All MCA Insight articles in March 2022 – Page 5
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NewsBritish Land and Landsec eye shopping centres swap
The landlords have held talks over an £800m asset swap involving Meadowhall shopping centre, the Sunday Times reports
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Interviews‘We have a legacy to protect with Lina Stores’
As White Rabbit Projects prepares to open a new Lina Stores site in London, MCA speaks to COO Éadaoin McDonagh about new offerings at the latest opening and the brand’s plans in Europe
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Analysis & InsightAndy Hornby: ‘As an industry, we should still be very worried’
The Restaurant Group’s CEO has warned that VAT and price inflation are masking the true performance of the market
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NewsTim Martin: Post-lockdown boom hasn’t materialised
Despite a return to more normal trading patterns, the Wetherspoon chairman told MCA sales have been slow to recover
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NewsCubbitt House plots ‘aggressive plan of growth’
The London-based pub and hotel group will open sites in Chelsea, Notting Hill, Mayfair and Clerkenwell this year, with another three in the pipeline for 2023
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NewsNightcap: ‘The window of opportunity is still open’
The bar group is continuing to see favourable rents and landlord incentives and hopes to open five or six sites for each of its core brands per year
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Analysis & InsightLunch sees share gain as office workers return
As more workers returned to the office last month, lunch grew to make up more than one in four occasions in the overall eating and drinking out market, according to Lumina Intelligence
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Analysis & InsightDelivery and takeaway sales remain strong
Eat-at-home sales accounted for around 26 pence in every spend within managed pub and restaurant groups last month, according to the latest CGA & Slerp Hospitality at Home Tracker
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NewsBurger King operator refuses to close Russia estate
Restaurant Brands International (RBI) said it was unable to enforce a suspenion of the 800-strong joint venture over Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
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NewsPret launches refugee job scheme
The programme will help fast-track Ukrainians who want to come to the UK and are seeking work, and will cover a variety of in-shop roles, including chefs and baristas
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Analysis & InsightReform on single-use plastic on the way
Operators should stay one step ahead in anticipation of “significant regulatory reform”, according to campaign group City to Sea
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NewsWetherspoon reports ‘more normal trading patterns’
Chairman Tim Martin said after a traumatic two years, sales had improved in recent weeks, and were down just 2.6% in the three-week period to 13 March 2022 compared to 2019
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NewsYolk plans three sites in London this year
Founder Nick Philpot speaks to MCA about the gourmet food-to-go brand’s plans to expand across the capital
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NewsLost Boys Chicken launches two new concepts
Founder Tom Samandi is launching Chick Chick Crew in London in Market Halls, and Lost Boys Land, a “nostalgic KFC disrupter”, in Brighton
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NewsKnoops planning ‘massive’ investment in people
The boutique chocolate concept’s products are so personalised that investment in staff training and development is essential, says head of people and culture Morven West
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Analysis & InsightLumina Intelligence: Food to go? Maybe later
With dinner accounting for less than 10% of food to go occasions, Lumina Intelligence examines the untapped potential for the evening daypart as brands develop a more rounded, all-day offering
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NewsGiggling Squid debuts Welsh site
The new 3,000 sq ft site will open in Cardiff’s St David’s dining quarter on the Hayes, later this year, and forms part of the BGF-backed Thai restaurant group’s expansion plans
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NewsNeat Burger expands tech ahead of retail move
The SoftBank-backed vegan burger brand plans to roll out products to retail and direct-to-consumer and establish innovation centres in Chelsea and Manhatten
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NewsBob & Berts to accelerate expansion in England
The BGF-backed coffee shop operator is focusing on the north of England before moving further south as it plans to double its estate
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Analysis & InsightCACI: Key shift in how consumers move about
Arabella Dalloz said the changes seen in consumer behaviour were here “here to stay”, meaning there were “long term opportunities” for operators in new locations