All Loungers articles – Page 13
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Analysis & Insight
Niche players have cutting edge
Operators facing ever-more demanding investors and mounting challenges have tended to focus on premiumisation and the strength of their brand, estate and people. However, CBRE’s Simon M Johnson warns this may no longer be enough. He suggests bolt-on acquisitions are likely to become more crucial to success with the result that fledgling brands with an edge will become more valuable.
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NewsRetailers’ Retailer finalists announced
The finalists show strong performances from wet-led businesses across the year represented in the shortlist.
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OpinionAre you adding value? Part 2
Yesterday I wrote that the UK’s hospitality industry was facing a period of fundamental change, with the threat of a significant gap developing in parts of the sector. This morning the focus falls on the value of delivery, technology, experience, property, investment (does private equity have a duty of care?) and protecting your reputation
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News
December lfls up 4.8% at Loungers
Loungers recorded like-for-like sales up 4.8% for the four weeks to 31 December 2017
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Analysis & Insight
Inside track: Operator & investor view
As 2017 draws to a close, Tom Barnard, director of M&A at BDO talks to those operating and investing in the restaurant and bars sector to understand how they will reflect on the year, what opportunities and challenges they foresee ahead, and unavoidably, their views on Brexit
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Analysis & InsightPubs now opening at faster rate than restaurants
Managed pub and bar companies are now opening new sites at a faster rate than casual dining groups, the latest figures have shown.
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Analysis & InsightMomentum in vegan trend merits greater recognition
Veganism is one of the UK’s fastest growing lifestyle trends, but how can operators capitalise on its popularity and what is currently stopping them? MCA’s Steve Gotham reports.
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NewsLoungers grows lfls 7.4%
Loungers, the Nick Collins-led, Lion Capital-backed group, saw like-for-like sales in the 24 weeks to 8 October grow 7.4%.
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NewsLoungers, JDW & Wagamama winners at Vegan Food Awards
Loungers, JD Wetherspoon and Wagamama were amongst the sector winners at the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Vegan Food Awards 2017
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OpinionTunnel vision
It’s heads down, gritted-teeth tough out there at the moment for the majority of the UK’s eating and drinking-out market, and there aren’t many signs that things are going to pick up soon. Also what next for Byron?
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Analysis & Insight
PE remains sector’s growth partner of choice
Paul Hemming, managing director of AlixPartners, looks in detail at the figures from this year’s Growth Company Index, produced in partnership with MCA. In this article he looks at the enduring influence of private equity on growth companies.
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NewsReilley becomes Hubbox chairman
Alex Reilley, co-founder and chairman of Loungers, has joined the board of Hubbox as non-executive chairman
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News
Lfls up 7.6% at Loungers
Loungers has reported a 7.6% increase in like-for-like sales for the 14 weeks to 30 July
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Tweddell becomes Flat Iron chairman
Crispin Tweddell, founder of Piper, has become chairman of the private equity group’s latest investment in the sector, Flat Iron
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Opinion
Inside Track: Bun fight
Too many burger chains? Too many food and drink outlets? Too many bad location decisions? Or just too many headwinds to cope with? You could probably make an argument for one, two or all of the aforementioned reasons for the sad demise of Handmade Burger Co. What is for sure is that it will have sent a further shiver down the collective spine of a sector already facing up to 12-18 months of fighting in the trenches ahead of it. Mark Wingett reports
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NewsLoungers amongst bidders for Coffee#1
Loungers is one of the suitors for Coffee#1, the 79-strong business owned by SA Brain
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News
Fleet to join Flat Iron as MD
Jo Fleet, who stepped down from Wahaca earlier this year, is to join Flat Iron, as its new managing director
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News
Loungers restructures management team
Loungers has announced a number of people moves within the group as the business gears up for its next stage of growth
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Analysis & InsightKeeping the Express on track
The season of changes at the top of the UK’s leading restaurant brands continued earlier this week with the abrupt departure of Richard Hodgson as chief executive of PizzaExpress. Mark Wingett examines his time at the helm of the UK’s largest casual dining brand and why the company’s future growth is increasingly dependent on its expansion plans in the Far East.
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NewsLoungers hits 100 as FY lfls grow 5.3%
Loungers, the Lion Capital-backed group, has reported like-for-like sales up 5.3% for the year to 23 April, as it opens its 100th site.