All Opinion articles – Page 48
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OpinionPushing the fast-food envelope
The crepe sector is largely unexplored, certainly in the UK, but Crepeaffaire is ramping up its effort on all fronts, Ruth Williams wraps this one up
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OpinionCapital check
Consultant Adam Hyman takes a look ahead at what 2015 holds for the capital’s eating-out scene and says there’s no stopping London’s restaurant industry
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OpinionMexican standout
There is a Mexican war going on in London at the moment with a number of operators fighting for the burrito pound. New Tortilla managing director Richard Morris talks to Mark Wingett about staying ahead of the pack.
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OpinionMastering the art of delegation
Provenance Inns has grown from just one pub four years ago to seven and counting, leading to a complete overhaul of how the award-winning company operates. Co-founder Michael Ibbotson tells James Wallin how he has coped with such rapid growth and talks about his plans for the future.
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OpinionWhat does MRO mean for the pub sector?
The Pubs team at CBRE give their views on the inclusion of a market rent only option in the pubs code and look at opportunities and challenges for the pub sector:
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OpinionMRO leads changes for 2015
The last 12 months has witnessed some seismic changes in the UK’s eating and drinking-out market, probably the most significant and far reaching will be the Parliamentary vote for a market rent only (MRO) clause for tied tenants in the pubs code.
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OpinionSpecial plans brewing up north
Christian Townsley co-owner of North Bar, which operates a range of six bars in and around Leeds, talks to Jessica Mason about his plans to open a brewery
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OpinionKerridge pub is no slow coach
Chef Tom Kerridge’s Coach pub in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, opened earlier this month. Jo Bruce spoke to him and head chef Nick Beardshaw about the concept
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OpinionHugh in for the long haul
Hugh Osmond talks to Mark Wingett about why there is no limit to what Strada can achieve, competing brands, the consumer environment and creating a business that stands for something
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OpinionCareful what you wish for
The dam has broken on M&A activity in the sector and the next 12 months could see an unprecedented number of businesses changing hands and securing new investment, but has the market learnt its lesson from the downturn when it comes to debt?
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OpinionThe craft of brewing
The craft beer revolution sweeping the US has inspired a new generation of British brewers. But you don’t have to be a micro brewery to be a true ale innovator, says St Austell’s brewing director Roger Ryman
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OpinionThe real prescription for a healthy pub
Breaking the beer tie means less investment, more pub closures and a vicious cycle of decline, not a virtuous circle of growth, argues David Forde, UK managing director of Heineken
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OpinionAt your convenience
The UK’s eating out market is in a state of flux. Everybody wants to be part of it, most want to be fast casual. Every piece of research tells us that consumers increasingly want speed of transaction and instant gratification. Who better to meet that need than your new rival, the local convenience store or should that be c-restaurant?
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Serving small and thinking big
Having proved itself as the new kid on the recession block, the Koh Group and its Thai tapas concept is ready to come of age. Andy Lennox talks to Ruth Williams
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Food success the Malaysian way
Anne Chow’s husband William missed Malaysian food so much when he moved to England that he taught himself to cook his native dishes – a skill that proved more than useful when the pair set up the successful chain of Banana Tree restaurants. Mel Flaherty reports
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OpinionThe tie untied
And so it came down to just eight MPs. Decades of political wrangling about the legality and fairness of the beer tie ended with a slim Parliamentary majority of 15 voting to give pub tenants of the largest pubcos a ‘market rent only’ (MRO) option – thus freeing them from this historic and oft-abused mechanism.
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OpinionFollowing the mob mentality
Branded Italian restaurants offer bigger discounts and promotions than any of the others on the high street. Simon Stenning, strategy director at Allegra Foodservice, asks if this is really sustainable
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OpinionHunting down the perfect pub in London
With London pubs now regularly changing hands for eye-watering amounts, how can small operators make their mark in the white-hot capital? Glynn Davis talks to companies that are thinking creatively about where and how they can make their mark in the city.
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Analyst corner: Mark Brumby on leisure sector IPOs
Leading analyst Mark Brumby at Langton Capital takes a look at the appetite for going public and ask whether “take privates and IPOs are two sides of the same coin?”.
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Going Native
Founded in 1994 in Palm Springs, California, Native Foods Cafe has developed into America’s premier fast-casual vegan group, which now spans coast to coast.