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NewsErpingham House targets Brighton
Vegan restaurant Erpingham House is launching a £250,000 crowdfunding bid to open a restaurant in Brighton, which is considered to be the vegan capital of the UK. Currently based in a grade two listed building in Norwich, Erpingham House will launch the bid using Crowdcube to private investors in August before opening it up to the public on 1 September.
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NewsJust Eat move closer to merger with Takeaway.com
Just Eat and Takeaway.com have released a statement saying they have “reached an agreement in principle on the key terms” of a merger between the two businesses. The statement said the deal represented a “highly compelling” opportunity to create a combined business that would become “one of the world’s largest ...
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NewsCrussh opens first hospital site in Birmingham
Crussh Fit Food & Juice Bars has opened its first outlet outside the South East today, in Birmingham’s Children’s Hospital. The opening, in partnership with Sodexo, is compliant with the CQUIN framework to improve healthy food for NHS staff, visitors and patients, and includes the voluntary national SSB (Sugar – Sweetened Beverages) reduction scheme.
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NewsMarston’s announce changes to the board
Marston’s has announced that Bridget Lea and Octavia Morley will join its board as independent non-executive Directors from 1 September 2019 and 1 January 2020 respectively. Lea is current MD (North) at Sainsbury’s and previous held roles at M&S, Clark, Uniqlo and O2.
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NewsSalad sales on the rise at McDonald’s
McDonald’s UK has seen sales of its side and main salads increase by 55% year-on-year as consumers go for healthier fast food options.
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NewsJust Eat announces board changes
Andrew Griffith is to step down from the board of Just Eat as a non-executive director, with immediate effect.
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NewsBrewDog CEO in mystery departure
BrewDog’s ‘CEO of beer’ Andy Shaw has left his role after only five months in the job, The Grocer has revealed.
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NewsShake Shack and Barburrito opening in Gatwick
Shake Shack is to open its debut airport site with TRG Concessions at Gatwick Airport’s North Terminal, MCA can reveal.
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NewsSodexo: No impact on partnership after Taylor St Baristas calls in administrators
Speciality coffee group Taylor St Baristas has appointed administrators, days after selling its café estate to Black Sheep, and abandoning a crowdfunding campaign.
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NewsEmeny: ‘We are evaluating M&A activity’
Fuller’s is considering M&A activity following the sale of its Beer Business to Asahi for £250m, earlier this year, chief executive Simon Emeny has told MCA.
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NewsRooney Anand joins board at Chiktopia
Rooney Anand has joined the board at Chiktopia as a non-executive director.
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NewsMorty & Bob’s to open in Westfield
Morty & Bob’s will open an outlet in west London Shopping centre Westfield in October. Morty & Bob’s Sandwich Bar will offer its signature sourdough grilled cheese alongside several new hot sandwiches, including porchetta with salsa verde, chicken schnitzel and popcorn shrimp.
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NewRiver’s pub portfolio continues to deliver robust cash returns
NewRiver has said its pub portfolio has continued to deliver high occupancy and robust cash returns, in the first quarter of 2019.
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NewsSales up 4% at Diageo UK with gin continuing to boost profits
Net sales were up 5.8% at Diageo, to £12.9bn during the full year to 30 June 2019, with organic growth partially offset by acquisitions and disposals.
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NewsDeliveroo: Major restaurants trialling procurement service
Deliveroo unveiled a food procurement business last week, which sees it supply raw ingredients to restaurants, and which it claimed can deliver savings of up to 40%. Ajay Lakhwani, VP of new business at Deliveroo, talks to MCA about how the service can deliver savings for big brands as well as small independents, and why its not a change of direction for the delivery platform.
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NewsRevenue up 7% at Fuller’s as it enters “transformational” year
Fuller’s achieved a 7% uplift in revenue, to £43.1m for the full year to 30 March 2019, boosted by a strong performance within its Managed Pubs and Hotels arm.
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NewsRed Dog Saloon founder to launch new concept
Red Dog Saloon and Louie’s Hot Chicken founder Tom Brooke is to launch a new Indian-inspired barbecue concept called Burra Khana.
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NewsBBPA call on Johnson to back beer
The BBPA has called on the new prime minister to cut beer tax and business rates. It said 900,000 people work in the beer and pub sector, which generates £22.9bn in GDP and £13bn in taxes.
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NewsBBPA backs £800k PCA refund
The BBPA has defended the Pubs Code Adjudicator’s decision to refund £800,000 to the pub companies it is tasked with regulating.
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NewsErpingham House launches sub-brand
The UK’s largest vegan restaurant Erpingham House has launched a delivery-only sub-brand, which now accounts for 20% of its revenue.