All MCA Insight articles in March 2016 – Page 15
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News
Samba Brands lines up St James’s Duck & Waffle
Samba Brands, owners of the Sushisamba brand, are set to launch a second site in London under its Duck & Waffle concept
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News
Sugar Dumplin secures Leeds site
Sugar Dumplin, the Caribbean barbecue and rum bar concept, has secured a new site in Leeds, MCA has learnt.
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Opinion
Dirty Martini to shake up regional cities
Scott Matthews has a passion for living in the moment and is all geared up for branching out of the capital with Dirty Martini. Mel Flaherty finds out more about the CG Restaurants & Bars man
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News
Five minutes with…Ed Gardner, Corney & Barrow
This week M&C takes five minutes with Corney & Barrow managing director Ed Gardner. He talks about why street food impresses him, his worries about whether consumer spending will continue to outstrip rising property and wage costs, and wanting to run a brewery.
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News
Rocket Restaurants signs with Aramark
Dublin-based US diner group Rocket Restaurants has signed a deal with global contract caterer Aramark, MCA has learned.
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News
Aspirational Pub Co set for growth
Former Pizza Hut UK & Ireland chief operating office Aaron Moore-Saxton has told MCA that Aspirational Pub Company, where he is now managing director, is primed for growth.
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News
Time Out Market in advanced stage on London debut
Didier Souillat, the new chief executive of Time Out Market, has told MCA that the company is at an advanced stage in terms of securing a debut UK site
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Analysis & Insight
Safety in numbers?
Crowdfunding has become a popular way for cash-strapped chefs to launch their own restaurants. But is it the source of easy money many people think it is?
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News
Notes opens sixth site, plans for two more
Coffee shop and wine bar concept Notes have opened a sixth site and are planning to open two more this year, MCA has learned.
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Analysis & Insight
All Bar One gains lunch and dinner market share
All Bar One is the only Top 10 brand to increase its share of total pub restaurant visits at both lunch and dinner, MCA’s latest Pub Brand Monitor has shown.
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News
The Breakfast Club tops 2016 Growth Tracker
The Breakfast Club has topped the list of the UK’s eating and drinking-out market’s fastest-growing companies
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News
Thorley steps down from TDR
Giles Thorley, the former chief executive of Punch Taverns, has stepped down as an operating partner of private equity firm TDR Capital
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News
Charles Wells secures extension to Estrella contract
Charles Wells and Damm have signed an extension to the contract which sees the Bedford brewer retain sales and distribution rights for Estrella Damm for a further five years.
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News
Tortilla strengthens operational team
Tortilla has strengthened its head office team with the appointments of a head of marketing and a financial controller
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News
Lambert to oversee PizzaExpress Delivered growth
PizzaExpress has appointed Neil Lambert, its current trading controller, to oversee the growth of its Delivered arm
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News
Inn Collection secures first city site
North East-based Inn Collection Group has secured its first city property, with the purchase of the Kingslodge Hotel in Durham.
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News
Starbucks signs up to support breastfeeding mothers
Starbucks has become the first retailer to sign up to a brand new Parent Friendly Places Charter to support breastfeeding mothers using its c800 UK outlets
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News
Carlsberg ‘contributes £9.6bn to society’
The Carlsberg group has estimated that it contributes £9.6bn to the economy in the markets in which it operates.
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News
Vintage Inns new menu rollout 50% complete
Mitchells & Butlers is over half way through its roll-out of the stone-baked pizza offer across its Vintage Inns estate.
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News
YO! Sushi’s launches “100 dish” new menu
YO! Sushi is rolling out a new “100-dish” menu across all of its UK sites from next Tuesday (8 March)