All MCA Insight articles in May 2016 – Page 5
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Ramsay protegee Smyth lines up first site
Clare Smyth, the first female chef in England to hold three Michelin stars, is in advanced talks on a site in London’s Notting Hill for her own restaurant
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Second Cup lines up new UK openings
Second Cup, the Canadian coffee shop-meets-casual-dining chain, is to open five new locations in the UK by the end of the third quarter
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Electric Star secures Leyton pub
Electric Star, the London-based pub operator led by Rob Star, has secured a site in Leyton, east London.
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Slug & Lettuce in Uber link up
Slug & Lettuce has announced a new partnership with Uber, with the former providing £15 off consumer’s 1st ride with the latter over the summer
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Analysis & Insight
Customer feedback improvements could give sector £3.2bn boost
The hospitality and leisure sector could add £3.2bn to the UK economy by improving how customer feedback is used, according to Barclays.
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Bruce’s vineyard beats champagne giants to international award
The first vintage of Blanc de Noirs from industry veteran David Bruce’s Alder Ridge vineyard has beaten Veuve Clicquot, Taittinger and Moet & Chandon to an international wine prize.
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Night Tube date welcomed as boost to late-night sector
Leading figures in the late-night sector have welcomed the announcement that the Night Tube will begin on 19 August.
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Redcomb eyes rollout for new casual dining concept
Dan Shotton, co-founder of Redcomb Pubs, has told MCA the group’s new casual dining concept will add another avenue of growth as it continues to seek expansion in its core pub estate.
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Analysis & Insight
Consuming youth - Instant gratification and disposable ethics
Earlier this year at YMS16, creative marketing agency Amplify previewed their ‘Young Blood’ series – a national research piece that involved speaking with 2,506 13 - 25 year olds to try and paint a new picture of British youth today. It looked at young people’s attitude to alcohol, food and eating out, and spending
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Health experts clash over advice on eating fat
Health experts have clashed over advice on the effects of eating fat.
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Cabana to launch South Bank beach pop-up
Cabana is to launch a beach pop-up on London’s South Bank over the summer to celebrate the upcoming Rio Olympics
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Leon launches at Westfield London
Leon has today opened the doors of its third new store this year at Westfield London
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Telepizza signs first UK master franshisee
Telepizza has signed up its first master franchisee partner in the UK – the Karali Group – as it begins a planned 300-strong rollout over the next 10 years.
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Analysis & Insight
Wage war challenge continues
Mike Shipley, analytics and insight solutions director at Fourth, looks at the early signs of how the hospitality sector is getting to grips with the implementation of the national living wage
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Analysis & Insight
Poll shows 27% of workers never eat lunch
Research by Deliveroo has shown that 27% of the UK’s workforce never eats lunch.
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YO! appoints Horan as ops director
YO! Sushi has appointed Michael Horan, formerly of the G1 Group and Living Room, as it new operations director
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Burger King franchisee to launch wings concept
The Karali Group, one the UK’s largest Burger King franchisees, is planning to launch a new chicken wings concept called Sticky Sisters
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Analysis & Insight
Have deals lost relevance for pubs?
The pub sector grew visits from families faster than the wider market for the year to March but visits driven by promotion took another fall.
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Crepeaffaire lfls up 20%
Crepeaffaire, the all-day creperie concept, has reported a 20% increase in like-for-like sales in the first quarter of 2016 as it gears up for major expansion.
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Five minutes with…. Raphael Miolane, Pizza Hut Delivery
This week, MCA takes five minutes with Raphael Miolane, chief executive of Pizza Hut UK & Ireland. He talks about Pizza Hut’s people focus, the implications of competition in the hospitality sector on real estate and why we can all learn a lot from Pampers