All Research articles – Page 85
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Analysis & InsightPub menu prices rise, restaurants less expensive
Eating out in a pub is becoming more expensive with menu prices increasing year-on-year, while prices in restaurants have dipped, according to the latest Menurama research from Horizons
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Analysis & InsightSenior execs flag up returning business confidence
Returning businesses confidence and a loosening of the purse strings on investment make for good prospects for 2014 for casual dining and pub firms, according to the latest CGA Peach’s 2014 Business Leaders’ Survey
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Premium casual and fast food to thrive in 2014
A rise in the viability of upmarket concepts is expected over the next 12 months, with more than half of leaders (58%) thinking premium casual dining and fast food will thrive in 2014, according to CGA Peach’s annual Business Leaders’ Survey
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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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Confidence gradually returning
Confidence is gradually coming back to the casual dining and pub sectors after several challenging years, according to CGA Peach’s annual Business Leaders’ Survey
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Hospitality jobs increased in Q3 2013
The number of jobs in the hospitality industry increased in the third quarter of 2013, data published by the Office for National Statistics shows
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Analysis & InsightPubs suffer as out-of-home snacking declines
The number of snacking visits to pubs fell at the fastest rate of any sector in 2013, with 28 million - or 11.7% - fewer visits compared to the previous year, as snacking away from home declined
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D&D: UK wine spend grows
Restaurant group D&D London has analysed sales information and gathered feedback from its sommeliers to reveal an overall growth in wine spend during 2013
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Alcohol-related deaths decline
Alcohol-related death rates are at their lowest since 2000, according to the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) for 2012
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Social media usage on the rise
In 2013, nearly half (48%) of restaurants said they were actively using Twitter and 73% using Facebook, 12 months later this had increased to 65% and 76% respectively, according to the Bookatable Dining Index
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Analysis & InsightFood prices overtake rent and rates
Food prices have overtaken rent and rates in the list of overheads facing UK restaurants, coming second only to staff wages, according to the Bookatable Dining Index
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Analysis & InsightMajority eating out once a week or more
The majority of consumers (57%) eat out once a week or more, with one in five (20%) visiting restaurants twice a week and more than one in ten (13%) dining out almost every other day, according to the Bookatable Dining Index
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Rise of ‘citizen food critics’
We are a nation of social foodies with diners sharing, liking and booking restaurants in line with their Facebook newsfeed, says Bookatable.com
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NewsM&C20 underperforms against FTSE
The M&C20 Index climbed 0.9% this week, driven by growth from one of its smaller companies but underperformed the FTSE All Share Index, which was up by 1.5%, for the second week in a row
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Analysis & InsightEating-out value growth to reach pre-recession levels
The UK’s eating-out market is forecast to grow 3% in value over the next 12 months to £82.5bn, the highest level of growth since the recession began, according to Allegra Foodservice’s latest Eating-Out Market review
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Sector lfls grow 7.2% in January
Like-for-like sales across 27 leading pub, restaurant and bar groups grew 7.2% in January, as the trade benefited from favourable comparatives against the snow-hit first month of 2013
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Consumers want permission to receive mobile marketing
New research on social-local-mobile (SoLoMo) marketing has revealed that 70% of UK consumers are only happy to receive location-based commercial messages via their mobile phone if they have given prior permission
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Analysis & InsightLeisure businesses help fill vacant retail units
The number of empty shops on the UK’s high streets has decreased significantly, with food and leisure businesses accounting for some of the uptake of empty shops, new research shows
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Energy costs 'biggest threat to restaurant profits'
Rising energy prices have had the biggest negative impact of any factor affecting profits in the hospitality industry over the past six months, a new survey shows
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Next generation of investors to be more conservative
The next generation of investors are extremely conservative, savers not investors, and not nearly as self-directed as one would expect, according to new research from UBS