All MCA Insight articles in November 2018
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News
Big Easy gives staff flexible access to wages
Big Easy is to allow staff to access wages as they earn throughout December.
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Jasper Gorst lines up fourth restaurant
Restauranteur Jasper Gorst is to open his fourth restaurant, in Battersea, in January next year, called The Oak SW11.
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Tamatanga to open third site, at Highcross; plans for more
Indian casual dining restaurant Tamatanga is to open a third site in Leicester’s Highcross shopping centre, and has plans to expand outside the Midlands, MCA has learnt.
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PE firms circle Wasabi
A handful of private equity firms are in the running to acquire a stake in Wasabi, the sushi and bento chain.
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Gusto acquires retail unit to extend York site
Gusto Italian has expanded the footprint of its York restaurant, after acquiring a former retail unit next door, and has used the extra space to create a drinking area with a Peroni bar.
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Analysis & Insight
Research highlights growth in 'playful premiums'
A new survey has found 43% of 18-45 year olds are eating less meat than they used to - rising to 52% for 36-45-year-olds.
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Analysis & Insight
Accessibility 'no barrier' to consumers seeking out restaurants
Over a quarter of Londoners (27%) are willing to spend an hour in traffic to reach a particular restaurant.
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WBB promotes Lucas to MD
West Berkshire Brewery has appointed long-time finance director Tom Lucas to managing director.
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Frontier grows to nine pubs
Frontier Pubs, the Ei Group Managed Investment joint venture with Karen Jones’ Pioneer Hospitality, is to grow to nine pubs by Christmas.
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Innis & Gunn to rebrand Beer Kitchen in 2019
Innis & Gunn is to rebrand its three-strong Beer Kitchen brand next year, as part of an overhaul of its bar estate in advance of expansion, MCA has learnt.
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Vita Mojo secures £10m in fundraise to expand software roll-out
Technology driven healthy food to go concept Vita Mojo has secured £10m in a series A fundraising round from Investec Bank to expand its software to other operators.
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Marston’s rolls out rapid EV chargers
Marston’s has unveiled a partnership with electric vehicle (EV) rapid charging network operator Engenie.
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GK: Brands, dark kitchens and local decision-making
Following yesterday’s half-year results announcement from Greene King, MCA spoke to chief executive Rooney Anand. He discussed moving the Greene King pub model into food for the first time; the company’s experiments with dark kitchens; the changing patterns of consumer behaviour and why the best innovation begins at pub level
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Analysis & Insight
How Vietnamese chain HOP is innovating for the grab-and-go market
MCA’s sister-title Food Spark talks to founder Paul Hopper about moving into an evening offering, changing the breakfast menu and his ambition expansion plans.
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Smith & Western secures seventh site
Smith & Western, the South coast-based US-style restaurant chain, has lined up a seventh opening.
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Swindon’s North Star Village scheme secures planning
SevenCapital has secured full planning consent for a £270m leisure complex in Swindon, Wiltshire.
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Sainsbury’s launches “experimental site” with food market format
Sainsbury’s has opened a new site in Selly Oak, Birmingham which includes a food market format and experimental layout.
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Cocktail Trading Co to double up in London
Cocktail Trading Co, the award-winning bar business, is lining up a second site in the capital, MCA understands.
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East London Pub Co takes on Spitalfields The Gun
The East London Pub Co. is to reopen the historic Spitalfields’ pub The Gun, in December.
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Distrkt appointed on “Borough Yards”
Distrkt, the property consultancy company launched earlier this year, has been appointed to secure all of the F&B and leisure operators for the “Borough Yards” development.