All MCA Insight articles in June 2019 – Page 11
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News
Buzzworks Holdings looking to double size of business
Buzzworks Holdings has plans to double to size of its estate over the next five years, adding on an additional 12 sites to its existing 11, MCA has learnt.
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Heavenly Desserts first site in Wales
Heavenly Desserts has opened its first dessert café in Wales, at 103 Windsor Place in Cardiff.
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Intu appoints new CFO
Intu has appointed Robert Allen as its new chief financial officer (CFO), with effect from 10 June 2019.
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Vianet Group see revenues up 7.7%
Vianet Group has reported a revenue increase of 7.7%, to £15.8m, for the full year to 31 March 2019.
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Peach to reinvest in pubs following decision to end sales process
Peach Pubs has returned to “business as usual” as it continues to invest in its pubs rather than put its head back above the parapet for prospective buyers.
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CAMRA labels Marston's decision to axe cask ale as "extreme"
The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) has condemned Marston’s cull of cask ale at its Scottish managed pubs as “extreme”.
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CGA acquires CPL Training Group
CGA has acquired CPL Training Group, the privately-held, Birkenhead-based training and development group.
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The Athenian secures London Bridge arch
The Athenian, the Greek street food concept, has secured a unit in London Bridge for its eight site, MCA has learnt.
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Brakspear adds site number 14 to managed estate
Brakspear has acquired the Nag’s Head in Abingdon from a private landlord, which will take its expanding managed estate to 14 sites, MCA has learnt.
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Analysis & Insight
Retail cafés lose share of the eating market
Retail cafés’ share of the eating-out market has dropped back to levels last seen in 2016 as consumer preference moves towards food-to-go, new research from MCA has found.
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Wolf Street Italian sees opportunity for up to 40 sites
Wolf Italian Street Food has identified capacity for up to 40 sites in the UK as it reveals ambitions beyond its original 2020 target, MCA has learnt.
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Wahlburgers targets 15 UK sites in five years
Wahlburgers, the burger concept from the family of Mark Wahlberg, is planning to open 15 restaurants in five years in London and the wider UK, MCA has learnt.
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Opinion
Allergen shake-up could be 'hammer blow' to operators
If the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DeFRA) approves the FSA’s recommendations around allergens, it will be a hammer blow to the thousands of operators across the UK, writes Jon Shayler, chief operating officer at Erudus.
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San Carlo looks to global expansion as Brexit bites
Family-owned group San Carlo Restaurants has told MCA it will open a pop-up Signor Sassi in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia over the next couple of months with the intention of opening a full-blown restaurant there next year.
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New food hub called The Market to open at 22 Bishopsgate
A 20,000 sq. ft food hub called The Market is top open at next-generation workspace 22 Bishopsgate, in 2020.
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Slerp closes and investment and hires Griffin
Slerp, the on-demand e-commerce platform from the founders of Crosstown Doughnuts, has made two senior appointments and closed a fresh round of investment, as it prepares for an official launch in July, MCA has learnt.
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Coppa Club reports Q2 lfls up 8.9%
Coppa Club has reported that its like-for-like sales for the second quarter to (Jan - March), were up 8.9%.
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Analysis & Insight
Taking back control
Customers seeking to have more autonomy over what they consume when eating has been one of the defining trends of the past few years. MCA market insight director Steve Gotham analyses what data from the authoritative Menu & Food Trends Report can tell us about the impact of rising responsibility on the sector.
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200 Degrees secures 10th site
Artisan city centre coffee group 200 Degrees has confirmed it is to open its 10th site this summer, in Birmingham, on the road to delivering 25 venues.
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Wagamama to install gender-neutral toilets
Wagamama is to install gender-neutral toilets in up to 40% of its UK restaurants.