All MCA Insight articles in March 2022 – Page 2
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Analysis & InsightSales up in the UK’s largest cities
A new report from CGA and Wireless Social saw hospitality sales rising 3% on 2019 levels, with Glasgow topping the list as the most vibrant city
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InterviewsSeafood Pub Co: ‘We have got so much firepower behind us’
Joycelyn Neve, MD at Oakman Group’s Seafood Pub division talks to MCA about the evolution of the brand and prospects for growth
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NewsKFC launches anti-littering pledge
The fried chicken brand will tell its customers ’Don’t Be A Tosser’ with 15ft banners at restaurants across the UK
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NewsSushiDog embarks on ambitious growth strategy
The quick-service sushi restaurant will open prime sites in Soho and Bishopsgate this spring, with a further five in the pipeline
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Analysis & InsightBerenberg: ‘TRG’s growth outlook is best-in-class’
The analyst said that despite facing significant cost inflation this year, it thinks TRG can still outperform consensus earnings expectations
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NewsBBPA concerns over Deposit Return Scheme
The BBPA is pushing for a balance between the sustainable and sensible, in response to proposed changes to improve the recycling of drinks containers
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Analysis & InsightAirports near pre-pandemic levels
Pret’s sales at airports were 96% of pre-pandemic levels last week, as airlines see demand pick up after two years of restrictions
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NewsCoco di Mama travels same road as Leon and Pret
As it continues to diversify away from its central London heartland, the Azzurri Group brand is trialling a pasta counter at Roadchef’s Norton Canes service area, and looking at various other opportunities in airports, train stations and commuter towns, MD Jim Attwood told MCA
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NewsHeineken and Carlsberg exit Russia
The global brewing groups said offloading their operations in Russia would lead to a “substantial” impairment charge to their businesses.
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NewsBenugo to open trio of sites in Glasgow
The Burrell Restaurant, The Burrell Coffee Shop and an Espresso Bar will open at the A-listed home of The Burrell Collection in Pollok Country Park
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NewsLockdown bakery opens prime site
Buns from Home, which was founded in a domestic kitchen as a lockdown project, is opening its fourth site, in The Yards, Covent Garden
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NewsBrasserie Bar Co’s Mark Derry: ‘I’ve never known a more difficult time to be a restaurant operator’
The group’s executive chairman said the increase of VAT to 20% would result in ”a big bucket of cash coming out of our business”
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NewsDrake & Morgan sees strong return to trading
The bar and restaurant group has seen a strong return to trading levels since the removal of Plan B restrictions at the end of January, as it recovers from a tough FY21 financial year.
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NewsStarbucks planning 140 new UK sites
Following a return to profit, the coffee chain is looking to push ahead with its growth plans, with half of the 140 new UK sites this year expected to be drive-thrus
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NewsBrighton Pier Group reports ‘very strong’ H1 performance
The family entertainment group’s bar division traded ahead of expectations, achieving revenue of £6m, vs. £0.7m in 2020
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NewsDomino’s names new non-exec
Domino’s Pizza Group has appointed Tracy Corrigan as an independent non-executive director, with effect from 5 May 2022.
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Weekend PressHow Clean Kitchen Club aims to be the ‘plant-based McDonald’s’
‘Vegan food is just normal food – but vegan,’ the founders of Clean Kitchen Club tell The Independent’s Andy Martin
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Weekend PressPubs are not the only ones to have seat in last chance saloon
The whole hospitality industry is still in a precarious position after the pandemic, Dominic Walsh writes in The Times
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Weekend PressHad your fill of calorie counts in restaurants? Just order the special
From April 6, large restaurants, pubs and bakeries must declare the number of calories in anything on offer - but there is a loophole, The Sunday Times reports
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NewsRural pubs handed lifeline
Three endangered community pubs have been given money from the government’s levelling up fund