All Bakeries articles
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Analysis & InsightRetail channel driving growth in eating out market
The channel is forecast to grow by 5.3% this year to a value of £20bn as consumers switch to lower-ticket alternatives, Lumina Intelligence highlights in its new UK Eating Out Market Report
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InterviewsParis Baguette: ‘We haven’t scratched the surface in the UK yet’
With more than 4,000 stores globally, the bakery and patisserie concept is looking to expand further in and around London, COO Nico Gaillot tells MCA
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NewsCinnabon to launch delivery service
EG Group, which is the master franchisee of the US bakery brand, said the move followed “considerable demand” from customers and was its first e-commerce platform launch with a franchise partner
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InterviewsPaul UK: ‘We want to make the brand more accessible’
The brand may have a 130-year history, but Paul is little-known outside London… not for much longer, CEO Mark Hilton tells MCA
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NewsPaul UK looking to introduce café format
The French bakery chain is looking at converting some of its traditional format sites to the Paul le Café format, CEO Mark Hilton told MCA.
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InterviewsOle & Steen: ‘We’d like to have 30 sites by the end of the year’
The Danish bakery will open its 19th site in London’s Seven Dials this week, followed by Clapham and Windsor, MD Lee Nixon tells MCA
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Analysis & InsightAverage spend up as pubs and bars grow share
Latest data from Lumina Intelligence’s Eating & Drinking Out Panel indicates a shift in channel share during the four weeks to 11 July 2021 driven by the Euros. As consumers gathered to watch the football, pubs and bars have continued to gain channel share, accounting for 15.0% of total eating out occasions across the four weeks – up 2ppts versus the previous period. Restaurants have also continued to grow share, up 0.6ppts to 12.7%.
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NewsGrowing brands highlight key market trends
Lumina’s latest ODI (Operator Data Index) analysis includes full year 2021 outlet growth forecasts for both emerging and established brands within important market segments. It also discusses some of the key market trends that are currently helping brands expand. Trends include creating atmosphere, focusing on online and diversification of offer.
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NewsGreggs recovery ‘stronger than anticipated’
Greggs’ half year sales for 2021 were narrowly shy of those of 2019, reaching £546.2m.
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NewsEG Group begins roll out of Cinnabon concessions
Asda’s new owner, EG Group, has begun the roll out of the Cinnabon bakery brand in the UK with a new concession opening within Asda’s refurbished store in Walsall.
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NewsFood-to-go to return to pre-Covid levels by second half of 2022
Data from IGD is predicting a faster-than-expected food-to-go recovery. By the end of 2021, it is forecasting sales to reach £15.6bn, 82.5% of its 2019 value. It is also forecasting sales to return to pre-Covid levels in the second half of 2022, six months earlier than expected.
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NewsWarrens Bakery to open at Gatwick with SSP
Warrens Bakery is to open a second airport site, this time at Gatwick Airport as part of a new partnership with SSP.
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NewsGail’s looking to double estate in three years
Gail’s, the Luke Johnson-backed bakery chain, is looking to double the size of its business to around 100 sites over the next three years.
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Analysis & InsightBakery brands hit the spot with trend for food-to-go
Branded bakery is outperforming the total eating out market, as the likes of Greggs and Warrens bakery tap into the growing food-to-go channel, according to analysis by MCA.
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NewsPaul to open second Express site, with plans for more
Paul UK is to open a second Express format site on Tottenham Court Road next month.
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NewsThe Cornish Bakery extends reach to Hastings
The Cornish Bakery has secured a new site in Hastings, East Sussex, which will see the bakery food to go chain reach 44 sites.
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NewsWarrens Bakery profits hit by hot weather and higher costs
Warrens Bakery has seen EBITDA fall to minus levels in the full year to 30 June 2018, following the impact last summer’s hot weather coupled with increasing costs.
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Ole & Steen to open 10th site in Belgravia
Ole & Steen is due to open a 10th London site, in Belgravia, as part of mixed-use development Eccleston Yards, MCA has learnt.
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NewsWarrens Bakery to extend roll out with Casual Dining Group
Warrens Bakery is to expand its partnership with Casual Dining Group (CDG), as part of an ambitious target to reach 700 sites over the next five years, with new openings planned at Gatwick and Heathrow T5, MCA has learnt.
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NewsPatisserie Holdings confirms details of store closures
The joint administrators of Patisserie Holdings have confirmed the details of the 71 “loss making” stores that have closed following the business entering administration yesterday.