All MCA Insight articles in May 2016 – Page 7
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Opinion
Big Apple targets small details
Sector leaders took the opportunity to visit New York with MCA and Restaurant to see what’s hot in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Mark Wingett reports
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News
Leon hopes to work with SSP internationally
Leon, the health fast food chain, plans to work with both HMSHost and SSP to enter new international markets
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News
TRG appoints new audit committee chair
The Restaurant Group has announced the appointment of Graham Clemett as a non-executive director and chairman of its Audit Committe
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News
Punch strengthens accommodation team; revamps menu offer
Punch is planning to strengthen its accommodation team ahead of the imminent rollout of its new retail format, MCA has learnt.
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News
Marston’s: New-build strategy; accommodation and price increases
Marston’s chief executive Ralph Findlay speaks to MCA following the company’s results for the six months to 2 April.
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News
Cineworld retail revenue up 11.1%
Cineworld has reported retail revenue in the 19 weeks to 12 May up 11.1% in the UK & Ireland.
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News
Booker Group sees FY lfls fall but revenue up
Booker Group saw non-tobacco sales grow 6.3% in the year to 25 March but fall 0.3% on a like-for-like basis.
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News
New app offering real-time restaurant deals launches
CityMunch, a new app that allows diners to claim real-time discounts off of their restaurant bill, has launched in London
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News
Jack & Alice plans further London pop-in
Jack & Alice is to run a further London pop-in later this summer
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News
Patisserie Valerie can ‘easily double’ in short term
Paul May, chief executive of Patisserie Holdings, has told MCA he can easily see Patisserie Valerie doubling in size in the coming years as it continues to dominate the rollout programme.
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Analysis & Insight
Coffee shops playing central role in retail experience
Consumer demand for convenience has seen the number of coffee shop chains increase almost 20 fold in the last 17 years, according to analysis from CBRE. In the study of data supplied by Retail Locations, CBRE found that the number of coffee shop chains rose from 215 to 4,234 in ...
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News
CST announces French partnership
Call Systems Technology has announced a new partnership with Mojovida, the French technology implementation service provider
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News
H1 revenue up 5.1% at Britvic
Soft drinks firm Britvic has reported a 5.1% increase in revenue to £678m for the 28 weeks to 10 April
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Analysis & Insight
Sector lfls down 0.8% in April
Britain’s eating and drinking-out market continued to slow-down in April, with collective like-for-like sales across managed pub and restaurant groups down 0.8%
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News
Intertain secures Coventry site
Walkabout operator Intertain has completed on the lease of The Establishment Bar & Grill in Coventry.
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News
H1 lfls down 1.6% at M&B
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has this morning reported an overall like-for-like sales decline of 1.6% in the six months to 9 April 2016
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NewsYoung's FY managed lfls up 5.6%
Young’s saw like-for-like sales in its managed division grow 5.6% in the year to 28 March, with total sales up 5.6%.
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News
Takeaway of growing importance to Harry Ramsden’s Pubs
Harry Ramsden’s head of pub operations, Gavin Mansfield, has told MCA the takeaway element of the group’s joint venture with Punch will be a key part of the offer going forward.
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News
Kolvin’s manifesto for nighttime economy
Shops, doctor’s surgeries and libraries opening one night per week is one suggestion from a new strategy to re-energise the nighttime economy.