All MCA Insight articles in June 2019 – Page 4

  • Paddy and Scotts
    News

    Paddy & Scott’s builds on Vertas partnership

    2019-06-21T07:54:00Z

    Paddy & Scott’s, the coffee shop concession operator, is opening a site in Vertas’ Riverside leisure centre in Chelmsford.

  • News

    NewRiver enters JV with BRAVO Strategies

    2019-06-21T07:54:00Z

    NewRiver has completed the formation of a new joint venture with BRAVO Strategies, to manage a portfolio of retail parks.

  • albert-s-didsbury
    News

    Albert's to open in Wigan

    2019-06-21T07:54:00Z

    Elle R Leisure is opening a fourth branch of its flagship restaurant and bar concept Albert’s in Wigan.

  • moose coffee
    News

    Gallyot joins Moose

    2019-06-21T07:53:00Z

    Moose Coffee has appointed Stuart Gallyot, director of Ei Group and former company secretary at Punch Taverns, as a non-executive director, and lined up two new openings, MCA has learnt.

  • Homeslice Pizza
    News

    Homeslice hires Botha

    2019-06-21T07:53:00Z

    Homeslice Pizza has hired Werner Botha, formerly of Bill’s, as head of operations, and is considering a move outside London, MCA has learnt.

  • London Cocktail Club
    News

    London Cocktail Club secures site 10, eyes 50

    2019-06-21T07:53:00Z

    London Cocktail Club (LCC), the Raymond Blanc and Sarah Willingham-backed concept, has secured a site in Clapham for its 10th location, part of a plan to reach up to 50 sites, MCA has learnt.

  • News

    BigDish raises £2.1m

    2019-06-21T07:53:00Z

    BigDish, the yield management platform for restaurants, has raised a further £2.1m to fund its UK rollout.

  • Finca_ls_article_large
    Opinion

    Northern soul

    2019-06-21T07:52:00Z

    Liverpool has a hot new destination for eating out with the opening of Duke Street Food & Drink Market this week in a 100-year-old refurbished warehouse.

  • McDonald’s
    News

    McDonald’s to reduce plastic packaging

    2019-06-21T07:51:00Z

    McDonald’s plans to remove McFlurry plastic lids from September, and all single-use plastic packaging across its salad ranges from next week. Sustainably sourced 100% renewable and recyclable cardboard will replace the salad packaging. The announcement came along with news of a revamped menu with new, lighter lunch options from June ...

  • News

    Wok To Walk opening in Deansgate

    2019-06-20T07:53:00Z

    Wok To Walk, the international noodle brand, is opening a new site in Manchester’s Deansgate.

  • News

    Grill ‘n’ Chill secures Lloyds backing

    2019-06-20T07:53:00Z

    Grill ‘n’ Chill, a Durham based fast-casual concept, has opened a second site, after securing a six-figure funding package from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.

  • Hospitality worker GettyImages
    News

    Young see ‘limited prospects’ in hospitality

    2019-06-20T07:52:00Z

    More than half (53%) of 16-20-year-olds would not consider a career in hospitality, due to be being seen as “a stepping stone to another career”, and having “limited career prospects”, a study by HIT Training has found.

  • Real Eating Company
    News

    Real Eating Co returns to Horsham

    2019-06-20T07:52:00Z

    The Real Eating Co has taken a site in Horsham’s Swan Walk shopping centre, replacing the concession it lost in the town when Steam Trading Cookshop went into administration, MCA has learnt.

  • News

    Master Bao to open at Westfield

    2019-06-20T07:52:00Z

    Master Bao, the third bao concept from Frank Yeung, is opening in Westfield London.

  • News

    Foodinate celebrates 100k meal milestone

    2019-06-20T07:52:00Z

    Foodinate, the Manchester social enterprise which distributes restaurant food to people in poverty, is celebrating its 100,00th meal milestone.

  • Foxlow
    Analysis & Insight

    The not so fantastic Foxlow

    2019-06-20T07:51:00Z

    Following the demise of Hawksmoor’s secondary brand, MCA director Steve Gotham looks at the sensitivty of spend per head, and how value for money perceptions critically vary at different price points

  • john-seymour-nas-sweet-chick-2015
    News

    Sweet Chick poised to make UK debut

    2019-06-20T07:51:00Z

    Sweet Chick, the US fried chicken and waffle concept backed by rapper Nas, is set to make its UK debut with a site in Fitzrovia, MCA understands.

  • Bodean's
    News

    Bodean’s BBQ exits Balham, eyes delivery hub

    2019-06-20T07:51:00Z

    Bodean’s BBQ has exited its Balham restaurant, blaming the accumulation of high delivery costs on top of steep rents and rates, MCA has learnt.

  • The Steamer from McMullen's
    News

    McMullen wet sales lfls up 4.6%

    2019-06-20T07:51:00Z

    McMullen, the brewer and pub operator, has reported managed house like-for-like sales growth of 2.8% - driven by like-for-like wet sales growth of 4.6% - for the full year ending 29 September 2018.

  • Opinion

    OK computer

    2019-06-20T07:46:00Z

    Labelled by some as the flat white economy, the growth of freelance work culture, particular in the Millennial-dominated digital industries, has led to a familiar site in coffee shops – heads buried in laptops, eking out cups of coffee.