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Greens call for £6.7bn ‘unhealthy food tax’
The Green Party has pledged to introduce an ‘unhealthy food tax’ as part of its General Election manifesto, which it expects would raise £6.7bn a year.
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Caffe Nero reveals more details on UAE growth
Caffè Nero has revealed more plans about its growth in the UAE.
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Cocktail sales grow in on-trade
New research has shown the volume of cocktail sales in the on-trade has risen 4% in the last six months compared to total wet sales which fell 7% versus the previous half.
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Ed’s commences succession plan
Ed’s Easy Diner has appointed head hunters to commence the search for a possible successor to current chief executive Andrew Guy
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Chop’d acquires Salad Bowl for northern debut
Chop’d, the London-based salad bar group, has acquired a complementary two-strong salad bar group in Liverpool to mark its entrance into the north west, M&C Report has learnt
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Anand sells c£600k worth of shares
Rooney Anand, chief executive of Greene King, sold over £600k worth of shares in the brewer and pub operator yesterday
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Suchef roll-out on track
Suchef, the healthy fast food concept from the Aroma Food Group (UK), is opening its fifth site in Farringdon where it will trial an evolved format, M&C Report has learnt
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El Mexicana headed to Swindon and Worcester
El Mexicana, the fast-casual Mexican franchise restaurant group, has lined up its next openings in Worcester and Swindon as it plans to grow its estate beyond 20 stores this year, M&C Report has learnt
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Chatime targets student hubs for expansion
Chatime, the bubble tea franchise from Taiwan, is targeting towns with high student populations to increase its UK estate
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Eddie Rocket's named Ireland's best franchise
Eddie Rocket’s, the US diner concept based in the Republic of Ireland, has been named Best Indigenous Irish Franchise at the Irish Franchise Awards 2015
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Wadworth sets sites on London market
Wiltshire brewery Wadworth is targeting the London market to increase its distribution to pubs in the city to capitalise on the craft beer trend
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SSP UK appoints new COO
SSP UK & Ireland, the travel concessions operator, has appointed Peter Casey as its new chief operating officer
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Miliband pledges £8 minimum wage
Labour leader Ed Miliband has announced that the national minimum wage will increase from £6.50 to more than £8 by October 2019 if the party wins the general election
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SSP launches Bar 11 at Newcastle Airport
Travel concession operator SSP has launched a new bar and restaurant at Newcastle Airport called Bar 11 within the new £14m departure lounge
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Jack: Expand and prosper
Douglas Jack, of Numis, has named Mitchells & Butlers, Marston’s, Domino’s, Punch Taverns and The Restaurant Group as his top picks for the leisure sector in the rest of the 2015 financial year.
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Collyer: ETI will emerge stronger from Pubs Code
Geof Collyer, of Deutsche Bank, has predicted Enterprise Inns will emerge from the aftermath of the Pubs Code as a “much more vigorous property manager” with more control over its business and achieving a greater proportion of income from fixed rent.
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The Stable secures new Bath site
The Stable, the pizza and cider concept has secured a new site in Bath and is close to exchanging on a handful of new locations
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Disco Bars acquires two sites and eyes further growth
Midlands-based nightclub operator Disco Bars Group has acquired two new sites and plans to add another two this year, M&C Report understands.
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NewRiver announces “major acceleration” across pub estate
NewRiver Retail Ltd, the specialist REIT focused on the UK food and value retail sector, has said its saw a “major acceleration in progress” across its pub portfolio in the final quarter of the year.
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Zivkovic takes Abokado ops director role
Abokado has bolstered its management team with the appointment of Richard Zivkovic, formerly of Costa, TRG and Pret A Manger, as its new operations director