All Pizza Hut UK articles – Page 4
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Opinion
The transformational potential of rebranding and remodelling
Embarking on a rebranding or remodelling programme may seem like a sure-fire way to reinvigorate your business, but there are many aspects to consider if you want to get it right, explains brand strategy consultant Ian Dunstall.
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Interviews
Paul UK: ‘The brand has huge untapped potential’
The development of a franchise operation for Paul UK is high up on the agenda for its new chief executive Mark Hilton. He talks exclusively to MCA about the development of its new café format, current performance and tapping into the evening day part.
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News
Deliveroo launches click and collect service
Deliveroo has launched its long-awaited click and collect service, Pickup, which is currently available from 13 cities in the UK.
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News
Paul UK appoints new chief executive
Paul UK has appointed Mark Hilton as chief executive of the 37-strong French bakery and patisserie chain, replacing Jean-Michel Orieux, who stepped down from the role last year, MCA can reveal.
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News
Walker joins CDG as CFO
Casual Dining Group has appointed Adrian Walker as its new CFO, taking over from Giles David who will leave the business in December. Walker joins CDG after four years at Pizza Hut, where he worked as CFO and more recently as a non-executive director. “We look forward to welcoming Adrian ...
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News
KFC UK sees sales up 6% in Q3
KFC UK achieved a 6% sales increase for the third quarter ended 30 September 2019, resulting in a +14% increase for the year-to-date.
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News
Wasabi appoints Birts CEO
Wasabi, the sushi and bento chain, has appointed Henry Birts, formerly of Pizza Hut, as its new CEO.
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News
Branded restaurant market – green shoots of recovery?
Turning tables is a long-established practice in the restaurant market, albeit perhaps one more commonly associated with times of more buoyant trading than those currently prevailing. Highlighting just how fast the fortune tables can turn in this market, I was fascinated by some recent MCA analysis looking at physical growth by branded restaurant chains across different portfolio sizes. This year, the estate bracket sub-category that is anticipated to add the most net new sites will be ‘small’ operators.
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News
Pizza Hut: ‘A lot of people have tried to imitate us, but I think we do it best’
As a subsidiary of the five billion-dollar corporate behemoth Yum! Brands, misty-eyed sentimentality might not be an emotion readily associated with a Pizza Hut refurbishment.
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News
Pizza Hut Delivery launches two versions of new fast casual concept
Pizza Hut Delivery has begun a national rollout of its ‘fast casual’ stores with the launch of two different formats.
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News
Jens Hofma on rollouts, financials and innovation
Pizza Hut Restaurants was subject to a management buy-out last year, led by CEO Jens Hofma. Speaking at MCA’s Restaurant Conference, he discusses the problems with fast rollouts, how it is possible to over-innovate, and why the customer is not always right.
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News
Papa John’s appoints new supply chain director
Papa John’s UK has appointed former Pizza Hut procurement manager Robert Taylor as its new supply chain director.
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News
Mark out of ten - What’s Yo! name?
This week started with a banger of a PR stunt as I flicked through Twitter before I even put my specs on. Yo! (the artist formerly known as Yo! Sushi) has finally had enough of being pigeonholed by the nation as just a sushi chain and have changed their name ...
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Analysis & Insight
Steve Gotham: New tricks at old dog Pizza Hut Restaurants?
Using key consumer insights from MCA’s Eating Out Panel, to what extent are UK customers feeling and acknowledging the love for Pizza Hut Restaurants?
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News
US franchise entrepreneur swoops on Wrap it Up
US restaurant executive and investor Aziz Hashim has bought a majority stake in World Gourmet Restaurants, the operator of grab and go franchise Wrap it Up!, MCA can reveal.
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News
Blurred lines between Pizza Hut delivery and restaurants ‘inevitable’
The dividing lines between Pizza Hut’s delivery and restaurant businesses will inevitably become blurred as the former expands into fast-casual, MD Neil Manhas has told MCA.
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Opinion
‘It’s about choice, value and a frictionless experience’
Pizza Hut UK’s managing director Neil Manhas talks to MCA’s sister title Food Spark about digital updates to the brand, being ‘maniacal’ about statistics, and the ambition to move the entire delivery estate to its new fast-casual model.
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News
KFC sales up 19% for the year-to-date
Sales at KFC in the UK were up 17% in Q2 2019 and 19% for the year-to-date (YTD), according to the latest results announcement from parent company Yum! Brands.
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News
Kerr joins Mildreds as FD
Gordon Ramsay Group finance director David Kerr has joined Mildreds, the vegetarian restaurant group, in the same role, MCA understands.
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News
Big names added to line-up for MCA’s Restaurant Conference 2019
Alasdair Murdoch, chief executive of Burger King UK, and James Spragg, chief executive of Casual Dining Group, are among a number of big names that have been added to the agenda for the MCA Restaurant Conference 2019.