All Whitbread articles – Page 12
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NewsWhitbread details restaurant improvements
Whitbread is seeing a “significant improvement” in guest scores and ‘intention to return’ rates at its restaurants, and is also reversing earlier margin contraction as it draws back from promotions, according to chief executive Andy Harrison
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NewsHarrison: no plans to raise Costa prices
Whitbread has “no plans” to raise its prices to consumers at Costa despite recent increases in coffee bean prices
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NewsWhitbread Q1 lfls grow 6.9%
Whitbread, the leisure group, has reported a 6.9% rise in like-for-like sales in the 13 weeks to 29 May, led by Premier Inn (+9.5%) and Hotels and Restaurants (+7.6%), while Costa and the Restaurants divisions were up by 4.5% and 4.4% respectively
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NewsRollo: Slowdown at Costa expected in Q1
A leading analyst has said that expects Whitbread to report solid Q1 LfL sales growth of 5.5% driven by strong trading in Hotels and Restaurants but a slowdown at Costa
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Whitbread further strengthens pipeline
Whitbread Hotels & Restaurants has further strengthened its openings pipeline after securing planning permission for 520 bedrooms across six locations for its Premier Inn format
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NewsWhitbread: food quality, promos, revamps, analysts
M&C Report takes a closer look at the full-year results to 27 February for Whitbread, reports from a presentation to analysts and speaks to finance director Nicholas Cadbury
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NewsWhitbread FY lfls up 4.2%
Whitbread has reported a 4.2% rise in like-for-like sales in the year to 27 February, with growth accelerating in the second half
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NewsAnalyst corner
Three leading analysts look ahead to Whitbread’s full-year results on Tuesday 29 April. Tim Barrett at Nomura has issued a Buy recommendation, while JP Morgan Cazenoze has an Overweight rating for Whitbread, and Geof Collyer at Deutsche Bank issued a Hold rating
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NewsWhitbread targets energy saving
Whitbread, the leisure group, has installed a Quintex energy saving system called demand controlled ventilation (DCV) across its 444 Premier Inn and Beefeater sites
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NewsCosta eyes 5,000 new-style vending machines in UK
Around 5,000 of the new-generation Costa vending machines could be rolled out across the UK within three to five years, with workplaces, universities and hospitals among the target locations, M&C Report has learnt
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Whitbread to open £6m joint site in West Midlands
Whitbread has begun a £6m development to open a Brewer’s Fayre restaurant and 80-bedroom Premier Inn at Stourbridge in the West Midlands
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NewsNew generation Costa Express is launched
An evolved version of Costa Express that owner Whitbread says will “revolutionise the self-serve experience” has been launched
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NewsWhitbread appoints new FD for pub restaurants
Whitbread, the leisure group, has appointed Richard Willan as the new finance director for its restaurants division
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NewsWhitbread chairman Habgood named new BoE chair
Anthony Habgood, the chairman of Whitbread, has become the new chairman of the Bank of England, as part of a wider reshuffle at the institution
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NewsWhitbread secures record amount of space
Whitbread Hotels & Restaurants acquired a record 1.6m sq ft of hotels and restaurants in the year to the end of February
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NewsWhitbread Q4 lfls accelerate to 6.8%
Whitbread has reported a 4% rise in like-for-like sales for the 50 weeks to 13 February, accelerating to +6.8% in Q4 driven by a “particularly good Christmas” and “to a lesser extent” favourable weather comparatives in January
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NewsWhitbread opens community-led pilot pub
Whitbread, the leisure group, has re-opened its Hobb’s Boat pub near Weston-super-Mare as a pilot site under a new umbrella called Whitbread Inns, with a focus more on the local community
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NewsWhitbread launches employee assistance programme
Whitbread has launched an employee assistance programme (EAP) for more than 40,000 employees
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NewsWhitbread staff share £6m under 'Sharesave'
A total of 1,094 Whitbread employees collectively made more than £6m in profit under the group’s “Sharesave” scheme
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NewsWhitbread extends bank facilities
Whitbread, the leisure group, has extended its existing £650m syndicated bank facility, extending its maturity by two years to 4 November 2018 and introducing an option to extend it by a further two years beyond that date