All MCA Insight articles in October 2017 – Page 3
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Crust Bros launches second Editions in Crouch End
Crust Bros, the street food pizza concept, has launched a new delivery-only site in Crouch End, MCA understands.
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UberEats hits 40 target ahead of time
UberEats has reached its target of going live in 40 UK cities by the end of the year two months early.
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Employment law changes could create 'administrative nightmare'
Recommendations contained in the Taylor Review into employment practices could create an “administrative nightmare” for hospitality operators at a time when margins are already being squeezed, a leading lawyer has warned.
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Motu’s Islington site most successful to date
JKS Restaurants’ Karam Sethi has told MCA that the latest opening for delivery-only Indian dining concept, Motu, has already become its most successful site to date.
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Analysis & Insight
Don’t be a Charlie, have a checkpoint
You’ve fully explored your reasons for international expansion and you’re clear it’s the route for you but, before you set up shop or start talking to potential partners, it will pay you to run through a final checklist. Jasper Reid sets out the points you need to tick off first
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Taco Bell lines up four more
Taco Bell, the Yum! Brands fast casual chain, has lined up four new openings, in Brighton, Paisley, Barnsley and Sheffield, MCA has learnt.
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Adventure Bar to open bar in French ski resort
Adventure Bar Group is to open its first international site - with a joint venture in France, MCA has learnt.
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Rosa’s lfls up 9% in H1; eyes evolved regional model
Like-for-like sales at Rosa’s, the Thai cafe concept, are up c9% for the first half of the current financial year.
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Camerons aims to be “contract brewer of choice”
Camerons Brewery has appointed its first sales director as it aims to grow its own-brand portfolio and become the “contract brewer of choice for companies wanting to expand into or across the UK”.
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Camerons could open 10 sites in FY
Camerons, the North East-based brewer and pub operator, could open as many as 10 sites in the current financial year, chief executive Chris Soley has told MCA.
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Scarpetta secures site four
Scarpetta, the Italian pasta and espresso coffee concept, is opening a fourth site in BBC Television Centre, MCA has learnt.
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Analysis & Insight
Foodservice inflation eased in September
Foodservice inflation has shown signs of easing – as September’s figure dipped to 6.5% from 9.3% in August.
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Gaucho brings Clasico Argentino to UK
Gaucho has partnered with Paris-based Argentinian street food brand Clasico Argentino to bring the chain to the UK.
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Household finances fall for fifth month in a row
Household finances declined for the fifth month in a row in August – for the first time in the eight years the measure has been tracked by YouGov.
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BrewDog confirms City brewpub
BrewDog has confirmed the location of its first brewpub, as first revealed by MCA in September.
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CMA launches probe into hotel booking sites
The Competition and Markets Authority has launched a consumer law investigation into hotel booking sites.
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Deliveroo secures Editions site in Birmingham
Deliveroo has taken a ten-year lease on a Birmingham city centre warehouse to set up its Editions delivery kitchen model in the city.
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Parliament to debate beer and pubs taxes
Parliament will hold a debate on taxation of the beer and pubs sector next Tuesday.
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Valentina goes into administration; blames sector “disruptors”
Valentina Fine Foods, the eight-strong Italian deli and restaurant chain, has been bouhgt out of administration with the closure of half its sites.
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Fuller’s confirms acquisition of Dorset pub
Fuller’s has confirmed the acquisition of The Manor pub inn Burton, near Christchurch in Dorset, for an undisclosed sum.