All MCA Insight articles in September 2017 – Page 15
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Analysis & Insight
Survey reveals lunch spend habits
New research has shown that half of UK customers spend nearly a month’s salary on their lunch across the year.
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News
Thwaites pub wins GBPA
A Thwaites pub has been named the John Smith’s Great British Pub of the Year 2017, organised by MCA’s sister title, the Morning Advertiser.
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News
Vapiano appoints head of development
Vapiano has appointed Richard Collyer as head of development (Europe) to support the company’s European growth strategy to double its restaurant network by 2020.
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News
Taco Bell opens 18th site, strengthens pipeline
Taco Bell has opened its 18th site in the UK, in Woking with more launches in the pipeline.
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News
Halal takeaway concept hits crowdfund target
HalalEat, the halal takeaway concept, has hit its £100,000 crowdfunding target.
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News
Mizon promoted to joint MD at McMullen
McMullen, the Hertfordshire-based family brewer and pub operator, has announced that retail director Heydon Mizon has been promoted to joint managing director.
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Opinion
Alchemist is going for gold
More than three years after its Palatine Private Equity-backed management buyout, The Alchemist, the Simon Potts-led cocktail and restaurant brand, finds itself as one of the sector’s success stories.
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Analysis & Insight
Training could mean 17% spirits sales boost
Premium spirits sales could be given a 16.9% boost if operators invest in the right training for staff, the results of a new Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET) study have shown.
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News
Furness-Smith joins Brakspear
Former McMullen managing director, Peter Furness-Smith, has joined Brakspear.
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News
Analysts corner: Brumby on casual dining
Jack Brumby, of Langton Capital, gives his view on a “full house of casual dining profit warnings, how we got here and identifies who are the winners and losers.
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News
G1 HR director steps down
G1 Group HR director, Paul Bailey, has stepped down from the Scottish bar and restaurant operator to set up his own business.
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News
Greene King managed lfls fall 1.2%
Greene King has said like-for-like sales in its Pub Company managed arm were down 1.2% in the 18 weeks to 3 September.
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News
Lfl sales up at M Restaurants
M Restaurants has reported like-for-like sales growth of 9.3% in the nine months ending August 2017
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News
Clark to step down as CAU MD
Richard Clark is to step down as managing director of CAU, the casual dining steakhouse concept
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News
Surrey overtakes London for UK’s priciest pint
A new survey of beer prices for the Good Pub Guide 2018 has shown a £1.09-a-pint difference between the cheapest and most expensive pint in the country.
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News
Fulham Shore shares fall on trading warning
Shares of Fulham Shore fell by 17.4%, losing 3p to 14.25p, after it said that it had suffered a slowdown in trading
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News
Family visits to pubs on the rise
Family visits to pubs increased in the year to June but still lagged behind the growth in adult-only visits, according to new research.
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News
Unique secures seventh site
Unique Hospitality, which comprises Epic Pubs and Heroic Pubs, has taken on its seventh pub.
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News
Byron closes Metrocentre site
Byron, the better burger brand, has closed its Metrocentre site in Gateshead, less than 18 months after its opening
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Opinion
Pubs – what are they good for?
Fiona Stapley, editor of the Good Pub Guide, examines how the blurring of lines between pubs, restaurants and cafes has affected the public’s affection for this great British institution.