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All Operators articles – Page 109
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Sharma-Jones steps down from D&M
Pooja Sharma-Jones has left her role as sales and marketing director at Drake & Morgan, MCA understands.
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McManus FY lfls up 2.5%
McManus Pub Group, the 17-strong Northamptonshire-based operator, saw like-for-like sales grow 2.5% to £11.2m to 30 July 2016.
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Le Bab looking to evolve model for next site
Le Bab, the gourmet kebab restaurant based at Kingly Court, is exploring variations on its concept for its next London site
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Usher eyes 'mature' funding options
Gary Usher, the North West chef-patron behind the Sticky Walnut, Hispi and Burnt Truffle, has told MCA he turned to crowdfunding because banks were unwilling to lend to a fledgling restaurant operator.
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NewsKochhar NRI concept is scalable in UK
Atul Kochhar, the Michelen Star winning chef of Benares, has told MCA that his causal dining concept NRI is scalable and he would like to open more if his debut UK site in Birmingham is a success.
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Burlinson departs POD
Sean Burlinson has left his role as head of food at POD, the healthy fast food and coffee shop operator, MCA has learnt.
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Warning over immigration cap pledge
High street operators will struggle to fill vacancies and businesses will suffer if the government introduces a low cap on immigration, the ALMR has warned.
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Analysis & Insight
Eating and drinking out spend down in Q1
Net spending in restaurants, coffee shops and pubs fell in the first three months of 2017 – though millennials plan to spend more in eating and drinking out, Deloitte research has found.
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Camm & Hooper secures sixth site, eyes further growth
Camm & Hooper is to open its sixth site in the autumn and is eyeing another opening later this year or early 2018.
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Viva mobile payment app to launch
New mobile payment app Viva is launching this summer and offering operators live revenue and sales reports along with a complete overview of customers’ profile. The ordering system aims to reduce the need for queues at the bar or waits for table service. Consumers can also discover new bars in ...
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Le Pain Quotidien now carbon neutral
Le Pain Quotidien, the Belgian restaurant and boulangerie group, has announced all its UK & Ireland restaurants are now carbon neutral, certified by the climate advisory organisation CO2logic.
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BBPA calls for rates reform and beer duty action in manifesto
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has called for action on beer duty and wholesale reform of the business rates system in its manifesto for the brewing and pub industry.
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Analysis & Insight
Leisure spend hits £238bn amid warnings of overheating F&B market
Leisure spend totalled £238bn in 2016, accounting for 20% of consumer spending, according to Knight Frank’s Welcome to the Leisure Dome report. The commercial property agent described food and beverage as “the trailblazer” of leisure, with new shopping centres allocating 20%+ of space to F&B and many existing schemes being ...
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Analysis & Insight
F&B market 'geographically polarized'
The eating and drinking out market is geographically polarized, with some markets over-supplied, rents unsustainable – and fall-out inevitable.
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Shake Shack shares recover after overnight slump
Shake Shack shares rallied at the opening of trading in New York this morning after an overnight slump in reaction to an unexpected sales decline.
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NewsBarworks team invests in Rola Wala
Indian street food concept Rola Wala has secured investment from the founders of Camden Town Brewery and Barworks group, which will fund the opening of three sites this year, MCA understands.
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Oakman seeks £2.5m investment
Oakman Inns is seeking to raise £2.5m through crowdfunding platform Downing Crowd to fund the total renovation of its newly acquired Royal Foresters pub site in Berkshire.
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Davy's considering alternative locations
James Davy, chairman of Davy’s Wine Bars, would like to bring the business back up to c35 sites, and is looking at alternative locations outside of its central London heartland.
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HelloFresh launches food & drink experiences
Recipe box company HelloFresh is launching a series of food and drink experiences called FreshMeets
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Crust Bros secure site in Waterloo
Street food pizza concept Crust Bros has secured its first bricks and mortar site in Waterloo, MCA has learnt.