All MCA Insight articles in November 2016 – Page 17
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News
Innis & Gunn raises £960k in 48 hours
Innis & Gunn has attracted 95% of its £1m crowdfunding target within 48 hours of launching.
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Analysis & Insight
Beer sales slide across on and off-trade in Q3
Both the on-trade and off-trade saw beer sales slide in Q3 against tough comparatives with last year’s Rugby World Cup.
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News
Burger King seeks investment for UK arm
Burger King’s parent company has approached private equity firms about a deal to invest in its UK operations
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News
Miss Macaroon secures debut site
Miss Macaroon, the new patisserie concept specialising in macarons, has opened its debut standalone store, in Birmingham
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Analysis & Insight
Nando’s tops restaurant brands at lunch and dinner
Nando’s cemented its status as the most popular chain restaurant at lunch and dinner with a strong performance in Q3, the latest MCA data has shown.
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Analysis & Insight
Brexit fails to halt rise of eating out
Customers eat out 16 times a month for a meal or snack, the latest quarterly data from MCA’s eating Out Panel has shown.
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Opinion
The merchants of Venice
With the opening of their Venetian restaurant in St James’s Market this month, Salt Yard Group’s Simon Mullins and Ben Tish continue their move into unfamiliar territory. Stefan Chomka reports
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News
Moveable restaurant to open in Liverpool
Xiringuito, the moveable restaurant from Conor Sheehan and chef Jackson Berg, will open in Liverpool on November 15.
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News
Arc confirms new Manahatta site in Leeds
Arc Inspirations, whose venues include Banyan Bar and Kitchen, Kith and Kin, The Pit and Trio, is investing £1.2m in a second Manahatta venue in Leeds.
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News
TGI and Byron sign up to Qkr payment app
TGI Fridays and Byron are the latest restaurant brands to introduce smartphone payment technology after signing up with Qkr! with Masterpass.
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Analysis & Insight
Food now the “hottest social currency”
Food has become today’s “hottest social currency” according to Waitrose Food and Drink Report 2016
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News
Howe joins Harbour Brewing Co
Stuart Howe, the former head brewer at Sharp’s, has left Bristol-based Lost & Grounded to return to Cornwall, at Harbour Brewing Company.
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News
PizzaExpress appoints new marketing director
PizzaExpress has appointed Amanda Royston, formerly of Byron, as its new marketing director
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News
GBK on track to post FY turnover of c£80m
Alasdair Murdoch, chief executive of GBK has told MCA that the group is on track to post turnover close to £80m in its current financial year
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News
JDW seeks tenants for £4.5m Ramsgate development
JD Wetherspoon is seeking operators to join it in a £4.5m development in Ramsgate, Kent.
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Analysis & Insight
Hungry Horse gains visit share as JDW form dips
Greene King is seeing dividends from its investment in Hungry Horse, MCA’s latest Pub Brand Monitor has shown, as JD Wetherspoon loses share at key dayparts.
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Opinion
On-trade ‘major focus’ for AB InBev
Given the way certain craft brewers talk about Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI), you’d expect the brewing giant’s new(ish) Northern European boss to cut a Darth Vader-like figure.
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News
Chipotle investors propose ousting Ells as chair
Two union-affiliated shareholders in Chipotle Mexican Grill said they would propose replacing the company’s chairman
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News
Five Guys launches apprenticeship programme
Five Guys UK, the fast-growing burger brand, is to roll out an apprenticeship programme after its c50-strong estate
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Analysis & Insight
Diners expect to curate eating out experiences
Almost half of diners expect to be able to curate their entire dining experience in the near future, according to a new poll.