All MCA Insight articles in May 2017 – Page 5
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News
Portfolio of Punch and GK pubs sold for £9.5m
A pub portfolio including sites let to Punch and Greene King has been acquired for £9.5m.
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Opinion
For Everards and a day
As Everards lays the groundwork for its new brewery and headquarters, managing director Stephen Gould tells Finn Scott-Delany about the company’s progressive attitude to tenant relations, stable growth and not losing sight of the day job.
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News
Deliveroo Editions line-up in Hove confirmed
Deliveroo has confirmed the launch of its delivery-only Editions initiative in Hove
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News
Shepherd Neame launches first cider
Family brewer and pub operator Shepherd Neame has announced Orchard View will be its first cider.
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News
SME retailers forego £1.6bn on tech-savvy shoppers
Tech-savvy Brits are adopting and becoming increasingly reliant upon new ways to pay, but small businesses are struggling to keep up
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News
Vianet partners with FullClear
Vianet, the draught beer quality and waste management systems specialist, has partnered with FullClear.
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News
Eclectic to begin Smash expansion
Eclectic Bars Group is to begin the expansion of its fledgling ping pong, craft beer and pizza concept, Smash
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News
Mcaneney launches Scottish-themed concept with Star
Scottish hospitality entrepreneur Billy Mcaneney has launched a new partnership with the operator of Glasgow Café Antipasti, Neil Douglas.
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News
Shaftesbury portfolio value grows 2% to £3.45bn
West End landlord, Shaftesbury, has seen the value of its portfolio grow 2% to £3.45bn in the six months to 31 March.
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News
Albert’s Schloss owners take stake in pizza concept
Mission Mars has bought a stake in local pizza concept Rudy’s, with plans to expand the business
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News
Stringer leaves We Are Bar
We Are Bar Group, formerly Kornicis, has announced the departure of chief executive Richard Stringer with immediate effect.
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News
Eat 17 to launch street food market site
Eat 17 is to launch a new flagship site, complete with street food market in Hertfordshire
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News
Splendid Hotels to launch new F&B concept
Splendid Hospitality Group is to launch a new F&B concept called Buttermilk & Maple
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News
City Pantry concentrating on £1bn London market
City Pantry, the business-to-business food delivery company, is concentrating on building market-share in London before attempting to realise its ambitions of becoming a global brand, MCA has learnt.
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Analysis & Insight
Coffee shops see decline in visits and snack buying
Consumer participation has fallen at coffee shops and cafés and there has been a two percentage point (pp) decrease in the channel’s share of total snack occasions, MCA analysis reveals.
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Analysis & Insight
How to tackle 2017’s ‘growth killers’
While the headwinds facing operators in 2017 are well-known, there remain ‘pockets of potential’ open to agile operators. Steve Cordiner, Investment Director at mid-market private equity firm, Livingbridge, identifies five areas where operators can seek to beat the ‘growth killers’.
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News
Wild Beer preps for £10m brewery project
Wild Beer Co, the Somerset craft brewery and operator, has acquired a shipping container to boost its presence in other parts of the UK, MCA has learnt.
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News
Warrens plans 50 stores in five years
Warrens, the Cornish bakery shop group, is looking to double its estate in the next five years as it ventures outside its West Country heartland for the first time.
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OpinionRowland’s YO! renaissance
Robin Rowland describes the moment he stepped back in as chief executive of YO! Sushi as the world starting again. Over the past 16 months, he has made sure that the brand he will have served for 18 years this year, returned to its core values, or RUCC (Respectful, Unconventional, Colourful and Confident) and with it has come the company’s mojo and an uptick in performance. Mark Wingett reports
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NewsCity Pub Co sales up 43%
City Pub Company has seen revenue in the first 21 weeks of the year grow 43% year-on-year, MCA has learnt.