All McDonald’s articles – Page 23
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News
Griffin steps down from Leon
Tamara Griffin has stepped down as people director of healthy fast-food restaurant chain Leon after less than a year in the role
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OpinionUsing your noodle
Whilst the majority of the sector is finding the current climate challenging, Wagamama has gone back to its roots to come out of a period of stagnation and is now driving forward, reporting double-digit growth in the process
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Analysis & Insight
Toby Carvery and Nando’s lead social media way
Toby Carvery and Nando’s are leading the way for their respective sectors when it comes to social media presence, according to the latest analysis from MCA
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Sector operators collect Animal Welfare Awards
The number of sector operators were recognised at this year’s World Farming Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards
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Analysis & InsightDiscerning diners driving food to go growth
Food quality is the key need for food to go consumers at breakfast and lunch, trumping value, location and fast service, the latest MCA data has shown.
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The Gate to open on The Lockhart site
The Gate, the award-winning restaurant concept, is to open its third site in London, after securing a site in Marylebone
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Balans eyes growth for café concept
David Taylor, co-founder of Balans Soho Society, says he hopes to roll out the company’s dawn till dusk café format, which he described as “the original casual dining concept”.
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Easterbrook: Opportunity for McDonald’s to move up the pricing ladder
Steve Easterbrook, chief executive of McDonald’s, has said that he believes there is an opportunity for the chain to move up the pricing ladder in time
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Analysis & InsightIndividual pursuits
Keeping itself to itself has not harmed Individual Restaurant Company, the operator of the Piccolino and Restaurant Bar & Grill brands. In fact, managing director Vernon Lord tells Mark Wingett that looking inwards is helping produce record results
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OpinionPatty success is child’s play
Patty & Bun founder Joe Grossman is enjoying the trappings of running a four-branch cult hit and believes the concept would do well across The Pond too. Mel Flaherty reports
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Contactless ‘tap and go’ card payments soar across Europe
Some three billion contactless card transactions have been made across Europe in the last 12 months
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Cunningham swaps Jamie’s for Starwood role
Craig Cunningham, former international operations director at Jamie’s Italian, has been named the new group food & beverage operations director at Starwood Hotels
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OpinionReturn of the Mac
Steve Easterbrook, chief executive of McDonald’s, talks about the improvements the fast food chain has made over the last 13 months, how the company is applying forensic analytics across all aspects of its businesses to identify opportunities for longer-term growth and how the group is developing a new teaching approach ...
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Analysis & Insight
Red Dog Saloon has no time to paws
Tom Brooke, the founder of American restaurant chain Red Dog Saloon, is gearing up for a pivotal year as a big investment is pumped into the company
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NewsMcDonald’s UK delivers 40th consecutive quarter of sales growth
McDonald’s UK has delivered its 40th consecutive quarter of sales growth, equal to 10 years of growth
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MOD Pizza secures debut UK site
MOD Pizza, the fast casual artisan pizza concept backed by Sir Charles Dunstone, will make its UK debut at the start of June in Leeds
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City investors urge sector to curb antibiotic supply chain use
A group of senior City investors have written to leading eating and drinking out companies urging them to take immediate action to reduce antibiotic use in their meat and poultry supply chains.
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NewsLeon further strengthens London pipeline
Leon has further strengthened its London presence with the opening of its latest site in Moorgate and another two sites in the pipeline
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OpinionStatements of intent
Last week, one of the UK’s eating-out market’s up-and-coming forces, Côte, made an appointment that put down a marker to the rest of the sector on the level of its ambition. At the same time, Leon underlined its fast food credentials and growth aspirations with a significant appointment of its own
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City Pub EIS Fund eyes another £15m fundraise
Clive Watson, chairman of City Pub EIS Fund, has told MCA he has already raised £4m in a second round of fundraising for the now eight-strong group.