All MCA Insight articles in November 2015 – Page 12
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News
Marston’s ramps up Generous George roll out
Marston’s is to ramp up the roll out of its all-day mass market Generous George concept, which will see the fledgling brand grow to 10 sites
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KFC trials delivery in the US
KFC has announced it will start delivering to customers in two US cities as part of a trial, which if successful will go nationwide
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Punch: Retail Contracts; Harry Ramsden’s and developing surplus land
M&C spoke to Punch chief executive Duncan Garrood following yesterday’s FY results, about the company’s new Retail Contracts; potential for new brands; scope for developing surplus land around its pubs; the move to managed and why the partnership with Harry Ramsden’s is likely to be the first of many .
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M&B adds to M&C estate
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has added two further sites to its 2016 for its Miller & Carter steakhouse brand
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Young’s: Growth outside London; accommodation; Geronimo turnaround
Young’s chief executive Stephen Goodyear has told M&C the company is keen to look outside of London for further growth.
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Kokoro doubles up in Brighton
Kokoro, the sushi and bento fast-casual concept, is opening its next site in Brighton on Western Road as its second in the city
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1847 to be UK's first vegetarian chain and launching F2G concept
Vegetarian restaurant group 1847 is ramping up its expansion programme create the UK’s first chain of vegetarian restaurants and launching a seperate grab and go concept
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Lucky Onion adds sixth venue
Lucky Onion, the Cotswold-based pub and hotel operator, has acquired the Wild Duck in Ewen, Gloucestershire
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Sharp's appoints head brewer
Sharp’s Brewery has named Andrew Madden as head brewer who joins the company from New Zealand’s Lion Brewery
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Mimosa poised for growth
London-based delicatessen and café Mimosa is poised for growth in 2016 as it plans to grow its food to go offering,
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Conviviality buys Peppermint events company
Conviviality, the Bargain Booze operator, has agreed heads of terms to acquire the majority stake in bars and events company Peppermint
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Amazon expands restaurant delivery service
Amazon has begun the expansion of its new restaurant delivery service in the US
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Cote backer acquires Italian restaurant group
BC Partners has acquired a majority stake in Italian casual dining group Cigierre, in a deal valued at €300m (£212m)
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Cote named best big restaurant company at R200 awards
Cote won Restaurant Operator of the year (over 20 sites) at the R200 awards last night with Dishoom picking up two awards and PizzaExpress founder Peter Boizot winning the lifetime achievement gong.
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Waitrose to roll out sushi counters
Waitrose is to launch new sushi counters across 50 of its sites
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Inception launches first Mr Fogg’s pop-up
The Inception Group is to launch the first pop-up for its Mr Fogg’s brand at Hyde Park Winter Wonderland.
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Analysis & Insight
Poll on women’s tipping habits shows attentive staff are key
Research into tipping habits of women across Europe has shown they would leave a tip if “staff are attentive to their needs, acknowledging them when required.”
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Redcomb forms Apollo Pubs with Downing
Redcomb Pubs has formed a new pub group under a joint venture with Downing IHT Fund to build an estate of freehold pubs
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LV announces senior management restructure
Tim Bacon has become executive chairman of Living Ventures with Jeremy Roberts stepping in to the role of group chief executive in a restructure of senior management
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Opinion
Unpicking Punch's new model
Punch Taverns this morning unveiled a number of new ways in which it is working with licensees, including the creation of a Retail Contracts division. M&C speaks exclusively to the head of that division, Andy Crump, to examine details of how Punch has added a new twist to the operator agreement with its profit-based incentives and reveal the location of its first managed pub.