All Nando's articles – Page 12
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NewsHills swaps CDG for Burger King UK
Lizzi Hills has stepped down from the Casual Dining Group Burger King UK as its new strategic finance director
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Analysis & InsightThe power of the PR stunt
With Greggs hosting a number of special Valentine’s Day pop-up restaurants within its stores this week, Georgi Gyton investigates how experiential marketing can be used to increase the brand presence of food and drink operators.
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Analysis & InsightTop of Mind poll shows resilience across sector
MCA’s Top of Mind survey – based on interviews with leading figures across the eating and drinking-out sector – has shown a further decline in confidence about the trading environment, with only 25% feeling positive.
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Analysis & Insight
Casual dining – we salute you
Coverage of the casual-dining market in recent months has tended to focus on its various travails, but are we in danger of neglecting it successes? Sector investor and non-executive director Ian Edward writes in defence of the sector and says the country owes it a debt of gratitude.
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Opinion
Small spaces present big opportunities
Nando’s is trialling a miniature-sized restaurant, tapping into the desire for food convenience. Is this a way to stem a downturn in dollars? MCA’s sister title, Food Spark, investigates.
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Analysis & InsightTake a bow leading operators
MCA director of insight Steve Gotham, takes a look at which brands stood out in 2017 to an increasingly demanding and promiscuous consumer base
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NewsMurdoch named Burger King UK CEO
Alasdair Murdoch, who stepped down from GBK at the end of last year, is to become chief executive of Burger King UK
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NewsRetailers’ Retailer finalists announced
The finalists show strong performances from wet-led businesses across the year represented in the shortlist.
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NewsNando’s to trial smaller “nino” format
Nando’s is trialling a new format, designed to appeal to consumers looking for a faster, “on the go” experience of the brand
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News
Nando's opens recording studio
Nando’s has opened a recording studio in the basement of its Soho restaurant.
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OpinionAre you adding value? Part 2
Yesterday I wrote that the UK’s hospitality industry was facing a period of fundamental change, with the threat of a significant gap developing in parts of the sector. This morning the focus falls on the value of delivery, technology, experience, property, investment (does private equity have a duty of care?) and protecting your reputation
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OpinionAre you adding value? Part 1
With the next quarterly rent call at the end of March looming, the sector is set to enter a crucial period, one that could lead to it fundamentally changing, with businesses questioning their position in it, their own values and value.
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News
Sherwood to become UK ops director at Wagamama
Nigel Sherwood, formerly of Nando’s, Shake Shack and Byron, is to become UK operations director at Wagamama
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OpinionThe path of Khan
Four and a half years ago, the US better burger brand Five Guys entered the UK market and hasn’t looked back since. Mark Wingett quizzes the company’s first UK employee and now brand development director Marcel Khan about the concept’s journey and what comes next.
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NewsMCA’s Big Fat Review of the Year
From Admiral’s acquisition to Zizzi’s tie-up with Sainsbury’s, we present a potted history of 2017
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Analysis & InsightBah headwinds
After a year of changes at the top and problems on the bottom line, it is easy to forget that there are operators who continue to fire on all cylinders. James Wallin looks at the companies for whom 2017 wasn’t an annus horribilis and what they are getting right, as well as discussing why we should all make a New Year’s resolution to ban the phrase ‘headwinds’.
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Analysis & Insight
Just Eat continues to dominate UK delivery order volumes
MCA’s analysis of the foodservice delivery market shows Just Eat remains by far the biggest operator, with a 31% share of order volumes.
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Analysis & Insight
Mixed pricing strategies across leading operators
Mixed pricing strategies are being used across the top 10 chain restaurant operators (ranked by turnover), as they try to balance margin pressures and topline growth, new MCA Menu Tracker data has found.
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OpinionNo brand is an island
One of the words of the year for the eating and drinking out sector has been partnership - as casual dining brands seek new avenues for growth, pubcos re-evaluate their relationships with tenants in the wake of the pubs code and delivery platforms play an increasingly important role in the presentation of brands. James Wallin looks at the impact of these collaborations on the sector.
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NewsWelcome Break to open five PizzaExpress restaurants in 2018
Welcome Break intends to open a further five PizzaExpress restaurants across its estate next year, including anchoring the new-look Fleet services off the M3, MCA understands.