All MCA Insight articles in September 2013 – Page 11
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NewsMiller Brands names new sales director
Miller Brands, the UK arm of global brewer SABMiller, has appointed Tim Clay, former on-trade and wholesale sales director at AB InBev UK, to the role of sales director
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NewsFleurets: rental market downturn may have ended
Fleurets handled 37% more rent reviews among licensed retail premises in the past 12 months compared to the previous year, which it says could reflect an upturn in the market “or at least the end of the downturn”
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NewsLa Pataterie targets UK
La Pataterie, the rustic potato-themed restaurant concept that operates 180 sites across France, is planning its first UK opening and could grow to up to 150 locations in Britain, M&C Report has learnt
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McLean to step down from CAU and Gaucho
Charlie McLean, the highly-regarded managing director of CAU Restaurants and the Gaucho Group finance director, is to leave the company later this year, M&C Report understand
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NewsBrewDog reveals next stage of expansion
Liverpool will be next as BrewDog targets Brixton, Cardiff, Brighton and Dundee and discusses progress with overseas expansion and plans for a pilot brewery
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SAB Miller outlines strategy
SAB Miller, the global brewer, will not change its strategy under new chief executive Alan Clark and has outlined three elements to his approach in a presentation to analysts
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NewsCollyer: JDW 'an enigma'
Leading analyst Geof Collyer has labelled JD Wetherspoon an “enigma” that “continues to confound and delight”. He raised his Target Price for JDW from 660p to 695p but reduced his forecast by 3%
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Cote to open two more this year
Cote, the CBPE-backed chain, is on course to open two more sites this year to take its estate total to 46 restaurants
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Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf eyes UK launch
Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, the US-based café operator, which last week was acquired by Advent International and CDIB Capital, is seeking a master franchisee for the UK as it looks to make its debut here
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NewsGreene King 'and one more' target Ireland
Greene King and another major British pub group are looking to following JD Wetherspoon by entering the Irish pub market, according to the Irish Times
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La Tasca’s Bellota wins newcomer award
Bellota, La Tasca’s unbranded site, which opened in Brighton at the start of the year, has picked up the Silver medal for newcomer of the year at the Brighton & Hove Food and Drink Festival Awards 2013
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JW Lees buys two pubs
JW Lees, the Manchester-based brewer and pub operator, has continued its acquisition drive with the purchase of two pubs, M&C Report has learnt
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Filmore & Union lines up Leeds site
Filmore & Union, the independent café and deli chain, is understood to have lined up its first site in Leeds as it looks to expand further growth in the North East
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Downing pub EIS buys new site; raises £9.5m
Autumn Pubs, the freehold pub company whose sites are managed by Pub People Company, has secured its fourth pub with funding from the pub-focused Enterprise Investment Scheme fund from Downing Corporate Finance
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Rodizio Rico founder to launch new concepts
Michael Nayla, the founder of Rodizio Rico, the London-based Brazilian restaurant operator, is to launch two new concepts at Birmingham’s The Cube later this year
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Nextep Inns in administration
Nextep Inns, the North West-based pubco launched by brothers John and Peter Knowles, has been placed into administration
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Chipotle launches environmental film and game
Chipotle Mexican Grill, which operates six restaurants in London and over 1,500 in the US, has launched “The Scarecrow,” an arcade-style adventure game for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, along with a companion animated short film of the same nam
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NewsPizza Hut launches cheeseburger pizza nationwide
Pizza Hut launches cheeseburger pizza nationwide in the UK for the first time for a limited period
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Chapel Down: £4.5m funding, poor harvest hits H1
Chapel Down, the wine maker, has raised £4.35m in new funding for expansion as it reports a halving of EBITDA to £145k in the six months to 30 June
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Coffee#1 up to 35, lines up two more
Coffee#1, the brand owned by SA Brains, will open its 35th site this month and its most easterly one so far in Shirley, Southampton