All Star Pubs & Bars articles
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NewsStar Pubs to create nine flagship darts pubs
The £120,000 investment will help increase dwell time, boost sales and encourages repeat visits, as well as building atmosphere and energy in pubs
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NewsOpenings of the week
MCA rounds up this week’s biggest openings stories, including Atis, Star Pubs, Mowgli, Carl’s Jr., Loungers, and more.
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NewsStar Pubs suspected of breaching Pubs Code
The Pubs Code Adjudicator (PCA) said notes of key discussions between tied tenants and Star managers may not have been sufficient, completed within the required timescale or provided at all
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NewsStar Pubs to roll out Just Add Talent loyalty card
The Heineken-owned business said that following a successful trial of its Pub Perks cards, the scheme would be rolled out to around 190 of its Just Add Talent pub operators.
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NewsStar Pubs to invest £4.5m in outside spaces
Around 88 pubs will benefit from improved gardens this year, with a quarter of these being themed to Heineken brands – and 83 pub buildings will be revamped on the outside to boost their kerb appeal.
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InterviewsHeineken to invest £40m in Star Pubs in 2025
The investment will support community pubs across rural and suburban locations, with 104 of the sites receiving large-scale refurbishments of £120k or more, in a bid to “make them more relevant to a broader number of consumers”, Chris Moore, Star Pubs property director, tells MCA
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NewsStar Pubs to add 30 operator managed pubs in 2025
The pub company’s Just Add Talent model is performing well with over 30% of applications for JAT pubs, Star operations director Mick Howard tells MCA
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Analysis & InsightLeading pub groups growing ahead of overall market
The top 10 pub groups by turnover are forecast to grow by 6.2% year-on-year – ahead of total pub market growth of 1.7%, Lumina Intelligence has forecast, with Loungers, Mitchells & Butlers and Wetherspoons leading growth
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InterviewsStar Pubs & Bars: 'We want to attract 18-100 year olds'
The Heineken-owned operator is investing £39m in a quarter of its estate, which it will use to broaden its pubs’ appeal to a wider selection of customers and occasions, property director Chris Moore tells MCA
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NewsHeineken UK investing £39m in pub estate
The investment will go towards reopening 62 closed pubs, and improving around a quarter of Star’s 2,400 estate, worth on average £200k per pub
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NewsStar Pubs & Bars to add 100 operator managed pubs
The Heineken-owned pub company has plans to increase its Just Add Talent (JAT) business to 250 and says the model is particulary attractive in a high inflation environment
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NewsBlind Tiger Inns reaches 20
Blind Tiger Inns has trebled its turnover whilst doubling the size of its estate since 2017, MD Chris Tulloch tells MCA.
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InterviewsStar Pubs & Bars: ‘The great British consumer still loves pubs’
MD Lawson Mountstevens told MCA’s Pub Conference said despite cost challenges, he feels much more optimistic than eight months ago, as consumer demand is coming through strongly on the top line
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InterviewsPunch: Operator managed model makes us better at running pubs
The model is also providing a solution for “very talented” individuals who want to build a career in the sector, Punch CEO Clive Chesser told MCA’s Pub Conference
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InterviewsStar Pubs & Bars: ‘We are focused on premiumising the local pub experience’
The pub company is focused on enhancing the experience at its pubs in order to drive spend and appeal to a broader base of customers, Star Pubs’ property director Chris Moore told MCA.
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NewsHeineken to invest £40m in pub upgrades
Around 570 sites in the Star Pubs & Bars estate are due to benefit from investment, with a key focus on its neightbourhood locals as more pubgoers are choosing to visit a pub that is closer to home
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NewsStar Pubs & Bars aims for net zero by 2040
Star Pubs & Bars aims to decarbonise its estate of 2,400 pubs by 2040, aligned with Heineken’s ‘Brew a Better World’ net zero ambitions
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NewsOperators take individual approaches in paying tribute to HM the Queen
Operators across the sector have taken markedly different approaches to paying tribute to the Queen on the day of her funeral
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NewsStar Pubs appoints central ops director
Caren Geering has replaced Neil Convery as the central operations director for Star Pubs & Bars
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NewsStar Pubs & Bars announces energy deal to aid licensees
The scheme will bulk buy energy for licensees when the market is at its lowest, helping them navigating rising energy costs