All MCA Insight articles in June 2020 – Page 8
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Opinion
Peter Martin: Making hospitality part of the solution
The weekend’s press brought more tantalising headlines for the hospitality sector. Government fears of a ‘jobs bloodbath’ if the sector failed to reopen in time for the summer would accelerate an easing of the lockdown for pubs and restaurants, the Sunday Times front page splash optimistically predicted.
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News
Snapshot: Going to a McDonald’s drive thru during lockdown
We’ve all seen the headline grabbing queues outside McDonald’s drive-thrus since they reopened last week. So how is McDonald’s handling the pressure? Having heard rumours of a two hour wait time at my nearby McDonald’s drive thru, obviously the only thing to do was to chuck the kids in the car and join in the fun.
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News
Restaurant Group in talks over leisure restructure
The Restaurant Group has confirmed it is in discussions with landlords regarding “potential restructuring options” of its leisure estate.
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News
Wagamama eyes full estate open in ‘six or nine months’
Wagamama CEO Emma Woods said the restaurant chain is preparing for a “new normal” in customer habits as it revealed its first ever collection service for customers.
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News
Mcdonald’s expands home delivery
Mcdonald’s is offering home delivery at a further 500 restaurants this week.
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News
June 22 mooted for outdoor opening
Government ministers have identified June 22 as the date they hope to reopen England’s pubs and restaurants for outdoor service, amid fears of mass job losses if the hospitality sector misses out on the summer season.
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News
Revolution raises £15m in share placing
Revolution Bars Group has raised £15m its share placing launched earlier today.
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News
Operators announce next wave of reopenings
Dishoom and Crussh are among the latest operators to open their doors this week, whilst the reopening programmes of Loungers, Turtle Bay, Franco Manca and more have started to pick up momentum. Of the larger to-go operators, KFC, McDonald’s and Costa have reached reopening milestones this week, whilst Greggs announced a significant acceleration in its reopening plans.
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News
Azzurri sounds out sale
Ask Italian and Zizzi operator Azzurri Group is exploring a sale of the company, Sky News reports.
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Analysis & Insight
90% will return to restaurants - poll
Nearly 90% of people are likely or very likely to return to dining out when restaurants reopen, according to a survey by Brasserie Bar Co.
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News
Revolution launches £15m fundraise
Revolution Bars Group is seeking to raise £15m in a share placing, while transfer trading from the London Stock Exchange to the smaller AIM.
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News
Philip Kolvin QC: Government silence on pedestrianised spaces is deafening
There is not a publican alive who is not praying to all that is holy for a 4 July reopening – and doesn’t the date have a special resonance, with an aroma of liberty, courage and festivity?
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Interviews
Loungers CEO Nick Collins: ‘Delivery isn’t something our customers would enjoy’
Despite the raft of operators choosing to introduce delivery as an alternative revenue stream through recovery, it’s not a route Loungers is going to take, CEO Nick Collins has told MCA.
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Interviews
Young’s CEO Patrick Dardis: Pubs can’t resemble operating theatres
With picturesque riverside pubs clustered around the Thames, as well as by East Devon’s Exe Estuary, more than half of the Young’s estate has a large beer garden.
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News
Hospitality Leaders Poll reveals reopening concerns
One third of operators, or 31%, believe they will be able to reopen by 4 July, according to the latest weekly Hospitality Leaders Poll by MCA Insight/HIM. And if they do get the go ahead to reopen sooner, one in four (26%) think they can be up and running within two weeks and one in five (19%) could reopen in a matter of days. Just 16% think it will take longer than the four weeks between now and 4 July.
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News
Greene King expands takeaway outside London
Greene King is expanding its new delivery and takeaway service to its pubs across the country.
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Interviews
Creams MD Othman Shoukat: ‘Hospitality must diversify and redefine its business models’
The coronavirus crisis has served to accentuate disruption the hospitality industry was already facing, and now businesses must redefine themselves accordingly, MCA’s The Conversation has heard.
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Analysis & Insight
One in two operators to have 80% of sites open by September
Almost half of hospitality operators expect to have more than 80% of their estate open by September this year, the latest insight from CGA has revealed.
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News
TRG to close up to 120 sites
The Restaurant Group is to permanently close between 100 and 120 of its leisure brands sites.