All MCA Insight articles in November 2014 – Page 14
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Bath Ales to open Beerd pop-up at ice rink
Bath Ales will open a pop-up of its craft beer format, Beerd, at the Clifton on Ice experience in Bristol on Thursday 27 November.
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Marston’s eyeing investment opportunities in casual dining
Marston’s chief executive Ralph Findlay has said the company is considering investing in small casual dining operators.
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New smokehouse concept to drive St Austell national growth
St Austell managing director, James Staughton, has told M&C Report that its new smokehouse and craft beer concept could be the vehicle to drive its growth across the UK.
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Abokado grows London pipeline
Abokado, the London-based chain of healthy food bars run by Mark Lilley, has lined up a pipeline of sites to reach 30 by spring 2015 before looking to expand nationwide in the next 18 months, M&C Report has learnt.
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Pubs need to tackle food waste
Geronimo Inns says pubs could save £8,000 per year by their reducing food waste.
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Oka secures Kingly Court site
Oka, the pan-Asian concept, has secured the final available site in Soho’s Kingly Court
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Pizza Hut scoops double awards
Pizza Hut has been named the Pizza Restaurant Chain of The Year for the second year running and Pizza Delivery Chain of the Year at the at the Pizza, Pasta & Italian Food (PAPA) Industry Awards
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Analyst corner: Rollo on beer sales
Jamie Rollo at Morgan Stanley looks at the recent rise in beer sales in the UK, and says that this is particular good news for Punch Taverns and Enterprise Inns
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Redcomb Pubs eyeing a war chest of £15m
Redcomb Pubs, the company run by Dan Shotton and Mark Draper, has a war chest of £5m and is “aggressively” looking to acquire pubs while seeking £10m through the Enterprise Investment Scheme to build an estate of 25 pubs in five years, M&C Report has learnt
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Joe & the Juice planning 10–12 new sites a year
Joe & the Juice, the Danish juice and coffee bar operator, is planning to open between 10–12 UK sites each year and is considering regional locations to take the brand nationwide
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ETM teams up with Jägermeister for Alpine lodge
The Gun in Docklands, an ETM pub, has created an Alpine lodge-inspired ski-lodge on the River Thames serving Jägermeister cocktails in a fully heated, enclosed outdoors bar
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“Niche” concepts top Horizons’ Ones to Watch list
Fuel Juice Bars has been named the number one operator to watch by Horizons which also named Dunkin’ Donuts, Abokado, Tortilla, Pieminister, Boost Juice bars and Chozen Noodle on its list of fastest-growing Ones to Watch 2014
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JD Wetherspoon secures Ramsgate site
JD Wetherspoon has exchanged contracts with Thanet District Council over a site in Ramsgate.
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Government publishes its amendment to pubs code
The Government has confirmed in an amendment this morning that it is overturning the earlier bid to remove family brewers from the pubs code.
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Luminar eyes three new Chicago sites as Rose steps down
Luminar chief executive Peter Marks has said outgoing Chicago Leisure boss Christian Rose had a pipeline of three sites lined up for Chicago Leisure’s new operating style.
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Swinson says family brewers shouldn't be removed from the code
Minister Jo Swinson has said family brewers shoud not be removed from the statutory pubs code but that some requirements should be moved from the core to the enhanced code.
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Tragus to explore franchise route
Tragus, the Steve Richards-led group, is to explore expanding both its Café Rouge and Bella Italia brands internationally, M&C Report understands.
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Marston’s looks at branding food pubs
Marston’s chief executive Ralph Findlay has said the company is looking at operating some of its pubs as brands.
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Jack: Tough trading at TRG, prospects remain strong
Leading analyst Douglas Jack at Numis has said that although he is cautiously trimming his 2014E forecasts for The Restaurant Group (TRG) prospects for 2015E remain strong
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TRG lfls up 3%
The Restaurant Group (TRG) has reported that like-for-like sales increased 3% in the 45 weeks to 9 November, with total sales up 10.3%