All Nando's articles – Page 12

  • RROTY
    Analysis & Insight

    Sing when you’re winning

    2018-03-05T08:35:00Z

    Press coverage of the eating out sector has not made the easiest reading of late, however beyond the much-debated headwinds and the travails of selected brands, the sector remains replete with success stories. Ahead of this week’s Retailers’ Retailer of the Year awards, James Wallin highlights just a few.

  • Burger King
    News

    Hills swaps CDG for Burger King UK

    2018-02-23T08:43:00Z

    Lizzi Hills has stepped down from the Casual Dining Group Burger King UK as its new strategic finance director

  • Krispy Kreme
    Analysis & Insight

    The power of the PR stunt

    2018-02-16T08:39:00Z

    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.

  • eating sandwiches
    Analysis & Insight

    Top of Mind poll shows resilience across sector

    2018-02-16T08:39:00Z

    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.

  • Analysis & Insight

    Casual dining – we salute you

    2018-01-26T15:13:35.633Z

    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.

  • Opinion

    Small spaces present big opportunities

    2018-01-23T08:29:00Z

    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.

  • Miller & Carter
    Analysis & Insight

    Take a bow leading operators

    2018-01-22T07:35:00Z

    MCA director of insight Steve Gotham, takes a look at which brands stood out in 2017 to an increasingly demanding and promiscuous consumer base

  • Burger King UK CEO Alasdair Murdoch
    News

    Murdoch named Burger King UK CEO

    2018-01-20T19:02:00Z

    Alasdair Murdoch, who stepped down from GBK at the end of last year, is to become chief executive of Burger King UK

  • RROTY
    News

    Retailers’ Retailer finalists announced

    2018-01-19T14:48:00Z

    The finalists show strong performances from wet-led businesses across the year represented in the shortlist.

  • Nando's interior
    News

    Nando’s to trial smaller “nino” format

    2018-01-18T08:35:00Z

    Nando’s is trialling a new format, designed to appeal to consumers looking for a faster, “on the go” experience of the brand

  • News

    Nando's opens recording studio

    2018-01-17T08:16:26.087Z

    Nando’s has opened a recording studio in the basement of its Soho restaurant.

  • Eating out
    Opinion

    Are you adding value? Part 2

    2018-01-16T08:20:00Z

    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

  • Going out spending down 4pp
    Opinion

    Are you adding value? Part 1

    2018-01-15T08:07:00Z

    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.

  • News

    Sherwood to become UK ops director at Wagamama

    2018-01-05T08:37:50.403Z

    Nigel Sherwood, formerly of Nando’s, Shake Shack and Byron, is to become UK operations director at Wagamama

  • Five Guys kitchen
    Opinion

    The path of Khan

    2018-01-02T08:04:00Z

    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.

  • Eating out
    News

    MCA’s Big Fat Review of the Year

    2017-12-22T08:13:00Z

    From Admiral’s acquisition to Zizzi’s tie-up with Sainsbury’s, we present a potted history of 2017

  • Veggie Pret
    Analysis & Insight

    Bah headwinds

    2017-12-22T08:13:00Z

    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’.

  • Analysis & Insight

    Just Eat continues to dominate UK delivery order volumes

    2017-12-21T08:38:00Z

    MCA’s analysis of the foodservice delivery market shows Just Eat remains by far the biggest operator, with a 31% share of order volumes.

  • Analysis & Insight

    Mixed pricing strategies across leading operators

    2017-12-20T08:46:00Z

    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.

  • PizzaExpress at Welcome Break
    Opinion

    No brand is an island

    2017-12-18T08:22:00Z

    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.