All Pizza Hut UK articles – Page 21
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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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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
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Diary
Diary: Wagamama, BrewDog, Starbucks, McMullens
This week’s Diary includes BrewDog getting the munchies, Wagamama reassessing its pipeline, burgers losing their crown in the US, and Prince Charles on the handpull. Ravenous dog BrewDog co-founder James Watt gave Diary some interesting insights into developments at its expanding bar estate last week - see our ...
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NewsStarbucks up to 50 UK franchise sites
Starbucks has opened 50 sites under franchise in the UK since it launched its first partnership under the new agreement last February
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NewsPizza Hut 'blown away' by refurb impact
Pizza Hut Restaurants managing director Jens Hofma has told M&C Report the company has been “blown away” by the performance of its first new-look site, with like-for-like sales at the Crawley restaurant up 40% since it reopened in October
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News
Smoke BBQ brand launches
Smoke BBQ, a new concept claiming to be the UK first open-pit barbecue restaurant, has opened its first site in Sheffield with plans to open a further 15 sites across the north by 2020
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News
La Tagliatella in UK debut talks
La Tagliatella, the Italian restaurant brand owned by AmRest, the largest independent restaurant operator in Central and Eastern Europe with 700 sites, is believed to be in talks on its first site in the UK