All Costa articles – Page 7

  • Waffles has increased in popularity as a breakfast item
    Analysis & Insight

    Breakfast at Tiffany’s – and McDonald’s and Costa and…

    2019-04-12T07:40:00Z

    With breakfast now the second most popular day-part behind lunch, MCA’s market insight director Steve Gotham discusses what, and who, has been driving its growth, and what we could see in the future.

  • Nando's interior
    News

    Nando’s promotes Horn to acting CEO

    2019-04-11T07:40:00Z

    Nando’s has appointed Maria Horn to the position of acting CEO for the UK & Ireland, while the company looks to recruit a permanent replacement for Robb Papps.

  • Island Poke
    News

    Island Poke lines up eighth site eight, develops ordering app

    2019-04-10T07:29:00Z

    Island Poke, the White Rabbit Fund backed concept, will open its eighth site in the South Bank Place development later this year, while it is preparing to launch a consumer app amid growth of its click and collect business, MCA has learnt.

  • pound money economy web
    Analysis & Insight

    Gender pay gap reporting: Has progress been made?

    2019-04-10T07:27:00Z

    With the deadline now passed for operators to report their gender pay data for the second year running, MCA takes a look at the numbers from last year to see how they compare.

  • Loungers interior
    Analysis & Insight

    Loungers – the one and only?

    2019-04-05T07:49:00Z

    This week, Loungers announced its much-anticipated intention to float. One line in the accompanying documentation caught the eye of MCA market insight director, Steve Gotham – that Loungers is “the only growing all-day operator of scale in in the UK with a strong reputation for value for money”. He delves into MCA’s wealth of data to determine whether this claim stacks up.

  • RROTY Winners pic
    News

    In pictures: Retailers' Retailer Awards 2019

    2019-04-01T11:38:00Z

    Last week saw the best of the industry celebrate its achievements at MCA’s 21st annual Retailers’ Retailer Awards at The Guildhall in London. To view our gallery of pictures from the night, click here.

  • Jane Holbrook RROTY
    News

    Holbrook named Retailers’ Retailer of the Year

    2019-03-28T08:51:00Z

    Jane Holbrook, who stepped down as chief executive of Wagamama at the turn of the year, has been voted by her peers as the industry’s most outstanding operator of the past 12 months.

  • Wagamama
    Analysis & Insight

    Wagamama named customers' favourite in 'fundex'

    2019-03-19T08:37:00Z

    Wagamama has been rated as the UK’s favourite eating out brand in a major survey of the customer journey by OC&C management consultants.

  • costa
    News

    Costa to trial delivery

    2019-03-14T08:35:00Z

    Costa Coffee has announced a partnership with Deliveroo, with six London stores to trial a delivery offering.

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    News

    Coffee Republic hires Naik to develop franchises

    2019-03-07T08:42:00Z

    Coffee Republic, the Arab Investments-backed high street chain, has hired Nil Naik, formerly of Papa John’s and Domino’s, to spearhead new franchise developments, MCA has learnt.

  • Ed's Easy Diner interior
    Opinion

    Twists and turns

    2019-03-05T07:38:00Z

    The casual dining sector was once again in the spotlight for the wrong reasons yesterday with the confirmation from Boparan Restaurant Group that it was seeking a Company Voluntary Agreement for its Giraffe and Ed’s Easy Diner brands. James Wallin asks what the decline of the two brands says about the wider casual dining contraction. Meanwhile, with Steve Richards departure from CDG, the two biggest players in the casual dining market are now without long-term leadership. Who would be willing to take on these mantles, and what would their strategies be?

  • Tastiest Challenge image
    Analysis & Insight

    SRA says sector must ‘turbo-charge’ efforts on sustainability

    2019-02-28T09:05:00Z

    The Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) has said the UK foodservice sector must “turbo-charge its efforts” on sustainability, in order to tackle climate change and environmental damage, in a new report published today.

  • Pret team members
    Opinion

    Pret: 'They've got so much credit in the bank'

    2019-02-28T09:05:00Z

    Pret A Manger was voted most of admired brand by its peers in MCA’s Top of Mind for a tenth year in a row. Finn Scott-Delany finds out what makes it so appreciated by its peers.

  • Alex Reilley and Peter Martin at Casual Dining Show 2019
    News

    Reilley: IPO is ‘logical next step’

    2019-02-28T07:50:00Z

    Loungers chairman Alex Reilley has described an IPO as a “really logical next step” for the c145-strong café-bar operator.

  • Analysis & Insight

    Hybrid approach needed in challenging times

    2019-02-20T09:50:00Z

    The divide between retail and eating out will continue to narrow in 2019 as operators search for new channels and growth opportunities.

  • Analysis & Insight

    Hybrid approach needed in challenging times

    2019-02-19T09:29:00Z

    The continuing blurring of retail and foodservice, more M&A activity and the unstoppable march of food to go and healthy eating – these are just some of the predictions from MCA and HIM’s latest Top of Mind Survey.

  • News

    Whitbread outlines UK and international ambitions

    2019-02-14T08:43:00Z

    Whitbread has used its Capital Markets Day to reiterate its belief in its “unique, vertically-integrated model” as a lever for growth and value creation.

  • patisserie valerie sainsburys
    News

    Deadline for final Pat Val bids today

    2019-02-13T08:31:00Z

    Patisserie Holdings’ administrator KPMG has given bidders until lunchtime today to make their best and final offers for the business.

  • Warrens Bakery
    News

    Warrens Bakery to extend roll out with Casual Dining Group

    2019-02-08T08:56:00Z

    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.

  • Patisserie Valerie
    News

    Encouraging bids for Patisserie Valerie

    2019-02-05T08:39:00Z

    The administrators of Patisserie Holdings have confirmed they have received a number of offers for the business, with a number now being taken forward.