All MCA Insight articles in March 2020 – Page 9

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    Weather buffets F&B pricing

    2020-03-13T08:41:00Z

    Weather conditions are increasingly influencing patterns of food and beverage pricing, the latest CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index shows.

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    News

    Deliveroo introduces no-contact drop-offs

    2020-03-13T08:39:00Z

    Deliveroo has introduced a no-contact drop-off service amid the coronavirus outbreak.

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    News

    JDW more affected by weather than health scare

    2020-03-13T08:37:00Z

    J D Wetherspoon has reported like for like sales up by 3.2% in the six weeks to 8 March 2020, saying it had been more adversely affected by poor weather than by the coronavirus health scare.

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    Footfall drops 26% amid outbreak

    2020-03-13T08:36:00Z

    Footfall across the UK is showing a 26% like for like decline, according to data from Wireless Social.

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    News

    Plan for ‘worst case scenario’ operators told

    2020-03-13T08:33:00Z

    Restaurant operators should plan for the worst-case scenario with the coronavirus outbreak, two leading investors told Restaurant magazine’s R200 conference.

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    Editors Opinion: Handling the coronavirus chaos

    2020-03-12T17:36:00Z

    Whenever I write about something it’s always helpful to understand it. Like all of you I’ve watched the coronavirus drama develop slowly and menacingly, but any detailed or real understanding of the scale of what it might evolve into is elusive to those with expertise in the area, let alone people like me. Fortunately Nigel Farage popped up on the BBC this week to give his verdict on the coronavirus crisis, and who better to opine on the issue than someone highly skilled at spreading virulent and insidious poison around the country?

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    Analysis & Insight

    Getting social - the risks and rewards

    2020-03-12T15:13:00Z

    As Chancellor Rishi Sunak grinned next to an unnecessarily large bag of Yorkshire Tea and Jacob Rees-Mogg threw caution to the wind in clutching a single walkers crisp, social media managers everywhere groaned in solidarity. “Look how relatable we are,” called the two men, “so normal!” Within minutes, Twitter warriors throughout the country were primed for battle. Yorkshire Tea, Walkers and Pringles (which committed the crime of simply sitting, unopened, on Reese-Mogg’s desk), were immediately inundated with online abuse.

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    News

    Intu warns of potential collapse as it reports £2bn loss

    2020-03-12T14:55:00Z

    Intu Properties, the group behind nine of the UK’s top 20 shopping centres including the Trafford Centre in Manchester and Lakeside in Essex, has suggested it could collapse unless it raises extra funds.

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    News

    Shepherd Neame to launch “flagship” site in long-term strategy

    2020-03-12T08:47:00Z

    Shepherd Neame is in planning stages for a “flagship” site in Ebbsfleet as it plans to dominate the pub market in the area.

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    News

    Heavenly Desserts launches in London

    2020-03-12T08:47:00Z

    High-end café concept Heavenly Desserts has launched its first London site at the IQL in Stratford.

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    News

    Hollywood Bowl launches mini-golf concept

    2020-03-12T08:47:00Z

    Hollywood Bowl has announced the opening of its latest leisure brand: mini-golf concept Puttstars.

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    News

    Bao to open all-day dining café

    2020-03-12T08:47:00Z

    The team behind Taiwanese buns concept Bao are set to launch their first all-day dining concept under the brand, MCA’s sister title Big Hospitality reports.

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    News

    UKH – ‘Budget ignores large operators’

    2020-03-12T08:46:00Z

    Yesterday’s Budget includes some welcome changes but ‘utterly ignores’ larger operators, UK Hospitality CEO Kate Nicholls has said.

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    Analysis & Insight

    One in four young people go teetotal

    2020-03-12T08:45:00Z

    Low2No is set to be one of the key trends of 2020 as almost one in four young people are now teetotal, new figures released in Society of Independent Brewers British Craft Beer Report. With growing health consciousness as a key concern, the number of 18-24 year olds who have ...

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    Steve Gotham: Straddling the great wet vs dry divide

    2020-03-12T08:45:00Z

    While there might be some disagreement over the extent the UK eating out market is over-supplied, there will be strong agreement that it is intensely competitive. It remains highly fragmented and contains an abundance of operators clamouring for consumers’ attention and spend. As such, skilful market positioning is essential.

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    February trading sees industry-wide decline

    2020-03-12T08:45:00Z

    Trading in the pub, restaurant and bar sector suffered significantly in February as coronavirus and extreme weather conditions had a negative impact on footfall, new research by the Coffer Peach Business Tracker has revealed.

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    News

    Chancellor freezes alcohol duties

    2020-03-11T13:23:00Z

    Chancellor Rishi Sunak has frozen duties on alcohol as the hospitality industry navigates through the coronavirus. In his budget speech this afternoon he said that this year the “planned increase in spirits duty will be cancelled.” There was also positive news for pubs, with the chancellor describing them as the “centre of community life. But too many have closed over the past decade. We have already promised to introduce a business rates pub discount of £1,000 for small pubs, but I’ve heard calls from other MPs that we need to do more, especially given the possible impact of coronavirus. So today I can announce that exceptionally for this year the BR discount will be £5,000.”

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    Analysis & Insight

    Growth slows for independent coffee shops

    2020-03-11T08:46:00Z

    The independent coffee shop segment saw a slow-down in outlet growth last year due to difficult trading conditions across the wider UK café market, new research by Allegra World Coffee Portal has found.

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    Patisserie Valerie to merge with Bakers + Baristas

    2020-03-11T08:46:00Z

    Patisserie Valerie will be merged with 65-strong café concept Bakers + Baristas, MCA’s sister title Big Hospitality reports.

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    Greene King announces coffee partnership

    2020-03-11T08:46:00Z

    Greene King has announced a new multi-year partnership with coffee company Paddy & Scott’s.