All MCA Insight articles in May 2017 – Page 6
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News
Craft Union announces raft of new openings
Craft Union – Ei Group’s largest managed house division – has added 31 sites in the past three months.
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Analysis & Insight
On-trade whisky sales increase by £29.2m
On-trade whisky sales have increased by £29.2m year on year driven by consumers switching to more specialist and higher quality options
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Mowgli set for Trinity Leeds
Mowgli, the Liverpool-based Indian street food restaurant, is set to open its fourth site later this summer in Leeds
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Abokado to trial weekend opening
Abokado, the healthy eating Kings Park Capital backed chain, is taking a more cautious approach to expansion than previous years, though still hopes to open four or more new sites in London in 2017.
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Brook leaves Foodco UK
The general manager of Foodco UK Lisa Brook, who has overseen the development of the Jamaica Blue and Muffin Break franchises, has left the business.
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BTP teams up with Good for Nothing
Boston Tea Party is teaming up with Good For Nothing – the creative generosity network
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Ricker Restaurants appoints new ops director
Ricker Restaurants, the Will Ricker-led group, has appointed Richard Moore, formerly of The Ivy Collection, as it new operations director
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Tesco trials one-hour delivery
Tesco has begun trialling a one-hour grocery delivery service in central London.
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CrepeAffaire lines up six for 2017
CrepeAffaire, the crepe franchise concept, is lining up five or six more openings this year, including Chester and Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet in Ellesmere Port, MCA has learnt. Managing director Daniel Spinath said the three-four openings would be more London-centric, while the business would ramp up its UK expansion programme ...
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Analysis & Insight
Data shows declining family pub visits
Falling family visits to pubs could be a sign of consumers economising on eating out visits, the NPD Group has suggested.
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Opinion
Be part of a customer’s routine
The UK has seen an explosion of interest in eating out over the past few years but how long can this growth be sustained? With significant headwinds ahead, Nectar’s James Moir looks at how operators can stand out from the competition.
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NewsM&B: Consumer confidence; innovation ethos; early tech trialists
MCA talks to Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) chief executive Phil Urban about the consumer landscape; the value equation; the return of the company’s innovation ethos; the optimum size of a concept’s estate and how new format Son of Steak might potentially become a solution for part of the company’s retail & leisure parks estate.
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NewsRevolution’s share price plunges after profit warning
The share price of Revolution Bars Group declined by close to 38% in afternoon trading as the City reacted to the profit warning it issued this morning
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CDG to takeover Geronimo sites at Heathrow
CDG is to move into pub operations after winning a tender process to run two pubs within Heathrow Airport
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Revere closes Cardiff site
Revere, Marston’s premium managed arm, is closing its Locke & Remedy site in Cardiff.
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Just Eat fails to respond to CMA concerns
The £200m merger between UK takeaway giant Just Eat and Hungryhouse will now be referred for an in-depth merger investigation
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C&C appoints new non-exec
C&C Group, the drinks group behind Magners, has hired Geoffrey Hemphill as a non-executive director with immediate effect. Hemphill is currently an adviser to a number of private asset managers with responsibility for investment origination. He was previously a partner in the private equity group of LJ Partnership, an independent, ...
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Greggs to evolve Greggs Delivered offer
Greggs is taking the next step towards introducing a click and collect offer by piloting collection for corporate orders.
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News
Iberica delays funding search
Spanish restaurant group Iberica has postponed its search for new growth funding and halted expansion in 2017
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Hollywood Bowl heading to O2 Greenwich
Hollywood Bowl Group is opening its 57th bowling alley at The O2 in Greenwich, London.