All Starbucks articles – Page 40
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News
Turnover up 5.6% across leading UK chains
The 100 leading UK restaurant chains experienced a 5.6% increase in combined turnover in 2011 an improvement on the 2.6% rise registered in the previous year, according to new research from Technomic, the foodservice consultancy firm.It found that the UK eating-out sector grew in terms of sites by 4.9% to ...
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Opinion
The changing of the guard
In a week that has seen Steve Easterbrook switch from leading Pizza Express to Wagamama, Jon Midmer, Head of Retail & Leisure at executive search firm MBS Group, looks at the UK eating and drinking-out market’s leadership landscape and how it has shifted over the past year. Tesco and ASDA; ...
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News
United pub/beer campaign 'could succeed'
A single, unified campaign aimed at gaining economic incentives for pubs and beer would have a “very decent” chance of success, an influential regional brewery MD has argued.Stephen Gould of Leicestershire-based Everards told the Tenanted Pub Company Summit that he was inspired by a speech from the chief executive of ...
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Opinion
Taking the Mickey is not an option
Inside track by Mark WingettA month ago I was asked by ex-Starbucks executive and current managing director of Jumeirah Restaurants Phil Broad, what has happened to the health issue in the UK? Broad, who is set to introduce Jumeirah’s South East Asian casual dining restaurant brand Noodle House into the ...
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News
BK to remodel UK estate
Burger King will remodel all of its c.500 UK and Ireland restaurants over the next couple of years, after recently relaunching its Leicester Square site.The new-look restaurant features digital menu boards, digital screens above the entrance and a dedicated BK Café area.At the same time, the burger chain has appointed ...