All Opinion articles – Page 25
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Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth
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‘Not everyone wants to eat a black brioche bun’
EAT’s executive chef, Arnaud Kaziewicz, on keeping it simple but tasty, while watching out for new ingredients and innovations.
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OpinionFuller’s: ‘To become famous for food, we have a formula’
The brewer and pub operator’s director of food, Paul Dickinson, talks to MCA’s sister title Food Spark about his long-term plans for the pub group’s food offering, how he hopes to improve working conditions for chefs and the acquisition of Bel and the Dragon
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OpinionWhy we’re going cashless
Danny Meyer, chief executive of Union Square Hospitality, and founder of Shack Shack, explains why he is taking his US-based restaurant group cashless.
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OpinionRestructural integrity
The past year has seen a host of high-street brands, including several in this sector, undergo restructuring. However, AlixPartners’ Graeme Smith explains that the process on its own is not enough and that businesses need to pursue a transformation to adapt and thrive.
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OpinionThe renaissance of the wet-led pub
Wet-led venues are emerging from the shadows of casual dining and gastropubs with buoyant sales and less exposure to headwinds. Investors are clearly taking note, with wet-led businesses at the centre of much of the sector’s M&A activity over the past year. Sapient Corporate Finance founder, Peter Hansen, explains why he sees this segment going from strength to strength.
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OpinionWatson: Why I’m marching for a people's vote on Brexit
City Pub Group chairman Clive Watson writes for MCA about his concerns that Brexit remains a “monumental mistake” and discusses the potential impact on the sector.
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OpinionCheers to Beer Day Britain: the trademark perspective
To mark Beer Day Britain today, Claire Jones, of international patent and trademark consultancy, Novagraaf, takes a look at some of the trademark issues around craft beer names.
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OpinionGive lease a chance
Shaftesbury is known for its forward-thinking approach to leasing, which has helped maintain the West End as a dynamic place to eat out. Julia Wilkinson discusses this pioneering approach, food and drink trends across the portfolio, and the evolution of Chinatown into a diverse Pan Asian offer with Finn Scott-Delany
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OpinionPopularity of Seoul food rises
Korean food is rapidly installing itself as mainstream force in the US eating out sector. Kerstin Kühn explores some of the established and emerging concepts in this field.
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OpinionEyes down, looking
Competitive socialising is a craze that shows no signs of diminishing – with concepts focussed on everything from crazy golf to bingo via ping pong popping up across the country – but what does the segment’s long-term future hold? Mark Wingett discusses, as well asking whether Mitchells & Butlers will be able to find another Miller & Carter.
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OpinionThai breaker
TriSpan’s acquisition of a significant stake in Rosa’s Thai Café should provide a timely boost to a market buffeted by the headwinds currently blowing through it. Mark Wingett discusses how this deal also welcomes a new investment player into the mix - one determined to make its own mark on the sector.
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OpinionMartin: ‘It only takes one optimist to agree a daft rent’
JD Wetherspoon’s outspoken founder and chairman Tim Martin shares his thoughts on ‘the insane rent review market’, and why it’s not necessary clear who’s to blame
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OpinionThe Connected Restaurant
The power of data remains a huge and under-exploited opportunity across the sector. Christian Berthelsen, chief technology officer at Fourth, explores how the Internet of Things is re-shaping the way operators interact with their customers and run their businesses.
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OpinionDowney: ‘The classic restaurant model is in trouble’
The man who energised the street-food phenomenon picks the best new grab-and-go concepts and tells MCA’s sister title Food Spark why he is disappointed so few professional chefs have moved into street food.
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OpinionThe Italian Job
Jon Knight has had an eventful first six months at the helm of Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, having guided the company through a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) and set about reconnecting the group’s celebrity founder with his restaurants. He talks to James Wallin about what growth looks like post-CVA, how the group is aiming to come off the discounting drug and how the brand would cope if Oliver’s star began to fade.
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OpinionAre landlord-only CVAs prolonging the slow death of the high street?
REL Capital chairman Andy Scott asks if the latest wave of CVAs is being used as a disingenuous attempt by high street brands to dodge their rent commitments
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OpinionThe art of the Source
Sourced Market founder Ben O’Brien talks about the art of curating different formats and championing artisan producers
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OpinionNip and Tuk
Health-focused chain Leon has partnered with David Thompson’s Aylmer Aaharn food group to transform its Shaftesbury Avenue site into a Thai fast food restaurant that could become a major growth brand. Restaurant magazine deputy editor Joe Lutrario meets Leon founder John Vincent to discuss the prospects for Tuk Shop.
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OpinionHow Pret turned values into value
The news that Bridgepoint has agreed to sell Pret A Manger to JAB Holdings marks a new chapter for a brand that has consistently been voted the most admired among sector leaders. James Wallin looks at the values underpinning the brand and what the deal may mean for Pret and its investors – both incoming and outgoing – as well as assessing what wider impact the company’s £1k staff bonus may have on hospitality’s reputation as an employer.