All MCA Insight articles in November 2017 – Page 8
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Analysis & Insight
Restaurant sales slumped 1.5% in October
Restaurant groups saw like-for-like sales fall 1.5% in October compared to the same month last year, according to the latest Coffer Peach Business Tracker.
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Analysis & Insight
A whopper of an opportunity?
Mark Wingett takes a closer look at Bridgepoint’s decision to invest in resurrecting Burger King UK; what the changes at the top of Caffe Nero mean; and how this week’s expected IPO by City Pub Company has history on its side.
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News
Ford: H&H isn’t the finished article yet
Gerry Ford, founder of Caffe Nero, has told MCA that Harris + Hoole isn’t the finished article, but is producing some positive trading momentum
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News
Deliveroo raises a further £74m
Deliveroo has raised $98m (£74m) as it closed its Series F funding round, bringing the total raised to $482m (£365m).
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News
Shake Shack UK strengthens senior team
Shake Shack has strengthened its UK management team, MCA has learnt.
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Analysis & Insight
Danes refreshing new places
Danish bakery Lagkagehuset has already conquered its homeland and is rapidly building up a presence in the UK, as well as eyeing new international outposts. James Wallin met UK operations director Alastair Gordon to find out how this Danish export is bringing home the bacon
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News
JDW to rollout self-serve coffee machines
JD Wetherspoon is to roll self-serve coffee machines out across its estate.
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News
Sugar levy impact on low-alcohol drinks clarified
HMRC has given further details on how the softs drinks levy will affect alcohol substitute drinks, when it comes into force in force in April.
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Analysis & Insight
Caterers increasingly offering high street brands
The past year has seen an increase in food service management (FSM) companies offering high street brands at the expense of in-house ones.
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News
Scarfe departs St Austell
St Austell is searching for a new people director after the departure of Jackie Scarfe, MCA understands.
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News
B&K raises £7m for further growth
Brewhouse & Kitchen has begun another round of fundraising, with £7m committed so far, MCA understands.
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News
Deliveroo begins targeting wet-led pubs
Deliveroo has started working with pubs and bars which don’t serve their own food, so customers no longer need to go elsewhere for a meal
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News
Redemption Roasters seeks £1m for new shops
Redemption Roasters, the coffee group which trains young offenders to become baristas, is looking to raise £1m investment to open three or four more coffee shops next year, MCA has learnt.
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News
East Coast Concepts eyes South for Victor's expansion
East Coast Concepts, the James Hitchin-led hospitality group, will use the launch of its restaurant concept Victor’s in Oxford as a stepping stone to expansion in the south of England, MCA has learnt.
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News
Analyst corner: Jack on Cineworld
Douglas Jack at Peel Hunt takes a look at Cineworld before the company Q3 update next week, and says that the company is likely to indicate a slowdown in trading due to a weaker UK market.
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News
Green light for £270m Swindon leisure scheme
Plans to build a 500,000sq ft regional leisure scheme in Swindon have been given the go ahead, just four months after developer SevenCapital took the reins on the scheme
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Jack: Fuller’s share price represents long-term buying opportunity
Leading analyst, Douglas Jack, of Peek Hunt, has said a 20% fall in Fuller’s share price over the past two years should be seen as a long-term buying for investors.
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Gunpowder team confirms One Tower Bridge move
The team behind Gunpowder, Madame D and Gul & Sepoy has confirmed it will open a fourth restaurant next spring
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Rhubarb to launch Vivi at London’s Centre Point
Events caterer Rhubarb is to launch British restaurant concept Vivi in London’s new Centre Point development
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McCue ups TRG stake
Andy McCue, chief executive of The Restaurant Group (TRG) has upped his stake in the Frankie & Benny’s and Chiquito operator