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    News

    Whitbread rolls out plant-based dishes across estate

    2021-11-18T08:34:00Z

    Whitbread has launched a range of new meat-free dishes across its 1,200 sites, including Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, and Bar + Block.

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    News

    Whitbread scraps £10 cap on industry discount

    2020-07-28T15:04:00Z

    Whitbread has scrapped the £10 Eat Out to Help Out discount limit and will give guests 50% off the food bill and soft drinks on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday during August. All its 750 restaurants, whose brands include Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, Table Table, Whitbread Inns, Cookhouse + Pub and Bar + Block will have reopened by 5 August and all will participate without any cap on the 50% discount.

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    News

    Whitbread to open entire restaurant estate next month, joins Eat Out to Help Out scheme

    2020-07-22T07:11:00Z

    Whitbread has announced that its entire restaurant estate will have reopened by the beginning of next month, and all sites will be taking part in the government’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme.

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    Analysis & Insight

    ​Steve Gotham: Turning up the heat and other NPD delights

    2020-03-05T07:28:00Z

    New product development (NPD) is rightly recognised as a lifeblood for the eating out industry, and MCA’s Menu Tracker offers insights into the latest menu trends and influences across 150 leading operators. This review only serve as a taster, but the three courses have each been accompanied with three key summary insights.    

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    Analysis & Insight

    Good value of greater importance to pub customers

    2019-08-30T08:00:00Z

    The value of food and drink is of much greater importance to visitors of pubs than other of operators in the eating out market, across all three day-parts, according to the latest MCA Pub Brand Monitor.

  • Honest Burgers
    Analysis & Insight

    Pub menus: Quantity over quality?

    2019-07-22T07:16:00Z

    MCA market insight director Steve Gotham looks at whether the increases seen in pub menu counts are sustainable, particularly when extensive menu choice is not a particularly high-ranking consumer need.

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    Analysis & Insight

    Whitbread F&B – some extra meat on the restaurant bones

    2019-05-10T07:47:00Z

    MCA market insight director Steve Gotham asks why Whitbread is so shy about discussing its substantial restaurant and pub portfolio. He delves into the available data to see what can be gleaned about Whitbread’s F&B brands and their resonance with consumers

  • Hungry Horse
    Analysis & Insight

    Spotlight on the value led branded pub market

    2019-01-14T08:06:00Z

    Brand expert Ian Dunstall casts his eye over a segment over the market that is often overlooked in analysis despite being a financial power house – the value pub market. He rates the leading brands and looks at how many have reinvented themselves to better align with the modern consumer.

  • Beef burgers
    Analysis & Insight

    Study claims restaurant and pub dishes unhealthier than fast food

    2018-12-13T08:34:00Z

    A study by the British Medical Journal has suggested food served in pub and restaurant chains is unhealthier than that of fast-food chains.

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    Analysis & Insight

    Customers scoring pubs higher

    2017-08-17T08:39:00Z

    The latest data from MCA’s Pub Brand Monitor has shown customers are more likely to recommend leading pub brands than they were a year ago.

  • Walkabout
    Analysis & Insight

    Customer service stars of 2016

    2017-01-03T08:09:00Z

    MCA director of insight, Steve Gotham, looks at which operators topped the league tables for friendly and speedy service during 2016 and what lessons we can learn from their success.

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    Analysis & Insight

    Scores on the doors

    2016-11-07T07:49:00Z

    The latest data from MCA’s comprehensive Eating Out Panel has revealed a strong showing for pub companies, outperforming their restaurant counterparts in terms of net promoter scores throughout the day. MCA’s director of insight, Steve Gotham, looks at some of the reasons the Great British pub is still resonating so strongly with consumers.

  • News

    OK Diner lifts LFLs 3.2%

    2016-01-20T08:09:49.123Z

    Roadside diner concept OK Diner saw LFLs rise 3.2% last year and is eyeing two more sites, M&C understands.

  • News

    OK Diner returns to expansion trail

    2016-01-08T16:10:23.517Z

    Roadside diner concept OK Diner is adding a ninth site, in Oswestry, to its portfolio, M&C understands.

  • News

    Whitbread set to launch evolved Beefeater format

    2015-12-17T08:24:22.757Z

    Whitbread is set to launch an evolved version of its Beefeater pub restaurant format in Birmingham city centre next year

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    News

    Ex-Premier Inn COO to head up GK retail estate

    2015-11-30T17:44:00Z

    John Forrest, formerly chief operating officer of Premier Inn for Whitbread, is to join Greene King as chief operating officer for the company’s retail business.

  • News

    Restaurant chains criticised for seafood sourcing

    2015-11-18T14:18:16.260Z

    The majority of UK restaurant chains use unsustainable fish or fail to give transparent information to diners about the origins of their seafood according to findings from the Marine Conservation Society (MCS). It found more than half of the restaurants assessed served seafood from overfished supplies with sea bass, whitebait, ...

  • News

    Whitbread strengthens pub restaurants team

    2015-07-31T07:46:00Z

    Whitbread has strengthened its pub restaurants operations team with the appointment of a new national operations director

  • News

    Whitbread appoints new restaurants MD

    2015-06-26T16:29:00Z

    Whitbread has appointed Phil Birbeck, formerly of Dixons Carphone, as the new managing director of its restaurant division

  • Analysis & Insight

    Family mealtimes in decline

    2015-06-17T08:13:18.393Z

    Far fewer families sit down together for meals with 19% of Brits admitting to not eating with family during an average week, according to a study from Table Table – the Whitbread restaurant