All MCA Insight articles in May 2015 – Page 7
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News
SSP in Gino D’Campo link up
SSP has started working with TV chef Gino D’Acampo on a new casual dining restaurant format
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Flight Club secures debut site
Flight Club, the new darts-based restaurant and bar concept from Adam Breeden, has secured its first site
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Workshop expands with fifth site and roastery
Artisan coffee shop group Workshop is preparing to open an enlarged roastery in Bethnal Green after exceeding capacity at its Clerkenwell site
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Enterprise has Eureka moment
Enterprise Inns has launched a new company Eureka Inns Ltd to oversee its new “managed expert” model
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Analysis & Insight
South East Asian chains to reach value of £107m
Branded Thai, Vietnamese and other South East Asian chains are set to reach a value of £107m in 2015
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News
Pizza Union to double up
Pizza Union, the fledgling pizza bar concept, has secured a second site in London’s King’s Cross
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Square Pie and Wafflemeister set for the O2
Square Pie, the gourmet pie shop chain, and Wafflemeister, the Belgian waffle specialist, are set to open units at the O2
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Askew joins Ivy Market team
Mark Askew, former executive head chef at Gordon Ramsay Holding, has become a director of the Richard Caring-backed Ivy Market Grill format
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Sellers to run chips and champagne pop-up
Former Noma head chef Tom Sellers is launching a chips and Champagne pop-up this summer in Covent Garden in partnership with Krug Champagne called Krug & Chips
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Analysis & Insight
Leisure offers drive shopping centre footfall
Night time economy footfall in shopping centres increased during April
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News
Cellar Door up to two
Fledging pub operator Cellar Door Pubs Ltd is opening its second site in St Albans at the end of May as a smokehouse inspired craft beer pub
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BrewDog expands range
BrewDog, the Scottish craft brewer, is launching an 8.5% ABV IPA with a short shelf life styled as Born to Die with the first batch expiring on 4 July as part of its ever-evolving offering
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Brand overhaul returns West Cornwall Pasty Co to growth
West Cornwall Pasty Co., the pasty operator bought out of administration last April has reported like for like sales increase of 6% since April 2014
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TCG names national barista champion
Managed pub and bar operator TCG has awarded its Barista of the Year 2015 title to Rachael Simmons, assistant manager at Bar 38 in Portsmouth
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KFC launches digital trays in Germany; brings back Colonel Sanders
KFC has introduced a tray that doubles as a Bluetooth keyboard for German diners to use while they eat and is running an advertising campaign in the US featuring the Colonel
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Whitbread appoints Brittain as new CEO
Whitbread has announced that Alison Brittain has been appointed as its next chief executive to succeed Andy Harrison, who has decided to retire from full time executive life at the end of February 2016
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Analysis & Insight
Average pub turnover up 23%
There are encouraging signs of growth for the UK pub industry which has seen a rise in turnover and injection of new owners in the past three years
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Opinion
Commitment to the reign of Spain
Iberica restaurants managing director Fernandez Pardo believes Spain and the UK has something in common – neither is particularly good at selling its own products.
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News
Prezzo sets for Spur Lakeside site
Prezzo, the TPG Capital-backed, group, is in talks to acquire the Spur steakhouse site in the Lakeside scheme in Essex
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Analysis & Insight
Operators bringing down exit prices
Operators in the sector are responding to weak customer propensity to trade up by bringing down exit prices