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All Operators articles – Page 148
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News
Macquarie lines up £1.1bn Moto sales
Macquarie Group has appointed advisers for a potential £1.1bn sale of Moto Hospitality, Britain’s biggest motorway services company
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NewsHarwood gets extended deadline for Essenden bid
Harwood Capital has been given an extra month in which to make a firm bid for ten-pin bowling operator Essenden.
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Diary
Diary: TGI; Oakman Inns; Costa and M&B
In this week’s Diary we reveal more on a key vacancy at TGI Friday’s; review a busy year at Oakman Inns; look at why McDonald’s is taking the long-term view and find out why Mitchells & Butlers has been urged to bring one of the country’s oldest pubs into the 21st century:
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NewsPapa John’s to open 300th UK store
Papa John’s is set to open its 300th UK store next month and will celebrate by hosting a pizza masterclass from founder John Schnatter for the “handful” of people who have taken advantage of its Quality Guarantee scheme.
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Petrol forecourt retailer Applegreen to launch IPO
Petrol forecourt retailer Applegreen has announced its intention to raise £50m through an initial public offering in June.
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NewsSky to freeze prices for 2015/16 season
Sky is set to announce it is freezing its prices for the forthcoming year and unveil a new online marketing promotion for licensees.
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News
Restaurant extension at intu Potteries fully let
The restaurant and leisure extension to intu Potteries is now fully signed up after Bon Pan Asian restaurant became the seventh operator to join the scheme.
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Analysis & Insight
Easter drives eating-out spend in April
Brits celebrating Easter by enjoying a meal out prompted a peak in leisure spending during April
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News
Booker passing on price deflation benefit
Wholesaler Booker says the benefit it is seeing from food price deflation is being passed on to customers
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News
Non-cashless payments overtake notes and coins
For the first time cashless payments have become more popular than transactions using coins and notes in the UK
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News
Flight Club secures debut site
Flight Club, the new darts-based restaurant and bar concept from Adam Breeden, has secured its first site
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Analysis & Insight
Leisure offers drive shopping centre footfall
Night time economy footfall in shopping centres increased during April
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Analysis & Insight
Operators bringing down exit prices
Operators in the sector are responding to weak customer propensity to trade up by bringing down exit prices
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Opinion
Getting to the core of the Big Apple
Late last month, M&C Allegra Foodservice and Restaurant magazine took 30 leading operators to New York as part of their 72 Hours in… series. Their time was divided between exploring the independent and edgy concept melting pot that is Brooklyn and the more brand-conscious Manhattan. Mark Wingett sahares some of the highlights from the trip.
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News
Sorensen appointment at Center Parcs fuels IPO talk
Vagn Sorensen, the chairman of travel concessions operator SSP, has been announced as the new chairman of Center Parcs, fuelling speculation that the holiday park operator is preparing to float.
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Diary
Diary: Fuller’s; Burger & Lobster; ETI
In this week’s Diary we find out what impact Fuller’s has had on The Stable one year on; get a three-word analysis on the future for tenanted pub operators and find out which part of the country has the most generous diners
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NewsBar Sport in talks for Greene King link-up
Bar Sport, the sports-focussed franchised bar brand, is in negotiations with Greene King over a trial at a site near Nottingham, M&C Report understands. Founder Scott Murray told M&C Report he was in talks with Greene King over converting The Commercial Inn, Beeston, into a bar Sport to be run ...
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NewsIndustry reaction to General Election result
Leading figures in the eating and drinking out sector have given their views to M&C Report on the likely impact of the election result on the industry.
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NewsTCG submits three-year business case to owners
Nigel Wright, chief operating officer of managed pub and bar company TCG, has told M&C Report the company is continuing to keep pace with its rivals despite the disparity in the levels of investment.
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News
Hospitality salaries continue to rise
Salaries across the hospitality industry grew by 1.4% in 2014 with the highest growth in the £30k to £34k bracket, a new report has claimed.