All MCA Insight articles in March 2017 – Page 10
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Analysis & Insight
Walsh on TRG, Domino's and C&C
The recent travails of The Restaurant Group may make it hard to remember that this was a company that once looked like it could do no wrong. Dominic Walsh looks at how things went awry and ask if the right people are being blamed. He also discusses the market’s reaction to Domino’s recent trading update and looks at the prospects for C&C Group.
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Analysis & Insight
Regional focus: Wales
Wales was the only region of the UK to see a fall of more than 1% in food-led licensed premises, during 2016, according to the CGA Peach/AlixPartners Market Growth Monitor.
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News
Young’s closes standalone Burger Shack
Young’s has closed its standalone Burger Shack & Bar in Wimbledon after just under a year of trading, MCA has learnt.
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News
Turkish concept for group behind The Real China
The group behind The Real China is developing its Turkish concept Turquoise, having already opened three sites, with the potential for three or four over the next year.
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Opinion
The form horse
Seven years on from its creation, Stonegate Pub Company continues to disprove the notion that you cannot thrive as a wet-led, late-night bar operator. The TDR Capital-backed group is now garnering deserved sector-wide recognition for its approach to developing complementary town and city-centre concepts and engaged teams
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Analysis & Insight
Frontline women earn more than men per hour
Frontline female staff in the UK hospitality industry are paid marginally more than men per hour, according to research by hospitality and leisure software provider Fourth.
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News
Morrisons, Just Eat, Bombay Bites create first supermarket takeaway
Just Eat and Morrisons have joined forces with Bombay Bites Express to launch the UK’s first takeaway operating inside a supermarket. Morrisons in the Victoria Shopping Centre, Bradford, is working with the Indian food opertaor for the initiative which will allow consumers to eat in-store at Bradford, or pick up ...
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News
Banwell House secures sixth site
Banwell House, the South West-based pub operator, has grown its estate to six with the acquisition of Wadworth pub.
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News
Square Pie in Vue link up
Square Pie, the gourmet pie shop chain, is linking up with the Vue cinema chain to alunch a new kiosk format
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News
Veeno lines up Reading site
Veeno, the Italian wine café concept, has lined up a new opening in Reading
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News
Leon eyes second Manchester opening
Healthy fast food chain Leon is set to open not one but two sites in Manchester this year
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News
Be At One confirms second Leeds opening
Be At One has confirmed it will open a further site in Leeds, the first time it will have opened a second venue in a city outside of London
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News
Kungfu Chinese buffet on expansion trail
The group behind Chinese buffet chain The Real China is expanding its Pan-Asian concept Kungfu as it seeks to establish a national operator specialising in Asian cuisine.
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Analysis & Insight
UK now has most craft breweries per capita
The UK has overtaken the US in having the most craft breweries per capita.
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Analysis & Insight
Licensed sites in UK cities up 7.6% since 2011
The number of licensed premises in UK cities has risen 7.6% in the last five years, as pubs and restaurants are increasingly acting as saviours of high streets.
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Analysis & Insight
Consumer spending growth to slow in 2017-18
Real consumer spending growth will moderate from around 3% in 2016 to around 2% in 2017 and 1.7% in 2018, according to PwC
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News
Liberation acquires 100th pub
Liberation Group, the Channel Islands brewer and pub operator, has acquired its 100th pub - the Methuen Arms in Corsham, Wiltshire.
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News
Tattu to expand into Leeds
Contemporary Chinese restaurant group Tattu is to open a second site in Leeds this year
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Analysis & Insight
Brits face price hikes on favourite drinks
British tea and coffee drinkers could be paying more for their daily cup very soon as supply problems continue to impact their availability
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News
Nando’s trials its first UK delivery service
Nando’s, the national restaurant chain, has begun a trial of its own delivery service