All MCA Insight articles in October 2021 – Page 8
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NewsHarts Group plans three-in-one opening
Harts Group is to open new Barrafina, Parrillan and Bar Daskal venues at Borough Yards early next year.
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NewsGreggs sees huge growth opportunity from delivery
Greggs estimates it could achieve an additional £170m from delivery, as it targets £2.4bn turnover in the next five years.
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NewsLeon appoints new marketing director
Mariam French spent 10 years at UK bakery specialist Delice de France heading up marketing and food innovation for its foodservice and retail businesses.
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NewsThe BigHospitality Expo announced
William Reed is bringing its market-leading hospitality brands together to launch the show.
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NewsRevolution reports same site sales growth of 17%
The Q1 trading performance was “well ahead” of the expectations, with controlled costs resulting in “good profit generation” from these sales.
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NewsButchies continues lockdown growth streak
The Charlie McVeigh-chaired fried chicken brand has gone from one bricks and mortar site at the start of lockdown, to a planned ten two years later.
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NewsWagamama makes half menu vegan
The Pan-Asian brand says it is the UK’s first high street restaurant to give plant-based dishes equal share on its menu.
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NewsPM’s economic plan gets short shrift
The logic behind Boris Johnson’s plan to build a high wage, high skilled economy has been described as “cobblers” by Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin, as the prime minister shrugged off labour and supply chain shortages as an inevitable part of the post-Brexit transition process.
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NewsSunak urged to make VAT cut permanent
The #VATsEnough campaign is calling on the Chancellor to make the 12.5% VAT rate permanent for hospitality and tourism.
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NewsPapa John’s expects to exit pandemic ‘stronger’
Papa John’s (GB) Limited achieved a 29.7% increase in turnover to £94.9m for the year to 27 December, as the pandemic had “minimal impact” on its business.
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NewsPM to reveal National Living Wage increase
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to reveal a significant rise in the minimum wage within weeks, with an uplift in the pay of the lowest earners to about £9.42 an hour.
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NewsWales to introduce compulsory Covid passes for nightclubs
The Welsh parliament has voted in favour of introducing mandatory vaccination passports – by 28 votes to 27 – for entry to nightclubs.
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NewsLord Mark Price to speak at MCA Restaurant Conference
Former Waitrose MD, and founder of employee engagement platform WorkL, Lord Mark Price will share insights from his annual hospitality report on the happiness and engagement of employees.
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NewsLumina: multi-channel approach needed for contemporary fast food
Top 10 contemporary fast food brands to see turnover growth of +58.8% in 2021
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NewsGreggs: ‘Our multichannel approach is opening up greater site opportunities’
The development of Greggs into a truly multichannel brand is resulting in far greater site opportunities to aid its new target of opening around 150 net new shops a year from 2022.
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NewsMcDonald’s launches ‘Plan For Change’ sustainability strategy
McDonald’s UK and Ireland has set out its Plan For Change strategy to help it achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2040.
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NewsStarbucks and Deliveroo announce delivery partnership
Starbucks launches on Deliveroo at more than 400 locations including Birmingham, London and Manchester.
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NewsEG Group acquires Cooplands
The Issa brothers have acquired Cooplands’ bakery brand and plan to roll it out to forecourts and convenience stores across the EG site network
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InterviewsFindlay: ‘Marston’s is like a family business with the bad bits taken out’
On his final day as Marston’s CEO, Ralph Findlay spoke with MCA about his 27 years with the business, his next role as C&C Group’s chairman and his views on the pub sector.
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NewsGreggs: Trading ahead of expectations, plans to double revenue in five years
Greggs Q3 results benefited from staycations as it aims to double turnover by 2026 and target a network of 3,000 sites.