All Opinion articles – Page 65
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Opinion
New brands served with relish
The upmarket burger restaurant segment is going through a fresh ‘second wave’ of activity, but how will it compare to the first, asks Mel Flaherty.The downturn-defying number of new restaurant openings has been reported with wonder by the press, but even more eye-widening is the proportion of these dedicated to ...
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Opinion
Do pubs really sell more coffee than cafes?
A recent claim that pubs are the UK’s top sellers of coffee, selling more than coffee shops, has caused astonishment in the hot-beverage trade, says Ian Boughton, the editor of the leading trade journal for the coffee shop sector.The claim, which led to such headlines as ‘UK’s pub chains are ...
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Opinion
How much better can it get?
For four hours today, Hendon, the London suburb most famous for being…
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Opinion
Putting faces to figures
He may be a money man, but you can’t reduce the pub trade to numbers, as Ian Edward tells Phil Mellows.A while after his interview, Ian Edward gets in touch in the hope that it won’t sound like a Harry Enfield rant. I’d call it passion, I reassure him. But ...