All MCA Insight articles in May 2023 – Page 6
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InterviewsGreggs: ‘Travel hubs are critical to our growth’
The food to go retailer is working hard to rectify its underpresentation in retail parks, boost airport openings and capitalise on the big opportunity for more roadside locations, CEO Roisin Currie tells MCA
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NewsMitchells & Butlers reports strong half-year growth
The pub and restaurant group reported like-for-like sales growth of 8.5% for the 28 weeks ended 8 April 2023, and profit before tax of £40m.
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NewsTakeaway and branded retail pizzas criticised for salt levels
Action on Salt found one branded pizza contained more than three times the recommended maximum intake of salt of 6g per day, with takeaway pizzas saltier supermarket ranges
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InterviewsParis Baguette: ‘We haven’t scratched the surface in the UK yet’
With more than 4,000 stores globally, the bakery and patisserie concept is looking to expand further in and around London, COO Nico Gaillot tells MCA
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Analysis & InsightTGI Fridays goes back to basics
As the once-trendy cocktail concept looks to reconnect with its New York roots, MCA considers whether this latest plan is enough rejuvenate the fatigued brand
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NewsJust Eat appoints new MD
Just Eat has appointed Claire Pointon, who joins from John Lewis, as its new managing director for the UK and Ireland
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InterviewsJane O’Riordan: ‘I’m always pushing for innovation’
MCA’s Retailers’ Retailer of the Year discusses her career to date, her passion for the three businesses she chairs and her wish for the sector to see beyond its short-term crises
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NewsHaché Shoreditch sold
Jamie Barber and Ed Standring of The Hush Collection are refocussing their group on larger brasserie sites for all-day, ambient dining and drinking experiences
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NewsSpragg joins Social Pantry
Former Casual Dining Group CEO James Spragg joins London-based restaurant group and catering company Social Pantry as non-executive chairman
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NewsGreggs reports ‘continued strong trading’
Despite ongoing pressure on consumers, the company remains confident its “outstanding value proposition continues to be compelling”
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NewsMarston’s: Costs and confidence steadily improving
The pub company has delivered revenue and operating profit growth, against a tough but increasingly stable macroeconomic environment
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InterviewsBadiani to focus on growing outside London
The gelato concept will open in Windsor and target other cities in the South, while also launching in Japan this summer, CEO Massimo Franchi tells MCA
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NewsDavid McDowall: Stonegate to become ‘more focussed’
The new CEO told MCA under an evolved strategy, the wet-led pub company needed to adapt to movements in the market and listen to customer demands
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NewsNando’s rolls out new energy recycling system
The system, which has has been rolled out to 14 stores, filters and recycles heat produced by cooking
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NewsPizzaExpress and Mowgli among UK’s top employers
Bella Italia, BrewDog, and The Inn Colllection Group were the other operators named in the Sunday Times’ Best Places to Work list
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NewsLaura Mills promoted to Ivy MD
Laura Mills, who was appointed as chief operating officer in May 2022, has been promoted to managing director for the Ivy Collection
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NewsMother wins legal battle with McDonald’s after daughter suffers burns from chicken nugget
A mother has won a legal battle with McDonald’s after her daughter suffered second-degree burns from a hot nugget, Sky News reports
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OpinionMeat does have a place in a healthy diet – but there is a catch
Reducing our intake could make all the difference, Jemima Dimbleby, Ravenous co-author, writes for The Telegraph
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NewsLosses at Gordon Ramsay restaurants narrow sharply after Covid rules eased
Sales more than tripled in latest accounts but food and energy inflation kept group £1m in the red, The Guardian reports
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InterviewsAt 68, Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin has no plans to retire
The Daily Mail interviews JDW chairman Tim Martin about retirement, his political views, and the future of the pub chain