All MCA Insight articles in November 2022 – Page 5
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NewsBowland Inns and Hotels appoints MD
Mike Auld has taken over from owner James Warburton as MD for the Lancashire hotel, pub, and restaurant operator
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NewsInn Collection Group makes further acquisition in Cumbria
The 34-strong pub operator has acquired The Wordsworth Hotel in Grasmere and continues to seek out acquisition opportunities
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NewsInception Group: ‘We are not trading the hours we would like to’
Founder Charlie Gilkes has spoken out against chronic staff shortages amid clashes over easing immigration rules
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NewsBenugo rolls out carbon labelling across estate
Benugo has rolled out science-based carbon labelling at its cafés and restaurants across the UK, following a successful pilot
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Analysis & InsightOne in nine hospitality jobs remain vacant
Despite improvements in average pay and other recruitment efforts, staff turnover in September stood at 8.3%, according to CGA and Fourth
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NewsPret expands Tesco retail range
The new launches include almond croissants, a sweet greens smoothie and berries and cherries smoothie, and form part of the brand’s expansion into consumer-packaged goods
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NewsCaffè Nero launches on Deliveroo
The coffee shop brand is now available on all three major delivery platforms, with sales in its delivery channel having increased by 10% in the four months to September 2022.
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NewsNorth Brewing planning several taproom openings per year
The business has set itself no boundaries when it comes to expansion, with its ninth venue opening this week, co-founder John Gyngell has told MCA
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NewsDardis joins Brasserie Bar Co as NED
Former Young’s chief executive Patrick Dardis joins the operator of White Brasserie and Brasserie Blanc as it looks to grow to 70 sites over the next three to five years
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NewsPub Christmas party bookings down by a fifth
The drop in bookings has been blamed on a combintion of factors, including the move to working from home, the cost-of-living crisis and changing attitudes to alcohol
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NewsWendy’s to open first franchise site next month
The US burger chain will open a site in Sheffield with Square Burgers, in December, with company-owned units due to open shortly in Liverpool and Greater Manchester.
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Analysis & InsightRestaurant insolvencies up 60% in past year
In 2021/22, 1,567 restaurants fell into insolvency – a rise of 984 on the previous year, with business failures happening at a “far faster rate than during Covid”, according to new data from international audit, tax and advisory firm Mazars
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NewsCinnabon to launch delivery service
EG Group, which is the master franchisee of the US bakery brand, said the move followed “considerable demand” from customers and was its first e-commerce platform launch with a franchise partner
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NewsPing Pong sold in pre-pack administration
The restaurant chain has been sold to new entity AJT Dimsum Limited, with all six restaurants and staff to transferred to the new owner.
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NewsLeon ramping up self-serve coffee kiosk roll-out
The fast food brand plans to more than double the number of its coffee kiosks by the end of January, to over 200, with more than 100 additional kiosks to launch in Asda.
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NewsGordon Ramsay restaurant taken over by climate activists
Mock menus were held up outlining the environmental costs of items served on the restaurant’s menu, Sky News reports
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NewsThe apps fighting food waste by saving restaurant meals from the trash
If food waste were a country, it would be the third-highest greenhouse-gas emitting nation behind the US and China, The Guardian reports.
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NewsTimes are grim for both the chicken and the egg
The avian flu outbreak is not the only thing to blame for the current egg shortage, The FT reports
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NewsExpensive restaurants are still opening all the time. I’m a bit offended
It would be tin-eared of me to keep piping the virtues of such places at a time like this, writes Giles Coren for The Times
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NewsNominations open for Sustainability Award
The returning category will recognise a company or brand that has gone above and beyond in demonstrating its commitment to reducing its impact on the environment.