All MCA Insight articles in November 2021 – Page 8
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News
Operators must ‘co-own customer’ across new sales channels
Omnichannel growth comes with pressure on staff and complex customer ownership, MCA’s Restaurant Conference heard
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Mollie’s set sights on 100 site mark
Mollie’s Hotel & Diner is looking to build up from its current two sites to 100 over the next 10 years on the back of strong investor support.
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Corbin & King: Life is easier with 100% control
Co-founder and CEO Jeremy King has spoken of the difficult relationship with his investors, saying life was “utopian” when he had control over his own restaurant group.
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Interviews
Jeremy King: ‘For things to remain the same, everything must change’
Hospitality sage Jeremy King evoked Italian literary classic The Leopard at last week’s Restaurant Conference, as he urged the industry to be less resistant to change
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Portobello acquires 12-strong pub package
The Zetland Capital backed platform has announced the acquisition of 12 freehold pubs across the London villages and suburbs
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Hickory’s pushes footprint into Yorkshire
Piper-backed barbecue restaurant Hickory’s Smokehouse has acquired the former Marston’s pub The Malt House, in Horbury.
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Corbin & King reportedly considering new backers
The restaurant group behind The Wolseley is understood to be in talks with other parties after disagreeing with Thailand-based Minor Hotels on the investment strategy for its restaurants.
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Vaccine passports rule evaded with furniture
Scottish nightclubs have been getting creative in a bid to avoid the requirements for guests to have vaccine passports by putting seats on their dancefloors.
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Chicken grown in vats is the next frontier of food
Scientists are perfecting the art of creating tasty beef, fish and poultry in laboratories
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Recovery under threat as Britons refuse to spend
Although cautious spending is prevaling, some businesses do report some signs of extravagance. Blacklock’s Gordon Ker wonders whether some “revenge spending” was taking place.
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Welcome to Fawlty Britain
We pride ourselves on our sophisticated dining cultures. So where have all the waiters gone?
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YO! Sushi owner puts £750m stock market float on ice
Snowfox Group, the company behind the sushi chain YO! has halted plans for a £750 million stock market listing amid growing unease around public listings among investors.
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Scotland’s late night venues: 20% turned away due to invalid vaccine passports
Public health expert Professor Jason Leitch revealed up to 20 per cent of people were turned away from late night venues in Scotland at the weekend due to not having a valid vaccine passport.
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Interviews
Carl’s Jr: ‘There is room for a new kid on the block’
MCA spoke with Carl’s Jr’s Tim Lowther about the US burger brand’s intentions towards the UK market and its search for a master franchisee.
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CGA: ‘Four trends to focus on during the recovery’
A focus on localisation, omnichannel, sustainability and experience will help support restaurants’ recovery from the pandemic delegates at MCA’s Restaurant Conference were told.
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Analysis & Insight
Hostmore offers prospect of ‘significant payoff’
Newly-listed hospitality operator Hostmore is well placed to take advantage of the growth opportunities from the fallout of Covid-19, believes Edison.
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Staffing: ‘We’re moving in the right direction, but not rapidly enough’
The shortage of staff in the hospitality industry is showing some signs of easing, but we are “nowhere where we need to be”, UKHospitality CEO Kate Nicholls told MCA’s Restaurant Conference
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Most furloughed workers returned to their jobs
The Office for National Statistics reports just 6% of furloughed employees were either laid off or left their jobs voluntarily
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Popeyes hope to ‘break the internet’ in the UK
The team behind Popeyes see the UK market is the most exciting new international territory for the fried chicken brand, MCA’s Restaurant Conference has heard.
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Liberation Group appoints people director
Julia Rosamond previously held the same role at Wagamama, Travelodge and Nando’s