All Subway articles – Page 19
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Retail Eyes acquired by leading US firm
Retail Eyes, the UK-based customer experience improvement agency, has been acquired by US-based Market Force Information, the world’s leading customer intelligence solutions company, for an undisclosed sum.Under the terms of the deal the Milton Keynes-based Retail Eyes will become the European Centre of Excellence for Customer Intelligence, with the expected ...
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Contactless payment 'gets thumbs up'
Nine out of 10 contactless payment users believe the payment method makes life simpler, and fast food restaurants are among the venues where they’d most like to use them over chip and pin.That’s according to a survey of 2,000 consumers by VISA Europe, which found that 85% of contactless users ...
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Café and bakery opening numbers fall in H1
The number of café and bakery openings in the first half of 2011 fell compared to the same period last year, according to the latest BB75 update from M&C Report’s sister publication British Baker.The survey found that the top 10 bakery retailers opened 187 outlets combined in the first six ...
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Starbucks UK trials calories on menus
Starbucks UK is carrying out a trial of putting calories on menus as part of the “Responsibility Deal” struck with the Government by leading operators in March this year.The chain is understood to have put up calorie boards in 20 of its 717 sites in the UK, and will to ...
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Fuller’s: Acquisitions, franchises and free-of-tie
M&C Report takes a closer look at the full-year results from Fuller’s, the London-based pub operator and brewer:Rival AcquisitionChairman Michael Turner told M&C Report that both Young’s and Greene King had both picked up very good businesses from their respective acquisitions of Geronimo’s Inns and Realpubs. He said: “These were ...
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Westfield Stratford operators unveiled
The majority of the food & beverage operators set to open at the new Westfield Stratford City development have been confirmed, with openings lined up for Franco Manca, Jamie’s Italian, YO! Sushi, Tortilla and Wagamama, amongst others.The shopping centre, which will open in 13 September, will feature in its Balcony ...
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Opinion
US eating-out sector continues to amaze
Inside Track by Paul CharityA few things struck me about the American eating-out industry when I ventured across to the National Restaurant Association’s annual Chicago jamboree a fortnight ago. First of all, there’s the sheer scale of it. There’s 40 companies with system sales in excess of a billion dollars ...
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Starbucks goes contactless
Starbucks has signed a deal with Barclaycard, in partnership with Visa Europe, to pilot contactless payment in a number of its coffee shops. Customers in selected stores will be able to pay for their coffees by simply holding their contactless credit or debit card over a payment terminal. Following last ...
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Operators tap into contactless payment system
Eat, Pret a Manger, McDonald’s and Subway are amongst the businesses to have signed up to the first service in the UK that allows users to pay for purchases with their mobile phones.Customers purchasing items under £15 can now pay with one “Quick Tap” of their mobile phones through the ...
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Starbucks profits up; warns on commodity costs
Starbucks, the global coffee giant, has reported a 20% rise in second quarter profits to $261.6m, and said that in the UK it recorded its seventh consecutive quarter of like-for-like sales growth.However, the company, which saw revenue increase by 10% to $2.8bn during the three months to 3rd April, said ...
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Fast food operators increase malls presence
The squeeze on consumer spending is allowing fast food and value operators to increase their foothold in shopping centres across the UK, according to a new report.The report from retail consultants Trevor Wood Associates, which monitored the changing line up in 500 shopping centres, found that fast-food operators and budget ...
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Responsibility Deal backed by leading operators
Over 170 companies and organisations have signed up to the Government’s “Responsibility Deal”, including leading operators from the pub and restaurant sectors.The voluntary responsibility deal aims to promote calorie labelling on menus, provide alcohol unit information on drinks, and reduce salt and remove trans fats from food items.Pub and restaurant ...
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US chains’ international sites report growth
US restaurant chains saw international-sales growth and expansion outperform their domestic business in 2010, according to new research.The latest annual data from Technomic found that the international-sales growth of the 500 largest chains in the US increased by 3.1% in 2010, compared with 1.8% domestically.Unit expansion overseas by the 500 ...
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US restaurants see return to sales growth
US restaurant chains saw an annual sales growth rise of 1.8% in 2010, after reporting a fall of 0.8% in the previous 12 months, according to new research.The latest annual data from Technomic found that systemwide sales at the 500 largest chains in the US rose 1.8% to $234bn in ...
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Weekend Press
Calorie counts to appear on menus
Some food outlets have agreed to put calories counts on menus and food manufacturers will promise to reduce salt and artificial fats under a deal with Government unveiled today (19 February). Under the deal agreed with the Good Network, the industry body responsible for encouraging healthy eating, calories content will ...
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Brand simplicity remains key
McDonald’s, Starbucks and Pizza Hut are among the brands that are perceived by consumers as offering simplicity and improving the lives of customers, according to a new international survey.The survey by international consultancy firm Siegel & Gale questioned 6,152 people in China, Dubai, Germany, India, Saudi Arabia the UK and ...