All MCA Insight articles in October 2016 – Page 11
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OpinionSingh looks to get a new tune out of Ed’s
The private owner of the 2 Sisters Food Group, one of the UK’s largest food producers, has revealed an appetite for the restaurant sector over the past few years, especially turnaround stories, but can he pull of the trick again with new acquisition Ed’s Easy Diner, a business that spent the last 18 months fighting declining sales?
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NewsBoparan confirms Ed's Easy Diner deal
Boparan has confirmed the acquisition of 33 Ed’s Easy Diner sites, which have been added to the Giraffe business it acquired earlier this year
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Giraffe owner set to swallow Ed’s
Boparan Ventures, which owns the Giraffe and Harry Ramsden’s restaurant chains, has struck an agreement to buy Ed’s through a pre-pack administration
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Marks named Icon at Late Night Awards
Deltic Group chief executive Peter Marks has been given the ALMR Icon Award at its Late Night Awards.
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Asahi completes Miller Brands takeover
Asahi has completed its acquisition of Miller Brands UK, in a deal worth c£2.2bn.
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Busaba launches new generation site
Busaba has opened the first site under its new generation format featuring an evolved ‘Bangkok Thai’ brand proposition
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Redcomb disposal paves way for two-pronged growth plan
Redcomb Pubs co-founder Dan Shotton has told MCA that the group is on track to open its Lock House casual dining concept in December, and said he is close to another London pub acquisition.
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Grace Land secures two new sites
Grace Land – the joint venture between Barworks and its former operations manager Anselm Chatwin – has secured two new sites as it looks to grow its estate to 10 over the next three years.
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Intertain launches employee engagement app
Walkabout operator Intertain has launched a new employee engagement app called Pulse
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Yummy launches chef academy
Yummy Pub Company has launched The Chef Academy, which it is describing as an innovative way of finding new chef talent
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Domino’s Q3 UK lfls up 3.9%
Domino’s Pizza Group saw UK like-for-like sales grow 3.9% in the 13 weeks to 25 September as total system sales in the country increased 10.5% to £220.9m.
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Private investor secures Mortlake’s The Ship for £4.52m
A private UK investor has acquired the freehold interest in The Ship in Mortlake, SW14, for £4.52m
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Gazzard steps down from New Moon
Neil Gazzard has stepped down as operations director of New Moon Co., which went into administration last month
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Analysis & Insight
UK business ‘distress’ rises under living wage
Nearly 100,000 small businesses are in a state of “financial distress” following the introduction of the National Living Wage
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News
Bill’s appoints new formats director
Bill’s Restaurants has appointed Jamie Gordon, formerly of the BII and Greene King, as its new formats director
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Costa unveils new metropolitan offer at trial store
Costa Coffee’s UK managing director has said its new concept store aimed at metropolitan customers has taken elements from its Fresco and artisan coffee trials.
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Chip + Fish eyes international expansion
London based French Michelin Starred chef Pascal Aussignac wants to export his British fish and chip concept Chip + Fish to his homeland, MCA has learnt.
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Opinion
Hop idol plans world revolution
Beavertown has grown from a 700-litre batch brewery to producing eight million pints a year and eyeing a bar estate, gin distillery and, ultimately, Beavertown World – a beer, restaurant, retail and events space where fans of the beer can congregate. Jessica Mason talks to owner and founder Logan Plant
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Radford swaps GK for Star
Stephen Radford has left his role as estate manager at Greene King to take up the same role at Star Pubs & Bars, MCA has learnt.
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Clove Club team to launch Luca
Clove Club has announced its second restaurant will be called Luca and serve “modern Italian food, using British ingredients