary prices across country
There are significant opportunities for the sector to use regional price differentiation as a way of offsetting rising costs, research by MCA has shown.
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Porky’s raises £100k on first day of crowdfunding
Barbecue restaurant group Porky’s BBQ raised £100k on the first day of its crowdfunding campaign, as it seeks to raise £650k in total
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Cote appoints marketing director
Cote has further strengthened its management team with the appointment of Andrew Gallagher, formerly of Papa John’s, as its new marketing director,
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MOD strengthens UK pipeline
MOD Pizza, the fast casual artisan pizza concept, will open its second site in the UK in Brighton, as it looks to have open five units by the end of 2016
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Easterbrook: Opportunity for McDonald’s to move up the pricing ladder
Steve Easterbrook, chief executive of McDonald’s, has said that he believes there is an opportunity for the chain to move up the pricing ladder in time
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Honest Burgers strengthens pipeline
Honest Burgers, the Active Private Equity-backed group, has secured a further two sites in London
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Coffee#1 licensed site ‘ not flying’
Scott Waddington, chief executive of SA Brain, has told MCA that Coffee#1’s experiment with a licensed café offer “is not flying” and there are no plans to roll the concept out.
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Analysis & Insight
Food prices fall back into deflation for May
Food prices fell back into deflationary territory in May, according to the latest figures from BRC-Nielson.
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Former Nando’s and Geronimo directors launch new concept
Former Geronimo Inns food director, Jono Jenkins, has partnered with two former Nando’s executives to launch a new concept.
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Prescott & Conran to open flagship Albion in Clerkenwell
Prescott & Conran is to open the biggest ever site under its Albion café brand, in Clerkenwell.
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Antic confirms Norbury Mews plans
Downing’s Steven Kenee has told MCA that work on Antic London’s long-anticipated ‘Norbury Mews’ project is likely to start in the new year but said the site could host a pop-up offer in the meantime.
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EasyCoffee secures Leicester Square site
Budget airline EasyJet has secured a third site for its low-cost coffee concept, easyCoffee, in Leicester Square