All McDonald’s articles – Page 46
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News
Chilango back on the expansion trail
Chilango, the London-based Mexican burrito chain, has secured its fourth site in the capital and is believed to be on the verge of announcing a new investor.The group, which is led by Eric Partaker and Dan Houghton, has acquired the leasehold interest of 2,516sq ft O’Neill’s in London Wall, with ...
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News
Customer satisfaction on the rise
Customer satisfaction with restaurants in the United Kingdom is on an upswing, with limited-service restaurants achieving an all-time high score for customer satisfaction, with 76 points out of 100 during the second quarter of the year, according to the latest National Customer Satisfaction Index (NCSI).The report found that full-service restaurants’ ...
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News
Informal eating out market to grow to £65bn
Turnover across the UK’s informal eating out market is set to grow by 3% to reach £52bn in 2012 and is forecast to rise to £65bn by 2017 with a CAGR of 4.9%, according to the latest research by Allegra.Allegra predicts that consumer spending will rise alongside increased average earnings ...
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News
Turnover up 5.6% across leading UK chains
The 100 leading UK restaurant chains experienced a 5.6% increase in combined turnover in 2011 an improvement on the 2.6% rise registered in the previous year, according to new research from Technomic, the foodservice consultancy firm.It found that the UK eating-out sector grew in terms of sites by 4.9% to ...
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Weekend Press
Weekend press round-up, 4-5 August
Turnover at Jamie’s Italian hits £72mJamie Oliver enjoyed a boom in trade at his restaurants last year but had to take a £6m hit on a foray into kitchenware house parties. Turnover at Jamie’s Italian soared more than 50% in 2011 to £72m while pre-tax profits at the restaurant chain ...
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Opinion
The changing of the guard
In a week that has seen Steve Easterbrook switch from leading Pizza Express to Wagamama, Jon Midmer, Head of Retail & Leisure at executive search firm MBS Group, looks at the UK eating and drinking-out market’s leadership landscape and how it has shifted over the past year. Tesco and ASDA; ...
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News
Operators make new salt reduction pledges
McDonald’s, Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), JD Wetherspoon and KFC are among the companies to make further salt reduction pledges today under the Responsibility Deal.The Department of Health has announced three new pledges to meet the Responsibility Deal’s target of delivering a 15% reduction in salt in foods by the end ...