All MCA Insight articles in May 2014 – Page 10
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Call for ‘tobacco-style’ warnings on unhealthy foods
International health groups are calling for greater intervention from government to legislate against unhealthy foods to change people’s diets as the obesity crisis worsens and diet-related deaths continue to rise
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Palmers spends £1m on pub revamp
Palmers, the Dorset brewer and pub operator, has invested more than £1m transforming a beachside pub
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Analysis & Insight
Voucher and gift card sales grow
Sales of consumer vouchers and gift cards grew 17% in the first quarter of 2014, which is above expectations for the period, new research shows
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Jones Bar Group eyes multiple bowling sites
Yorkshire-based Jones Bar Group plans to rollout a series of boutique bowling alleys after launching the first in Leeds last week, according to the Yorkshire Post
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Toby Carvery national training academy planned for York
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) is to open its national training academy for Toby Carvery at a disused play area in a York pub, reports the York Press
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Second generic pro-beer campaign to launch
Major brewers have funded a second generic TV advertising campaign for beer under the strapline, “There’s More to Beer”, according to Marketing Week
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Stonegate launches World Cup cocktails and hot dogs
Slug & Lettuce, the part of the Stonegate group, is gearing up for the World Cup with an international menu of hot dogs inspired by six of the teams in the tournament, while Reflex and Flares are introducing a cocktail range
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Meantime grows hops on the Thames bankside
Meantime Brewing launches a Hop Farm in Greenwich to grow hops for True Brew of London
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NewsDomino’s predicts 6m pizza sales during World Cup
Domino’s Pizza is recruiting 1,300 delivery drivers ahead of an anticipated peak in pizza orders during the World Cup tournament which could top six million pizzas during June and July
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NewsGiraffe rolls out café concept
Giraffe, the Tesco-owned restaurant group, will open smaller café models of its restaurants at six Tesco Extra stores this summer at smaller stores that have high daytime footfall
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Pesto looks south
Pesto, the north west-based pub and restaurant chain led by La Tasca founder Neil Gatt, plans to focus more on openings in southern England and expects to fall short of its 10-site openings target for 2014
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Analysis & Insight
Hospitality sector 'scepticle of vouchers'
Most hospitality businesses think that vouchers are not a key generator of sales, despite the fact the majority of customers cite them as the top reason for revisiting an outlet
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Shaftesbury: demand for leisure space continues
Shaftesbury says strong demand for its restaurant and leisure space “continues unabated”, with the West End property owner reporting that it had “little vacant” space available to let during the six months to 31 March
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OpinionShare and share alike
The M&C20 is one year old this month. Rob Willock takes a look at the relative performances of the leisure sector companies that constitute M&C Report’s shares index.
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NewsShepherd Neame to simplify capital structure
Shepherd Neame, the Kent-based brewer and pub operator, has announced that it intends to simplify its share capital structure as it reports a period of continued strong trading during the spring months
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NewsPunch to sell four central London pubs for £6.7m
Punch Taverns has announced that it has reached agreement to sell four freehold central London pubs to Morgana Limited for a total of £6.7m
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NewsM&B and Greene King 'bid for Orchid package'
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) and Greene King are understood to have both bid for c158 of the 255-strong Orchid estate, according to The Times leisure correspondent Dominic Walsh
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NewsYO! introduces iPad payments
YO! Sushi, the Quilvest-backed group, is in the process of introducing a system that allows customers to order and pay via iPads
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NewsH+H trials integrated digital payments
Harris + Hoole, the Tesco-backed coffee chain, is trialling an integrated digital payment system in a number of its stores
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Warning over 'digital cynicism'
F&B operators need to ensure that the benefit of new technology for customers is clear to them in an era of “digital cynicism”, a leading brand design expert has told the Allegra Restaurant Leaders Summit 2014