All Research articles – Page 55
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OpinionWho is winning the battle for consumer loyalty?
Consumers taking part in this month’s M&C Allegra Foodservice’s research programme, the Eating Out Panel, have rated Côte top for both quality and freshness. The results also show pubs and fast food operators challenging the restaurant sector in a number of areas. M&C director of insight, Steve Gotham, explains what the responses can tell us about the eating out market.
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Analysis & Insight
Half of consumers think hotel food is too expensive
Half of customers think food prices at hotels are too expensive, stopping them from dining at these locations as a non-resident
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Analysis & InsightMcDonald’s and Greggs dominate food-to-go market share
The majority of visits to food to go outlets in Q3 2015 were to McDonald’s and Greggs with McDonald’s dominating the breakfast market and Greggs at lunch
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Analysis & Insight
Property biggest concern for food entrepreneurs
Property availability is the biggest challenge food entrepreneurs are facing, coupled with the cost of acquiring new sites
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Analysis & Insight
Customers remain loyal without promo deals
The majority of customers will remain loyal to a food to go outlet even when meal deals or promotions are discontinued
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Analysis & InsightFood to go leading eating out sector
The food to go sector is outperforming the wider eating out market and bucking the trend of decline seen elsewhere with growth being generated by frequency of visits and a moderate spending increase
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Analysis & Insight
London restaurants growth rate “off-the-charts”
The highest ever rate of new restaurant openings in the capital is recorded in the 25th edition of Harden’s London Restaurant guide, which is published today
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Analysis & Insight
Yesterday best day for Xmas bookings
According to LiveRES and Zonal Retail Data Systems, yesterday was the most popular day of the year to make Christmas bookings
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Analysis & Insight
Consumers favour ban on promotions over a sugar tax
Nearly half of consumers would support legislation banning retailers from having promotions on food and drink with a high sugar content
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Analysis & InsightMore restaurants closed in 2014 than during the recession
More restaurants went out of business last year than at the height of the recession with 50% more failing in 2014 than 2009
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News
Sales slow but confidence remains for operators
Confidence among eating out operators is high with fewer taking cost-cutting measures and a reduction in the number of customers choosing meal deal promotions
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Analysis & InsightMenu prices on the rise as consumers trade up
The latest analysis of menu pricings by M&C Allegra has shown operators across the sector increasing prices at the premium end.
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Analysis & Insight
Trend for eating lunch at home starting to fall
Consumers are eyeing lunch options that combine the twin priorities of speed and variety, according to new research.
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Consumers want more diversity but expect standards to fall behind
Taste outweighs health concerns and freshness for customers buying bread, pastries and patisserie goods as people are expecting more from their food
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Analysis & InsightChristmas 2015 more important than ever for managed pubs
Christmas is set to be more important than ever to managed pub companies this year after England’s early exit from the Rugby World Cup compounded sluggish like-for-like sales rises.
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Analysis & InsightSpend falls across eating and drinking out for September
The latest Greene King Tracker has shown a fall in spend across eating and drinking in September, both year-on-year and compared to August.
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Analysis & InsightPubcos ‘must look at pricing’ for turnover related agreements
Pubcos offering retail agreements must consider whether prices need to go up or operator earnings down, in order to make the model viable.
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Analysis & InsightIncrease in M&A activity shows there is still belief in tenanted pubs
NewRiver Retail’s purchase of a 158-strong package of Punch pubs show there is still belief in the tenanted model from emerging and more traditional buyers, according to the latest research from CBRE.
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Consumers take more flexible approach to mealtimes
New research has shown that consumers are increasingly flexible over meal times and prefer to sue their own judgement on what is healthy rather than following official advice.
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Analysis & Insight
One third visit shopping centres just for F&B
Almost one-third of all visitors to shopping centres go there just to eat and drink, acoording to the latest Food and Beverage report by CBRE