All MCA Insight articles in March 2022 – Page 5
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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 & Insight
Lunch 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 & Insight
Delivery 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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Burger 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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Pret 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 & Insight
Reform 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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Wetherspoon 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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Yolk 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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Lost 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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Knoops 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 & Insight
Lumina 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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Giggling 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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Neat 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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Bob & 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 & Insight
CACI: 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
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Analysis & Insight
Foodservice inflation hits 7.9%
The unusually high levels of inflation across all categories were recorded before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which is anticipated to prompt further price rises, according to the CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index
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Minor International prepares action against Jeremy King
Sky News reports Thai-based Minor is bringing two legal cases in the battle for control over Corbin & King
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Soho House accelerates expansion
Founder Nick Jones said “unprecedented demand” had given the group confidence to increase its openings to eight-ten new sites per year
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Deliveroo aims for positive EBITDA by 2026
The company posted a loss before income tax of £298m in 2021, compared to £213m loss in 2020
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Simon Dodd to take over as CEO of Young’s
Patrick Dardis, who has been with the pub company for 20 years, will step down at this year’s AGM on 5 July 2022
