All Leon articles – Page 4
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Analysis & Insight
How technology is revolutionising the post-pandemic restaurant sector
At the end of 2019, if a customer wanted to order and pay for their food using their mobile phone the number of restaurants in which they could do this would have been relatively small. Fast forward to this year and, once lockdown is lifted, the number of places offering digital order and pay will be significantly bigger.
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News
Leon launches carbon-neutral range
Leon has added a carbon-neutral range to its fast-food menu in a bid to bolster its environmental credentials.
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News
Leon circulates restructuring plan
Leon has served creditors with a restructuring plan that includes a multimillion pound investment from shareholders to secure its future.
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News
Leon considers CVA
Healthy fast-food concept Leon has become the latest chain to consider a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) in a bid to cut its rent bill. The business appointed consultancy firm Quantuma in June to advise it on seeking new rent terms, but is now said to be drawing up CVA proposals as a result of pressures caused by the second national lockdown. According to Sky News, plans are at an early stage and the implications for store closures and jobs are yet to be disclosed.
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News
Leon appoints Ayerst MD
Leon has appointed Nick Ayerst, former MD of TRG Concessions, as managing director.
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News
Leon announces ‘unlimited’ coffee offer
Leon has followed Pret’s lead with an ‘unlimited’ coffee offer of £15 for 30 days, which aims to get office workers back into the city.
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Analysis & Insight
Large majority feel safe in pubs and restaurants
An overwhelming number of consumers (94%) who have visited pubs, restaurants and bars in England in the two weeks since reopening were satisfied with the safety steps in venues they visited, with 96% being likely to recommend a visit to friends and family.
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News
Leon to open four new motorway sites
Leon has announced the opening of four new restaurants at motorway services in the next few months.
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News
AlixPartners: Necessity is the mother of invention
Relief, excitement and anxiety seem to be the overriding emotions emanating from hospitality operators since the government finally confirmed that 4 July is the date pubs and restaurants bring up the shutters after three months of inactivity. According to the latest weekly Hospitality Leaders Poll by MCA/HIM, exactly 50% of respondents are set to grasp that opportunity and reopen this coming weekend. The pent-up demand that exists from the public to eat and drink out has been highlighted by the volume of bookings many operators have already taken.
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News
Leon makes sector-first environmental commitments
Leon has become the first eating out business to sign up to all 14 commitments put forward by the Council for Sustainable Business’ (CSB) to protect and improve the environment.
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News
Operators continue to reopen for takeaway and delivery
Starbucks, Subway, Chipotle, Caffe Nero and Loungers are among the latest operators to reopen sites for delivery and takeaway services this week.
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Leon expands Feed Britain delivery service
Leon has expanded its online delivery service, Feed Britain, with a larger menu and delivery capacity.
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Interviews
Vita Mojo: Helping Leon, Farmer J and Bone Daddies build a post-covid world
The shutdown of restaurants has ushered in five years of digital innovation in the industry within just a few months, Vita Mojo CEO Nick Popovici has told MCA.
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News
Downey’s nine-month rent free proposal backed by industry leaders
Jonathan Downey’s nine-month rent time out proposal will be put to Government this week, backed by a number of industry leaders.
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News
Editor’s Opinion: Hang tight and plan your return
The coronavirus continues to wreak havoc. It’s claimed hundreds of thousands of lives around the world and numbers continue to rise. As dreadful as that is, the long term socio-economic impact is more disturbing. The virus has created a level of disruption to health, society, and the economy that’s never happened before, outside of wartime. And while there is plenty of speculation on how life in general may get back to normal post-lockdown, with vaguely optimistic or pessimistic dates floating around, there is no clarity on how or when this might end.
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News
Timeline: How the coronavirus crisis unfolded
Here are just some of the twists and turns over the last few weeks. If you want to read all the MCA coverage of the coronavirus crisis click here.
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News
FeedNHS goes nationwide
FeedNHS, the not-for-profit campaign launched by Leon founder John Vincent, has announced that it will be going nationwide next week.
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News
Peter Martin: If there’s one debt you do need to pay
So the waiting game begins. After the last weeks of frenetic activity as the hospitality sector lobbied hard for Government lifelines, most companies are locking themselves into survival mode.
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News
Honest, Creams and The Antonio Carluccio Foundation launch support schemes
Honest Burgers and Creams are the latest operators to launch NHS and community support initiatives in response to the coronavirus pandemic, whilst industry charity The Antonio Carluccio Foundation has extended its funding.