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All MCA Insight articles in October 2019 – Page 5
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NewsIs Comptoir Libanais waiting for a tipping point?
The Comptoir Libanais in Chelsea is located within Duke of York Square, a relatively upmarket mixed retail and foodservice scheme, just off Sloane Square.
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NewsThe Botanist and Mowgli sign for St George’s in Preston.
The Botanist and Mowgli have been signed for St George’s Shopping Centre in Preston.
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NewsMarket Halls Oxford Street line-up revealed
Market Halls’ forthcoming Oxford Street opening will see Pastaio, Roti King, Breddo Tacos and BaoziInn join the line-up, Time Out reports.
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NewsDöner Haus takes former Byron unit in Manchester Corn Exchange
Berlin inspired kebab concept Döner Haus has taken Byron’s former unit in the Corn Exchange Manchester.
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NewsTwitter founder launches POS for restaurants
Square, the payments provider from Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, has launched a point of sale (POS) platform for restaurants.
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NewsMegan’s lines up seventh site
All-day brunch restaurant Megan’s, backed by Tossed founder Vincent McKevitt, is to open its seventh London site in January 2020.
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Analysis & Insight
Negative feedback on food increases
Consumer expectations around food quality in pubs and bars have soared between February and September 2019, according to the latest data from online review specialist, Feed It Back
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NewsCMA will continue to investigate Deliveroo and Amazon deal
The CMA has launched an official Phase 1 investigation into Amazon’s deal with Deliveroo. The investigation will try to establish whether the deal would create a lessening of competition in the UK food delivery market. If the CMA does reach that conclusion, Amazon and Deliveroo could offer compromises in order to appease the CMA’s concerns. If it can’t, a Phase 2 investigation could start and potentially block the deal altogether.
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NewsBills posts £9.1m loss for 2018; lfls boost following refurb programme
Bills Restaurants made a £9.11m loss last year – but has retuned to above market like-for-like sales growth across its estate following a major refurbishment programme, MCA can reveal.
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OpinionRichard Caring: 'We’re fighters. We’ll make it work by investing in the business.'
A year ago, Richard Caring told MCA how Bill’s needed a “bit of love as it got left behind”. With a major refurbishment programme well underway, the investment seems to be paying off. Finn Scott-Delany catches up with Mr Caring and Bill’s executive chairman David Campbell.
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NewsA culinary postcard from Jordan
One of the greatest attributes of the UK casual dining scene is its sheer diversity and multi-cultural richness. It has been supported by a long history of international migration and more recently, by assorted entrepreneurs looking to bring a taste of their childhood to their relocated adulthood (for example, Tony Kitous at Comptoir Libanais and Nisha Katona at Mowgli) and by inspired travellers looking to replicate assorted food and beverage delights on their return home (not least Mark Lilley at Abokado and Stephen and Juliette Wall at Pho).
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NewsDomino’s delivers ‘solid’ performance
Domino’s has hailed a “solid” performance as it released a Q3 trading update for the 13 weeks to 29 September 2019.
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NewsByron brews up partnership with Paddy & Scott’s
Byron has teamed up with Paddy and Scott’s to boost its coffee offer. The roll out will begin in their new look branded site High Street Kensington in November. The coffee will be on offer alongside Byron’s new brunch menu. It will then roll out across the Byron estate. “We are delighted to introduce Paddy and Scott’s into Byron,” said Byron CEO Simon Wilkinson.
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OpinionSteve Moore: ‘The development never goes away. It starts on day one, it doesn’t finish on day one.’
Steve Moore is in jovial form when we speak a few weeks ahead of the launch of Electric Shuffle.
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NewsTortilla teams up with SSP
Tortilla has signed a development agreement with SSP Group, which will see the Mexican fast-casual brand open five travel hub sites within the next year.
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NewsWinnow secures £15m to tackle food waste
Winnow, the artificial intelligence platform for cutting food waste, has completed a series B round of funding worth £9.3m.
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NewsAnalysts’ verdict: Goodbody on Domino’s
Domino’s decision to exit its international markets should be well received by investors, according to Rachel Fox, gaming and leisure analyst at Goodbody.
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NewsRare Restaurants appoints new group CFO
Rare Restaurants, the operator of Gaucho and M Restaurants, has appointed Rob Dawson as group chief financial officer, MCA understands.
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Opinion
How to give hospitality the personal touch
Using machine learning and AI could deliver huge benefits to hospitality, but there are challenges. MCA and Punchh brought together marketing and IT directors to discuss how best to do it.