All MCA Insight articles in October 2021 – Page 6
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News
Ranjit Boparan: ‘Food is too cheap’
The 2 Sisters boss warned the cost of chicken could rise 10% as the sector faces rising costs for wages, energy and carbon dioxide.
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Restaurants increase wages to attract staff
In the UK, 14% of restaurant operators are opening under reduced hours due to staffing challenges, a survey from Lightspeed reveals.
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Hospitality job vacancies increase by 60%
Latest data from the ONS shows hospitality as having the highest ratio of vacancies per 100 employees.
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Domino’s recruits 8,000 more staff as it delivers 'strong quarter'
The Q3 trading update reports underlying like-for-like sales growing by 6.4%.
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Marston’s increases prices following October’s VAT rise
Andrew Andrea, Marston’s new chief executive, has talked about putting up its prices, coping with supply disruption and the need for simplified menus.
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Loungers opens its 150th Lounge site
The latest opening in Ringwood forms part of Loungers ongoing expansion, taking its total estate to 181 sites.
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Coco partners with Sainsbury’s
The Italian food-to-go brand will trial a range of fresh products in 15 London convenience stores
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Interviews
Marugame Udon's Keith Bird: ‘We want to be accessible to all’
The udon chain will have four sites open in the capital by the end of the year, but the fast-casual concept is more than just a London-centric brand, CEO Keith Bird explains
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News
Hawksmoor, Itsu and Deliveroo join Restaurant Conference
Delivery, click & collect, retail and meal kits will be explored in a panel at MCA’s Restaurant Conference
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Hospitality loses almost 1,000 sites since July
Almost 10% of nightclubs are reported to have ceased trading in the last two months according the latest Market Recovery Monitor.
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Black Sheep begins franchising
Black Sheep Coffee has launched its debut franchise on a former Starbucks in partnership with the AC Hotel in Birmingham.
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Just Eat investments drive growth
Just Eat in the UK reached 200m orders in the first nine months of 2021, up 51% in the third quarter of 2021 compared with the same period last year.
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Marston’s returns to growth
Sales were up 2% compared to 2019 across its managed and franchised pubs, in the period from 25 July to 2 October.
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Mission Mars reports strong recovery
Rudy’s Pizzeria has delivered revenue of £8.1m to date in 2021, with like-for-like sales growth of 39% against the same period in 2019.
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Analysis & Insight
BK IPO: a whopper of a move?
With Burger King UK the latest in a flurry of restaurant operators said to be eyeing a public listing, MCA explores why now and what it could mean for the growth of the chain
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News
Turtle Bay sees sales up more than 75% since May
The Piper-backed Caribbean restaurant chain has several new openings on the cards as it looks to grow its estate on the back of strong sales growth.
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Interviews
Indian restaurant group Mowgli is coming of age
With six new restaurants in the pipeline, including a move into the capital, Nisha Katona’s Indian restaurant group is flourishing.
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News
CO2 deal risks price hike
Food industry leaders have suggested a possible fivefold spike in the cost of CO2, which is essential in the production of pork, turkey and chicken.
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CrepeAffaire to open 50 new franchised stores
The brand recently re-opened its London Luton Airport store with TRG, and will open its first unit in Oxford Summertown with a major new hotel development.
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Opinion
Localism and the hospitality industry
Julia Wilkinson, restaurant director of West End landlord Shaftesbury, explains why fostering a sense of localism and community is key to rejuvenating our urban centres.