All Nando's articles – Page 14
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Opinion
Have legs, will travel: UK casual dining goes global
Jon Midmer of global executive search firm JMA reflects on the changing culture of the UK’s casual-dining scene, an inward flow of leading personnel from other countries and a growing contingent of Brits heading to top jobs abroad
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NewsPoll shows demand for digital ordering in restaurants
Customers are keen to see restaurant brands adopt tablet or app-based ordering, a new survey has claimed.
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Debenhams to launch new F&B concept
Debenhams is to launch a new in-store food & drink concept called Loaf & Bloom
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Analysis & Insight
Future of menu price inflation ain’t what it used to be…
Menu changes and associated price increases have typically come twice a year. However, as operators face ever more challenging headwinds, is more frequent menu adjustment becoming the new norm? Steve Gotham looks at what the data from MCA’s Menu Tracker can tell us.
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News
Nando’s begins rollout of own delivery option
Nando’s has begun the rollout of its own delivery service to further locations across the UK
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Temple becomes COO at Turtle Bay
Turtle Bay, the Piper-backed Caribbean chain, has appointed Jon Temple as its new chief operating officer
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Analysis & Insight
Talking about their generation
Operators are all too aware of the need to appeal to the Millennial generation but how many have started preparing to attract Generation Z? At MCA’s Managed Pub Conference last month, we presented our own bespoke research and heard from Generation Z expert Chloe Combi. MCA looks at a group that wants to drink soft and die old.
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NewsNando’s to double roadside presence
Nando’s, the peri peri chicken chain, is set to open its second roadside site, with an opening lined up on the M25
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NewsWagamama best performing operator for Hammerson
Hammerson says Wagamama is the best performing restaurant operator by like-for-like sales growth within its portfolio
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News
Patisserie Valerie to ramp up retail links
Patisserie Valerie is to further ramp up its presence in the retail sector, with further tie-ups with Debenhams and Sainsbury’s
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Crussh confirms Debenhams tie-up
Crussh, the healthy eating brand, has confirmed its first site in a Debenhams store, with a site in Oxford Street set to open later this summer.
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News
Crussh and Nando’s to link up with Debenhams
Crussh and Nando’s are to become the latest operators to link up with Debenhams, to open in one of the retailer’s stores
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Analysis & Insight
Pub restaurants missing out on social media influence
Branded restaurants are excelling at marketing themselves on social media – while pub restaurants are missing out on social media influence, MCA analysis has found.
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News
Roosters Piri Piri plans 10 this year
Roosters Piri Piri, the grilled chicken franchise, is starting to branch out of its South East heartland with a pipeline of 10 new sites this year, MCA has learnt.
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Analysis & InsightInside track: Next in line
A plethora of changes at the top across some of the UK’s leading and up-and-coming eating and drinking-out groups has thrown up questions on the role of succession planning in the sector and whether private-equity groups are increasingly questioning existing growth strategies and those they have backed to implement them in the face of a challenging trading environment. Mark Wingett gets the thoughts of leading recruitment executives.
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Analysis & InsightKeeping the Express on track
The season of changes at the top of the UK’s leading restaurant brands continued earlier this week with the abrupt departure of Richard Hodgson as chief executive of PizzaExpress. Mark Wingett examines his time at the helm of the UK’s largest casual dining brand and why the company’s future growth is increasingly dependent on its expansion plans in the Far East.
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Analysis & Insight
Consumer uncertainty creates significant decrease in eating out in Q1
Consumer uncertainty in the early part of 2017 has created a setback for operators with a 3% implied fall in eating out sales, MCA analysis has found.
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News
Young’s confirms first Berkshire opening
Young’s has confirmed that its first pub in Berkshire, at the Lexicon Bracknell, will open in September.
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NewsChick ‘n’ Sours to launch new concept CHIK’N
The founders of Chick ‘n’ Sours are to launch a new fast-casual fried chicken concept called CHIK’N
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Opinion
Pecking order: Can CHIK'N become the next Nando's?
“We want to be the next Nando’s” is a refrain that is probably been heard more than we care too mention at MCA. Many concepts incorporating many styles and cuisines have stated that as their goal, but with the burger and pizza categories well served in potential contenders, is it ...