All MCA Insight articles in October 2016 – Page 13
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Just Eat invests £3.5m in Flypay
Just Eat has invested £3.5m in Flypay and joined its new Flyt platform, with the aim of “transformin the digital journey in the casual dining space”.
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Analysis & Insight
Price and value balancing act
With increasing headwinds facing operators across the sector and the rapid expansion of recent years beginning to slow, how can businesses ensure continued growth? MCA director of insight Steve Gotham explores how crucial pricing and value perception is likely to become in the next few years.
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SSP not in running for Ed’s
Travel concession operator SSP is not in the running for Ed’s Easy Diner, which was brought back to the market last month
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M Restaurants breaks through £1.5m target
M Restaurants, the Martin Williams-led group, has surpassed the £1.5m target it was looking to raise through crowdfunding
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Jinjuu set for Mayfair
Jinjuu is set to open its second site in central London, after securing a site in Mayfair
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Analysis & Insight
Millennials leading snacking trend
Just over 85% of millennials snack during the working day, in comparison to 60% of baby boomers, according to new research
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McKay swaps Costa for Caffe Nero
Helen McKay has stepped down from Costa to join rival coffee chain Caffe Nero as its head of food & beverage UK & Ireland
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Nando’s appoints Bray as people director
Nando’s, Capricorn Ventures-backed group, has appointed Robert Bray, formerly of Tesco, as its new people director
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News1847 shifts towards casual lunchtime offer
Vegetarian restaurant group 1847 is revamping its menu with a greater focus on a more casual lunchtime offer following the appointment of Matty Bowling as operations director.
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CLAW set for The Sun & 13 Cantons pop-up
CLAW, the street-food vendor, has been announced as the latest restaurant residency at Soho-based pub The Sun & 13 Cantons
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Vita Mojo doubles up
Vita Mojo, the fledgling healthy quick service concept, has opened its second site in central London, near Liverpool Street
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Chifafa looking to expand
Gourmet kebab concept Chifafa is searching for a second site in Soho as it looks to realise its target of ten stores in five years.
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KFC UK to launch breakfast menu
KFC has announced that as of Monday (10 October) it will be launching a breakfast menu in 10 of its sites across the UK
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RCapital & SSP in the running for Ed’s
RCapital and SSP are both believed to be in the running to take on Ed’s Easy Diner
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Five minutes with…. Clive Watson, City Pub Co
This week, MCA spends five minutes with City Pub Co chairman Clive Watson to discuss Brexit, IPOs, why doing the simple things well can lead to the best experience and why he admires Drake & Morgan and John Lewis.
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Analyst corner: Burns on TRG
Leading sector analyst Karl Burns at Investec has said that The Restaurant Group (TRG) remains in a difficult spot with declining LFL sales, rising cost inflation and an uncertain outlook
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Oakman Inns: H1 trading; acquisitions; new funding
Oakman Inns is “at handshakes stage” of securing new funding after a busy period of growth so far this year, MCA has learnt.
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Cote to begin expansion of Limeyard
Cote, the BC Partners-backed group, is to begin the expansion of Limeyard, the all-day American kitchen concept
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Sethi family eyes rollout for delivery concept
Karam Sethi, founder of JKS Restaurants, has told MCA he has ambitions to roll out his new online only Indian delivery concept across London but there will not be a physical restaurant for the brand.
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Analysis & InsightTGI fuelled by people power
TGI Friday’s UK is set to embark on the next stage of its evolution, but the core pillars of the group’s success will remain its people-led culture and its experience-based concept. Mark Wingett finds out more