All MCA Insight articles in September 2015 – Page 8
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Analysis & InsightGK tracker points to Christmas spend boost
More than a quarter of UK adults plan to increase their spend on Christmas this year and over half will match last year’s spending, according to the latest Greene King Leisure Spend Tracker.
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NewsTCG sees Rugby World Cup sales spike
Managed pub operator TCG has reported significant sales boosts across key sites as a result of the Rugby World Cup.
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Stonegate revamps Popworld and Common Room menus
Stonegate has revamped the menus across its Common Room and Popworld formats.
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NewsSoho House sells 50% stake in restaurant business
Soho House Group has sold a 50% stake in its restaurant business, which oversees the Pizza East, Chicken Shop and Dirty Burger concepts
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AG Barr sees H1 turnover fall 2.8%
Soft drinks group AG Barr saw turnover from ongoing business fall 2.8% for the six months 25 July.
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Foodco sets out Muffin Break expansion plans
Muffin Break, the FoodCo operated bakery café group, plans to add a further five sites before the end of this year as it looks to grow in transport hubs and hospitals,
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Analysis & InsightDarby days
Almost three years to the day of his appointment, Alistair Darby is leaving Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) with the group still battling to gain any real and consitent momentum. But was he given long enough to build on the stability he brought to what had been the sector’s longest running soap opera?
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NewsDavies: Brakspear managed arm could be as big as Geronimo
Tom Davies, the chief executive of Brakspear, has told M&C that Ed Turner’s appointment to the board can help the company grow a managed estate as big as Geronimo Inns.
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FoodCo to franchise Jamaica Blue
Jamaica Blue, the Australia-inspired casual dining brand from FoodCo, will be franchised from 2017
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Fuel reports record profits
Fuel Juice Bars, the Kings Park Capital-backed smoothie and juice concept, has reported like for like sales growth of 10% for the in 2015 as it ramps up expansion to 30 sites by the end of the year
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Zonal appoints new Marketing Technologies MD
Zonal has appointed Olivia FitzGerald as the new managing director of its Marketing Technologies division
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The Alchemist and Gusto eye Birmingham debuts
The Alchemist and Gusto Restaurants are in talks to make their debuts in Birmingham
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New pub-focused EIS launched
Seneca has launched a new EIS-backed pub vehicle with the aim of acquiring, refurbishing, re-branding and operating a portfolio of pubs in the North of England
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German Doner Kebab begins UK roll out
German Doner Kebab has begun its expansion in the UK, after securing franchise agreements for multiple sites at selected areas of The Midlands, London, South Wales and Scotland. The company, which is led in Europe by Kamshad Zadeh, opened its first site in the UK in Birmingham earlier this summer. ...
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Sugar Dumplin doubles up
Sugar Dumplin, a Caribbean restaurant and bar concept co-founded by the team behind 360 Champagne & Cocktail bars, has secure a second site in Camberley
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NewsPS Pubco to open third Blue’s Smokehouse, in Slough
PS The Pub Company is to open its third Blue’s Smokehouse in Slough next year, founder Carlos Maidana has told M&C.
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Ramsay to open first international London House
The Gordon Ramsay Group, in partnership with Dining Concepts, will open its first international outpost of London House, in Hong Kong, next month.
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Fuller’s launches Frontier in a can
Fuller’s has launched its Frontier lager in a can for the first time.
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NewsUrban to replace Darby as M&B CEO
Alistair Darby is to step down from his role as Mitchells & Butlers chief executive next week to be replaced by current chief operating officer Phil Urban.
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Heineken offers BT Sport discount to customers
Heineken has signed a deal with BT Sport to offer its on-trade customers a discounted TV sport package.