All MCA Insight articles in March 2025 – Page 10
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NewsMcDonald’s turns to AI to boost efficiency
The fast food chain is rolling out AI-driven kitchen management, automated drive-throughs, and predictive maintenance across its 43,000 global restaurants
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NewsJust Eat expands automation with drone deliveries and AI
The food delivery platform is advancing its automation strategy with drone-operated deliveries and an AI-powered ordering assistant
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NewsIn pictures: Permit Room Oxford
Dishoom’s sister brand’s latest opening has seen a concrete shell transformed into a hospitality space to transport guests to mid-century Bombay
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NewsChipotle to ramp up UK equity growth
Speaking at MCA’s Food to Go conference, director of European operations Jacob Sumner said the Mexican-inspired fast casual chain continues to focus on London as a growth hub.
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Event NewsPolarisation and premiumisation: Food to go in 2025
Speaking at MCA’s Food to Go Conference, Lumina Intelligence’s Flora Zwolinski highlights the challenges and opportunities shaping the sector this year
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NewsBlack Sheep reports another year of strong growth
The coffee shop chain entered three new markets in 2024 while achieving double-digit same-store sales growth for five consecutive months at the end of the year
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NewsIndian QSR concept secures funding from Haldiram’s
Shree Krishna Vada Pav, which operates 18 sites across London, aims to reach 30 stores by the end of the year, with a projected turnover of £12m
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InterviewsRedCat Hospitality moves back into acquisitive phase
The Rooney Anand-founded group is looking forward to growing the business following a period of consolidation, CEO Richard Lewis tells MCA
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NewsOpenings of the week
MCA rounds up this week’s biggest openings stories, including Slim Chickens, Crêpeaffaire, Blacklock, and more
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NewsWildfarmed’s George Lamb: ‘Great tasting food starts with great farming’
Speaking at the Peach 20/20 Sustainability Summit 2025, Lamb shared the company’s unconventional origin story – one that began with a mid-life crisis, a summer in Ibiza, and a DJ with a failing farm
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Analysis & InsightDelivery sales fall as consumers continue to rein in spending
Restaurant delivery sales fell by 1% in January 2025 compared to January 2024, CGA by NIQ’s Hospitality at Home Tracker has found
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Analysis & InsightEating out frequency up with drink occasions gaining share
Consumers that engaged with the market enjoyed an average of 1.5 occasions per week, in the four weeks to 16 February 2025, with frequency up 5.6%, according to Lumina Intelligence
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InterviewsLittle Dessert Shop aiming for 100 sites in two years
The dessert parlour, which currently operates from around 50 locations, has five sites currently in the build phase and another five or six in the pipeline, founder Maz Ali tells MCA
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NewsIt’s Bagels looks to open Marylebone outpost
The three-strong bagel concept is looking for further sites in London neighbourhoods, founder Dan Martensen tells MCA
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Analysis & InsightM&A: Significant pent-up supply of assets
The hospitality M&A market is gradually returning, with high-value deals and opportunistic acquisitions fuelled by new capital sources, according to Houlihan Lokey
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InterviewsGreggs doubles down on long-term growth prospects
CEO Roisin Currie acknowledged the retailer’s slump in share price following a slowdown in sales, but said “we’re doing everything we can” in terms of expansion, digital and delivery sales, menu innovation, and value leadership
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NewsMatt Snell named Boxpark CEO
With over 25 years in hospitality, Snell led Gusto Italian for more than seven years, and also held roles at Fuller’s, Red’s True Barbecue, and Spirit Pub Company
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NewsTRG Concessions and Barburrito appoints director
Michele Bacon, previously of Côte, Carluccios, Giraffe and Pizza Express, joins as central operations director
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NewsEmployment bill ‘must not damage jobs, businesses and growth’
UKHospitality warned there is still “much unknown” about the government’s Employment Rights Bill, despite more than 200 amendments
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NewsCaravan completes management buyout
The management team, led by CEO Laura Harper-Hinton, alongside fellow co-founders Chris Ammermann and Miles Kirby now fully own and control the business again