All Pizza Hut UK articles – Page 20
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NewsStrong Q1 growth for KFC UK
UK system sales of KFC grew 12% in the three months to 22 March, with Pizza Hut UK system sales (take-away only) up 2% over the same period, owner Yum! Brands has reported
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OpinionTo invest or not to invest...
Private equity has provided the finance for most growth concepts on the UK’s pubs and restaurants scene. So what makes a great private-equity investment? Electra Partners’ Bill Priestley gives his view
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Diary
Diary: Greene King, Stonegate, Pizza Hut, Franco Manca
This week’s Diary includes Longbottom’s time in the sun, David Evans’ theatreland site getting a sporty makeover, Franco Manca’s property triumph, and Moorhouse’s MD reigniting a taxing debate. Longbottom, green fingers Most people in the pub trade will be wishing for a good summer. But one man will ...
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Analysis & InsightPizza Hut tops list of 100 social brands
Pizza Hut is the consumer brand most engaged with young people in the UK terms of social media according to research by media agency Headstream that measures engagement via Facebook, Twitter and Google+
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Opinion
What do young people want?
New research into young people’s habits from Voxburner has revealed, among other things, their favourite restaurants for fast food and casual dining; the appeal of technology; and their interest in street food
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OpinionJust Eat float is hard to digest
The online takeaway service Just Eat has achieved great things in its time and is allowing takeaways nationwide to compete with the likes of Domino’s Pizza and Pizza Hut. However, Dominic Walsh cannot take its £1.5bn IPO seriously. He also asks what’s going on with Orchid’s sale process
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NewsSpragg steps down as PizzaExpress MD
James Spragg, the former chief executive at Yellowhammer Bars, has stepped down as managing director of restaurants at PizzaExpress
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OpinionChanging of the guard
If the average tenure for a chief executive these days in a quoted business is under five years, and for those in private businesses slightly more, then Simon Kossoff, Russel Joffe, Robin Rowland, Clive Schlee, Harvey Smyth and Andrew Page, with a combined tenure of more than 60 years (an average of 10 years each), are all due for replacement at some point soon. When it happens, who from the next generation will take over?
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NewsPizza Hut: Getting family experience right critical
Pizza Hut Restaurants had stopped seeing things through children’s eyes and had become too corporate, according to its marketing director Kathryn Austin. Speaking at the CGA Peach Consumer Insight & Marketing Conference 2014, Austin said those looking to do well in the family-dining space must see their “offering through the kids eyes, otherwise you will lose out on a £1.9bn market”
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Analysis & InsightWise guys
It has been less than a year since its UK launch, but US better burger chain Five Guys has already made plenty of waves across the country’s eating-out sector
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NewsJDW: Ireland, property, World Cup, M40, analysts
M&C Report takes a closer look at the H1 results to 26 January for JD Wetherspoon and reports from a press briefing with chief executive John Hutson and finance director Kirk Davis
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NewsSubway remains top franchise opportunity
Subway has been named as the number one franchise opportunity for the fourth year in a row in an annual list of Top 100 Global Franchises by Franchise Direct, the leading online resource for global franchise opportunities
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Opinion
Appeal to the Amazon generation
When it comes to creating a brand that will go down a storm with 18 to 24-year-olds, you need to consider fun, value and convenience, says Luke Mitchell, head of insight at the Voxburner market research agency
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NewsCaring eyes Ivy Café launch
Richard Caring is believed to have secured the first site for a new all-day dining format, the Ivy Café, in London’s Covent Garden, M&C Report understands
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NewsHofma: don't be a slave to fads
Restaurant chains need to avoid following all the latest fads and fashions and keep doing what they do best, Pizza Hut chief executive officer Jens Hofma has said
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Analysis & InsightDomino’s tops student’s brand recognition
Domino’s Pizza is the most recalled brand by students during Freshers Week, the brand being remembered by three times as many students as the next brand Nando’s, according to new research by consultancy firm Voxburner
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News
Pizza Hut UK chair joins Bloomin’ Brands board
David Fitzjohn, chairman of Pizza Hut UK, has joined the board of US casual dining operator Bloomin’ Brands, the owner of the Outback Steakhouse chain
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Analysis & InsightThe fast food debate
Of the top 50 brands in the recent Youth 100 Report from Voxburner, seven were fast food operators. So why are these fast food brands thriving in particular? Are there commonalities between them that make them likeable or even loveable? And what can be learnt from them? asks Jonathan Emmins, founder of leading marketing agency, Amplify
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NewsYum! UK system sales growth accelerates
Yum! Brands, the owner of the KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell fast-food chains, saw system sales growth in the UK accelerate to 3% in Q4 2013, leaving growth of 1% in the year to 28 December
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NewsGBK appoints new FD
Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK), the Capricorn Ventures-backed group, has appointed Gerard Carolan as its new finance director